ABOUT THIS WEEK
Nevada enters week three of the 2011 campaign with a trip to the 2011 Cathedral City Softball Classic ... The five-game slate begins with a contest against the Northwestern Wildcats Friday ... The event continues on Saturday as Nevada will take on Nebraska and Fordham ... Nevada will wrap up play on Saturday in a doubleheader, taking on Syracuse in game one and Utah in game two ... The second game will give the Wolf Pack a shot to avenge a 12-8 loss to the Utes at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas last week ... The Wolf Pack is coming off a 1-4 weekend against tough competition at the Desert Classic ... Nevada’s lone win came against rival UNLV, 9-6.
ABOUT NEVADA
Nevada is picked to finish sixth in the seven-team Western Athletic Conference race ... No Wolf Pack player was picked to the preseason All-WAC team ... Nevada returned nine players from last year’s team that went 17-28 overall and 4-16 (seventh) in the Western Athletic Conference ... The nine returners include six players who were starters in 2010 in Mallary Darby, Megan Fincher, Lauren Lastrapes, Britton Murdock, Danielle Patrick and Kortnee Wiley ... Nevada has more newcomers (11) than returnering players in 2011 ... The Wolf Pack has two players on its roster who will redshirt this year due to injury in sophomore outfielder Sam Puzey (shoulder) and freshman outfielder Sydney Jones (hip).
FOLLOW ONLINE
There are multiple ways to follow Wolf Pack softball this year. Every home game and select road games are scheduled to have an audio broadcast live on www.nevadawolfpack.com, technology permitting. For home games, a video streaming product is also available this season. For more information, visit NevadaWolfPack.com and select the “Multimedia” tab.
In addition, Live Stats will be available on the Website with game and season updates available on Facebook (Facebook.com/NevadaWolfPack) and Twitter (Twitter.com/NevadaWolfPack).
In 2009, Wolf Pack radio debuted on the radio in Northern Nevada and the radio presence continued in 2010. A select number of games will again be broadcast this year on Fox Sports Radio 1450 AM and
Chad Hartley will have the call. The regular season broadcast schedule has yet to be finalized. All WAC Tournament and any additional postseason games will also be carried.
