SAN DIEGO – Fresh off a doubleheader split with Arizona State, the San Diego softball program (10-26, 0-0 WCC) heads out on the road for a three-game series at New Mexico State (18-12, 6-3 CUSA).
 
The series will open with a doubleheader on Friday at 12 and 2 p.m., before the series finale on Saturday at 11 a.m., at the NM State Softball Complex.
 
LAST TIME OUT

• The Toreros earned a hard-fought split of a doubleheader against Arizona State, winning game one 7-4 and falling 3-2 in nine innings in game two, securing their first top-75 NET ranking win of the season.
• The top three in the batting order for San Diego batted a sizzling .542 with a home run, three doubles and six RBI across the doubleheader, as Amanda Limon, Joecellia Roberts and Taylor Johnson all remained red-hot.

 
OPPONENT HISTORY

• San Diego is playing New Mexico State for just the second time in program history and trails 0-1 in the all-time series.

 
WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• Johnson (13) and Tele Jennings (11) both stand at the top of the single-season doubles leaders through the first 36 games of the season. The program record in a single season is 18, set by Lindsey Fleet in 2008.
• Johnson has been scorching hot at the plate in March, hitting .436 (27-for-62) with 10 doubles and nine RBI.
• Roberts enters the weekend on a stretch of four-straight games with two or more hits.
• Johnson and Limon both enter the weekend on 12-game on-base streaks, while Limon holds a 12-game hitting streak.
• The Torero outfield has developed a strong reputation on defense this season, as Jennings, Mikalyn Emanuelli and Carly Ruiz have a combined eight outfield assists after just one combined assist by Torero outfielder's last season.
• Limon continues to serve as the defensive leader of the team, while climbing the Toreros all-time assists list. Limon stands in seventh all-time (353) and needs 24 to pass Kathleen Bonja (376) for sixth.
• The Toreros also lead the WCC and rank 98th nationally in fielding percentage (.966).

 
TORERO TIDBITS

• Courtney Rose stands at 315 strikeouts and needs one to match Madison Earnshaw for fifth on the Toreros all-time strikeout list.
• Roberts (26) needs two more doubles to enter the top-10 all-time at San Diego and match Jade Quentin (28) for tenth.
• San Diego leads the WCC in doubles (47) and ranks 44th nationally.
• In addition, Johnson and Jennings rank first and second in the conference and eighth and 23rd nationally.
• Arisa Tovar (nine) and Shawnese Hogue-Lacy (five) rank first and third in the WCC in runners caught stealing. Tovar stands at 18th nationally, while Hogue-Lacy ranks 123rd.

 
HOW TO FOLLOW
All three games will be streamed via ESPN Plus. Live stats will be provided by statbroadcast. To stay up to date with Toreros softball, follow the team on Instagram & Twitter by searching "USDsoftball".