Broncos Host Rams Before Traveling to New Mexico

Boise State faces its busiest week of the conference season with four Mountain West games on the schedule...Broncos host Colorado State for a doubleheader, April 2 at noon...travel to New Mexico for a two-game series, April 5-6.

Games 37-38 (April 2-DH, Noon)
Colorado State (13-20, 3-6) at Boise State (25-11, 4-5)
SERIES: Boise State 22-14
NOTES: Boise State swept a three-game series at Colorado State last season, outscoring the Rams 32-16...Sydney Groves, Mykenzie Hanna and Sophia Knight each batted .400 or better in the series...Abby Dowell and Brook Thompson both picked up a win in relief...teams split two games in Boise during the 2023 campaign...Broncos hold a 10-7 advantage at home with a 4-1-1 series record...none of the six series have been sweeps.

Games 39-40 (April 5-2 p.m., April 6-Noon)
Boise State at New Mexico (17-16-1, 2-4)
SERIES: Boise State 24-12
NOTES: Broncos won two of three in Boise last season...swept a three-game series in Albuquerque in 2023 outscoring the Lobos 40-3...Boise State is 10-8 all-time at New Mexico...Broncos are 30-10 in Mountain West road games under Justin Shults.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com...stats for games at New Mexico will be provided by the Lobos...both series will be streamed on Mountain West Network...at home, Garrett Jones (play-by-play) and Craig Lawson (analyst) will provide the commentary...follow Boise State softball @BroncoSportsSB on X and @boisestatesoftball on Instagram.

LEADING OFF
Last season, center fielder Sophia Knight collected 85 hits to lead NCAA freshmen and rank fourth nationally...first Freshman All-American in school history...multiple hits in each of the first-10 games this season set a school record...set school records with 34-game hitting streak, 46-game on-base streak and 24-consecutive games scoring a run...leads NCAA with 74 hits...only player nationally averaging two-plus hits per game (2.06).

NCAA RANKINGS (Through March 31)
RBI Per Game (7.81) - 3rd
Hits (363) - 4th
Home Runs (63) - 5th
RBI (281) - 5th
Runs (297) - 5th
Runs Per Game (8.25) - 5th
Home Runs Per Game (1.75) - 6th
Batting Average (.359) - 9th
Slugging Percentage (.614) - 11th
On-Base Percentage (.449) - 12th
OPS (1.043) - 12th
Walks (141) - 18th

Makenzie Butt (16 Home Runs) - Tied 3rd
Makenzie Butt (0.46 HR Per Game) - 4th
Makenzie Butt (1.49 RBI Per Game) - 6th
Makenzie Butt (52 RBI) - Tied 6th
Makenzie Butt (97 Total Bases) - Tied 10th
Makenzie Butt (.898 Slugging Percentage) - 21st

Abby Dowell (3 Saves) - Tied 17th

Mykenzie Hanna (47 Runs) - Tied 2nd
Mykenzie Hanna (1.31 Runs Per Game) - 5th
Mykenzie Hanna (14 Home Runs) - Tied 10th
Mykenzie Hanna (11 Hit By Pitch) - Tied 11th
Mykenzie Hanna (0.39 HR Per Game) - Tied 22nd

Sophia Knight (74 Hits) - 1st
Sophia Knight (2.06 Hits Per Game) - 1st
Sophia Knight (.529 Batting Average) - 2nd
Sophia Knight (46 Runs) - Tied 4th
Sophia Knight (1.28 Runs Per Game) - 6th
Sophia Knight (1 K Per 35.0 At Bats) - 23rd

Julianne Rose (3 Saves) - Tied 17th

FRESHMAN IMPACT
Makenzie Butt leads the Mountain West with 16 home runs and 52 RBI...home runs are tied for fourth on Boise State's single-season list and with Devon Bridges (2011) for school-freshman record...tops among NCAA freshmen and tied for third nationally...RBI are tied for third on Boise State's single-season list and one shy of the school-freshman record (Bridges, 2011)...RBI per game (1.49) ranks first among NCAA freshmen...has three multi-home run games, first freshman in school history to accomplish the feat...tied a school record with 11 total bases at UC Davis, Feb. 9...tied a freshman school record with four hits against the Aggies...set a school record with three doubles vs. Le Moyne, March 1...tied school record with four runs at UNLV, March 27.

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Players Mentioned

Makenzie Butt

Abby Dowell

Sydney Groves

Mykenzie Hanna

Sophia Knight

Julianne Rose

Brook Thompson