Stanford Heads to Aloha StateStanford Heads to Aloha State
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Stanford Heads to Aloha State

Stanford (7-7)
Coastal Carolina (7-8)
Hawai’i (10-7)
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STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford returns to Hawaii for the first time since 2010 to continue tournament play this weekend with a three-game set against Coastal Carolina and a pair of games against Hawai’i.

The Cardinal (7-7) went 3-2 this past weekend at the Mary Nutter Classic, picking up wins against No. 17/12 Missouri, San Jose State and NC State. Bessie Noll led the team offensively over the five-game weekend, batting .533 (8-for-15) with six RBIs, five walks, three doubles, six runs a home run and a .933 slugging percentage.

Jessica Plaza also had a strong weekend at the plate, going 6-for-15 (.400) with three RBIs, six runs, two doubles and four walks. Lauren Frost (.364), Kayla Bonstrom (.333) and Kylie Sorenson (.333) each hit over .300 on the weekend.

Haley Snyder (4-3) and Carolyn Lee (3-4) have handled a majority of the innings in the circle. Snyder holds a 3.61 ERA with 29 strikeouts, while Lee holds a 3.99 ERA and picked up the win against top-25 opponent Missouri.

Live statistics and a live stream will be available for each game.

Bessie Noll leads Stanford in every major offensive category.

NOLL PROVIDES POWER
 Junior centerfielder Bessie Noll continued her hot start to the season, going .533 (8-for-15) with six RBIs, five walks, three doubles, six runs a home run and a .933 slugging percentage at the Mary Nutter Classic.

 Noll leads the Cardinal in batting average (.405), hits (17), doubles (6), home runs (4), walks (11), runs (13), RBIs (11) and slugging percentage (.833).

 Noll grew up playing baseball in Tokyo, Japan, and only played softball during the summer of her high school years.

VICTORY MOLINA
 Victoria Molina homered twice this past weekend at the Mary Nutter Classic. She hit a two-run home run against San Jose State that ended up being the game-winning runs. Of her 10 hits this season, three have been home runs.

 Molina led Stanford offensively at the Nike Invitational, going 5-for-13 (.385) with five RBIs, a home run, a double, a run and a .692 slugging percentage. She hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning against St. Mary’s (Feb. 21) to erase a 4-1 deficit and help send the game to extra innings.

 As a freshman, Molina hit a two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against No. 24/23 Arizona State to propel Stanford to a dramatic 4-2 victory. Three of her four hits last season were home runs.

STABILITY BEHIND THE PLATE
 Four-year starting catcher Jessica Plaza has had a strong start to her senior campaign. She is second on the team with a .353 batting average, producing six RBIs, four doubles, eight runs and eight walks.

 Defensively, Plaza calls her own games and has done well to help guide a young pitching staff. She earned Pac-12 All-Defense recognition a year ago after registering a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage for the second consecutive season. Plaza is one of two Stanford players all-time to record a perfect fielding percentage.

PICKING UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF
 Kayla Bonstrom (international relations), a 2015 NFCA All-America Second Team selection, picked up where she left off last season and hit .429 (6-for-14) during the season-opening Kajikawa Classic. She went 6-for-18 (.333) with three runs, a double, a triple and four RBIs at the Mary Nutter Classic.

 Bonstrom was named to the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-50 Watch List earlier this season. She was also selected as a Senior CLASS Award Top-30 finalist.