WSU off to LMU Tournament

LEADING OFF
• Weber State softball continues its 2018 season with the Loyola Marymount tournament where the Wildcats will face off against the University of Hawaii three times and LMU twice.
• Live streaming for the games can be found at http://www.wccsports.com/gamecenter/w-softbl/gc-022218-loyo.html

ON DECK
• The Wildcats will have two more tournaments on the road in St. George, Utah and Oregon.
• Weber State starts conference play March 23-24 at Southern Utah.
• WSU's first home games will be March 30-31 against Sacramento State.

WHAT'S GOOD?
• Weber State has 3-7 overall record to start the season.

• Weber State is currently No. 4 in the Big Sky Conference standings.

WILDCAT BREAKDOWN
• The Wildcats are currently 3-7 on the season are coming off a 1-6 loss to Stanford.
• Weber State is on a four game losing streak.
• WSU is hitting .281 on the season and have a fielding percentage of .920.
• Collectively, Weber State has an overall ERA of 3.29
• Head Coach Mary Kay Amicone is in her fifth season leading the Wildcats and brought back one assistant, Kylee Street and added two this year in Mattie Snow and Kristin Delahoussaye.

SALTERN COMING THROUGH
In the second weekend of action for the Wildcats, sophomore Takesha Saltern came up with some big bats. She finished the weekend off hitting .474 recording nine hits, including one triple and brought in three RBIs after stepping up to the plate 19 times. She also ran 11 total bases and finished the weekend with a powerful slug percentage of .579. Against Army, Saltern cracked a new career high recording four hits in one game.

HOME SWEET HOMERS
Weber State has had two Wildcats knock it out of the park so far this season.
• Ashlyn Visser - 2
Game 1 - vs. Pacific
Game 2 - vs. Oklahoma
• Ali Belloc - 1
Game 9 - vs. UAB

BOHLING STRIKES AGAIN
Senior Kirtlyn Bohling leads WSU in total strikeouts so far this year with 20. She has pitched a total of 25.1 innings, made eight appearances and started in four different games. She has a 1-2 overall record so far this season. Bohling sits at No. 1 in the Big Sky for batters struck out looking with 12.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT - HAWAII
• SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 3rd meeting between Weber State and Hawaii. WSU is 0-2 overall in the series and has never played Hawaii at a neutral site.

• ABOUT
The Rainbow Warriors currently have a 5-2 overall record. They are coming off an 8-1 win to UNLV. Hawaii is on a five game winning streak. The Rainbow Warriors average .283 at the plate. They have a 2.64 overall ERA and a .974 fielding percentage.

Hawaii is led by Nicole Lopez who has a .478 batting average on the season. Lopez has played and started in all seven of Hawaii's games. She has a .870 slug percentage on the year and has recorded 11 hits including three doubles and two homeruns off of 23 at bats. She also has a .615 on base percentage.

Dana Thomsen is leading the Rainbow Warriors from the circle. She has a 2.43 ERA on the year. She's pitched a total of 23 innings and has struck out 22 different batters. She currently has a 2-1 record.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT - LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
• SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 3rd and 4th meetings between Weber State and Loyola Marymount. LMU has a 2-0 lead in the series.

• SERIES HISTORY
The last time the two met up was just last weekend in the Mary Nutter Classic. The Wildcats fell to the Lions 6-1.

• ABOUT
Loyola Marymount currently has a 4-5-1 overall record. They are coming off a 5-2 win to UC Santa Barbara. The Lions are on a two game winning streak. LMU averages .242 at the plate. They have a 3.38 overall ERA and a .952 fielding percentage.

LMU is led by Irma Sanchez who has a .303 batting average on the season. Sanchez has has a .455 slug percentage on the year and has recorded 10 hits including five doubles off 33 at bats. She also has a .378 on base percentage.

Hannah Bandimere is leading the Lions from the circle. She has a 2.26 ERA on the year. She's pitched a total of 34 innings and has struck out 27 different batters.

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Players Mentioned

Ali Belloc

Kirtlyn Bohling

Takesha Saltern

Ashlyn Visser

Weber State University Athletics