Taylor Lane and Saint Mary’s will take the field against Aly Kaneshiro and No. 6 Stanford in the Stanford Regional on Friday night.
The NCAA softball tournament will kick off today with a matchup between Saint Mary’s and the No. 6 ranked team in the nation, Stanford, at the Stanford Regional in California on Friday night. Each regional is a double-elimination tournament with a chance to advance to the Super Regionals in the next round of the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinal finished the season 43-13 overall and 17-7 against teams in the Pac-12 Conference. They are also 8-4 at a neutral site. They lost the conference title on Friday last week against Utah losing 2-1 after beating California 4-2 in the first round. Aly Kaneshiro is the best bat on the team as the catcher. She is batting .267 with a .345 on-base percentage. She has 10 home runs and 34 RBIs to lead the team with 47 hits in 176 at-bats. NiJaree Canady has been the best pitcher with a 17-4 record and a 0.54 ERA. She has 256 strikeouts and just 13 earned runs given up in 168.2 innings.
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Game Date: May 17, 2024
Game Time: 10 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN2
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The Gaels are 30-22 overall this season and 10-6 against teams in the West Coast Conference. They are 4-2 in a neutral site. They split a four-game series against Loyola Marymount in the team’s last series winning the first and last game while losing both in the middle. That came after a four-game sweep of San Diego in the series before.
Taylor Lane is the hardest hitter on the team batting .268 this season with a .313 on-base percentage. She has a team-high five home runs and 32 RBIs on 40 hits in 149 at-bats. Odhi Vasquez has been the best on the mound with an 11-9 record and a 2.40 ERA. She had a team-high 85 strikeouts with 39 earned runs in 113.2 innings.
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