New Mexico Softball – Hosting Colorado State
When: Friday – 5 p.m. (MT); Saturday – 1 p.m. (MT); Sunday – Noon (MT)
Who: Colorado State Rams
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – After being swept by Fresno State in a midweek doubleheader for its first Mountain West series loss of the season, the University of New Mexico softball team returns home to play host to Colorado State Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The Lobos will be looking to get more offense going as they had a little bit of a cold spurt against Fresno State. The Lobos had 12 hits in the three games but only scored two runs which were off two solo homeruns by Karissa Haleman and Lisa Rodrigues.
New Mexico fell in game to the Bulldogs 7-1 on Tuesday. In the doubleheader on Wednesday, the Lobos fell 4-0 and 4-1. The losses dropped New Mexico to fifth in the Mountain West with a 6-6 record, 22-19 overall.
Colorado State comes into the series with a 21-20 record on the season and the Rams are tied for seventh in the Mountain West with a 2-7 record. The Rams were also swept in their midweek series, falling to Utah State 9-8, 9-1 (six innings) and 5-3.
Sophomore Haley Hutton is leading the Rams at the plate with a .378 batting average. She has tallied 48 hits this season, including two doubles, three triples and has scored a team-best 30 runs. Senior Danielle Wikre will also be a threat at the plate as she leads the team in home runs (8), RBIs (27) and walk (24). She owns a .487 slugging percentage which is second-best on the squad.
In the circle, the Rams have relied on many pitchers but the two the Lobos will most likely face senior Molly Randle and junior Holly Reinke. The Lobos claimed a win against Randle last season but she currently leads the team in earned run average at 2.50. She 5-2 on the season but has only pitched a total of 56 innings.
Reinke has made the most appearances in the circle (25) but she has the highest earned run average on the team at 4.55. In 112.1 innings of work, she has allowed 100 runs off 158 hits while walking 46 and striking out 64.
This will be the 65th meeting between the Lobos and the Rams. The Rams lead the all-time series with a 40-24 record. Last season, the Lobos fell in game one 6-0, bounced back in game two to win 6-3 but fell in the final game 13-5 in five innings.
The Lobos will look to claim its fourth Mountain West series of the season this weekend with the first game against Colorado State on Friday at 5 p.m. MT.