SAN DIEGO – The San Diego softball program (7-16, 0-0 WCC) welcomes three teams to USD Softball Complex for the San Diego Tournament, hosting Michigan State, Western Carolina and Yale for games on Saturday and Sunday.
 
LAST TIME OUT

• San Diego vs. Western Carolina – Saturday, Mar. 11 at 3 p.m.
• San Diego vs. Michigan State – Saturday, Mar. 11 at 5:30 p.m.
• San Diego vs. Western Carolina – Sunday, Mar. 12 at 9 a.m.
• San Diego vs. Yale – Sunday, Mar. 12 at 11:30 a.m.

 
LAST TIME OUT

• The Toreros built an early lead against UC Riverside and never looked back, defeating the Highlanders, 3-1, on Thursday afternoon.
• Emma Giaime was brilliant in the circle, throwing seven complete innings, allowing just three hits and no walks.
• Izzy Owen stayed red hot, hitting two doubles and going 3-for-3, while KJ Hopfer and EJ Joyner each drove in a run.

 
OPPONENT HISTORY

• San Diego won the lone meeting in the all-time series against Western Carolina, winning a 4-3 decision on Mar. 13, 2025.
• The Toreros are 2-4 all-time against Michigan State, but won the last meeting, 3-2 in eight meetings, on Feb. 21, 2015.
• The Toreros will play Yale for the first time in program history.

 
WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• San Diego has already played in eight games separated by one run this season, with several additional games featuring late-game, high leverage situations.
• Owen was named the WCC Player of the Week on Monday, following a weekend where she hit .636 with seven RBI and two doubles. Owen is playing some of the best softball of her career right now, hitting a team-leading .367 with 10 RBI.
• Owen is in the midst of a seven-game on-base streak, good for her longest of the season.
• San Diego's freshman class has been strong at the plate in the early part of the season, hitting a combined .267 with four home runs and 25 RBI.
• The Toreros are 6-2 in games where they register two or more extra base hits.

 
TORERO TIDBITS

• Madison Earnshaw (278) sits in eighth all-time in strikeouts at San Diego and needs four more to pass Jade Quentin (281) for seventh.
• Earnshaw also sits in eighth in pitching appearances at San Diego with 98 and in a tie for eighth with Anna Russell in starts at 69. She is closing in on becoming the seventh Torero with 100 appearances in the circle.
• Johnson continues to draw hit-by-pitches at an enormous rate, ranking 12th in the nation and first in the WCC in hit-by-pitches per game (0.43). Johnson has been hit 10 times in 23 games.
• Johnson also ranks fourth in the WCC in on base percentage (.484).
• Owen ranks second in the WCC in hits (26) and ranks in the top-50 nationally.  

 
HOW TO FOLLOW
This weekend's games will be available for streaming on YouTube. Live stats will be provided by statbroadcast. To stay up to date with Toreros softball, follow the team on Instagram & Twitter by searching "USDsoftball".