Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, March 27
Albuquerque, NM
2 PM MT
Colorado State
at
New Mexico
Rams Hit the Road for Conference Opener
3/26/2021 11:39:00 AM | Softball
Colorado State will begin Mountain West action at New Mexico with a three-game series starting Saturday afternoon.
THIS WEEK
Colorado State will resume action after having the last two weekends get postponed due to weather. It will be 19 days since the Rams last played a game. The Rams will head to Albuquerque, N.M., for a three-game series against New Mexico. The series will start on Saturday with a 2 p.m., MT doubleheader before finishing the trip on Sunday with the finale at noon.
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LAST TIME OUT
The Rams finished its non-conference schedule last time out, which was 19 days ago against South Dakota State. Colorado State had five games scheduled, but had to postpone them due to weather in Fort Collins. CSU was scheduled to being Mountain West play last weekend, hosting Utah State but the series was postponed.
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AGAINST THE LOBOS
The Rams hold a 68-56 overall record against New Mexico, which also includes a 43-26 mark in Mountain West action. CSU holds a five-game win streak against the Lobos dating back to the 2018 season. The streak also includes sweeping the series in 2019 in Albuquerque in the last contests.
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OPPONENT SCOUT
New Mexico has struggled so far this season, holding a 1-21 record after a five-week non-conference schedule. The Lobos will also open their Mountain West Conference schedule this week facing the Rams. New Mexico's only victory came in the season-opening week at the Hillenbrand Invitational against Southern Utah with a 11-3 win in six frames. The Lobos have faced some tough teams, including then-No. 4 Arizona twice, then-No. 2 Oklahoma twice, Arizona State twice, then No. 9/8 Oklahoma State twice, Texas Tech three times and then No. 10/11 Texas three times.
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New Mexico's Andrea Howard leads the Mountain West with her .725 slugging percentage. Cameryn O'Grady also leads the league getting hit 11 times by pitches. New Mexico was picked last in the Preseason Poll at No. 9.
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FROM THE CIRCLE
The Colorado State pitching staff has been doing its part as it holds a 3.21 ERA - the second lowest in the Mountain West and No. 101 in the nation. Taylor Gilmore leads the battery with a 1.83 ERA with 23 innings pitched and 16 strikeouts. Jessica Jarecki leads the circle with 32.1 innings hurled and 36 strikeouts.
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Colorado State will resume action after having the last two weekends get postponed due to weather. It will be 19 days since the Rams last played a game. The Rams will head to Albuquerque, N.M., for a three-game series against New Mexico. The series will start on Saturday with a 2 p.m., MT doubleheader before finishing the trip on Sunday with the finale at noon.
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LAST TIME OUT
The Rams finished its non-conference schedule last time out, which was 19 days ago against South Dakota State. Colorado State had five games scheduled, but had to postpone them due to weather in Fort Collins. CSU was scheduled to being Mountain West play last weekend, hosting Utah State but the series was postponed.
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AGAINST THE LOBOS
The Rams hold a 68-56 overall record against New Mexico, which also includes a 43-26 mark in Mountain West action. CSU holds a five-game win streak against the Lobos dating back to the 2018 season. The streak also includes sweeping the series in 2019 in Albuquerque in the last contests.
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OPPONENT SCOUT
New Mexico has struggled so far this season, holding a 1-21 record after a five-week non-conference schedule. The Lobos will also open their Mountain West Conference schedule this week facing the Rams. New Mexico's only victory came in the season-opening week at the Hillenbrand Invitational against Southern Utah with a 11-3 win in six frames. The Lobos have faced some tough teams, including then-No. 4 Arizona twice, then-No. 2 Oklahoma twice, Arizona State twice, then No. 9/8 Oklahoma State twice, Texas Tech three times and then No. 10/11 Texas three times.
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New Mexico's Andrea Howard leads the Mountain West with her .725 slugging percentage. Cameryn O'Grady also leads the league getting hit 11 times by pitches. New Mexico was picked last in the Preseason Poll at No. 9.
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FROM THE CIRCLE
The Colorado State pitching staff has been doing its part as it holds a 3.21 ERA - the second lowest in the Mountain West and No. 101 in the nation. Taylor Gilmore leads the battery with a 1.83 ERA with 23 innings pitched and 16 strikeouts. Jessica Jarecki leads the circle with 32.1 innings hurled and 36 strikeouts.
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