Preview: Colorado State hosts Boise State in final home series

Colorado State Rams (25-16, 9-9 MW) vs. Boise State Broncos (34-14, 12-6 MW)
May 4-6 | Ram Field | Fort Collins, Colo.
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THE WEEKEND
• The Rams continue Mountain West action this weekend hosting Boise State in their home-series finale.
• Colorado State will host Boise State for a three-game series starting Friday, May 4 at 4 p.m.
• The two teams will also play Saturday afternoon starting at 1 p.m., and finish Sunday at 12 p.m.
• Prior to the game Sunday, CSU will recognize its five seniors.

ON DECK
• Following the final home series, the Rams conclude its regular season playing at UNLV May 10-12.

RAMS AT A GLANCE
• Colorado State suffered its third Mountain West series loss last week, dropping two games at San Diego State.
• The Rams came out firing in game one, shutting out the Aztecs, 3-0, with Bridgette Hutton throwing the complete-game shutout.
• CSU looked to take the series in game two, but gave up five runs early and couldn't rebound.
• Game three went to 10 innings before SDSU walked off with a leadoff home run to take the series, 2-1.
• Colorado State's pitching staff is spinning a great season so far, carrying a 3.37 ERA.
• Bridgette Hutton is the primary slinger, holding a 13-8 record and a 2.85 ERA.
• Haley Donaldson leads the team with a 13-game on-base streak, dating back to April 3 against Northern Colorado.
• Donaldson also leads the Rams with a four-game hitting streak. She is fourth on the team with a .359 batting average. Over her four-game streak, she is batting .357 with five hits and a double.

SERIES HISTORY
• Colorado State holds a 10-9 all-time record against the Broncos.
• The Rams dropped the last three series, with its last series win in 2014 at home.
• The Rams are 4-6 in the last 10 games in the series and 6-3 in the last 10 home games against Boise State.

LAST TEN VS...
                DATE       TEAM      RESULT
                3/18/17 at Boise State        L 5-8
                3/17/17 at Boise State        L 3-10
                3/17/17 at Boise State        W 9-4
                4/2/16   BOISE STATE          L 15-16
                4/1/16   BOISE STATE          L 6-7
                4/1/16   BOISE STATE          W 8-7
                4/26/15 at Boise State        L 1-7
                4/25/15 at Boise State        W 8-5 (9)
                4/24/15 at Boise State        L 5-6
                4/30/14 BOISE STATE          W 12-4 (6)

HITTING STREAKS
• Haley Donaldson carries a team-best 13-game on-base streak into the Boise State series. In those 13 games she has posted 19 hits, including 11 RBI and six doubles
• Sarah Muzik follows with a nine-game streak, with 12 hits and nine runs score.

SCOUTING THE BRONCOS
• Boise State enters the weekend with a 34-14 overall record and 12-6 in the Mountain West.
• The Broncos are coming off a 2-1 series win at Fresno State last week. BS is the first team this season to take a Mountain West series from the Bulldogs.
• Boise State used eight inning to earn a 2-1 victory in the series opener before taking care of business in game two, shutting out Fresno State 8-0 in six frame. CSU is one of three schools to record a shutout against the Bulldogs in league play this season.
• The Bronco looked for the sweep, but fell 5-2 in the finale which snapped a seven-game winning streak.
• Boise State holds a 7-3 record in its last 10 games, including winning the last two series against Nevada and Fresno State.
• The Broncos lone conference series loss was to UNLV.
• Alison Seng leads the team batting .464 with 65 hits, 14 doubles and five homers. Rebekah Cervantes follows with a .434 average with seven home runs and three triples with a team-best 49 RBI.
• There is a trio of pitcher to lead the Broncos. Micaela Leal holds the lowest ERA with a 1.93 mark. Kelsey Broadus and Gianna Mancha follow throwing the majority of the innings.

DONALDSON NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Sophomore Haley Donaldson was named Mountain West Player of the Week on April 10.
• Donaldson was the second CSU softball player to earn a weekly award from the conference this season. The honor was also the first of her career.
• The sophomore led Colorado State last week in nearly every category offensively. She finished a .571 batting mark, eight hits, including four doubles and a home run.
• The human development and family studies major drove in five runs, while slugging 1.071 and posting a .647 on-base percentage. • Donaldson registered a hit in all four games last week, including three games with two-or-more hits and one with three base hits.
• Donaldson also finished perfect at short for the week with six assists and five putouts.

RAMS IN NON-LEAGUE PLAY
• CSU finished 16-7 in non-conference games this season after picking up three wins in its final week of non-conference action.
• The Rams went 2-1 at Kansas March 30 -31 before finish the schedule defeating Northern Colorado for the second time this season with a 9-1 victory in five innings on Tuesday.
• The Rams posted a 19-7 mark against non-conference competition in 2017. That included a 10-3 record across the team's three home tournaments and six wins against teams from the Big Ten or Big 12.

FRESNO STATE SERIES
• Despite dropping the series at Fresno State, 2-1. The Rams put up a fight against the Bulldogs in its first Mountain West Conference series away from Fort Collins.
• The Rams offense hit their way into early leads in each game, but could not hold on down the stretch.
• Colorado State picked up a 4-0 victory in the second game to force a rubber match in the final game of the series. The shutout was the first for the Rams at Margie Wright Diamond and just the second win against the Bulldogs in Fresno, Calif.
• The shutout was also just the second time in series history for the Rams - April 28, 1997 at Ram Field.
• The win was the first in Fresno, since May 4, 2014 - the first and only win at Margie Wright Diamond.
• Colorado State lead 3-0 heading into the fifth inning in the final game, but Fresno State scored four runs over the last three innings to steal the series.

SEASON START
• The Rams started the season 4-0 of the first time since 2014 with a perfect record at the Texas Classic.
• Colorado State then improved its record to 7-0 at the Hillenbrand Invite to have its best start since 1997 when the team started 8-0.
• With a victory over Northern Colorado to open Ram Field, the Rams were 8-1 for the first time since 2008 when the team began, 10-1.

CONFERENCE OPENING RECORDS
• The Rams are now 7-12 in Mountain West Conference opening games dating back to the leagues start in 2000 season.
• CSU is 4-5 in home opening Mountain West games, after a walk-off victory over Nevada this season.
• Colorado State is 3-7 opening conference games away from Ram Field.

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.

TRANSFERS MAKING A MARK
• Transfer Sarah Muzik is making her mark for the Rams as the junior is leading the team with a .411 average and .489 slugging mark, while carrying a .468 on-base tick.
• The Hawai'i transfer also has recorded a team-best 58 hits and is 12-for-15 in stolen bases. Her 58 hits is on pace to break into the top-10 for most in a single season.
• She also carries a nine-game on-base streak into the home series finale.

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 a team-best 33 RBI with eight home runs.
• She is currently third on the team with a .363 average and leads slugging .637.

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