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.