Full set of game notes (pdf)
SERIES PREFERENCE
• After three Montana sweeps, Sacramento State (25-20, 9-3) prepares for the biggest Big Sky Conference series of the season at Weber State (32-10, 10-1).
• With just six games left in the regular season, Big Sky’s top two teams will play each other in a three-game series in Ogden, Utah. That includes a doubles game on Friday at 1pm PDT, followed by a single game on Saturday at 11am PDT.
• All three matches will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
• Sacramento State lost 1.5 games to Weber State in the conference standings. The Wildcats played one less conference game than the Hornets because of a rainout against Montana.
• The Wildcats have won at least part of Big Sky’s regular season championship for five consecutive years and are looking to win the title six games in a row.
• In fact, the winner of this series will have the upper hand when it comes to winning the regular season title. Bang Weber will win by a sweep or take a 2.5-game lead with three games to play if two out of three are needed.
• If Sacramento State takes two out of three, it will still be half way back into the convention standings, but will be well established to win the title. That’s because the Hornets finished the season with three home games winless against Southern Utah while Weber State went three games into third place Portland State.
• The Hornets have won five straight games, including three at home against Montana (9-1 / 2-1 / 1-0) last week.
• Weber State, meanwhile, has won 10 of its last 11 games and won its first nine games of the year until last Friday’s 7-4 loss in Northern Colorado.
• The Hornets face Bang Weber 11-14 games, and have lost 5 games in a row in the series. Sacramento State hasn’t beaten the Wildcats since winning two-thirds at Ogden on March 30-31, 2018. That series win allowed the Hornets to win the game against Weber State (both teams finished). with first position) and assume No . 1 seed at the 2018 Big Sky Tournament, a post-season event Sacramento State ultimately won.
• The Wildcats are 7-1 at home and are ranked 59th nationally (out of 301 NCAA Division I schools) in the latest NCAA RPI report.
• Sacramento ranked 125th in the RPI report and 9-8th. The Hornets led 4-2 on the road against conference opposition, and won all four of the Big Sky series they’ve played (2-1 at Idaho State, 2-1 against Portland State, 2-1 at Northern Colorado). , 3-0 against Montana).
• It’s no secret that the Hornets have won games this season. Marissa Bertuccio has been very reliable in circles, and Sacramento State offers a lot of offensive power.
• Bertuccio has played unbelievable this season, scoring 17-7 and 1.97 ERA. She has been named the Big Sky Vote of the Week for the week four times (including this Tuesday), and is 6-2 with an ERA of 1.20 in the tournament match. In fact, the Big Sky teams only hit 0.193 when she’s in the circle. In the conference game, she leads the tournament in ERA, winning, finishing the game (7) and off (4).
• Sacramento State has set a program record with 47 best home runs on Big Sky this season. That includes two of the top three power representatives at the conference in Lexie Webb (1 with 16 houses) and Lewa Day (Tuesday with 12 houses). Webb ranks 14th nationally in terms of homepage.
• Wasps have gone home in 31 games this season and are 20-11 in those competitions.
• First-year student stopover Nikki Barboza continues to lead the Hornets against conference opposition with an average of .464, a fifth-placed score in Big Sky. She’s hit safe in seven of the last eight games of the game, including four multiple-hit attempts.
• The Hornets are gaining .315 in challenging roles this season. Caroline Evans is hitting .455 (5 to 11) with a base percentage of 0.538 and eight RBIs as a punter, while Milan Machado- Buckley is hitting .389 (7 eats for 18) with a base percentage of .421 and six RBIs as a punter.
