No. 25 Rams finish regular season on the road

No. 25 Colorado State (36-8, 17-4 MW) at Boise State (32-10, 10-8 MW)
May 3-5 | Dona Larsen Park | Boise, Idaho
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at BYU | May 6 | Gail Miller Field at Miller Park | Provo, Utah
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THE WEEKEND
Colorado State will look to stay atop the Mountain West Conference and possibly secure its second MW Conference Championship as the Rams head to Boise State. CSU will finish the season with four games in as many days, starting with a three-game series against the Broncos before finishing the regular season at BYU for a non-conference tilt. The three-game series against Boise State will begin Friday afternoon at 4 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.

OPPONENT SCOUT
Broncos: Boise State has won its last three Mountain West series, including taking the series from Nevada last weekend. The Broncos nearly swept the Wolf Pack, but dropped the rubber match in nine frames. Bradie Fillmore was named the MW Player of the Week after hitting four homers and scoring seven runs, while hitting .571. BSU is in fourth place in the Mountain West standings.

RECORD SEASON
Colorado State will look to continue its strong season and conference play, as it has recorded 11 shutouts, while outscoring its opponents, 311-121. The Rams' 36-8 record is their best record ever and their 17-4 in the MW is the best mark since the league formed in 1999-2000.

FISHER WINS
Head Coach Jen Fisher surpassed her Mountain West season win total with a shutout win in game two at Nevada. Fisher has won 17 Mountain West games so far this season, the most since the league formed in 1999-2000.

SHUTOUTS
Colorado State has been on the right side of the box score, dishing out 11 shutouts so far this season, while being shutout themselves just once. The lone shutout came at the Mary Nutter against then-No. 2 UCLA.

QUICK WINS
The Rams have 13 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 13 run-rule victories this season is the most since the 1997 season (15).

LAST TIME OUT
Colorado State continued Mountain West Conference action last weekend and finished its home schedule hosting San Diego State, winning its seventh series of the season. The Rams finished the home schedule with a 19-2 home record - the most home wins ever at Ram Field.

GET ON BASE
Multiple Rams have gotten on base in consecutive games this year, led by Corina Gamboa who had an 18-game streak of getting on base earlier this season. Amber Nelson has started a new streak reaching base in the last 14 games dating back to the Utah State series the end of March.

TOP-25 RANKING
Colorado State remained at No. 25 in the USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Poll this week. The Rams entered the poll in April for the first time in over 21 years. CSU was last ranked on March 4, 1998 and were No. 23. That season CSU finished 30-21 overall and 16-13 in the WAC.

SCORING TEAM
Colorado State is averaging over seven runs per game this season, which ranks No. 9 in the nation. 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 56 so far this season - most since 2008 and fourth most in a season.

CONFERENCE AWARDS
Colorado State has dominated the Mountain West weekly softball awards this season as it has garnished a league-high eight so far this season, including five-consecutive honors at one point. The Rams' eight awards are 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
April 16 - Amber Nelson
April 23 - Jessica Jarecki

HITTING STREAKS
Amber Nelson carries the season-longest hitting streak into the final MW series at 14-consecutive games with a hit. During that time, Nelson leads the Rams batting .524 with 22 hits, six doubles and five home runs for 15 RBI. She is also slugging 1.024 and has a .588 on-base mark.

LEADING THE NATION
Colorado State still leads the nation in doubles per game with a 2.30 average - a .41 difference to second-place Georgia Tech. The Rams have recorded 101 doubles so far this season, which leads the nation and ahead of Georgia Tech (ACC), Illinois (Big 10) and Virginia Tech (ACC).

NATIONAL STATS
Besides leading the country in doubles per game, Colorado State also ranks highly in a few categories. The Rams rank 9th in scoring with 7.07 runs per game, led by Danni Klein who is No. 24 in runs per game with a 1.05 mark. CSU is also 7th in slugging, led by Tara Shadowen who is smashing a .848 tally, which is No. 19 in the country. Colorado State also sits at No. 8 in batting average with a .336 as Amber Nelson leads the squad with a .424 average - No. 21 in the nation.

#25Strong

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