SAN DIEGO – The San Diego softball program (0-5, 0-0 WCC) returns home for a packed week of softball, that begins with hosting San Diego State (2-2, 0-0 MWC) on Wednesday at 5 p.m., at the USD Softball Complex.
 
From there, the Toreros will welcome Colorado State (3-2, 0-0 MWC), Eastern Illinois (5-0, 0-0 OVC), Long Island (2-3, 0-0 NEC) and Southern Utah (4-1, 0-0 WAC) for the Torero Classic from Feb. 15 to Feb. 18.
 
FULL SCHEDULE

• San Diego vs. San Diego State – Feb. 14 at 5 p.m.
• San Diego vs. Long Island – Feb. 15 at 5 p.m.
• Colorado State vs. Southern Utah – Feb. 16 at 9 a.m.
• Long Island vs. Southern Utah – Feb. 16 at 11:30 a.m.
• Colorado State vs. Eastern Illinois – Feb. 16 at 2 p.m.
• Eastern Illinois vs. Long Island – Feb. 16 at 4:30 p.m.
• Colorado State vs. Long Island – Feb. 17 at 9 a.m.
• Long Island vs. Southern Utah – Feb. 17 at 11:30 a.m.
• Colorado State vs. Eastern Illinois – Feb. 17 at 2 p.m.
• San Diego vs. Southern Utah – Feb. 17 at 4:30 p.m.
• San Diego vs. Eastern Illinois – Feb. 17 at 7 p.m.
• Eastern Illinois vs. Southern Utah – Feb. 18 at 9 a.m.
• San Diego vs. Colorado State – Feb. 18 at 11:30 a.m.

 
LAST TIME OUT

• The Toreros completed a grueling stretch at the Stacy Winsberg Tournament in Los Angeles, Calif., by nearly pulling off a wild, seven-run comeback against then No. 10 UCLA, before falling to then No. 8 Texas.
• Down 7-0 after four innings, the Toreros rallied on the offensive end for their best offensive performance ever against a top-10 team, beginning with a two-run home run from Michelle Delgado and an additional two RBI from Emma Giaime.

 
OPPONENT HISTORY

• San Diego trails 7-46 in the all-time series against San Diego State, but won the last meeting in a 4-0 win on Mar. 3, 2023.
• The Toreros are 1-0 against Long Island, winning the lone meeting back in 2020.
• San Diego is 13-8 overall against Southern Utah in the lengthy all-time series and have won the last three matchups.
• The Toreros are meeting Eastern Illinois for the first time since 2005 and lead 2-0 in the all-time series.
• San Diego is 3-5 against Colorado State, but has won the last three including a 2-1 win in 2022 behind an Arisa Tovar RBI.

 
WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• The Toreros have their most All-WCC Preseason honorees since 2017 and the most under head coach MJ Knighten.
• Mikalyn Emanuelli, Emma Giaime and Amanda Limon all earned preseason honors for the first time in their career.
• In addition, the Toreros were picked to finish in a tie for second in the WCC preseason poll.
• The Toreros freshman class is off to a strong start in their first few weeks in college softball.
• Tele Jennings led all qualified Toreros in batting average, while Delgado hit the team's first home run against UCLA.

 
TORERO TIDBITS

• Courtney Rose stands at 257 strikeouts and needs 12 to match Amy Lopez for tenth on the Toreros all-time strikeout list.
• In addition, Rose already stands alone in ninth on the Toreros all-time appearances list (99) and needs one more to tie Christina Haake (100) for eighth.

 
HOW TO FOLLOW
All five games featuring San Diego will be broadcast via ESPN Plus. Live stats will be provided for all games by statbroadcast. To stay up to date with Toreros softball, follow the team on Instagram & Twitter by searching "USDsoftball".