THE SCHEDULE
Games 13 & 14
at Cal State Stanislaus (5-5, 1-3 CCAA)
Friday, Feb. 20 • 1:00 p.m. (DH)
Warrior Softball Field • Turlock
Live Stats
Games 15 & 16
at Cal State Stanislaus
Saturday, Feb. 21 • 11:00 a.m. (DH)
Warrior Softball Field • Turlock
Live Stats
GOING LIVE
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11 WINS AND COUNTING
With Monday's doubleheader sweep of Adelphi, UCSD picked up its 10th and 11th straight wins. The Tritons are currently on their longest winning streak since picking up 14 straight over the span of the 2011 and 2012 seasons. This is tied for the longest single-season win streak in head coach Patti Gerckens' career. She previously accomplished this streak in 2001 during the Tritons' first year in Division II. UCSD's longest single-season win streak is set at 15 by the 1988 squad.
GERCKENS EARNS 600TH WIN
Triton head coach Patti Gerckens, in her 23rd season in charge, earned her milestone 600th career win with a doubleheader sweep against San Francisco State on Friday, Feb. 13. UCSD won the opener, 4-1, and the Tritons' 5-3 victory in game two helped Gerckens accomplish the feat. Already the winningest head coach in program history, Gerckens has led the Tritons to 10 NCAA postseason berths, six CCAA Championship appearances, one CCAA Championship title in 2012 and a national championship in 2011.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
UCSD received votes in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II poll. The Tritons earned four votes in the rankings for the week of Feb. 18. The rankings feature two California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) foes with Cal State Monterey Bay coming in at No. 3 and Humboldt State at No. 20. For the complete list of rankings, click here.
CCAA LEADERS
UCSD began conference play on Friday and Saturday with a four-game series sweep over San Francisco State at Triton Softball Field. The Tritons' 4-0 start puts them in first place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) standings. Cal State East Bay sits in second place with a 3-1 conference mark. In addition to being at the top of the standings, UCSD leads the conference in shutouts (3), triples (3), and sacrifice hits (17)). The Tritons ranks second with ERA (1.11), opposing batting average (.192), and hits (86).
PRIME PITCHING
UCSD is off to an impressive start in the circle this season. The team currently ranks second in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) with a 1.11 ERA. Additionally, all three UCSD pitchers rank among the top 5 players in the CCAA in ERA. Mo Omori is third in the league with a 0.94 ERA, Hannah Duarte is fourth with a 1.15 ERA, and Alexis Edwards is fifth with a 1.22 ERA. The Tritons pitching staff has allowed just 12 earned runs in 12 games, while recording 37 strikeouts and three total shutouts.
CLEARING THE FENCE
Freshman outfielder Kelsi Maday now leads the Tritons with three home runs this season after she hit one out in game two on Monday against Adelphi. Maday is on pace to hit 12 homers in the regular season, which would tie the UCSD single-season record. Freshman catcher Lauren Sanders is second on the team with two. Sanders is on pace to hit eight home runs this season, which would tie the mark that Tritons' assistant coach Kris Lesovsky set in 2009.
MO SAVING THE DAY
Senior pitcher Mo Omori has accumulated four saves through just 12 games, putting her in a five-way tie for first place on UCSD's single-season list. Omori is on pace for 16 saves in the regular season, which would not only set a new single-season record, but would eclipse assistant coach Camille Gaito's first place all-time record of nine.
SHUT IT DOWN
The Tritons lead the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) with three shutouts this season. UCSD recorded its first of the season on Feb. 7 in game one against St. Martin's. Hannah Duarte started giving up just three hits in five innings of work, and Mo Omori completed the game with two perfect innings as the Tritons won, 3-0. Duarte then completed her first game en route to the Tritons second shutout in game one against San Francisco State on Feb. 14. The Long Beach native narrowly missed tossing a no-hitter. She finished the game giving up only one hit in five innings of work as the Tritons dismantled the Gators, 8-0. The entire UCSD pitching staff came together to help blank San Francisco State in game two on Feb. 14. Junior lefty Alexis Edwards got the start in the circle and allowed just four runners on base in four innings. Omori came in to relieve Edwards in the fifth for another perfect outing. The senior went 1.2 innings without allowing a single hit. Duarte then sealed up the shutout, going the final 1.1 innings and giving up just one walk as UCSD completed the four-game series sweep against San Francisco State with a 1-0 win.
MONDAY'S REVIEW
After blanking CCAA opponent SF State in both of Friday and Saturday' contests at Triton Softball Field, UCSD continued the winning streak on Monday against Adelphi. The Tritons used an impressive 12 hits in the opener to win 7-5, and Alexis Edwards recorded her first complete game of the season in a 7-2 decision. For the first time in the 2015 season, UCSD had to fightt its way back for a victory. Adelphi took an early 1-0 lead in first inning and struck again in the third to make it 2-0 Panthers. Taylor Abeyta hit a triple to drive in McKenna Clewett in the bottom of the third and Kendall Baker, who was pinch running for Lauren Sanders, scored on a wild pitch to tie the game up at two apiece in the fourth. UCSD jumped out to a huge lead by scoring five runs in the fifth inning, which feature two two-run doubles from Sanders and Emily Sklencar and a RBI bunt from Ashley Chestnut. Edwards brought home the win in game two as the lefty gave up just five hits and one earned run while earning her fourth win of the season.
