Boise State Athletics
Friday, February 28
San Antonio, Texas
Noon
Boise State
vs
Houston
Broncos Ride Winning Streak into Lone Star State
2/27/2025 12:00:00 PM | Softball
Boise State is riding a seven-game winning streak into the Lone Star State for the Birds Up Bash hosted by UTSA, Feb. 28-March 2.
Game 16 (Feb. 28 - 1 p.m. CT/Noon MT)
Boise State vs. Houston (10-4)
SERIES: Boise State 3-1
NOTES: Fourth-straight season teams will meet...split two in  Houston during 2022...Brooklynn Pettis homered in a 5-2 victory in Tempe, Arizona during 2023...last year, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sydney Groves drove in two and Abby Dowell went four innings for the win in a 9-1 mercy-rule victory.
Game 17 (Feb. 28 - 3:30 p.m. CT/2:30 p.m. MT)
Boise State at UTSA (9-5)
SERIES: Boise State 3-0
NOTES: Â Broncos won at home in 2012 and on the road in 2013...teams mets at Incarnate Word in 2022...Mykenzie Hanna had two hits and scored a run in a 2-0 victory.
Game 18 (March 1 - 10:30 a.m. CT/9:30 a.m. MT)
Boise State vs. Le Moyne (2-8)
SERIES: First Meeting
NOTES: Broncos are 7-0 all-time against teams from New York...included is first win in school history 8-4 over Fordham, Feb. 7, 2009 in Cathedral City, California.
Games 19 and 20 (March 1 and March 2 - TBD)
Boise State vs. TBD
NOTES: After round-robin play, teams will be placed into a semifinal, March 1 with the No. 1 seed playing No. 4 at 3:30 p.m. CT/2:30 p.m. MT and No. 2 playing No. 3 at 6 p.m. CT/5 p.m. MT...losers will play in the consolation game, March 2 at 10:30 a.m. CT/9:30 a.m. MT while the winners will meet in the Birds Up Bash championship game, March 2 at 1 p.m. CT/noon MT.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com, provided by UTSA...game against UTSA is on ESPN+.
NCAA RANKINGS
Runs Per Game (9.13) - 2nd
RBI (128) - 4th
Hits (164) - Tied 4th
Batting Average (.387) - 5th
On-Base% (.480) - Tied 5th
Runs (137) - Tied 5th
OPS (1.091) - 11th
Walks (70) - 11th
Slugging% (.611) - 14th
Home Runs (21) - Tied 17th
Home Runs Per Game (1.40) - 19th
Makenzie Butt (6 Home Runs) - Tied 17th
Makenzie Butt (1.00 Walks Per Game) - Tied 20th
Makenzie Butt (0.43 HR Per Game) - Tied 22nd
Mykenzie Hanna (21 Runs) - Tied 7th
Sophia Knight (37 Hits) - 1st
Sophia Knight (2.47 Hits Per Game) - 1st
Sophia Knight (.617 Batting Average) - 2nd
Sophia Knight (24 Runs) - Tied 3rd
Sophia Knight (.619 On-Base%) - 16th
Sophia Knight (43 Total Bases) - T19th
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
Makenzie Butt - Softball America Freshman Watch List
Sydney Groves - D1Softball No. 15 First Baseman; Softball America Top 100, All-Mountain West
Mykenzie Hanna - All-Mountain West
Sophia Knight - D1Softball No. 23 Outfielder; D1Softball Top 100; Mountain West Player of the Year; All-Mountain West
SEASON HONORS
Makenzie Butt - Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 24
Chloe Hughes - Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 17
Sophia Knight - D1Softball No. 7 Power Outfielder, Feb. 27
HIT MACHINE
Last season, center fielder Sophia Knight collected 85 hits to lead NCAA freshmen and rank fourth nationally and became the first Freshman All-American in school history...2025 Mountain West Preseason Player of the Year began this season with multiple hits in each of the first-10 games, a school record...current hitting streak of 17 games is a school record.
