Who: Iowa State vs. Delaware / Lehigh / Virginia
The place: Palmer Park – Charlottesville, Va.
When: Feb. 23 / 24 / 25 – 9 & 11:30 a.m. / 9 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. / 9 a.m.
Main Off
The Iowa State softball program (6-3) will head to Charlottesville, Va., this weekend for an additional non-conference event. The Rawlings Traditional, hosted by Virginia, options the Cyclones and Cavaliers (6-4) in addition to Delaware (5-4) and Lehigh (2-5).
After opening the season in Mexico and going 2-2, Iowa State traveled west for the UNLV Desert Traditional the place it went 4-1. The Cyclones will now journey to the east coast hoping to proceed their sturdy begin. ISU is 6-2 in impartial website video games and 0-1 on the street.
Just one sport this weekend – Feb. 24 vs. UVA at 2:30 – shall be streamed. The remainder shall be stat feeds solely.
Fast Hits:
- Iowa State has homered in eight of its first 9 video games of the season. Three of these eight video games featured multi-homer efforts from the Cyclones.
- Iowa State has used a fifth inning or later comeback in 5 of its six wins. In its most up-to-date sport, ISU was right down to its ultimate strike earlier than a three-run Ranches HR tied the sport and despatched it to extras towards Bradley.
- Alesia Ranches tied the varsity report for many walks in a sport (3) and homers in a sport (2) over the weekend in Vegas.
- Angelina Allen recorded the primary inside-the-park homer run by a Cyclone since 2017 over the weekend.
- Allen had a monster displaying in Vegas, going 11-19 with seven extra-base hits. She had three homers over the weekend.
- Allen recorded her a hundredth profession hit towards UCSB final Saturday.
- Iowa State has recorded double-digit runs in a sport thrice to date this season. It had solely two such video games in 2023.
- ISU can have its second true street sport this weekend, enjoying towards tournament-host Virginia on Saturday. The Cyclones are 0-1 in true street contests this yr.
- Senior pitcher Saya Swain picked up profession save quantity seven this final weekend. She recorded six saves final season, essentially the most in a single season in program historical past. She wants two extra to tie the all-time program report.
- Milaysia Ochoa at present sits because the second-most hit by pitch participant in Cyclone historical past. Yet another will give her 28 to tie the report and two extra will break the mark.
Main the Cyclones
Junior outfielder Angelina Allen leads the staff in most hitting classes, bolstered by her staggering weekend in Vegas. Allen leads the staff in batting common (.514), at-bats (35), hits (18), doubles (4), residence runs (3), RBI (12), whole bases (31) and on-base share (.538).
Ochoa has a team-best 11 runs and is the one participant to tally a triple to date. Senior Carli Spelhaug additionally has three homers on the yr whereas Alesia Ranches has a team-high 9 walks drawn. Ashley Minor is second on the staff in RBI (10) and leads the squad in sac flies (3).
All six pitchers on workers have taken the circle with senior Saya Swain main the best way. Swain has an early 4-1 report in seven appearances and 24 strikeouts to her title. Lauren Schurman has a 3.82 ERA as a rookie and a 1-0 report with 9 strikeouts of her personal – the second most on the staff. Aziza Rodriguez and Jaiden Ralston have additionally seemed good on the season, with Ralston throwing a career-high 5 innings the final day out.
Sequence Historical past
Iowa State will match up with each Delaware and Lehigh for the primary time in program historical past this weekend.
The Cyclones will meet Virginia for the tenth time, because the Cyclones maintain a 5-4 all-time benefit over the Cavaliers. The final assembly between the 2 groups got here in 1999 in Tallahassee, Fla. the place they performed twice as a part of a event. ISU took each video games, 1-2 and 6-4 (8 inn.).
On Deck
Iowa State is again in motion subsequent weekend, because it’ll journey to Colorado for a pair of video games towards Northern Colorado and three towards Colorado State as a part of the Colorado Traditional. Subsequent weekend’s event is the ultimate non-conference weekend sequence earlier than convention play. Motion begins subsequent Friday, March 1, at 1 p.m. vs. CSU.