Rams return home, host big series against UNLV

Colorado State Rams (29-5, 11-1 MW) vs. UNLV Rebels (26-9, 7-4 MW)
April 12-14 | Ram Field | Fort Collins, Colo.
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THE WEEKEND
Colorado State will look to stay atop the Mountain West Conference with its 11-1 mark as the Rams host UNLV for three games this weekend. CSU will play Friday afternoon at 4 p.m., MT before playing Saturday at 12 p.m., MT and Sunday at 12 p.m., MT.

#25STRONG
During the 2019 season, the Colorado State softball team will recognize it being #25Strong, referring to 25 years since being reinstated as a sport at Colorado State. The Rams' softball program began in 1976, but did not compete during the 1993 season due to the program being cut at the end of the 1992 season. Colorado State reinstated the softball program and competed in 1994.

RECORD SEASON
Colorado State will look to continue its strong season and conference play, as it has recorded nine shutouts, while outscoring its opponents, 246-92. The Rams' 29-5 record is their best record ever and their 11-1 in the MW is the best mark since the league formed in 1999-2000.

QUICK WINS
The Rams have 10 wins so far this season by the run-rule, including the first-ever victory over Fresno State, 12-4 in six innings. Colorado State recorded seven run-rule wins in all of 2018. CSU's 10 run-rule victories this season is the most since the 1997 season.

LAST TIME OUT
Colorado State continued Mountain West Conference action last weekend at San Jose State and won its fourth series of the season. The Rams won the first two games to extend its winning streak to a program record 20-consecutive before losing the final game of the series for its first MW loss of the season.

NO-NO
Senior ace Bridgette Hutton hurled her first-career no-hitter in the dominating victory over Idaho State on Feb. 28. She allowed just three base-runners - all on walks - while not allowing a hit in the five inning victory on her way to recording her fourth win of the season.

GET ON BASE
Multiple Rams have gotten on base this year, led by Corina Gamboa who had an 18-game streak of getting on base earlier this season. Amber Nelson had her 12-game streak snapped during the second game of the New Mexico series, as did Tara Shadowen and Danni Klein who both had 11-game tears. Since, Klein has started a new streak which sits at nine games.

CONFERENCE AWARDS
Colorado State has dominated the Mountain West weekly softball awards this season as it has garnished a league-high six so far this season, including five-consecutive honors at one point. The Rams' six awards is the most in a season while a part of the Mountain West Conference.

Feb. 26 - Ashley Ruiz & Jessica Jarecki
Mar. 5 - Lauren Buchanan
Mar. 12 - Amber Nelson
Mar. 18 - Corina Gamboa
Mar. 26 - Jessica Jarecki

STREAKING
Colorado State set a program record after it won the first two games of the San Jose State series to win its 20-consecutive, which passed the previous mark of 18 set in 1989. The streak was also the second longest-active streak at the time, behind Oklahoma who is currently riding a 26-game streak. The 20 games also is the third longest winning streak at Colorado State, behind women's basketball (28) and volleyball (27). During CSU's streak, it defeated Nebraska, Dayton and Syracuse twice, swept Fresno State, Utah State and recorded its first road sweep since 2016 at New Mexico.

SCORING TEAM
Colorado State is averaging just under 7.5 runs per game this season. During the Rams' 20-game winning streak, they scored eight-plus runs in 16 of the 20 games, including putting up a season-high 16 runs twice. The Rams are also blasting home runs as they have recorded 42 so far this season - five more than second-place Utah State.

LEADING THE NATION
After the fourth week of the conference schedule, Colorado State still leads the nation in doubles per game with a 2.41 average - a .47 difference to second-place Drexel. The Rams have recorded 82 doubles so far this season, which leads the nation and ahead of Arizona St. (Pac-12), George Washington (A10) and Georgia Tech (ACC).

NATIONAL STATS
Besides leading the country in doubles per game, Colorado State also ranks highly in a few categories. The Rams rank 8th in scoring with 7.24 runs per game, led by Danni Klein who is No. 12 in runs per game with a 1.18 mark. CSU is also 7th in slugging, led by Ashley Ruiz who is smashing a .736 tally, which is No. 68 in the country. Colorado State also sits at No. 14 in batting average with a .328 as Amber Nelson leads the squad with a .398 average.

SHARE THE LOVE
Colorado State's roster is loaded across the lineup as seven of the nine batters are hitting over .300, while every batters with significant at bats has hit at least one home run. Eight of the nine batters are also slugging over .500.

OPPONENT SCOUT
Rebels: UNLV dropped its series against Fresno State last week after shutting out the Bulldogs in the first game before dropping the last two. The Rebels had won all three series leading up to Fresno State, including sweeping San Diego State. UNLV follows Colorado State in nearly every statistically conference category or ranks in the top five among the nine conference schools.

TOP-25 RANKING
For the fourth week by Softball America, Colorado State moved down two spots to No. 25 this week. The Rams are also still receiving 33 votes in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll.

#25Strong

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