New Mexico Lobo Softball | Game Notes
Friday (Feb. 26) – New Mexico vs. South Dakota (9:45 a.m.)
Saturday (Feb. 27) – New Mexico vs. Iowa State (9:45 a.m.), New Mexico vs. Idaho State (12 p.m.)
Sunday (Feb. 28) – New Mexico vs. Idaho State (11 a.m.), New Mexico vs. UC Davis (4 p.m.)
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The University of New Mexico softball team is on the road again for the third straight weekend. The Lobos are heading to the UC Davis Aggies tournament in Davis, Calif. The tournament will begin Friday and will finish up on Sunday.
The Lobos will match up with South Dakota on Friday for the first time ever in program history. The rest of the weekend will be familiar foes as they take on Iowa State, Idaho State and host UC Davis.
Series history vs. New Mexico
South Dakota: First meeting
Iowa State: ISU leads 7-5 (Last meeting – ISU won 7-5 on Mar. 8, 2009)
Idaho State: UNM leads 8-3 (Last meeting – ISU won 12-9 (6) Mar. 2, 2014)
UC Davis: UNM leads 1-0 (Last meeting – UNM won 7-5 on Feb. 25, 2012)
ABOUT NEW MEXICO:
The Lobos are currently 5-5 on the season after a 3-2 weekend at the Mary Nutter Classic. The Lobos claimed wins over Loyola Marymount, Bethune-Cookman and Pacific. They feel 2-1 to Arkansas in the tournament opener and then fell in a heartbreaker to No. 25 ranked Texas A&M 8-7 in the finale on Sunday.
On the season, the Lobos are hitting .313 as a team. They are averaging 5.2 runs per game and 8.2 hits per game. The Lobos have just three players hitting below .300 and there are three players hitting above .400. Freshman Cheyenne Smith is leading the team with a .538 batting average. She is 7-for-13 at the plate with five runs scored and two RBIs.
In the circle, the Lobos have a team earned run average of 5.48. They have struck out 35 batters in 61.1 innings of work. Senior Lauren Soles is leading the squad with a 1.47 ERA. She is 2-1 on the season with a .259 opposing batting average. In 14.1 innings of work, she has struck out eight batters and allowed three runs off 15 hits. Freshman Colette Robert has seen the most time in the circle with 27.2 innings of work. She has allowed 26 runs, 22 earned, of 45 hits while striking out 18 and walking just five.
Last weekend, the Lobos outscored their opponents 35-24, including a big 13-5 win over Pacific last Saturday. The Lobos outhit their opponents 48-43 with their season-high of 16 hits coming in the win over the Tigers.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS:
This will be the Lobos final weekend on the road in February. Next month, the Lobos will open up their home schedule on March 5 & 6 with a three-game series with Northern Colorado. This weekend, they will take on South Dakota for the first time ever in program history. They will also face Iowa State, who the Lobos haven’t seen since the 2009 season. Idaho State and UC Davis will round out the weekend. The Lobos are more familiar with those foes as they met with the Bengals two seasons ago and UC Davis in 2012.
The Lobos’ opponents come into the tournament with an overall record of 14-25. Iowa State has the best record of the four teams at 7-3 with two run-ruled games and three extra-inning games. UC Davis is 3-6 on the season while Idaho State is 3-7. South Dakota comes with a 1-9 record. Its only win came against Texas Tech last weekend.
LOBOS GO 3-2 AT MARY NUTTER
New Mexico went 3-2 over last weekend, claiming wins over Loyola Marymount, Bethune-Cookman and Pacific. They fell in a heartbreak, 2-1, to Arkansas to start the tournament and also fell in another tough one 8-7 to No. 25 ranked Texas A&M.
TOUGH LOSS TO RANKED AGGIES
It was a tough one on Sunday afternoon as the Lobos had No. 25 ranked Texas A&M with their backs against the wall. The Lobos let the Aggies 4-3 after the second inning and used great pitching to keep them off balance until the seventh inning. Those blanks gave the Lobos a window to score more runs, which they did, leading the Aggies 7-3 going into the bottom of the seventh inning. But the Aggies gained momentum in that final half-inning as they led off with a home run, followed with a triple and three straight singles and finished by scoring on a drop third strike throw to first base.
OFFENSE EXPLODES OVER THE WEEKEND
The Lobos know they can score. Over last weekend, they outscored their opponents 35-24. They came up with a big win over Pacific. Pacific started off their season with a win over No. 3 LSU but was downed by the Lobos in five innings by a score of 13-6. The Lobos pounded out 48 hits total for the weekend with their season-high of 16 coming in the win over Pacific.