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6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Baseball
April 13, 1999
Utah vs. Southern Utah
April 14 * 1:30 p.m. (2)
Salt Lake City
Utah vs. Hawaii
April 16 * 3:00 p.m. (1)
Salt Lake City
April 17 * 1:30 p.m. (2)
Salt Lake City
THIS WEEK: Utah (17-17, 3-3 WAC) will try for the third consecutive week to open its home schedule. The Utes are scheduled to host a doubleheader against Southern Utah (7-35) on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Utah will also host a three-game series against Hawaii (23-16, 9-6 WAC) with a single game on Friday at 3:00 p.m. and doubleheader on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. All games will be played at Ute Field.
SCHEDULE CHANGES: Due to heavy snowfall, Utahs three-game series with Western Athletic Conference rival New Mexico scheduled for last Saturday and Sunday at Ute Field was postponed. The series has been rescheduled with a doubleheader on April 27 and a single game on April 28, starting at 2:00 p.m. both days. The Utes previously scheduled doubleheader with Utah State on April 28 will likely be cancelled.
UTAH Batting Order: Pos. No. Player B/T Yr. Hometown (Previous School) LF 3 Lisa Hashimoto L/R Jr. Brigham City, Utah (Box Elder HS) 2B 12 Stacy OFarrell L/R Jr. Sandy, Utah (Ricks JC) C 32 Sunny Smith R/R Jr. Pleasant Grove, Utah (Pleasant Grove HS) CF 4 Jenny Monson R/R Jr. South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS) DP/P 7 Sarah Farnworth R/R So. Upland, Calif. (Upland HS) SS 23 Michele Larsen R/R Fr. Eugene, Ore. (Chuchill HS) RF 13 Molly McLean L/R Fr. Riverton, Utah (Bingham HS) 3B 10 Stacey Farnworth R/R So. Upland, Calif. (Upland HS) 1B 39 Nicole Wikinson R/R Jr. Sandy, Utah (Louisiana State)Pitching Rotation: Pos. No. Name B/T Yr. Hometown (Previous School) (1) 7 Sarah Farnworth R/R So. Upland, Calif. (Upland HS) (2) 24 Kristin Arbogast R/R So. Eugene, Ore. (North Eugene HS) (3) 00 Jeanette Herbert R/R Fr. West Valley, Utah (Granger HS)
Off the Bench: Pos. No. Name B/T Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 2B 18 Carrie Kosderka R/R So. Roseburg, Ore. (Roseburg HS) 3B 16 Lyndsey Trevis R/R Fr. Glendora, Calif. (Glendora HS) RF 21 Amberly Johnson L/R So. Sandy, Utah (Alta HS) C/OF 22 Stephanie Johnson R/R Fr. Rockford, Ill. (Guilford HS)
UTAH UPDATE: The Utes, winners of five of their last six, are 17-17 overall and in fifth place in the Western Athletic Conference with a 3-3 record. Utah was able to play just two games last week and one game the previous week due to inclement weather. The Utes split a doubleheader at Utah State last Wednesday, losing the opener 2-0 in eight innings and winning the second game 5-1. On March 31, Utah took the first game of a scheduled doubleheader at Southern Utah, winning 5-4 in five innings. The second game was cancelled because of snow flurries.
Utah has competed in four tournaments. Utah went 2-3, facing four Top 25 teams, at Arizona States Fiesta Bowl Tournament, Feb. 12-14 in Tempe, Ariz. Utah tied for third place, posting a 3-3 record at the New Mexico States Troy Cox Softball Classic, Feb. 26-28. During its Spring Break trip, Utah finished third at San Jose States NIST Tournament, March 12-14. The Utes lost all four games at the Kia Klassic, March 18-20 in Fullerton, Calif. To open the WAC season, the Utes lost all-three games of the series at San Diego State, March 6-7.
