SEATTLE - The Seattle U Redhawks begin their defense of the 2021 WAC title with the return of conference play this weekend. Seattle U begins the WAC season at home, hosting California Baptist for three games over two days at Logan Field. The Redhawks have won back-to-back WAC titles entering this year's conference slate.
FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS
- Friday, March 18 at 3:00 pm PT and 5:00 pm PT
- Seattle U vs. California Baptist
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- Game One Live Stats
- Game Two Live Stats
- Saturday, March 19 at 1:00 pm PT
- Seattle U vs. California Baptist
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- Live Stats
GONE STREAKING
Olivia Viggiano enters this weekend on a six-game hitting streak, her second hit streak of 6+ games this season. Viggiano has four hit streaks of 6+ games in her career, including two of seven games, accomplished in 2019 and earlier this season. She is hitting .429 during this hit streak and is up to 24 hits on the season, good for seventh in the WAC.
CARLEY CRUSHIN'
Carley Nance homered twice and drove in seven runs last week. Nance is up to 20 career home runs, tying her with Lisa Maulden for fifth in Seattle U history. Her 88 career RBI are tied with Maddy Kristjanson for ninth all-time. Only one player in the WAC, Grand Canyon's Denae Chatman, has more RBI, with 29. Nance's six homers are also good for fourth in the WAC.
STEFANIE MADRIGAL IS GOOD AT PITCHING
Stefanie Madrigal needs just one more win to match her career-high total of 10 from the 2021 season, accomplished in 27 appearances. Madrigal has already set a new career high in complete games with seven through just 12 starts. Madrigal is second in the WAC in complete games, behind only Abilene Christian's Sid Holman-Mansell. Her 78.1 IP are third in the WAC, behind Holman-Mansell and California Baptist's Alyssa Argomaniz. No WAC pitcher has more wins than Madrigal's nine.
SHORTSTOP, BIG BAT
Madison Kahwaty is up to five home runs and 18 RBI this year already. She is one of only eight players in the WAC with at least five homers and 15 RBI so far. Only once this season has Kahwaty gone more than two consecutive games without driving in a run. She has six games with multiple RBI already this year. Kahwaty has played every inning at shortstop this year and has seen all but one possible at-bat.
WAC ATTAC
Brooke Milder has hit .300 in conference games in her career, all coming last season. Milder has hits in seven of nine career WAC games in which she recorded multiple at-bats, including in six of her last seven WAC games.
INSANE IN THE MEM-WEHN
After starting the year hitting .143 through her first nine games, Jasmine Wehn has hit .381 over the last eight, with hits in seven of those eight games. Wehn is currently on a four-game hit streak, the longest of her career. She is hitting .297 as a starter this year and .275 when playing first base.
KRAZY K'S
The Redhawks have three pitchers, Carley Nance, Stefanie Madrigal, and Grace Luderer, with 40+ strikeouts already this season. No other WAC team has had three pitchers reach that mark and only one, California Baptist, has two pitchers with 40+ strikeouts. Luderer is fourth in the WAC in K/7 and Nance is fifth, both over 7.5 K/7. Dixie State is the only other WAC team with multiple pitchers averaging at least 6 K/7.
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