Spartans Host MW Leading Boise State for Weekend SeriesSpartans Host MW Leading Boise State for Weekend Series

Spartans Host MW Leading Boise State for Weekend Series

San José State (19-21, 7-7 MW) vs. Boise State (21-12, 8-2 MW) 
When Game 41: Saturday, April 15 | 3:00 p.m.
Game 42: Sunday, April 16 | 12:00 p.m.
Where San Jose, Calif. | Spartan Softball Stadium
TV Broadcast & Statistics Mountain West Network | Live Stats
Game Notes San José State

 

SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State softball (19-21, 7-7 MW) hosts Mountain West leading Boise State (21-12, 8-2 MW) on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and Sunday at 12:00 p.m. from Spartan Softball Stadium with both games being shown on the Mountain West Network.

  • The Spartans are 13-7 at home this season.
  • The Spartans swept Fresno St. in a doubleheader on 4/12 and it is their first regular season sweep over the Bulldogs since joining the Mountain West Conference.
  • Freshman Ahmiya Noriega went 4-for-6 with two doubles, a triple and two runs scored against FS (4/12 in a doubleheader) in her first games back since April 1st. She is third in the conference with three triples this season.
  • Alyssa Graham hit two home runs against Colorado State (4/6-8) including a game changing grand slam (has two grand slams this season) and has eight home runs to lead the Spartans. The SJSU record is 13 in a season by Brittany McConnell in 2008. Graham has four home runs in her last eight games overall and is seventh in the MW with eight home runs this season.
  • Freshman Reina Zermeno hit .615 with a slugging percentage of 1.077 and had a home run, eight hits, five runs scored, four RBIs, three doubles, plus stole a pair of bases and had 10 putouts at UNM (3/24-26).
  • Zermeno has only struck out six times this season (104 at-bats) which is fourth best in the Mountain West.
  • Jenessa Ullegue pitched her second 7.0 IP one-hitter of the season vs. Nevada (3/18) while striking out 11 which earned her her first Mountain West Pitcher of the Week honors (3/21). Ullegue has twice gone to the seventh inning with a no hitter this season and has 24 strikeouts in her last two starts on the mound. 
  • It was Ullegue's third career 7.0 IP one-hitter and she only walked one on the night. It was also the 10th time in Ullegue's career she's thrown 7.0 IP of shutout ball.
  • Ullegue has 344 career strikeouts and is only the sixth SJSU pitcher to go over 300 strikeouts in her career. Corina Lilly is fifth on the all-time list with 376 career strikeouts.

UP NEXT: The Spartans head to UNLV for three games next weekend starting on April 21st and all the games can be seen on the Mountain West Network.

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