Softball plays non-conference games at Stanford Tuesday, Santa Clara Wednesday

Tuesday, April 3

Stanford, Calif.

6:00 PM

Fresno State

Stanford

Softball plays non-conference games at Stanford Tuesday, Santa Clara Wednesday

4/2/2018 3:32:00 PM | Softball

By: Andrew Tomsky / Assistant Director of Communications

Fresno State (19-15, 4-2 MW) at Stanford (20-13, 1-5 Pac-12)
April 3, 2018 | Stanford, Calif. | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium (1,500)
First Pitch: 6:00 p.m.
Watch: Pac-12.com
Radio: None
Live Stats: Sidearm
Series History: Fresno State leads 18-13
Streak: Fresno State Won 3

Fresno State (19-15, 4-2 MW) at Santa Clara (5-23, 0-0 WCC)
April 4, 2018 | Santa Clara, Calif. | Santa Clara Softball Stadium (250)
First Pitch: 5:00 p.m.
Watch: None
Radio: None
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
Series History: Fresno State leads 50-2
Streak: Fresno State Won 3

• Fresno State plays two midweek games in the South Bay Area as their final non-conference games of the season.
• The Santa Clara game was a late addition to the schedule as a replacement for a scheduled game between Fresno State and Charlotte that was canceled due to rain earlier this season.
• The Bulldogs are playing five road games over a seven-day stretch, having won 2-of-3 games over the weekend at New Mexico.

Scouting Stanford (20-13, 1-5 Pac-12)
• The Bulldogs will be facing Stanford for the second time this season after a 2-0 win in 8-innings on Feb. 10 in Tempe, Ariz. Danielle East threw a shutout for her first collegiate win, allowing just seven singles and no walks, and Vanessa Hernandez drove in the only runs of the game with a 2-run home run in the top of the eighth.
• Fresno State has won three straight games against the Cardinal and is 18-13 all-time against them. The last time the teams met at Stanford was in the NCAA Regionals in 2011, a game the Cardinal won 3-1.
• Stanford ended the pre-conference portion of its schedule with a 19-8 record but has started 1-5 in Pac-12 play, losing 2-of-3 at Utah before being swept in a three-game home series against No. 1 Washington. In its last four games Stanford has been outscored 40-1.
• Stanford has great speed as it leads the Pac-12 in stolen bases (41) and triples (14). The Cardinal have hit only 10 home runs as a team and are hitting .298 with a 3.51 team ERA.
• Teaghan Cowles is hitting .411 with six triples and 14 stolen bases while Alyssa Horeczko has 13 steals and is hitting .338. Maddy Dywer leads the team in the circle as she is 11-6 with a 1.98 ERA and .217 opposing batting average.

Scouting Santa Clara (5-23, 0-0 WCC)
• Fresno State's highest winning percentage against any school in program history is against Santa Clara as the Bulldogs are 50-2 all-time against the Broncos. Santa Clara did record a 1-0 win in 2014 but the Bulldogs have won three meetings since then, including a 2-0 win at Santa Clara last season.
• Santa Clara hasn't played since March 25 when it concluded play at the Matador Classic in Los Angeles. The Broncos went 1-2 in that tournament and have lost five of their last six games.
• Santa Clara has played just one home game this year, losing to fellow MW school San Jose State, 9-0, in February. The squad started the year 0-11 but has five wins since, including victories over CSUN and Georgia Tech.
• The Broncos rank last in NCAA Div. I with just one home run this season and are second to last among 296 Div. I teams with a .249 slugging percentage. The team also ranks in the bottom five in the nation in batting average (.202), scoring (2.18 runs/game), and strikeout to walk ratio (0.59). Santa Clara does have 36 stolen bases and has a solid .970 fielding percentage but a 7.60 team ERA and .316 opposing batting average.