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 263 games since the beginning of the 2017 season, the most by a Mountain West school in that span...Broncos posted six 30-plus win seasons (2016-24)...captured the regular season title in 2018 and 2023, finished runner-up in 2022 and at the 2024 MW Championship...earned NCAA bid in 2018 (automatic) and 2019 (at-large).
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Game 16 (Feb. 28 - 1 p.m. CT/Noon MT)
Boise State vs. Houston (10-4)
SERIES: Boise State 3-1
NOTES: Fourth-straight season teams will meet...split two in  Houston during 2022...Brooklynn Pettis homered in a 5-2 victory in Tempe, Arizona during 2023...last year, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sydney Groves drove in two and Abby Dowell went four innings for the win in a 9-1 mercy-rule victory.
Game 17 (Feb. 28 - 3:30 p.m. CT/2:30 p.m. MT)
Boise State at UTSA (9-5)
SERIES: Boise State 3-0
NOTES: Â Broncos won at home in 2012 and on the road in 2013...teams mets at Incarnate Word in 2022...Mykenzie Hanna had two hits and scored a run in a 2-0 victory.
Game 18 (March 1 - 10:30 a.m. CT/9:30 a.m. MT)
Boise State vs. Le Moyne (2-8)
SERIES: First Meeting
NOTES: Broncos are 7-0 all-time against teams from New York...included is first win in school history 8-4 over Fordham, Feb. 7, 2009 in Cathedral City, California.
Games 19 and 20 (March 1 and March 2 - TBD)
Boise State vs. TBD
NOTES: After round-robin play, teams will be placed into a semifinal, March 1 with the No. 1 seed playing No. 4 at 3:30 p.m. CT/2:30 p.m. MT and No. 2 playing No. 3 at 6 p.m. CT/5 p.m. MT...losers will play in the consolation game, March 2 at 10:30 a.m. CT/9:30 a.m. MT while the winners will meet in the Birds Up Bash championship game, March 2 at 1 p.m. CT/noon MT.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com, provided by UTSA...game against UTSA is on ESPN+.
NCAA RANKINGS
Runs Per Game (9.13) - 2nd
RBI (128) - 4th
Hits (164) - Tied 4th
Batting Average (.387) - 5th
On-Base% (.480) - Tied 5th
Runs (137) - Tied 5th
OPS (1.091) - 11th
Walks (70) - 11th
Slugging% (.611) - 14th
Home Runs (21) - Tied 17th
Home Runs Per Game (1.40) - 19th
Makenzie Butt (6 Home Runs) - Tied 17th
Makenzie Butt (1.00 Walks Per Game) - Tied 20th
Makenzie Butt (0.43 HR Per Game) - Tied 22nd
Mykenzie Hanna (21 Runs) - Tied 7th
Sophia Knight (37 Hits) - 1st
Sophia Knight (2.47 Hits Per Game) - 1st
Sophia Knight (.617 Batting Average) - 2nd
Sophia Knight (24 Runs) - Tied 3rd
Sophia Knight (.619 On-Base%) - 16th
Sophia Knight (43 Total Bases) - T19th
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
Makenzie Butt - Softball America Freshman Watch List
Sydney Groves - D1Softball No. 15 First Baseman; Softball America Top 100, All-Mountain West
Mykenzie Hanna - All-Mountain West
Sophia Knight - D1Softball No. 23 Outfielder; D1Softball Top 100; Mountain West Player of the Year; All-Mountain West
SEASON HONORS
Makenzie Butt - Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 24
Chloe Hughes - Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 17
Sophia Knight - D1Softball No. 7 Power Outfielder, Feb. 27
HIT MACHINE
Last season, center fielder Sophia Knight collected 85 hits to lead NCAA freshmen and rank fourth nationally and became the first Freshman All-American in school history...2025 Mountain West Preseason Player of the Year began this season with multiple hits in each of the first-10 games, a school record...current hitting streak of 17 games is a school record.
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 263 games since the beginning of the 2017 season, the most by a Mountain West school in that span...Broncos posted six 30-plus win seasons (2016-24)...captured the regular season title in 2018 and 2023, finished runner-up in 2022 and at the 2024 MW Championship...earned NCAA bid in 2018 (automatic) and 2019 (at-large).
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