Fresno State Athletics
Friday, February 6
Fresno, CA
3 p.m.
Fresno State
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SIUE
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Morgan era opens with Bulldog Classic
2/5/2026 5:52:00 PM | Softball
Bulldog Classic | Friday, Feb. 6- Sunday, Feb. 8 | MW Network | Margie Wright Diamond | Fresno, CAÂ
Media CoverageÂ
Tournament Central
Live Updates via Twitter (X): @fresnostateSB
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State softball will officially open the 2026 season with the Bulldog Kickoff Classic. The tournament features Fresno State, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Idaho State.Â
Fresno State will open the tournament against SIUE on Friday, Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. PT followed by Idaho State at 5 p.m. PT.Â
BULLDOG BONES
Opponent off the bat - SIUE
• SIUE was picked second in the Ohio Valley Conference and received eight first-place votes
• Avery Arwood, the OVC Freshman of the Year last season, was a first team All-OVC selection in 2025 and a member of the OVC All-Newcomer team.
• Outfielder Kaylin Fahy and infielder Raegan Duncan were selected by the OVC as Players to Watch.
• Fahy is the only returning player to this season's roster who appeared in all 54 games last season.
• Juztyne Torres returns as the player with the top returning batting average at .273.
• SIUE finished runner-up in the 2025 OVC regular season standings and was the OVC Tournament runner-up.
• The Cougars posted a .450 slugging percentage last season, the fifth best mark in school history and the second-best in the D-I era.
• SIUE's 45 home runs last season set a school record.
• The Cougars were 19-6 in conference play last season, the most OVC wins since the 2015 season.
• SIUE Head Coach Ben Sorden is in his fourth season and holds an 81-83 overall record with a 41-33 mark in OVC play. Sorden and the Cougars recorded 32 wins last
OPPONENT OFF THE BAT - Idaho State
Valley facesÂ
Family TiesÂ
Assistant coach Darnell Westbrook will spend the season side-by-side with his daughter Tiara Westbrook. The pair come to the Valley after some time down south. Westbrook is one of five current players that followed coach Morgan from Cal State Northridge to the Valley.
Media CoverageÂ
Tournament Central
Live Updates via Twitter (X): @fresnostateSB
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State softball will officially open the 2026 season with the Bulldog Kickoff Classic. The tournament features Fresno State, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Idaho State.Â
Fresno State will open the tournament against SIUE on Friday, Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. PT followed by Idaho State at 5 p.m. PT.Â
BULLDOG BONES
- Head Coach Charlotte Morgan will begin her first year as the programs sixth head coach
- Fresno State begins the 2026 season with the Bulldog kickoff classic featuring Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) and Idaho State
- Fresno State was selected sixth in the Mountain Wests preseason poll
- Three freshman 'Dogs were named to Softball America's 'Freshman Watchlist' in early January - Alyssa Loza, Makenna Pettey and Jayda Crosby
- Notable ranked* opponents the 'Dogs will see this season are TNo. 1 Texas Tech (Feb. 19), No. 10 UCLA (Feb. 21), No. 17 Stanford (Apr. 15) and No. 25 Washington (Feb. 13)
- Natalie Elias is the only returning 'Dogs that earned a MW postseason recognition, Elias was tabbed All-MW Second Team
- Coach Morgan adds four coaches to her crew in Darnell Westbrook, Kelcey Carrasco, Ariel Carlson and Mariah Mazon
- Carrasco is a familiar face around Margie Wright Diamond as the assistant coach was a former Bulldog
- Fresno State sees the return of 13 players in Nadia Roundtree, Olivia Hill, Natalie Elias, Rylee Bocchini, Mallory Vancleave, Emma Martinez, Mackenna Gieger, Kealani Nitta, Jaime Hicks, Ava Tingey, Alyssa Rebolledo, Alexa Brunetti and Alyssa Ramirez
- Fresno State welcomes 13 new Bulldogs to the 2026 roster in Leila Dixon (UIC), Larissa Flores (CSUN), Lauryn Carranco (CSUN), Arianna Aguayo (Liberty HS), Gizella Vargas Sandoval (CSUN), Alyssa Loza (Century HS), Jayda Crosby (California HS), Christal Lopez (CSUB), Makenna Pettey (Yucaipa HS), Tiara Westbrook (CSUN) and Lorraine Alo (Portland State)
Opponent off the bat - SIUE
• SIUE was picked second in the Ohio Valley Conference and received eight first-place votes
• Avery Arwood, the OVC Freshman of the Year last season, was a first team All-OVC selection in 2025 and a member of the OVC All-Newcomer team.
• Outfielder Kaylin Fahy and infielder Raegan Duncan were selected by the OVC as Players to Watch.
• Fahy is the only returning player to this season's roster who appeared in all 54 games last season.
• Juztyne Torres returns as the player with the top returning batting average at .273.
• SIUE finished runner-up in the 2025 OVC regular season standings and was the OVC Tournament runner-up.
• The Cougars posted a .450 slugging percentage last season, the fifth best mark in school history and the second-best in the D-I era.
• SIUE's 45 home runs last season set a school record.
• The Cougars were 19-6 in conference play last season, the most OVC wins since the 2015 season.
• SIUE Head Coach Ben Sorden is in his fourth season and holds an 81-83 overall record with a 41-33 mark in OVC play. Sorden and the Cougars recorded 32 wins last
OPPONENT OFF THE BAT - Idaho State
- Idaho State had five preseason All-Conference selections and senior outfielder Ava Brown was named the Big Sky Preseason Most Valuable Player
- Brown was joined on the preseason All-Conference team by Jenna Kearns, Alyssa Yee, Kasey Aguinaga, and Lizzy Tommasini
- Idaho State earned five first-place votes and a league-best 25 points after capturing the 2025 regular-season title.
- Idaho State is coming in at 21st in the nation out of the mid-major schools on the list.
- Fresno State was selected sixth in the Mountain West preseason poll
- Bulldogs saw 37 points from the preseason ballot
- New conference member Grand Canyon was selected as the preseason favorites with six first place votes, the Lopes also grabbed the preseason Player of the YearÂ
- Following GCU was Nevada with four first-place votes and the preseason Pitcher of the Year selectionÂ
- Last season the Bulldogs finished MW play third in the league while making an appearance in the Mountain West Championship game
Valley facesÂ
- The 2026 Fresno State softball team sees more Bulldogs that hail from the Valley. Freshman 'Dogs Arianna Aguayo comes to Margie Wright from the same stomping grounds as sophomore catcher Rylee Bocchini, Liberty HS in Madera, Calif.
- Incoming senior Lauryn Carranco comes back home to the Valley, the pitcher grew up in Clovis and attended Clovis High School.
- Christal Lopez traveled up the 99 after spending time with the Roadrunners. Lopez grew in Fresno and attended Buchanan High School.
- Giana Quintanar didn't have to relocate far either, the Clovis East graduate is trading in her time as a Fresno City Ram to become a Bulldog.
Family TiesÂ
Assistant coach Darnell Westbrook will spend the season side-by-side with his daughter Tiara Westbrook. The pair come to the Valley after some time down south. Westbrook is one of five current players that followed coach Morgan from Cal State Northridge to the Valley.
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