GAME #23, 24 (Doubleheader)
AAU Urban Knights (6-13) vs. San Francisco State Gators (7-10)
Wednesday March 11, 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 PM
San Francisco State University, SFSU Softball Field
THE WEEK AHEAD:
Academy of Art University traveled to Arcata, CA to compete against defending national champions Humboldt State University in a pair of double-header games that took place last Saturday and Sunday. AAU will next play a pair of games Wednesday March 11 against cross town opponent, San Francisco State University (7-10), the original match between the two teams was postponed Feb. 25 due to rain.
LOOKING BEYOND:
After the game against San Francisco State University the AAU softball team heads to Hawaii for games against Hawaii Pacific, BYU Hawaii, and Chaminade University.
SCOUTING THE GATORS:
San Francisco State finished their most recent series with CSU Stanislaus winning three of the four games. Prior to that the Gators started their CCAA season 1-7 with their single win coming in their second to last game against UC San Diego. The Gators 4-8 CCAA record ties them for 7th place with San Bernardino whom the Urban Knights were supposed to play on Feb. 15 but the game was cancelled due to weather conditions. The Wood sisters have been a big help for the gators with Sophomore catcher Kelsey Wood helping the Gators offense with a .367 batting average and nine RBIs, as twin sister Kendra Wood, leads the team in home runs (2) and RBIs (10) while also batting .310 average. Sophomore pitcher Ashley Jackson is 4-3 on the season and has racked up 25 strikeouts thus far, she is pitching a 1.65 ERA.
LAST SERIES RECAP:
The Academy of Art University's softball team finished a two day four game series against Humboldt State University 1-4. The Urban Knights started the series off with a solo homerun by Nicole Palmer. Then with two outs, junior Shampayne Clay (San Leandro, CA)walked and advanced to third on an error by the short stop. Sophomore Alana Aweau (Fairfield, CA)then singled to score Clay from third. But those would be the only two runs scored for the Urban Knights as the Jacks took game one by a score of 10-2. Game two would garner the Urban Knights their only win of the series. The Academy of Art University's Nicole Palmer (Yorba Linda, CA) went 3-4 in that game with a homerun, three runs scored and three runs batted in. Clay also had a terrific game going 2-2 with a homerun, two runs and two runs batted in. Aweauwent 2-3 in the game with a double, two runs batted in and a run scored. Junior Ashley Roy (Roseburg, OR)went 2-3 with a run scored and a run batted in and freshman Jacqueline Nieves (Victorville, CA)went 1-2 with two runs scored in the second game.
Coming off a win, the Urban Knights came out eager the next day trying to take two from the Lumberjacks. But poor defense and quiet bats kept the Urban Knights from victory as they lost both games to Humboldt State, 4-1 and 12-3, dropping them to 6-16 overall.
