Posted: Apr 27, 2022
THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (18-23, 4-2 WCC) at *BYU (30-10, 4-2 WCC)
*Plays Southern Utah on Wednesday before facing Santa Clara.
SERIES INFO
When: Friday, April 29 at 4 & 6 p.m. PT
Where: Gail Miller Field (Provo, Utah)
Video: BYUtv (for both games)
Live Stats: LiveStats (DH1), LiveStats (DH2)
Where: Gail Miller Field (Provo, Utah)
Video: BYUtv (for both games)
Live Stats: LiveStats (DH1), LiveStats (DH2)
When: Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m. PT
Where: Gail Miller Field (Provo, Utah)
Video: BYUtv
Live Stats: LiveStats
Where: Gail Miller Field (Provo, Utah)
Video: BYUtv
Live Stats: LiveStats
NOTES
- Santa Clara travels to Provo, Utah to face BYU in a West Coast Conference series on Friday and Saturday.
- The Broncos have won the first two WCC series this season, winning both the Pacific and Saint Mary's series two games to one.
- In both series wins, the Broncos split the opening day doubleheader before taking the rubber match.
- Last weekend's home series against Saint Mary's (April 23-24) was the first home game since March 13.
- The Broncos played nine-straight away games between March 14 and April 22, a stretch that included two weekends with no games.
- Santa Clara's 18 wins this season is the most since 2006 when they won 24 games.
- Among the league leaders (as of April 26):
- OF Ashley Trierweiler: first in hits (54); first in batting average (.397); second in stolen bases (15); in batting average (.375); fifth in on-base percentage (.450).
- Trierweiler currently has a team-high 13-game hit streak where she is batting .465 (20-for-43).
- On Monday, Trierweiler was named WCC Player of the Week for the second time this season.
- INF Emma Bickford: tied for second in doubles (11); eighth in hits (41)
- INF Allyson Ferreira: first in sacrifice bunts per game (0.2)
- RHP Sage Hager: first in walks allowed per seven innings (0.53), a mark that's good for second in the nation; second in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.00); second in ERA (1.59)
- RHP Hannah Edwards: fourth in walks allowed per seven innings (1.59)
- OF Ashley Trierweiler: first in hits (54); first in batting average (.397); second in stolen bases (15); in batting average (.375); fifth in on-base percentage (.450).
- Who's Hot:
- As a team, the Broncos are hitting .311 in the last 10 games.
- Trierweiler and Sammy Needham are each hitting over .400 in the last 10 games. Trierweiler .471 (16-for-34, 12 runs) & Needham .406 (13-for-32).
- In her last three starts, Hager is 2-0 with a 0.47 ERA (one earned run over 15 innings).
- Four Bronco seniors will be recognized on Senior Day on May 8 - RHP Lauren Anderson, C Sarah Ellersick, INF Allyson Ferreira, RHP Liyah Lopez.
- 2022 overall statistics entering the tournament.
- SCU, under third-year head coach Gina Carbonatto, entered the season picked to finish fourth in the West Coast Conference as voted on by the six conference head coaches.
- Santa Clara finished the 2021 campaign with an 8-20 record including 5-10 in WCC play.
- A full schedule is on the docket for the 2022 season. Among the 51 regular season games, 20 will be played at Santa Clara Softball Stadium, 18 true road games and 13 neutral site contests. The Broncos will play seven games against four teams – BYU, Fresno State, Iowa State and Stanford – that competed in the NCAA Tournament last season.
- The Broncos field an experienced squad with 15 returnees including 13 that played in 2021 and two that last played in 2020.
- Six newcomers dot the roster - Lauren Bryson, Abigail Charpentier, Sage Hager, Kelsi Rice, Morgan Salmon and Nina Taylor.
- The top three hitters from 2021 return - Ashley Trierweiler (program record .481 batting average), Emma Bickford (.329) and Allyson Ferreira (.282). Sammy Needham, who hit .394 in 2020 but did not play last season returns in 2022.
- Trierweiler and Bickford were named preseason All-WCC as vote on by the league's six head coaches.
- In the circle, the Broncos return all five pitchers from 2021 plus Hannah Edwards who last pitched in 2020 where she appeared in 11 games, going 3-6 with a 3.31 ERA.
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