Junior catcher Sunny Smith leads the team in hitting (.323). Smith also has a team-best 12 doubles and shares the team lead in home runs with sophomore pitcher/designated player Sarah Farnworth and junior outfielder Jenny Monson, each with and four. Monson has a team-best 17 RBI. Freshman outfielder Molly McLean and junior outfielder Lisa Hashimoto both have a team-best 10 stolen bases. Farnworth leads the pitching staff with a 1.91 ERA and a 9-8 record. She also has a 3.2-to-1 strikeouts to walks ratio.
NEXT WEEK: The Utes conclude their eight-game homestand with a three-game series against Western Athletic Conference rival Colorado State, playing a doubleheader on Tuesday (April 20) at 1:00 p.m. and a single game on Wednesday (April 21) at 2:00 p.m. at Ute Field. Utah then makes a road trip to the lower Midwest. The Utes play a single game against Oklahoma State on Friday (April 23) at 6:30 p.m. (CDT) in Stillwater, Okla. Utah then plays a three-game series against Tulsa with a doubleheader on Saturday (April 24) at 1:00 p.m. (CDT) and a single game on Sunday (April 25) at 1:00 p.m. (CDT) in Tulsa, Okla.
SCOUTING SOUTHERN UTAH: The Thunderbirds have a 7-35 record after taking two of three games at Youngstown State last weekend. Catcher/first baseman Sarah Adams leads the team with a .336 average and 13 RBI. Shortstop Jenny Hardy-Roberts has a .262 batting average. Tori Sandoval leads the pitching staff with a 3.19 ERA and a 2-5 record. Jennie Kerr has a 2-19 record with a 4.84 ERA. Laurel Simmons, a 1991 graduate of the U., is in her first season as a college head coach at SUU.
SCOUTING HAWAII: The Rainbow Wahine are 23-16 overall and in third place in the Western Athletic Conference with a 9-6 record. Hawaii received six votes to rank 36th in the USA Today/NFCA Poll released on April 7. Hawaii took two of three games from San Diego State at home last weekend, winning the first two games 3-0 and 1-0, and losing the final game 2-0.
First baseman Joyce Lum leads the team with a .319 batting average. Catcher Dana Degen has a team-best 21 RBI and six home runs. Pitcher Kelly Gentle is hitting .314 and has a 12-7 record with a 2.01 ERA. Pitcher Desiree Duran has a 7-5 record and a 2.19 ERA. Head coach Bob Cohen has a 298-184 record in his eighth year at UH and a 370-276 career mark in 16 seasons.
LAST WEEK: Jenny Monson hit a two-run home run as Utah scored three runs in the top of the seventh to defeat Utah State 5-1 in the second game of a doubleheader between the in-state rivals on Wednesday afternoon. Utah State won the opener 2-0 in eight innings.
Utah scored a run in the top of the second inning before Utah State tied the game in the third. The Utes went ahead for good, 2-1, with a run in the fifth before putting the game away in the seventh. Monson hit her fourth home run of the season. Kristin Arbogast gave up only one earned run off of seven hits and struck out three in seven innings to improve to 8-9. Kelly Martin, who won the opener, took the loss in the night cap to fall to 6-15. The USU defense committed three errors behind her.
Sandy Millard blasted a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a scoreless tie and give the Aggies the win in the opener. Martin overwhelmed the Utah hitters, allowing just one hit and retired 22 batters in a row after a first inning single by pitcher Sarah Farnworth. Martin struck out four and walked just one in the eight-inning shutout. Farnworth struck out nine, but gave up two earned runs off of seven hits in 7-2/3 innings to fall to 9-8.
SUNNY AND HOT: Junior catcher Sunny Smith has had one of hottest bats in the Utah line-up as of late. In three games against San Jose State, March 27-28, Smith went 6-for-11 with three doubles, two home runs and four runs scored. In the March 27th doubleheader alone, she went 5-for-7. Smith went 1-for-2 with a run scored at Southern Utah on April 7. Against Utah State last Wednesday, she went 2-for-6 with a run scored and two RBI.
