TURLOCK, Calif.---  Stan State will host Sonoma State in its final four games of the regular season this Friday-Saturday, April 19-20 at Warrior Field. Game times for the two doubleheaders are Friday:  1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. and Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Saturday's doubleheader will be Senior Day as the Warriors will recognize their two seniors in Faith Erb and Mikaela Ferreira.  After Saturday's games, Stan State will travel to San Bernardino for a 11:00 a.m. starting single seven-game to face Cal State San Bernardino this Sunday, April 21.

ANOTHER SPLIT:  For the third straight series, the Warriors split a four-game series with their opponent.  This time the Warriors took the first two games in Seaside from CSU Monterey Bay 9-1 (5) and 4-3 on Friday. They lost the final two to the Otters 9-0 (5) and 8-7 (9).  Stan State hit .287 as a team with five Warriors hitting over .300 in Sasha Martell (.517), Mikaela Ferreira (.417), Sarah Warden (.385), Payton Applequist (.375), and Karli DalBianco (.308).  DalBianco drove in five runs while Ferreira and Warden each scored five runs.  Victoria Alarcon and Sasha Martello each picked up victories in the circle for the Warriors.

STILL ALIVE:  Stan State is just percentage points out of the sixth and final spot for the CCAA Softball Championships, May 1-4, at Cal State San Marcos.  The top six teams at the end of the regular season on April 28 will receive a berth to the CCAA Softball Championships.  There are just eight games left in the regular season.  Stan State will host Sonoma State this weekend.  The Warriors will have five road games at Cal State San Bernardino (one) and Cal State East Bay (four).   

PLACE	TEAM	CCAA RECORD	THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT (s)
1.	Sonoma State	16-10	At Stan State
	Cal State Dominguez Hills	16-10	Cal Poly Humboldt
3.	Cal State San Marcos	14-10	Cal State East Bay
4.	Cal State San Bernardino	14-11	Cal State Monterey Bay, Stan State (one game)
5.	San Francisco State	14-14	Chico State
6.	Cal State East Bay	13-13	At Cal State San Marcos
7.	Stan State	12-15	Sonoma State, at Cal State San Bernardino (One  game)
8.	Chico State	10-14	At Cal Poly Humboldt, At SF State
9.	Cal Poly Humboldt	8-12	Chico State, At Cal State Dominguez Hills
10.	Cal State Monterey Bay	10-18	At Cal State San Bernardino

UPDATE ON THE WARRIORS: Stan State is 16-22 overall and 12-15 in the CCAA.  The Warriors are hitting .272 as a team and have a 3.72 earned run average.    

23/16/8:  Mikaela Ferreira is on a 23-game reached base safely streak.  She saw her 14 game hitting streak snapped this weekend in Seaside.  She has 16 multiple-hit games along with eight multiple-RBI games. 

WARRIOR HITTERS:  Stan State has four hitters batting .270 or higher in Mikaela Ferreira (.472), Lauryn Serda (.306), Sasha Martello (.299), and Marissa Cerda (.299).  Ferreira leads the team with her .670 slugging percentage, .565 on-base percentage, 24 runs batted in, 22 runs scored, 50 hits, 12 doubles, three home runs, 23 walks, and 71 total bases.  Jessica Gutierrez has a team high two triples and Katie Thornsberrry has stolen a team leading six bases.    

STAN STATE PITCHERS:  Sasha Martello leads the Warriors with her 10-5 record, team low 3.01 earned run average, 90.2 innings pitched, two saves, 27 appearances, and 19 to one strikeout to walk ratio.  Shelby Frutoz has struck out a team high 37 batters with a 3-9 record and a team leading five complete games including two of them shutouts.  Victoria Alarcon has a 3-8 record with one save. 

SENIOR DAY:  Prior to the game on Saturday at 10:45 a.m., Stan State will recognize their two seniors in Faith Erb and Mikaela Ferreira.

AMONGST THE NATIONAL LEADERS:   Sasha Martello leads the NCAA Division II with her 19 to one strikeout to walk ratio.  She also has a nation leading 0.08 walks per seven inning average.  Mikaela Ferreira is ninth in the nation in on-base percentage and 20th in batting average. 

CCAA:  Mikaela Ferreira leads the conference in batting average and on-base percentage. She is tied for the league lead in doubles and is second in slugging percentage and OPS while she is fifth in hits.  Sasha Martello is tied for fourth in saves and tied for seventh in victories.

SEAWOLVES: Sonoma State is 23-15 overall and 16-10 in the CCAA.  The Seawolves are hitting .272 as a team and have a 2.86 earned run average.  Three players are hitting over .300 in Anna Zoia-Buescher (.358), Gianna Hays (.358), and Jasmine Moreno (.318).  Hays has posted a team leading .624 slugging percentage to go with her team highs in home runs (five), triples (five), and total bases (68).  Zoia-Buescher has a team leading .437 on-base percentage to go with her team leading 29 stolen bases. She is tied with Hays for a team leading 29 runs scored.  Bailee Reed has a 12-5 record with a team low 2.16 earned run average and team high 67 strikeouts. 

ALL-TIME SERIES:  Sonoma State leads the all-time series with the Warriors 45-17 including winning nine of the last ten meetings.  The last Warrior victory was an 8-0 (six inning) victory on April 8, 2022, in Turlock.

CCAA NETWORK/BLUE CHIP BROADCASTING
During the 2023-24 Academic Year, Warrior fans can watch the Stan State athletic teams on the CCAA Network for a monthly subscription rate of $9.95.  Fans can watch any Warrior athletic event that is hosted at any CCAA institution during that 30-day period. To subscribe, go to www.ccaanetwork/STAN.  For live stats, go to https://warriorathletics.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary.

UP NEXT:  Stan State will travel to San Bernardino for a make-up game with the Coyotes of Cal State San Bernardino this Sunday, April 21 at 11:00 a.m.  The Warriors will travel to Hayward for a  four-game series, April 26-27, against Cal State East Bay to end the regular season.