15 Outs, 15 Strikeouts, No-Hitter
• Freshman Danielle East threw her first career no-hitter, recording all 15 outs via the strikeout, as Fresno State beat New Mexico, 10-0, in five innings on Saturday afternoon. It is believed to be the first Fresno State no-hitter in which every out was a strikeout.
• New Mexico did not but a ball in play as the only Lobo baserunners came on one walk and one hit batter. East's 15 strikeouts are a new program record for a 5-inning game and were just three shy of the 7-inning program record of 18.
• East became the 22^nd pitcher in program history to throw a no-hitter while tallying the 74^th no-no all-time.

So. Many. Strikeouts.
• Before Danielle East threw a 15-strikeout no-hitter on Saturday she set a career-high with 13 strikeouts against New Mexico in the series opener on Thursday. In two games in the series she totaled 28 strikeouts over 11.2 inning pitched with 28 of her 35 recorded outs (80%) on strikeouts.
• Saturday's game marked the third consecutive game in which East had a new career high in strikeouts, having totaled 11 in the last game of the Colorado State series on March 25. In her last three games the freshman lefty has 39 strikeouts in 18.2 innings, averaging more than two strikeouts per inning.

Taking Several for the Team
• Fresno State broke the MW single season hit-by-pitch record on Saturday. Bulldog batters were hit six times in the game (one shy of the single game MW record) and have now been hit 49 times this season, topping the previous record of 47 set last year by San Jose State.
• No other MW team has been plunked more than 22 times and the 'Dogs have been hit 10 more times than the next highest total in NCAA Div. I (Louisiana Monroe, 39)
• Hayleigh Galvan, Emily Brodner, Katie Castellon, and Schuylar Broussard are all tied for the Mountain West lead with eight hit-by-pitches this year.

On Base a Lot
• As a team the Bulldogs lead the MW and rank 10^th in NCAA Div. I with a .413 on-base percentage. The number has skyrocketed in MW play as the 'Dogs have a .472 OBP in league games after having a .399 on-base percent in non-conference play.
• Hayleigh Galvan leads the MW with a .541 on-base percentage this year while six other Bulldog starters have an on-base percentage above .400.

Powered Down
• The Bulldogs will be looking for their second win over Stanford and fourth overall victory of the season against a Power-5 school.
• Fresno State opened the 2018 season with three wins over Power-5 schools at the Kajikawa Classic as the 'Dogs took down Stanford, Purdue, and Notre Dame, earning wins against the Pac-12, Big 10, and ACC schools, respectively.

Mountain West Momentum
• The Bulldogs have started MW conference play 4-2 and have been strong both at the plate and in the circle, hitting .315 as a team with a 3.35 ERA through six league games.
• Fresno State has the third best ERA among MW teams in league games and the second best opposing batting average (.230) as Daniele East has a 2.62 MW ERA and Samantha Mejia has thrown eight scoreless innings with a .083 opposing batting average.
• The Bulldog offense leads the league in on-base percentage (.472) and is third in batting average in MW games.

Galvan-izing the Offense
• Hitting in the clean-up spot, sophomore transfer Hayleigh Galvan leads the MW and ranks 20^th in NCAA Div. I with a .541 on-base percentage this season while also leading the team in batting average (.398).
• With 33 hits (including five home runs, eight doubles, and a triple), 19 walks, and eight hit-by-pitches Galvan has reached base in more than half of her plate appearances this year.
• Galvan also enters the week on a team season long 15-game hitting streak.

Road Rarity
• Fresno State played just one true road game over its first 31 games of the season, at Cal State Fullerton on March 3. The Bulldogs are now in the midst of playing five road games over a seven day stretch.
• The 'Dogs have played 13 neutral site games but had played just once on an opponent's home field before last week.

They've Got the Power
• Fresno State leads the Mountain West and is tied for 24th in NCAA Div. I with 35 home runs this season.
• The Bulldogs have hit at least one home run in 16 of their last 22 games and have hit multiple homers in nine games this year.
• Savannah McHellon leads the MW with 12 home runs as eight 'Dogs have homered and six have hit multiple home runs.

