ARCATA – After taking six of eight games last week, the Humboldt State softball team (22-21, 11-13 CCAA) will travel to the central valley to face Cal State Stanislaus in a four-game California Collegiate Athletic Association series.

On Friday the Jacks and Warriors first pitch is set for 1 p.m.  Saturday's games start at 11 a.m. in Turlock.

Live Stats
All Lumberjack softball home games can be tracked online by using the Live Stats feature on hsujacks.com. Real time statistics, momentum tracker and other information are featured on the game viewer. The feature can be found at http://www.sidearmstats.com/humboldt/softball/.

Lumberjack Links
Following are links to more information on the Lumberjacks softball program:

Roster
Schedule
Statistics

Head-to-Head
HSU holds an 89-9 lead in the all-time series with Cal State Stanislaus.  The two first met in the 1978 season, with the Lumberjacks taking an 11-1 and 12-0 doubleheader. Humboldt State won the first 10 match ups before the Warriors broke through with a 1-0 win in the 1989 season.  The teams have been in three conferences together; the Golden State Conference, the Northern California Athletic Association and now the CCAA.  The last meeting was in last years NCAA West Region Tournament.  The Warriors ended the Jacks season with an 8-0 victory.

Lumberjacks Notes
The Jacks hosted eight CCAA games last week.  On Tuesday and Wednesday they swept a four-game series from Cal State East Bay.  Then on Friday and Saturday they split a series with UCSD.  HSU is in eighth place in the CCAA, but just two games back in the loss column from the fourth place. … The Lumberjack offense is led by freshman Chrissy Stalf (.377 BA, 52 H, 20 R, 10 2B, 3 HR, 28 RBI) and junior Nikki Ketteringham (.368 BA, 50 H, 27 R, 11 2B, 2 3B, 10 RBI, 3-3 SB). In the circle, freshman Vaneza Hoover has a team best 2.36 ERA with 74 strikeouts in 130.1 innings.  She has an 10-10 record in 22 starts and 24 total appearances.  Gracie Perez, a senior, has a 10-7 record and a 2.39 ERA.  She has 112 strikeouts in 111.1 innings. … As a team, the Jacks are hitting .292 (second in the CCAA), the team ERA is 2.84 (fifth in the CCAA) and the fielding percentage is .960 (sixth in the CCAA).

Cal State Stanislaus Notes
The Pioneers (13-28-1, 8-20 CCAA) are in ninth place in the conference.  Last week they took five of six games.  They split a mid-week doubleheader with Sonoma State ahead of a weekend sweep of Cal State East Bay. … CSUS is led by Sarah Locarnini (.418 BA, 59 H, 29 R, 5 2B, 8 RBI, 17-24 SB), Erica McIntyre (.339 BA, 39 H, 24 R, 3 3B, 2 HR, 20 RBI, 10-11 SB) and Missy Corral (.262 BA, 27 H, 28 RBI). In the circle, Brittani Weatherford has a 4.44 ERA and a 7-17 record in 23 starts and 30 total appearances. She has struck out 102 batters in 146.1 innings… Jan Schefkowitz leads the Warriors in her 17th season at the helm of the team.

Head Coach Frank Cheek's Comments
“This week is a bit of a home coming for me and (Vaneza) Hoover.  Ceres (Hoover's home town) is a little north of Stanislaus and I coached baseball, football and wrestling there for several years.” … I'm please with the team's hitting as a whole and (Chrissy) Stalf and (Nikki) Ketteringham in particular.  Nikki went 4-for-4 with three doubles in one game against (UC) San Diego.  I was particularly happy to see the way (Ketteringham) adjusted to how she was being pitched and how the defense was playing her.  Viveiros also made some adjustments and hit two home runs.” … “Gracie (Perez) and Hoover are a very good 1-2 punch.  If we had given those two better run support earlier in the year our record would have been different.” … “We are playing well right now.  We have to keep helping ourselves, but are going to need some help from other teams to make the playoffs.” … “If we can take four games from Stanislaus we will continue to be in the mix.  And then we get San Francisco State for four before we have to go to Sonoma State.  But I'm glad we have Sonoma last.  We will be a better team when we play them.”