WAC TEAM STATISTICS (Released April 6) Batting 5th (.262) Pitching 5th (2.39) Fielding 5th (.951)WAC INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (Released April 6) Hitting Sunny Smith 15th (.323) Molly McLean 15th (.323)
Doubles Sunny Smith 2nd (11)
Stolen Bases Molly McLean 5th (10) Lisa Hashimoto 5th (10)
ERA Sarah Farnworth 8th (1.92) Wins Sarah Farnworth 6th (9) Saves Sarah Farnworth 1st (2) Strikeouts Sarah Farnworth 4th (93) Appearances Sarah Farnworth 3rd (23) Complete Games Sarah Farnworth 5th (12) Innings Pitched Sarah Farnworth 5th (116.2)
HEAD COACH MONA STEVENS... is in her third season as Utahs head coach. Stevens owns an 97-56 overall record and a 44-26 mark against Western Athletic Conference teams. In her first season, Stevens led Utah to the NCAA Tournament and a third-place finish in the WAC. Last year, Stevens guided a Utah team that started seven freshmen to a 36-21 overall record and a third-place finish in the WAC at 19-13. Stevens hasnt slowed down during the off-season. Last fall, she was named head coach of the USA Softball Junior National Team that will compete in the 1999 World Games in Taipei, Taiwan, June 17-27.
The former Ute player and assistant coach came home in September of 1996 following a two-year stint at the University of Massachusetts. Stevens was the associate head coach for the Minutewomen during the 1995 and 96 seasons, and was named UMass head coach in June of 96, three months prior to being hired by her alma mater. In each of her two seasons at UMass, Stevens helped the Minutewomen reach the NCAA Tournament and win the Atlantic-10 Conference regular-season and tournament championships.
Stevens began her coaching career as an assistant at Utah from 1981-84. In addition to her collegiate coaching portfolio, Stevens has been a nationally recognized pitching instructor over the past 14 years. She has also worked internationally, and was the owner of Mona Stevens Enterprises from 1989-99.
QUOTING STEVENS: On the layoff and playing this week - "I think, at first, that not being able to play the last two weekends was deflating. But, we needed the rest, and we got that rest. What is exciting now is that we have great weather, and we havent had that most of this season. Plus, were at home now. Even though we have a bunch of games in a row, I see a fire and optimism that I havent seen from this team most of season; I saw it in the fall, but not this season. I see it now. They know that they are capable of playing better than they have. They are excited to get these games in.
"I think, in one sense, that this two-week layoff has removed us a little bit from the first half of season. We didnt play badly the first half of the season, by we did not play up to our potential. We are looking forward to marathon ball. I know that were going to play a lot of games in a short period of time. But, theres a lot of days where we just play one game. We play 12 of the next 19 days, but half of those dates are single games. It shouldnt be too taxing, and itll keep us sharp. I think its a great schedule and its going to be so nice to be home. The kids are ready to play, and I hope that our fans come out and really get rowdy to support us."
On Southern Utah and Hawaii - "You can never just waltz into a game with Southern Utah. They always come after us, and we always have to play well to beat them. They will make plays to stay right with you. They love to beat us. Im glad that we have them on Wednesday. With Hawaii coming in for the weekend, well have a chance to get our first home games in before we play them. Hawaii is the No. 2-ranked team in the region, and as always their strength of schedule is good. Theyre not as strong as they were last year, but they still have the same pitchers as last year. We will have to play well to beat them, but we are excited to play someone of Hawaiis caliber."
WAC PRE-SEASON POLL: Utah was picked to finish third in the Western Athletic Conference softball race this season in a poll of the leagues coaches. The Utes received 52 points in the voting. Fresno State, the defending NCAA champion, was picked first with 64 points and garnered eight of the nine first-place votes. Hawai'i received the remaining first-place vote was placed second with 54 points-just two more than Utah. Colorado State was picked to finish fourth with 40 points, followed by UNLV (35), San Diego State (30), San Jose State (21), New Mexico (14) and Tulsa (14).
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