ABILENE – Abilene Christian plays five games this week after dropping two of three games to Seattle in the home conference opener.
Tuesday | March 26 | 4 p.m. | ACU vs. Tarleton State | Live Stats | Stephenville, TX
Tuesday | March 26 | 6:30 p.m. | ACU vs. Tarleton State | Live Stats | Stephenville, TX
Friday | March 29 | 2 p.m. | ACU vs. Utah Valley | Live Stream | Live Stats | Poly Wells Field
Friday | March 29 | 4 p.m. | ACU vs. Utah Valley | Live Stream | Live Stats | Poly Wells Field
Saturday | March 20 | Noon |ACU vs. Utah Valley | Live Stream | Live Stats | Poly Wells Field
ACU Storylines
HOT START FOR KB: Kaydee Bennett is off to a hot conference start, leading the Western Athletic Conference in batting (.459), slugging (.784) and on-base percentage (.512). Bennett is second in the WAC with 11 stolen bases (58 total) and three triples. She is also third in the league with 34 hits and 0.92 runs per game.
DOUBLES: The Wildcats lead the WAC and are ninth in the NCAA with 1.96 doubles per game. They are also second in the conference and 24
th in the nation with 47 doubles this season.
Olivia Marble leads the conference with 0.46 doubles per game and is ninth in the nation. Marble has 11 total doubles, ranking her second in the league and 13
th in the nation.
OUT OF THE PARK: Abilene Christian leads the WAC and is 53
rd nationally with 0.83 home runs per game. The Wildcats have 20 home runs this season.
Bennett and
Sammie Shelander have four;
Avery Miloch and
Catrin Hoffman have three each to lead the Cats.
MILESTONE WATCH: Avery Miloch is the No. 3 RBI producer for the Wildcats. She is six away from becoming the fourth Division I Wildcat to reach 100 RBIs.
LAST SERIES: ACU fell to Seattle University in the three-game home conference opener last weekend. The Wildcats dropped two of the three games and had 26 hits this weekend.
Marble extended her reached base streak (hit, walk or HBP) to 15 after the series and her hitting streak to eight – the longest of the season. The Wildcats averaged 6.3 runs for the series.
ON DECK: ACU heads to Stephenville on Tuesday for a 4 p.m. doubleheader against Tarleton State. The Wildcats will return to Poly Wells Field on Friday for a weekend series against Utah Valley starting with a 2 p.m. doubleheader on Friday.
About Tarleton State
- Tarleton State is 14-19 this season (2-4 in WAC) after a 2-1 series win against UT Arlington.
- The Texans finished off the series with a 9-1 win over Gutierrez.
- Kelci Hill leads the Texans with 50 hits and a .466 batting average.
- Katy Shaefer leads Tarleton with 33 RBIs.
About Utah Valley
- Utah Valley is 10-16 (4-2) this season after dropping the series against Grand Canyon.
- The Wolverines completed the series with an 8-2 win over Ariel Thompson.
- Rachael Brown leads the Utah Valley with a .413 batting average.
- Megan Gibbs leads the Wolverines with 25 RBIs and seven home runs this season.
