Saturday, March 27
Riverside, CA
1 p.m.
at
UC Riverside
Cal Poly Travels to UC Riverside for Three-Game, March 27-28 Series
3/25/2021 11:12:00 AM | Softball
SAN LUIS OBISPO – The Cal Poly softball program plays its first Big West Conference road series of the season and opens a six-game road trip when visiting UC Riverside for a Saturday, March 27 doubleheader and Sunday, March 28 single matchup.
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Live stats and streaming video from the series will be available via GoPoly.com HERE.
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First pitch is 1 p.m. on Saturday and 12 noon on Sunday for Cal Poly (7-6, 2-1), which opened Big West Conference play at home inside Bob Janssen Field by winning twice against CSUN (March 20-21). Early, the Mustangs trail joint Big West-leading Cal State Fullerton (18-11, 3-0) and Long Beach State (7-4, 3-0) by just one game in the conference standings.
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UC Riverside (1-11, 0-3), meanwhile, was swept at Long Beach State to start Big West play. UC Riverside's lone victory this season was a 7-4 win versus California Baptist (March 14).
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Cal Poly's last series victory against the Highlanders was a three-game sweep to close the 2016 season. The Mustangs, however, last won a series at UC Riverside in 2011. Dating to the first meeting between to the two sides on April 16, 1976, Cal Poly leads the all-time series, 94-37.
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Individually, senior righthander Shelby Jeffries – the reigning Big West Pitcher of the Week honoree after earning both of Cal Poly's series victories against CSUN – ranks third among conference players with a 1.24 ERA. Freshman righthander Bailey Doherty remains fourth in the Big West with a 1.24 ERA while junior lefthander Krystyna Allman is eighth (2.46). Cal Poly's staff 2.36 ERA is second among Big West programs.
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At the plate, five of Cal Poly's regular starters are batting above .300, topped by senior center fielder Noellah Ramos with a .381 (16-for-42) mark. Junior infielder Maddie Amos follows with a .368 (14-for-38) batting average while Jeffries is hitting .359 (14-for-39). Sophomore shortstop Xiara Diaz adds a .346 (9-for-26) mark while sophomore right fielder Sydney Frankenberger is hitting .304 (14-for-46).
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Following the UC Riverside series, Cal Poly visits UC Santa Barbara for a three-game, April 2-3 set.
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Live stats and streaming video from the series will be available via GoPoly.com HERE.
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First pitch is 1 p.m. on Saturday and 12 noon on Sunday for Cal Poly (7-6, 2-1), which opened Big West Conference play at home inside Bob Janssen Field by winning twice against CSUN (March 20-21). Early, the Mustangs trail joint Big West-leading Cal State Fullerton (18-11, 3-0) and Long Beach State (7-4, 3-0) by just one game in the conference standings.
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UC Riverside (1-11, 0-3), meanwhile, was swept at Long Beach State to start Big West play. UC Riverside's lone victory this season was a 7-4 win versus California Baptist (March 14).
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Cal Poly's last series victory against the Highlanders was a three-game sweep to close the 2016 season. The Mustangs, however, last won a series at UC Riverside in 2011. Dating to the first meeting between to the two sides on April 16, 1976, Cal Poly leads the all-time series, 94-37.
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Individually, senior righthander Shelby Jeffries – the reigning Big West Pitcher of the Week honoree after earning both of Cal Poly's series victories against CSUN – ranks third among conference players with a 1.24 ERA. Freshman righthander Bailey Doherty remains fourth in the Big West with a 1.24 ERA while junior lefthander Krystyna Allman is eighth (2.46). Cal Poly's staff 2.36 ERA is second among Big West programs.
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At the plate, five of Cal Poly's regular starters are batting above .300, topped by senior center fielder Noellah Ramos with a .381 (16-for-42) mark. Junior infielder Maddie Amos follows with a .368 (14-for-38) batting average while Jeffries is hitting .359 (14-for-39). Sophomore shortstop Xiara Diaz adds a .346 (9-for-26) mark while sophomore right fielder Sydney Frankenberger is hitting .304 (14-for-46).
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Following the UC Riverside series, Cal Poly visits UC Santa Barbara for a three-game, April 2-3 set.
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