Walk-Offs
• Fresno State has totaled eighth walk-off wins this season.
• The Bulldogs have recorded three traditional walk-offs with two by Castellon and one from Savannah McHellon. The other five walk-off wins have come via the 8-run mercy rule.
• McHellon (3), Castellon, and Schuylar Broussard have hit walk-off homers.

Working the Field
• Fresno State has committed just seven errors in the last 15 games and now ranks second in the MW with a .972 fielding percentage this year.
• The Bulldogs have 16 error-free games this season and have committed multiple errors just twice over the last 24 games.

McHellon Mashing
• Senior Savannah McHellon leads the MW and is tied for 12^th in NCAA Div. I with 12 homers this season. She is also tied for second in the MW in slugging percentage (.727) and is fourth in RBI (31).
• McHellon has hit six homers and driven in 18 runs over the last 15 games with two run-rule walk-off homers, her second 2-homer game of the season, and her second grand slam this year.
• She is also 2-0 as a starting pitcher during the stretch.

High RPI
• In the most recent NCAA Rating Percentage Index (RPI) rankings Fresno State is No. 81, the third highest in the MW behind only No. 43 San Jose State and No. 68 Colorado State.
• The RPI rankings reflect quality wins and strength of schedule as the 'Dogs played a very difficult non-conference slate and have wins over highly ranked teams, including a victory over Notre Dame (No. 40).

Super Support
• The red wave has averaged 1,056 fans per game this season, the most among all 20 NCAA Div. I schools in California and the 15th highest attendance average in the nation. The team's total attendance of 17,967 this season is the 10th most in all of Div. I.
• Last season Fresno State led the MW and ranked 13th in NCAA Div. I averaging 1,101 fans per game. The 'Dogs drew more fans than any other team in California last year and have averaged more than 1,000 fans per game for 25 consecutive seasons.

20th Anniversary of WCWS Title
• Coach Margie Wright and nine members of the 1998 National Championship team were in attendance on March 24 as Fresno State celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first national championship in school history.
• Fresno State is the only non-Power 5 school that has won a WCWS national title since 1986 and is one of just two non-Power 5 schools to ever win the WCWS since its inception in 1982 (Cal State Fullerton, 1986).

Home Cooking
• In 17 home games this year the 'Dogs are 12-5, having outscored the opposition 107-57 while hitting .310 with 14 home runs and tallying a 3.01 team ERA.
• The win over Monmouth on Mar. 11 was the 900th home victory in program history. The 'Dogs are 904-235-1 all-time at home over 41 seasons.

Irregular Innings
• Fifteen of Fresno State's 34 games this season were not completed in the standard seven innings. The team has played nine 5-inning games, three 6-inning games, two 8-inning games, and one 9-inning game.
• The Bulldogs did not play a seven-inning game until their fifth contest of the season.

Doubling Up
• Fresno State is third in the MW with 16 double plays turned and has hit into only six double plays this season.
• The 'Dogs turned a pair of double plays in consecutive games against Wisconsin and No. 3 LSU.

Running Free
• Fresno State had been successful on 26 of its last 27 stolen base attempts over the last 19 games.
• The Bulldogs were 15-for-15 in steals in the Fresno State Invitational and rank third in the MW with 38 stolen bases this year.
• Miranda Rohleder, who leads the team with 17 steals in 18 attempts, has been successful on 10 straight steal attempts while Brooke Coates is five of her last five.

Triple Time
• Miranda Rohleder is tied for 16th in NCAA Div. I with four triples this season.
• Rohleder had four triples over the last three Fresno State games in the Bulldog Classic, including a two-triple game against Pacific.

Non-Conference Non-Easy
• Fresno State faced six ranked teams in non-conference play, playing four games vs. teams ranked in the top-7 at the time of the game
• In terms of opponent winning percentage the Bulldogs have played the third toughest schedule among MW teams, behind only San Diego State and San Jose State.

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