Broncos Open 2020 at NorCal Kickoff

WEEK ONE SCHEDULE

NorCal Kickoff
at Davis and Sacramento, Calif.

Thursday, Feb. 6 (Davis, Calif.) | Tournament Central

RV/RV Boise State (0-0) Vs. Saint Mary's (0-0) | 10 a.m. MT | Live Stats

Friday, Feb. 7 (Davis, Calif.) | Tournament Central

RV/RV Boise State Vs. Santa Clara (0-0) | 12:30 p.m. MT | Live Stats
RV/RV Boise State at UC Davis (0-0) | 3 p.m. MT | Live Stats

Saturday, Feb. 8 (Sacramento, Calif.) | Tournament Central

RV/RV Boise State Vs. UC Santa Barbara (0-0) | 12:30 p.m. MT | Live Stats
RV/RV Boise State at Sacramento State (0-0) | 3 p.m. MT | Live Stats | Watch Live

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

THIS WEEK: Boise State (0-0) opens its 12th campaign on the road in northern California where the Broncos will compete in the NorCal Kickoff hosted by UC Davis and Sacramento State Thursday through Sunday.
FIELD: The field for the NorCal Kickoff includes: Boise State, Cal Baptist, Idaho State, Sacramento State, Saint Mary's, Santa Clara, UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara.
OPPONENTS: Boise State is 13-4 all-time versus the five teams it will face this weekend in Saint Mary's, Santa Clara, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara and Sacramento State.
LIVE STREAM: Boise State's game at Sacramento State is scheduled to be live streamed this weekend on the Big Sky Conference's Pluto station.
LIVE STATS: You can follow the live stats of each match this weekend by using the links on the softball schedule page at BroncoSports.com.

THE SCOUTING REPORT

SAINT MARY'S

Boise State opens the season Thursday morning at 10 a.m. (Mountain) in Davis, Calif., against the Saint Mary's Gaels out of the West Coast Conference.
The Gaels went 14-37 overall and 7-8 in WCC play during the 2019 campaign.
This will be the fifth meeting all-time in the series, which Boise State leads 3-1.
The last meeting was Feb. 9, 2018 when the Broncos won 13-5 in Tempe, Ariz.

SANTA CLARA

The Broncos will play the Santa Clara Broncos — also of the West Coast Conference — Friday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. (MT) in Davis.
Santa Clara went 16-34 overall and 8-7 in league action in 2019.
Friday's encounter in the battle of the Broncos will be the fourth all-time with Boise State leading 3-0.
The last time these two met was March 1, 2017 when Boise State claimed a 4-0 shutout over Santa Clara in Nampa, Idaho.

UC DAVIS

The Blue and Orange will close day two in Davis where it will face the host team the UC Davis Aggies of the Big West Conference at 3 p.m. (MT).
UCD went 39-14 overall in 2019 and 13-8 in league play.
This weekend's game will be the fourth in the series with the Broncos leading it 3-0.
These two teams met last season on March 1, 2019 at Las Vegas where Boise State won 9-4.
Note of Interest: UC Davis is coached by Erin Thorpe who started the Boise State program in 2009 and coached the Broncos for six years going 173-150-1. She departed the program for UC Davis following the 2014 campaign.

UC SANTA BARBARA

Boise State will move to Sacramento on Saturday where it will open the first of two games against the UCSB Gauchos at 12:30 p.m. (MT).
In 2019, UC Santa Barbara went 10-42 overall and 4-17 in the Big West Conference.
Saturday's contest will be the second in the series with the Broncos winning the previous encounter 7-1 at San Diego on Feb. 17, 2012.

SACRAMENTO STATE

Boise State will closeout the weekend Saturday afternoon against the Sacramento State Hornets of the Big Sky Conference, first pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. (MT).
The Hornets went 31-25 overall and 9-8 in the Big Sky Conference last year.
Saturday's match-up will be the seventh in the series all-time, which is tied at 3-3.
The last time Boise State faced Sacramento State was last year on March 9, 2019 when the Broncos won 7-3 at Stockton, Calif.

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ROAD WARRIORS

Boise State will hit the road this weekend to not only open the season, but to start five straight weeks of road trips.
The Broncos will play their first 25 games of the year away from home.
In all the Blue and Orange will play 40 of its 55 contests on the road.

SEASON OPENERS

Boise State enters its 12th season opener with a 6-5 all-time record in game one over the first 11 campaigns.
The Broncos currently have an active two-game win streak in season openers with an 11-3 victory over South Dakota in 2018 and a 8-0 win over Boston College last year.
All of the season openers have been road games.

THREE ALL-MW HONOREES RETURN

The Broncos return three of their five All-Mountain West honorees from 2019.
Senior Bradie Fillmore played third base and led the league in home runs last year, she was a first-team honoree.
Ashlyn Adams — a current junior — plays right field where she was a All-MW first teamer last season.
Senior left fielder Jessica McKay was a second-team honoree.

NFCA ALL-REGION HONOREE

Senior third baseman Bradie Fillmore was the lone Bronco to receive all-region honors in 2019. She returns for her senior year in 2020.

SIX POSITION STARTERS RETURN

Boise State returns six position starters from its 2019 campaign that made the NCAA regional final.
Four of the six started all 52 games last year: Allison Seng (Jr., INF), Ashlyn Adams (Jr., OF), Bradie Fillmore (Sr., INF) and Jessica McKay (Sr., OF).
The other two started at least 50 games: Karlee Johnson (Sr., INF/OF) and Serena Huchingson (So., C).
Together the six returners accounted for more than half of Boise State's statistical totals from 2019 in the following categories: 271 hits (59.2 percent), 181 runs (54.5 percent), 40 home runs (62.5 percent) and 201 RBIs (66.8 percent).

THREE PITCHERS RETURN

The Broncos return three pitchers from 2019.
Senior Kelsey Broadus started more games than any other pitcher last season with 21 starts in 29 appearances recording a 3.01 ERA ... she currently owns the school's career ERA record of 2.66.
Also back are senior Mickey Leal who had a season ERA of 3.16 in 2019, as well as, Veronica Lynch who finished last year with a 3.76 ERA.

WEEK ONE SCHEDULE

WHAT'S HAPPENING

THE SCOUTING REPORT

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Players Mentioned

Ashlyn Adams

Kelsey Broadus

Bradie Fillmore

Serena Huchingson

Karlee Johnson

Veronica Lynch

Jessica McKay