Weber State hosts California and Montana at home

Last Week

The Wildcats took a series win 2-1 over San Diego on March 22-23.

This Week

Weber State hosts the California Golden Bears on March 27 at 3 p.m. and then hosts the Montana Griz for a three-game series this weekend March 29 and 30. Games will be played at the Wildcat Softball Field.

Know the Foe
Series: 0-1

This will be the second all-time meeting between the Wildcats and the Golden Bears. In the last game between the two, California beat Weber State 10-2 in five innings.

Currently, California is 24-8, 3-6 on the season. Last season, the Golden Bears went 35-21-1 overall, 9-14-1 in conference play.

Team Leaders

Kiaira Smith leads the Wildcats with a batting average of .351. Smith has recorded 26 hits, seven runs and 14 RBI on the season. Abby Grundy and Mia Rushton have both recorded 16 runs this season. Taegan Smith leads with 28 hits and Grundy in RBI with 15. Pitcher Brooke Merrill improved to 7-6 after the weekend series win over San Diego.

Follow the Action

Live stats can be found at WeberStateSports.com. All home games will be streamed on ESPN+.

Fresh Faces

Six players make up the freshman class for 2024. Pitcher, Joslynn Veltien from Frederick, CO and catcher Mariyah Delgado from Herriman, UT. Sienna Solis a MIF from Gilbert, AZ, Sammy Gallegos an IF/OF from Magna, UT, Emma Bingham a OF from St. George, UT, and Kiaira Smith from South Jordan, UT also join the Wildcat squad.

Senior Stars

Weber State has three seniors returning for the Wildcats. IF/P Brooke Hatfield, OF Mia Rushton, and MI Makayla Donahoo. Last season, Donahoo played in 26 games and started in 24 for WSU. She hit .170 with a .189 slugging percentage and a .228 on-base percentage. She had 26 putouts and 51 assists for a .906 fielding percentage. Rushton played and started in 44 games, had 13 runs and 27 hits, had 110 at-bats and three RBI for a .300 slugging percentage. Hatfield pitched in 19 games last season for a total of 41.2 innings.

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Emma Bingham

Mariyah Delgado

Makayla Donahoo

Sammy Gallegos

Abby Grundy

Brooke Hatfield

Brooke Merrill

Mia Rushton

Kiaira Smith

Taegan Smith

Sienna Solis

Joslynn Veltien

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