SAN DIEGO – The San Diego softball program (8-17, 0-0 WCC) continues their lengthy homestand, hosting Harvard (7-6, 0-0 Ivy) for a doubleheader on Tuesday at 2 p.m., and 4:30 p.m., at the USD Softball Complex.
 
The game times have been moved up an hour from the originally scheduled times of 3 p.m., and 5:30 p.m., due to impending weather concerns.
 
LAST TIME OUT

• The Toreros split the final day of the San Diego Tournament, defeating Western Carolina, 8-1, and falling to Yale, 4-1, on Sunday.
• Madison Earnshaw threw a complete game against the Catamounts, striking out seven batters.
• Izzy Owen and Amanda Limon drove in two runs each in the win over Western Carolina, while Mikalyn Emanuelli added a three-hit day.

 
OPPONENT HISTORY

• San Diego leads the all-time series with Harvard, 5-2, but are meeting for the first time since 2016.

 
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 for the second consecutive week, following a week where she hit .500 with three RBI and two doubles.
• Owen is off to a roaring start in the month of March, hitting .560 with 10 RBI and four doubles this month and has led the Toreros to a 5-3 record this month.
• EJ Joyner is in the middle of an eight-game on base streak, good for the longest by a Torero this season.
• The Toreros are 6-2 in games where they register two or more extra base hits.

 
TORERO TIDBITS

• Earnshaw (285) sits in sixth all-time in strikeouts at San Diego and needs 27 more to pass Colleen Norman (311) for fifth.
• Earnshaw also sits in eighth in pitching appearances at San Diego with 99 and in a tie for seventh with Jade Quentin in starts at 60. She is closing in on becoming the seventh Torero with 100 appearances in the circle.
• Taylor Johnson continues to draw hit-by-pitches at an enormous rate, ranking sixth in the nation and first in the WCC in hit-by-pitches per game (0.44). Johnson has been hit 11 times in 25 games.
• Owen ranks second in the WCC in hits (29) and ranks in the top-75 nationally. Owen also ranks fourth in the WCC in batting average (.392).

 
HOW TO FOLLOW
Both 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".