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Stanford (13-17, 0-6 Pac-12)
No. 13/15 UCLA (22-11-1, 4-3-1 Pac-12)
Sat. • 7:30 p.m. | Sun. • 6 p.m. | Mon. • 7 p.m.
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STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford makes its Pac-12 Network season debut as it continues Pac-12 play at No. 13/15 UCLA with a three-game series this weekend.

The Cardinal (13-17, 0-6 Pac-12) opens the series Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (PT) and continues play Sunday at 6 p.m. The series concludes Sunday at 7 p.m.

Stanford went 1-2 in its most recent trip to Los Angeles in 2014, earning a 12-9 win before dropping the final two contests.

Stanford wrapped up its nonconference slate this past Wednesday with an 11-3 run-rule victory in six innings against Pacific. Haley Snyder did it all for the Cardinal on both sides of the plate. The sophomore held the Tigers to three runs on eight hits and one walk with four strikeouts. Snyder was dangerous at the plate, going 3-for-4 with five RBIs, two runs and a home run.

Snyder also contributed the game-ending hit with an RBI-single through the right side of the infield.

The Cardinal went 1-3 the previous week, picking up a 4-1 win at Santa Clara before dropping all three games against Oregon State at home.

Haley Snyder provided a game-ending RBI-single against Pacific on Wednesday.

THE UCLA SERIES
• Stanford is 20-62 all-time against UCLA and went 0-3 against the Bruins last year. The Cardinal’s most recent series win against UCLA came in 2013 when Stanford won two-of-three games.

LEE CONTINUES TO IMPRESS IN DEBUT SEASON
• Freshman Carolyn Lee has provided quality starts for the Cardinal throughout the season and consistently positions Stanford within striking distance for victories. In last week’s series finale against Oregon State, Lee went a career-long 10.0 innings, limiting the Beavers to three runs on nine hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

• Lee made her Pac-12 debut at No. 4/7 Oregon and pitched well, holding the Ducks to five earned runs in 10.0 innings with six strikeouts.

Carolyn Lee has thrown 10 complete games this season.

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 is second among Cardinal players with a .315 batting average with 16 RBIs, eight doubles, two home runs, two triples, 19 runs, nine walks and a .511 slugging percentage.

• Bonstrom missed Wednesday’s midweek game against Pacific because she was presenting her senior thesis at the United States Military Academy Combating Terrorism Center at West Point conference on terrorism, insurgency and asymmetric conflicts.

#Repost @kbonstrom. ・・・ So honored to have been a part of the U.S.M.A Combating Terrorism Center's conference on terrorism, insurgency, and asymmetric conflicts. What an incredible opportunity it was to present my thesis and moreover, get to hear about the important and interesting research of others 🤓 definitely a thought provoking and informative experience.

A photo posted by @stanfordsoftball on Apr 6, 2016 at 2:34pm PDT

#Repost @kbonstrom. ・・・ So honored to have been a part of the U.S.M.A Combating Terrorism Center's conference on terrorism, insurgency, and asymmetric conflicts. What an incredible opportunity it was to present my thesis and moreover, get to hear about the important and interesting research of others 🤓 definitely a thought provoking and informative experience.

A photo posted by @stanfordsoftball on Apr 6, 2016 at 2:34pm PDT

• Bonstrom has exceled in the classroom and was a 2015 Capital One Academic Second Team All-American and All-District Softball Team District 8 selection. She was selected to the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) Interschool Honors Program in International Security Studies during her junior year to develop a senior thesis with the federal government related to national security. She’s interested in working in national security upon graduation.

• 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.

SORENSON CONTINUES STRONG PLAY
• Kylie Sorenson had a quality start to the season and has continued playing well in conference play. She leads Stanford with a .323 batting average with 23 RBIs, seven home runs, four doubles, 23 runs, 17 walks and a .583 slugging percentage.

STABILITY BEHIND THE PLATE
• Four-year starting catcher Jessica Plaza has had quality senior campaign. She is third on the team with a .277 batting average, producing 11 RBIs, six doubles, a triple, 15 runs and 12 walks. She nearly earned a walk-off win for the Cardinal in the third game against Oregon State when she hit an RBI-triple off the top of the right field wall – about six inches from clearing the fence – in the bottom of the seventh inning. Her hit scored a run and sent the game to extra innings, tied 2-2.

• 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.

Jessica Plaza has been a staple for Stanford behind the plate.

NOLL RETURNS
• Junior centerfielder Bessie Noll had a hot start to the season come to a halt when she was hit by a pitch March 5 and sidelined by the injury. Noll led Stanford in batting average (.404), home runs (6), doubles (7), runs (18), walks (13), slugging percentage (.885) and on-base percentage (.536) through the first 18 games prior to her injury.

• Noll was streaking during tournament play and hit .400 (4-for-10) with two home runs, four RBIs, five runs, a double and a 1.100 slugging percentage through the first three games of the Malihini Aloha Tournament.

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