Broncos Edged on Record-Setting Night

Friday, April 18

Boise, Idaho

6 p.m.

Boise State

29-16, 8-7

San Diego State

28-15, 11-7

San Diego State

Boise State

Sophia Knight getting ready to step into the batter's box.

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Box Score

BOISE, Idaho – Sophia Knight and Makenzie Butt each etched their name into the Mountain West record book in a 10-8 loss to San Diego State, Friday.

Knight collected three hits to set Boise State and Mountain West single-season records for hits. The NCAA leader has 91 this season.

Butt drove in four runs to raise her Boise State record to 69 and set the conference freshman record.

The Broncos (29-16, 8-7 MW) spotted the Aztecs (28-15, 11-7) and 8-0 advantage before rallying.

Knight singled in the first run in the third, followed by a run-scoring double by Mykenzie Hanna. Butt drove in a run with a ground out and Sydney Groves capped the rally with an RBI-single.

Butt blasted a two-run home run in the fifth and Grove went back-to-back to cut the deficit to 8-7.

San Diego added two insurance runs in the sixth to make the score 10-7. Butt hammered a one-out home run in the seventh and Groves followed with a walk to get the tying run to the plate. However, the game ended when Leah McAnally grounded into a double play.

The Broncos and Aztecs square off in the deciding game of the series, Saturday at noon as part of a big day for Broncos Athletics.

The men's tennis team plays New Mexico at 11 a.m. with an outright Mountain West title on the line and the football team holds its annual spring game at 1:30 p.m.

NOTES

Makenzie Butt drove in four runs to set the Mountain West freshman record with 69.
Butt tied Sydney Groves's school record (set last year) with her fourth multi-home run game in a season.
Butt became the second Bronco to hit 20 home runs in a season and is one off Kathy Cox's school record set in 2010.
Butt scored twice to tie for 10th on Boise State's single-season list with 48.
Butt's 122 total bases this season are third-best in Boise State history.
Sydney Groves moved into a tie for fourth all-time at Boise State with her 37th-career home run.
Groves became the fourth Bronco with double-digit home runs this season to tie a school record.
Mykenzie Hanna's double was the 30th of her career and tied her for fifth all-time at Boise State.
Hanna drove in her 143rd-career run, tied for third in Bronco history.
Hanna scored her 58th run of the season to raise her school single-season record total.
Sophia Knight collected three hits to set the Mountain West season record at 91.
Knight scored two runs and moved into second on Boise State's single-season list with 56.