This Week in ACU Softball

Abilene Christian has four games this week after dropping the series to Utah Valley last weekend.
 
Wednesday | April 3 | 5 p.m. | ACU vs. Texas Tech | Live Stream | Live Stats | Poly Wells Field
Friday | April 5 | 2 p.m. | ACU vs. Southern Utah | Live Stats | Cedar City, UT
Friday | April 2 | 4 p.m. | ACU vs. Southern Utah | Live Stats | Cedar City, UT
Saturday | April 6 | 1 p.m. |ACU vs. Southern Utah | Live Stats | Cedar City, UT
 
ACU Storylines
ACU Storylines
KB DOMINATES NCAA RANKS: Kaydee Bennett continues to lead the Wildcats in batting (.463), slugging (.758) and on-base percentage (.532). Bennett continues to find herself on the NCAA rankings. She is ranked #1 in the Western Athletic Conference for batting (#13 in the NCAA), #1 in the WAC for on-base percentage (#21 nationally), #2 in the conference for slugging and triples (#45 national for slugging, #13 national for triples), #3 in the WAC and #56 in the nation for her 44 hits this season, and #7 in the conference for doubles.
 
MARBLE AND SHELANDER: Olivia Marble and Sammie Shelander decided to join the NCAA ranking fun. Bennett, Marble and Shelander are the top three for ACU in batting, slugging, on-base percentage and doubles. Marble is batting .414 (#4 in WAC), slugging .596 (#8 in WAC), and has an on-base percentage of .453. Shelander is batting .348, slugging .609, and has an on-base percentage of .434. She has 10 doubles, ranking her #3 in the conference.
 
DOUBLES:  The Wildcats continue their reign as #1 in the WAC for doubles with 61 this season (#14 in NCAA). Marble leads the conference with 0.41 doubles per game. She has 12 doubles, ranking her #2 in the WAC and #14 in the nation.
 
OUT OF THE PARK: ACU is #2 in the conference for .79 home runs per game. Shelander and Bennett are tied with four each.
 
MILESTONE WATCH: Avery Miloch is now the No. 5 producer RBI producer for the Wildcats. She is still six away from a career milestone of 100 RBIs.
 
LAST SERIES: After defeating the Wolverines 10-2 in the first game of the series, the Wildcats fell short with a 1-2 weekend loss. Marble extended her reached base streak (hit, walk or HBP) to 20 this weekend and her hitting streak to 13 – still the longest of the season. ACU scored 16 runs on 19 hits and 67 at bats last weekend against Utah Valley.
 
About Texas Tech
Texas Tech is 22-10 this season (3-6 in Big 12) after a 1-2 series loss to Central Florida.
The Red Raiders finished the series with a 5-4 win over Halajian.
Tech has a .315 batting average.
Kailey Wyckoff leads Tech, batting .426 with 40 hits.
Riley Love leads the Red Raiders with 37 RBIs.
 
About Southern Utah
Southern Utah is 12-17 this season (2-7 in WAC) after losing seven straight games.
The Thunderbirds were swept by UT Arlington in their three-game series.
Southern Utah is batting .248.
Karmyna Becerra leads the Thunderbirds with a .333 batting average and 32 hits.
Ariyana Miranda leads the team with 19 RBIs.