Softball Plays at Sacramento State Friday and Saturday

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State softball returns to conference play with a three-game series at Sacramento State on March 31 and April 1. March 31 is a double header and April 1 is a single game. Both days begin at 1 p.m. Live stats and live audio will be available at isubengals.com.

Scouting Sacramento State
Sacramento State comes into this weekends three-game series with an 11-14-1 mark and a 1-1 record in Big Sky Conference play. Idaho State leads the series 1-4. The Bengals are 6-3 vs. Sac State in Pocatello and 6-1 in Sacramento. The Hornets hold a 3-2 series lead at neutral sites. The Bengals have won 13 of the last 16 meetings.

And the Winner Is
Emma Bordenkecher is the second Bengal to earn Big Sky Player of the Week honors. She earned it for her performance last week vs. Portland State and UVU. The Lake Elsinore, Calif. native led ISU to a three-game series win over Portland State, hitting .667 in nine at bats. She scored six runs and had six hits with eight RBIs in addition to hitting three home runs over the series. Against Utah Valley, Bordenkecher appeared in one game of the double-header going 1-for-3.

Kacie Burnett was the first Bengal to be named Big Sky Player of the Week this season. Burnett earned the honor after hitting .700 on a weekend ISU went 3-2 at the Colorado State Classic. She was 14-20 at the plate, scoring seven runs, with seven RBIs, two doubles and one triple. Emma Bordenkecher th

Where Burnett Sits in the ISU Record Books
Highest Batting Average (min. 90 AB)                
1. .496    Nancy Long    56-113    1977-78    
2. .460    Kacie Burnett    284-617    2014-17    

Highest On Base Percentage    (min 90 AB)            
1. .540    Nancy Long        113 AB        
2. .519    Kacie Burnett        617 AB    
Most Runs Scored                
1. 196    Kacie Burnett        2014-17        
2. 194    Vicky Galasso        2012-15    
Most Hits                
1. 284    Kacie Burnett        2014-17
2. 253    Vicky Galasso        2012-15    
Most Doubles                
1. 44    Vicky Galasso        2012-15        
2. 43    Hailey Breakwell        2012-15        
3. 41    Terah Blackwell        2010-14        
4. 33    Maddy Hickman        2013-16
5. 31    Kacie Burnett        2014-17    
Most Triples
1. 17    Kacie Burnett        2014-17    
Most Stolen Bases                
1. 103    Kacie Burnett        103-117    2014-17    

Bengal Bites
- Kacie Burnett has 12 multiple hit games this year. She had an 11- game hitting streak snapped vs. Portland State. Her streak of reaching base in 13 straight games came to an end in the Portland State series.
- Kelsey Breer and Emma Bordenkecher currently have the teams longest hitting streak at four. Shayna Dahlen has a three-game hitting streak.
- Sarah Hayes has a nine multiple hit games.
- Ashlyn Ames has a team-best six multiple RBI games this season.
- Sarah Hayes, Haley Harrison and Ashlyn Ames have reached base in five straight games.

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