TRITON NOTES
Head coach Patti Gerckens earned her 600th career win after the doubleheader sweep of San Francisco State on Friday, Feb. 13 ... After dropping their season opener, the Tritons have won 11 straight games, the longest streak since winning 14 in a row over the span of the 2011 and 2012 seasons ... UCSD, who was picked to finish fourth in the CCAA, currently leads the conference with a 4-0 mark ... Freshman Kelsi Maday now leads the Tritons in home runs after she hit her third of the season in game two on Monday against Adelphi ... In game one on Monday against Adelphi, senior Mo Omori picked up her fourth save of the season to tie the UCSD's single-season record ... Alexis Edwards broke into UCSD's single-season list in 2014 with 32 appearances was good for ninth place and 19 wins put her in sixth on the single-season wins list ... Edwards also sits in 10th place on UCSD's all-time strikeouts list with 123 ... The Tritons welcome 10 newcomers to the 2015 squad, including two transfers: Taylor Abeyta (Penn State) and Kristin George (Palomar College) ... The Tritons have 16 California natives on their roster, with Kendall Baker (Berthoud, Colo.) being the only player from out of state ... The Tritons have three local players on the roster: Taylor Abeyta (San Diego/Mt. Carmel HS), McKenna Clewett (Escondido/Orange Glen HS) and Emma Schneider (Carlsbad/Carlsbad HS).
OMORI AND SANDERS EARN WEEKLY HONORS
Senior pitcher Mo Omori and freshman catcher Lauren Sanders were named CCAA Softball Pitcher and Player of the Week, respectively, for the week of Feb. 2-8. Omori shined in the circle in UCSD's opening week, making five appearances in six games with two starts. In Omori's 16 innings, she has given up just two runs, only one of which was earned, while striking out seven batters. With her performance in the first week, Omori picked up two wins of the season with an ERA of 0.44. Sanders was also a huge part in UCSD's 5-1. In the second game of the series against SMU, Sanders led off the second inning by hitting the first home run of 2015 on a deep shot over the center field fence, putting UCSD up 1-0. She came up big again for the Tritons in the sixth with her second homer of the night to give the Tritons the 3-2 victory. Sanders went 6-for-11 against the Saints with three RBI, two home runs and a walk. The Tritons picked up three player of the week honors in 2014 and Edwards was UCSD's only pitcher of the week honoree last season.
WHO'S BACK, WHO'S NOT SNAPSHOT
UCSD is coming off a 34-18 overall season while finishing third in the CCAA with a 20-10 mark. The Tritons made their eighth DII NCAA postseason appearance, where they were eliminated from West Regional after losses to Dixie State, 5-3, and Central Washington, 10-1. Head coach Patti Gerckens, going into her 23rd season leading the Tritons, welcomes back the seven players, including Daktronics All-West Region Second Team selection and All-CCAA First Team honoree Alexis Edwards and All-CCAA Second Team member McKenna Clewett. Edwards compiled a 19-10 record and a 2.12 ERA in 168.1 innings last year while leading the Tritons in ERA (2.12), opposing batting average (.230), wins (19), innings pitched (168.1), strikeouts (80) and appearances (32). Clewett finished the 2014 season hitting .372, good for second on the team and scored 27 runs, hit one home run and tallied 25 RBI in 52 games.
HEAD COACH PATTI GERCKENS
Patti Gerckens is in her 23rd season in charge at UCSD. The winningest head coach in program history, Gerckens has led the Tritons to four straight NCAA postseason berths, beginning with back-to-back school-record 45-win seasons and appearances in the Division II championship game, the first of which brought UCSD its first softball title in 2011. The Tritons finished as national runners-up in her milestone 20th campaign in 2012. Gerckens has amassed an overall record of 604-500 (.546), with eight straight 30-win seasons among 10 total. The Tritons have gone 449-335 (.569) in 14 years since Gerckens guided the team's transition from Division III to Division II in 2001, including 269-189 (.587) as a member of the ultra-competitive CCAA, widely considered the best Division II conference in the country. Gerckens has led UCSD softball to 10 NCAA postseason appearances, with eight at the Division II level. UCSD is 21-16 (.568) in the NCAA Division II Championship. Since taking over the team in 1993, 26 of Gerckens' players have combined for 50 All-West Region selections. Thirty-four of her players have earned All-CCAA honors since 2001. She has also coached four All-Americans. Two of her players have earned CCAA Freshman of the Year honors and two Tritons have won CCAA Player or Pitcher of the Year during her tenure. A native of Old Tappan, N.J., Gerckens graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education. She was a four-year starter at second base for the Tar Heels and also played for the New Jersey Blue Jays of the Amateur Softball Association for nine years, winning a championship in 1992.
ABOUT THE WARRIORS
Cal State Stanislaus sits at .500 with a 5-5 overall record in 2015. The Warriors opened the season by spliting a pair of one-run games on the road at Notre Dame de Namur. Freshman catcher Alex Rowell drove in the go-ahead run in the Warriors' first win of the season. Cal State Stanislaus is coming off a doubleheader sweep of Hawaii Hilo. The Warriors took a 3-2 walk-off win in game one and an 8-0 (5 inning) decision to take the finale.
SERIES HISTORY
UCSD currently holds a 48-28 all-time series record against Cal State Stanislaus. Last season, the Tritons swept the Warriors at Triton Softball Field for the third year in a row. Scores were 10-1, 8-0, 9-1 and 5-1.
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UP NEXT
The Tritons are on the road again next weekend, traveling to No. 3 Cal State Monterey Bay for a four-game series on Feb. 27-28. Friday's match-up is set for a noon start, and Saturday's games will begin at 11 a.m.
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