Game #37ART U Urban Knights (13-22-1, 9-7 PWC) vs. NDNU Argonauts (9-22, 7-13 PWC)
Friday, April 8, 2016 at 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.
Belmont, Calif. – Notre Dame High School
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Game #38ART U Urban Knights (13-22-1, 9-7 PWC) vs. Holy Names Hawks (10-26-1, 3-13 PWC)
Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Noon & 2 p.m.
Brisbane, Calif. – Mission Blue Field
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Game #39ART U Urban Knights (13-22-1, 9-7 PWC) vs. Azusa Pacific Cougars (24-8, 11-3 PWC)
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Noon & 2 p.m.
Brisbane, Calif. – Mission Blue FieldLive StatsSOFTBALL BEGINS BAY AREA STRETCH ART U softball gets back into Pacific West Conference play this week with matchups against local opponents in Notre Dame de Namur and Holy Names before hosting Azusa Pacific on Tuesday.
FIRST PITCHIn the Bay Area once again after a weekend in Turlock, Academy of Art will head to Belmont for a 1 p.m. doubleheader against Notre Dame de Namur on Friday, Apr. 8 then hosts Holy Names at Mission Blue Field on Saturday, Apr. 9 with first pitch set for noon. A rain-rescheduled home twinbill comes Tuesday, Apr. 12 also at noon with Azusa Pacific in town. Live coverage will be available via the links above. Remember to follow @ARTU_Knights on
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The Baked Bear, a unique ice cream sandwich restaurant that recently opened in San Francisco, has partnered with Academy of Art to offer ice cream sandwiches for the first 100 fans to Saturday's game. Student and staff fan buses will leave 620 Sutter at 11:30 a.m.
KNIGHT WATCHFreshman infielder
Brenna Youngquist owns the team's highest batting average at .353 (24th in PacWest) after three of her 11 total doubles came in the Tournament of Champions. She ranks fifth in the conference in runs batted in with 32 thus far to go with four home runs, 11 multi-hit games, and seven multi-RBI performances.
Freshman infielder
Juliana Lopez has reached base in 24 straight games and is hitting .343 on the year while junior outfielder
Jessica West carries a .336 batting average with a team-high 27 runs scored (13th in PacWest) and five steals in six attempts. Sophomore pitcher
Brenna Mitchell (.329 AVG) and senior catcher
Elise Oldham (.284 AVG) each share the team's home run lead with Youngquist, having each gone yard four times this year.
In the circle, Mitchell (8-8) is 12th in the PacWest in ERA (2.58) and has nine complete games in 106.0 innings pitched.
Hunter Allen (2-4) dropped her ERA to 3.89 at the Tournament of Champions.
ON THE AR-GO
Since splitting with ART U back on
Mar. 25 in Brisbane, Notre Dame de Namur swept Holy Names then went 1-5 at the Tournament of Champions, defeating Stanislaus State 9-8. The Argonauts are 7-13 in PacWest play and just 1-8 at home, having hosted Dixie State and California Baptist during a 0-8 losing streak in mid-March. NDNU is led by a trio hitting .300 or higher, Haley Stahl, Tivoli Sisco, and Toni Cardoza, as well as Shelby Reali (4-13) who owns a 4.06 ERA and 11 complete games in 98.1 innings pitched. The teams remain even in the all-time series: 14-14.
TALKIN' HAWKSAcademy of Art swept Holy Names in the East Bay back on
Feb. 27 and, since that time, the Hawks have gone 6-16. HNU was swept in four by Hawaii Pacific, split with BYU-Hawaii, and swept Chaminade in Hawaii. After losing four to CBU and NDNU, then splitting with Menlo, Holy Names went 2-4 in the Tournament of Champions. Sharon Mataele (.333 AVG) and Geena Garabedian (.330 AVG, 3 HR, 18 RBI) are HNU's offensive leaders while Kristina Carbajal (7-9) offers a 3.74 ERA and 11 complete games in 103.0 innings pitched. The sweep raised ART U to 14-5 all-time against Holy Names.
COUNTING COUGARSWinners of six consecutive games after going 4-1 in the Tournament of Champions and sweeping Hawaii Pacific on Apr. 5, Azusa Pacific is currently in a battle with Concordia for third place in the PacWest standings. The Cougars have played just four road games thus far, but are 4-0 in those contests. Third in the conference in home runs, APU is led by nine homers from Madison Hernandez and Nicki Sprague (.434 AVG, 3 HR, 28 RBIs). The tandem of Narissa Garcia (9-2, 1.94 ERA) and Carly Xepoleas (8-5, 1.94 ERA) are six and seven respectively among the conference's ERA leaders. Azusa Pacific holds a 6-5 lead after sweeping the Knights last year.
SOFTBALL FALLS TO TOROS, CLAN IN TOC FINALEAcademy of Art University softball took a pair of difficult losses to close out its fourth year participating in the Tournament of Champions on
Apr. 3. Starting bright and early at 9 a.m. back at Pedretti Park, the Urban Knights were no-hit by Cal State Dominguez Hills and ended up falling 8-0 in five innings. Then, ART U's offense awoke for six runs on nine hits against Simon Fraser, but a four-run rally in the bottom of the seventh resulted in a 7-6 walkoff win for the Clan.
LOOKING AHEADAcademy of Art's homestand will continue next weekend with doubleheaders hosting Concordia (Apr. 16) and Dixie State (Apr. 17).
