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Softball Update - Colorado State Univeristy Rams
Thursday, February 27, 1997
RAMS TAKE TOURNEY TITLE... Colorado State went 5-1 last week in winning the Texas A&M Invitational in College Station, Texas. The Rams defeated Creighton 5-0 and Sam Houston State 11-3 Friday, Texas A&M 10-2 and Sam Houston State 8-0 Saturday and lost to Creighton 4-0 before ending the tournament with a dramatic 3-2 victory over Texas A&M Sunday. Sophomore Kelley Spence hit a three-run home run with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to give the Rams the victory over the Aggies in the finale and the tourmanent title. Colorado State tied with Creighton at 5-1 but took first due to run differential. The Rams now stand at 7-1 on the season.
HEADING TO THE DESERT... This weekend, the Rams travel to Tucson, Ariz., for the Hillenbrand Invitational hosted by the University of Arizona. Friday, the Rams face LSU and Florida, Saturday they face Kansas, Kent State and 1996 national champion Arizona, and Sunday they meet DePaul.
CARTER RED-HOT... Freshman Alyson Carter paced the Colorado State hitting attack at the Texas A&M Invite, going 14-for-21 at the plate (.667) with four doubles, four RBI and an .857 slugging percentage. The Las Vegas native also had a span of nine straight hits. Carter had a six-game hitting streak snapped Sunday versus Creighton and has hit safely in seven of eight Ram games to date in posting a .630 batting average.
BASE THIEVES... Colorado State stole 14 bases in 15 attempts at Texas A&M, giving the Rams 20 in 21 attempts on the season. This squad is on pace to break the school record of 52 set by the 1989 team. Jennifer Buford and Amber Solano share the team lead with five thefts each and eight different Rams have at least one stolen base on the season.
JOHNSON SHINES IN TEXAS... Senior pitcher Nikki Johnson picked up three wins over the weekend, allowing just one earned run in 24 innings of work. For the season, she is 4-0 with an 0.24 ERA, recording 39 strikeouts in 29 innings. Johnson had an 18-inning scoreless streak snapped in the loss to Creighton Sunday. She has held opponents to a .135 batting average in six early-season appearances.
BREAK OUT THE BATS... Colorado State is hitting .369 as a team through eight games. Seven Rams are hitting better than .300, including four hitting .400 or better. After Carter at .630 the list includes, Buford (.533), Spence (.409), Solano (.407), Michele Johnson (.357), Sarah Fredstrom (.345) and Robin Hamilton (.333). The Rams own a team slugging percentage of .476 led by Carter at .889, Jena Spahr at .700 and Spence at .636. Spence leads the Rams with 10 RBI, followed by '96 first-team all-WAC pick Fredstrom with nine. Colorado State has scored in double figures in four of eight games, including twice last weekend.
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