Colorado State Begins Home Schedule against Northern Colorado

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Colorado State (7-1, MW) vs. Northern Colorado (8-7, Big Sky)
Fort Collins, Colo. | Ram Field | Feb. 27 | 3 p.m.

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ON DECK
Colorado State will open its home schedule on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m., against Northern Colorado. The Rams will look to continue their strong start after posting a 7-1 record through two non-conference tournaments. The mark is the best start to a season since 2008 for CSU.

OPPONENT SCOUT
The Bears: Northern Colorado (8-7) has played in three tournaments so far this season. UNC began the season at the Total Control Softball Tournament in Rosemount, Illinois and finished with a 3-2 record with wins over Loyola, Wright State and IUPUI. The Bears then picked up two wins at the Bearkat Softball Classic in Huntsville, Texas before a 3-2 record at the Libby Matson Tournament in Stockton this past weekend.

Valerie Vidal has hurled two shut outs so far this season, as she is ranked No. 15 in the nation in the category. The Bears recorded three shutouts this season against Loyola, Seton Hall and Seattle. Vidal paces Northern Colorado with a 2.09 ERA and a 5-2 record, while also spinning five complete games and 50 1/3 total innings pitched. Lauren Paige leads the Bears from the dish carrying a .395 batting average with 15 hits, three doubles and slugging .553. Both Jordyn Wiatrak and Rachel Johnson have batting in nine runs, which tops UNC in RBI.

LAST TIME OUT
Colorado State was at the Hillenbrand Invitational nearly two weeks ago and finished with a 3-1 record. Despite some weather causing cancellation and rescheduling of games, the Rams picked up wins over Montana, Bryant and a shutout against Troy. The Rams closed the Invite playing host No. 12 Arizona and kept the powerful Wildcats to just three runs.

HUTTON NAMED PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Junior Bridgette Hutton was named Mountain West Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 21. Hutton was the first CSU softball player to earn a weekly award from the conference this season. The honor was also the second of her career. The psychology major posted a 2-1 record at the Hillenbrand Invitational, including hurling two complete games and the first shutout of the season with a 5-0 win over Tory. The Platteville, Colo., native allowed just four runs in the three games she appeared in, posting a 1.56 ERA.

SEASON OPENING RECORDS
Colorado State began the season at the Texas Classic and Head Coach Jen Fisher is now 4-4 in season openers after a season opening 4-3 victory over Wisconsin. The Rams are 6-12 in openers since 2000. CSU recorded a 14-5 victory in five innings over Maryland in 2017 in Austin.

RAMS IN NON-LEAGUE PLAY
CSU held a 19-7 mark against non-conference competition in 2017. That included a 10-3 record across the team's three home tournaments at Ram Field. It also included six wins against teams from the Big Ten or Big 12.

RAMS IN MW PLAY
CSU finished 2017 with a 9-15 mark in league play owning 2-1 series wins over San Diego State and San Jose State - who are tabbed to finish first and second in the Mountain West in 2018. Unsurprisingly, three-time all-conference shortstop Haley Hutton was a standout in league action, toting a .372/.465/.455 slash line with 32 hits and 30 runs scored in 24 games. Hannah McCorkhill had a team-leading six homers against MW foes, while Lauren Buchanan led with 20 RBI.

STALWART SHUTOUTS
The Rams had 12 shutouts on the 2017 season, which is the most the team has had since posting 14 in 2003. Larisa Petakoff and Bridgette Hutton each had four shutouts, while Kaylynn Pierce has added three. Twelve of CSU's 28 wins came in shutout fashion a season ago.

TRANSFERS MAKING A MARK
Transfer Sarah Muzik is making her mark for the Rams as the junior leads the team with a .407 batting average and .444 slugging mark, while carrying a .500 on base tick. The Hawai'i transfer also has recorded nine hits and is 3-for-3 in stolen bases.

PETAKOFF'S PITCHING PROWESS
Redshirt senior Larisa Petakoff had a great junior season, holding the team's best ERA at 2.58 across 92.1 innings pitched. After eight games this season, she has appeared in three games, earning two wins and not allowing a run to score and just two hits.

GAMBOA HEATING UP AT THE HOT CORNER
Sophomore Corina Gamboa has established herself as a threat at third base. So far this season, Gamboa posted seven RBI in her first eight games, with three home runs. She is currently second on the team with a .375 batting average and leads the team with a .792 slugging mark.

NEW COMERS
Colorado State welcomed five freshman and three transfers during the offseason.
Freshmen: Ashley Michelena, Kailyn McVay, Tara Shadowen, Gianna Brown, Jordan Acosta
Transfers: Haley Donaldson (Nebraska), Sarah Muzik (Hawaii), Isabella Navarro (Trinidad State)

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