ARCATA — Excitement is in the air of the hallways in Humboldt State Athletics. The Lumberjack softball team will play a doubleheader against Academy of Art on Wednesday morning on the HSU field. The last time Humboldt was able to play a home game on the Jacks field was when they hosted the West Region Tournament on May 9, 2009. The Jacks are returning from the Tournament of Champions in Turlock where they fell in the championship game of the bronze bracket to University of Hawai'i Hilo, 11-3. The first game between the Jacks and Urban Knights will be at 8 a.m. with the second game immediately following. Convenient parking is available behind the field house for Wednesday's game with a purchased HSU daily parking permit.
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 this week can be found through: http://www.sidearmstats.com/humboldt/softball/index.htm
Lumberjack Links
Following are links to more information on the Lumberjacks softball program:
Roster
Schedule
Statistics
Head-to-Head
The Lumberjacks lead the all-time series over Academy of Art, 4-2. The Jacks and Urban Knights split in the 2010 season, 7-4 and 2-6.
Lumberjacks Notes
The Jacks remain in ninth place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association standings with just a month of play left in the conference season…The HSU offense is led by Felicia Viveiros (.421 BA 40 H, 7 2B, 4 HR 26 RBI) and Chrissy Stalf (.385 BA, 42 H, 9 2B, 11 HR, 32 RBI). With 32 RBI, Stalf Stalf is the team's top run producer followed by Viveiros (26) and Kirsten Nouzovsky (24)… In the circle, Vaneza Hoover has a 5.36 ERA. Hoover has a 7-5 record in 19 appearances and 14 starts. Hoover has pitched 77.0 innings and allowed 90 hits while striking out 54 batters… As a team, the Jacks are hitting .309 (second in the CCAA), the team ERA is 5.88 (tenth in the CCAA) and the fielding percentage is .963 (tied for sixth in the CCAA).
Head Coach Frank Cheek's Comments
"They (Academy of Art) are a good team."..."The girls are responding well to the situation that we are in and they are excited to play on our home field."..."I thought that (Vaneza) Hoover did a nice job at fighting back against Grand Canyon at the tournament."..."Pitching is 90 percent mental but the problem is we are getting down early and having to play catch up."..."Our defense is having to make all the plays which is hard."..."The hitters arn't just hitting us...they are going downtown."..."We just have to get these games in...so we are going to play early and hope the rain holds off."
