University of Northern Colorado Athletics

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Northern Colorado Hosting UMKC for Home Opener
3/9/2023 5:16:00 PM | Softball
GREELEY, Colo. – The Northern Colorado softball team hosts UMKC for its home-opening weekend series this Friday and Saturday, March 10-11.
The Bears take on the Roos Friday for a single game beginning at 3p.m. (MT.) The teams return to the diamond on Saturday for a doubleheader beginning at 10 a.m.
Saturday's game is also Bark in the Park sponsored by SCHEELS. Fans are encouraged to bring their friendly dogs to Gloria Rodriguez Field.
UNC Softball
The Bears take on the Roos Friday for a single game beginning at 3p.m. (MT.) The teams return to the diamond on Saturday for a doubleheader beginning at 10 a.m.
Saturday's game is also Bark in the Park sponsored by SCHEELS. Fans are encouraged to bring their friendly dogs to Gloria Rodriguez Field.
UNC Softball
- The Bears enter the weekend after a 3-1 outing against UTEP and New Mexico State last weekend, and are 9-10 on the season. Last season the Bears were 6-13 in their first 19 games.
- Three Bears are batting over .300 on the season: Lauren Strathearn (.390), Alexis Barashkoff (.385), Alyssa Wenzel (.365) and Paola Villegas (.360).
- Barashkoff leads UNC in total bases, with 20 hits that include two doubles and a team-best three home runs.
- Villegas leads UNC in extra-base hits, recording six doubles, two triples and one home run.
- In the circle, Erin Caviness has a 6-2 record with one save, and has posted a 3.00 ERA through 58.1 innings pitched this season. Caviness has also struck out a total of 48 batters, an average of seven per game.
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