PORTLAND – The Pacific Coast Softball Conference announced its Player and Pitcher of the Week for the Coastal and Mountain Divisions, for the week of March 1-7, the conference office announced Monday evening. In the Coastal Division, Santa Clara senior third baseman Megan Smith was named Player of the Week, while Cal State Bakersfield sophomore right-hander Sammy Rodriguez was named Pitcher of the Week. Portland State senior catcher Brandi Scoggins earned Mountain Division Player of the Week honors. There was no selection for Mountain Division Pitcher of the Week.
Smith helped the Broncos to a 2-1 record at last weekend’s Matador Classic, hosted by Cal State Northridge. She went 3-for-6 with one home run, two RBI and three runs scored. In the Broncos’ 6-5 win over Cal State Bakersfield on Sunday, the Salinas, Calif.,-native went 2-for-2 with a home run and three runs scored. She hit a solo home run to tie the game at 5-5 in the bottom of the sixth inning. In the 5-2 victory over Cal State Northridge, Smith drew a bases-loaded walk to break a 1-1 tie during a five-run second inning. In seven games this season, Smith is 3-for-12 at the plate with one home run and one RBI.
Rodriguez, from Salinas, Calif., went 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA in two starts against Saint Mary’s and Iowa. In the 8-3 win over the Gaels on Friday, Rodriguez struck out a career-high eight, while allowing three runs, two earned on four hits and one walk. She recorded her first career shutout in the 3-0 win over the Hawkeyes on Saturday, limiting Iowa to three hits and one walk, while fanning five. Rodriguez finished the weekend striking out 13 while waking two and limiting opponents to a .146 batting average in 14.0 innings of work. For the season, Rodriguez is 5-3 with a PCSC-leading 2.08 ERA in eight starts, all complete games. She also fanned 43 while issuing 12 walks in 57 1/3 innings. Her five wins also leads the conference and also ranks first in innings pitched, second in batting-average-against (.209) and fourth in strikeouts.
Scoggins had a torrid weekend at the plate, going 12-for-18 to post a .667 batting average in five games. She also had three doubles and five RBI, posting an .833 slugging percentage. The senior went a combined 8-for-8 with two doubles and five RBI in Portland State’s wins over Southern Utah and UNLV on Friday. She went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI in the 9-0 victory over the Thunderbirds to open the Eller Media Stadium Classic. In 17 games this season, Scoggins is hitting a team-leading .358 with five doubles and five RBI.
OTHERS NOMINATED
COASTAL DIVISION PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Taylor Hensley, San Diego (SO, C): Was 2x3 in two games.
Michelle Mounts, Saint Mary’s (SO, OF): Went 4x8 with one HR and one RBI.
COASTAL DIVISION PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Kaitlyn Rauschnot, Santa Clara (SR, RHP): 1-1, 1.14 ERA (12.1 IP, 2 ER).
MOUNTAIN DIVISION PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Amanda Perez, Utah Valley (SO, DP): Batted .625 (10x16) with two HRs and seven RBI.
Jessie Schoepflin, Northern Colorado (SR, OF): Hit .529 (9x17) with one HR and one RBI in five games.
PCSC NOTEBOOK
CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD ADDS DOUBLEHEADER WITH CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – After rain washed out two games at the Matador Invitational over the weekend, the Roadrunners and Cal State Northridge have added a doubleheader to their schedules. The twinbill will take place at the Roadrunner Softball Complex on Saturday, Mar. 20. Game times are set for 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
CSUB (7-9 overall) went 2-1 at the Matador Invitational, defeating Saint Mary’s College 8-3 and Iowa 3-0 before a 6-5 upset at the hands of Santa Clara Sunday morning. Steady rains in the San Fernando Valley wiped out a second game against Santa Clara as well as a meeting with CSUN.
The doubleheader with the Matadors will kick off a busy weekend of action for Roadrunner Softball. CSUB will host No. 5 ranked UCLA for a doubleheader the next day (Mar. 21) before heading to Riverside to meet Big West Conference foe UC Riverside Monday (Mar. 22) for another doubleheader.
CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD SELLING ADVANCED TICKETS FOR HOME GAME VERSUS UCLA
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Advance tickets for CSUB softball’s Mar. 21 home doubleheader with 11-time NCAA Champion UCLA are on sale now. The general admission ticket price is $5. Individual or groups tickets may be purchased, with groups of 15 or more receiving a $2 discount per ticket.
To order advance tickets, call (661) 654-2583 or download the ticket order form from the softball homepage at www.GoRunners.com.
This will be the first time CSUB has hosted a Pac-10 opponent in softball and the first time UCLA has visited for a regular-season contest in any sport. The Roadrunners and Bruins have met once before on the softball diamond, with UCLA taking a 3-0 decision in Westwood during the 2008 season.
SEATTLE’S AMADOR NAMED ALL-TOURNAMENT
SEATTLE, Wash. – Seattle University softball player Jessica Amador (Whittier, Calif.) was named to the Bank of Hawai’i Invitational All-Tournament Team hosted by the University of Hawai’i. Amador tallied two hits, a double and a RBI on the weekend. She was the only SeattleU player to be named to the team with an at-large bid.
On the season, the junior catcher is hitting .263, behind 10 hits, six RBIs, five runs, three doubles and a home run. She has seen action in all 14 games this season and has started 13.
Amador and the Redhawks (1-13) will open the home half of the 2010 schedule this week on Wednesday, Mar. 10. They will take on the University of Miami (Ohio) at 3:30 p.m. at Logan Field on the SeattleU campus.
TEAM NOTES
CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD: The Roadrunners now have at least one extra base hit in 10 consecutive games, their second-longest streak in three-plus seasons of NCAA Division I play. . .they have at least one extra base hit in 15 of 16 games this season and are averaging 2.7 extra base hits per game. . .both halves of CSUB's double play combo (second baseman Kristen Archuleta and shortstop Heather Veitch) enter the week with double-digit hitting streaks. Archuleta has hit safely in 14 straight game and Veitch in 10. . .first baseman Ryane Petersen adds a nine-game streak of her own. . .Sophomore pitcher Sammy Rodriguez is adjusting nicely to her new role as a pitcher this season. . .after Saturday's three-hit, 3-0 shutout of Iowa, Rodriguez has allowed two or fewer earned runs in her last six starts. . .the last time she allowed more was in a 9-4 win over Kent State on Feb. 13.
SEATTLE: The 11 runs scored by No. 1 Washington in the second inning of Saturday’s 12-0 win over Seattle marked the second-most runs allowed by a team in PCSC history. The record is 12 runs scored by UTEP in a 13-0 win over Weber State on Feb. 27.