The 2019 UC Davis Aggies softball team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season. The Aggies were coached by Erin Thorpe in her fifth season, playing their home games at La Rue Field. They finished 39–14 overall, setting a program record for wins since transitioning to the Division I level in 2008, and finished third in the Big West Conference with a 13–8 record.
Sophomore pitcher Brooke Yanez was named the Big West Pitcher of the Year and a second-team All-American by Softball America after she posted a 25–7 record, a 1.03 ERA, and 273 strikeouts. She threw the first perfect game in program Division I history against Sacramento State on March 12, a no-hitter against Cal Poly on April 14, and a program record-tying 18 strikeouts against Hawaii on May 9.
The Aggies set numerous single-season Division I program records during the season. As a team, they established new records in batting average (.278), slugging percentage (.409), on-base percentage (.353), RBI (217), total bases (562), runs (249), home runs (34), fielding percentage (.9698), ERA (1.859), winning percentage (.736) and shutouts (16). Individually, Yanez set new marks in wins, ERA and strikeouts. Senior infielder Meghan Bradbury set records in slugging percentage (.556), RBI (41), home runs (9) and total bases (84) while sophomore outfielder Alyse Rojas set a new record with 44 runs.
Previous season The Aggies finished the 2018 season 27–24 overall, 9–12 in Big West play, finishing in a tie for fourth place. It was the first winning season, and highest win total, since the program transitioned to the Division I level in 2008.
Preseason
Big West Conference coaches poll The Big West Conference coaches poll was released on February 1, 2019. UC Davis was picked to finish third in the Big West Conference with 34 votes and one first-place vote. It was the highest that the team had been voted in the preseason poll since they were picked to finish second in 2011.
Coaches poll 1 Cal State Fullerton 62 (6) 2 Long Beach State 55 (1) 3 UC Davis 34 (1) 4 Hawai'i 33 5 Cal State Northridge 32 6 UC Riverside 30 7 Cal Poly 26 8 UC Santa Barbara 16
Roster 2019 UC Davis Aggies roster Pitchers 1 Katie Kibby – Junior 10 Frankie Mendoza – Junior 18 Sara Cadona – Senior 23 Brooke Yanez – Sophomore 26 Taliyah Miles – Sophomore
Outfielders 6 Marisa Given – Junior 22 Alyse Rojas – Sophomore 29 Megan Salazar – Senior 31 Gabby Zagone – Freshman 44 Caroline Figueroa – Senior 48 Marissa Jauregui – Junior Catchers 12 Katie Steffen-Brune – Freshman 14 Riley Siegel – Sophomore
Infielders 5 Sommer Kisling – Freshman 7 Alex Sotomayor – Senior 8 Maddie Rojas – Junior 9 Sophie Mayol – Freshman 24 Meghan Bradbury – Senior 28 Delaney Diaz – Freshman 30 Claudia Kim – Freshman
Utility 2 Autumn Miller – Junior 3 Megan Bower – Freshman 4 Kiana Lee – Sophomore 21 Isabella Leon – Junior 27 Alexis Villalobos – Junior
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Schedule Legend UC Davis win UC Davis loss * Non-Conference game
2019 UC Davis Aggies Softball Game LogRegular season (39–14)February (11–3) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big West Record Feb 8 vs * La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 2–1 Kibby (1–0) Stensby (0–1) None 1–0 Feb 8 vs * La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 10–25 Yanez (1–0) Kim (0–1) None 2–0 Feb 9 vs * La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 10–4 Cadona (1–0) Achenbach (0–1) None 3–0 Feb 9 vs * La Rue Field • Davis, CA Cancelled Feb 10 vs * La Rue Field • Davis, CA Cancelled Feb 15 * Stephanie Lynn Park • Henderson, NV L 2–7 Su'esu'e (2–1) Kibby (1–1) None 3–1 Feb 15 * Stephanie Lynn Park • Henderson, NV W 4–2 Yanez (2–0) Paulson (0–1) None 4–1 Feb 16 * Stephanie Lynn Park • Henderson, NV W 15–25 Yanez (3–0) Orozco (0–1) None 5–1 Feb 16 * Stephanie Lynn Park • Henderson, NV L 6–78 Pratt (1–0) Yanez (3–1) None 5–2 Feb 17 * Stephanie Lynn Park • Henderson, NV W 5–48 Yanez (4–1) Diller (0–1) None 200 6–2 Feb 19 vs * La Rue Field • Davis, CA Postponed Feb 21 vs UTEP* La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 4–1 Yanez (5–1) Wright (1–3) None 7–2 Feb 21 vs UTEP* La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 2–1 Kibby (2–1) McKechnie (1–3) Cadona (1) 42 8–2 Feb 22 vs * La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 1–05 Yanez (6–1) Nance (3–3) None 9–2 Feb 23 vs Seattle* La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 3–1 Yanez (7–1) Larkins (2–1) None 10–2 Feb 23 vs * La Rue Field • Davis, CA L 2–3 Mulcahy (1–1) Kibby (2–2) Pease (1) 10–3 Feb 24 vs * La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 6–0 Kibby (3–2) Perez (0–6) None 252 11–3 Feb 26 at * Shea Stadium • Sacramento, CA Postponed March (16–3) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big West Record Mar 1 * USD Softball Complex • San Diego, CA L 4–9 Broadus (6–0) Kibby (3–3) Mancha (1) 11–4 Mar 1 Weber State* USD Softball Complex • San Diego, CA W 9–06 Yanez (8–1) Su'esu'e (2–3) None 179 12–4 Mar 3 at * USD Softball Complex • San Diego, CA W 2–1 Yanez (9–1) Boos (0–1) None 411 13–4 Mar 8 * Spartan Softball Field • San Jose, CA W 3–0 Kibby (4–3) Koperdak (0–5) None 111 14–4 Mar 8 at * Spartan Softball Field • San Jose, CA W 6–5 Yanez (10–1) Aurin (1–2) None 137 15–4 Mar 9 Weber State* Spartan Softball Field • San Jose, CA W 13–8 Kibby (5–3) Su'esu'e (3–5) None 102 16–4 Mar 9 Nevada* SCU Softball Field • Santa Clara, CA W 9–15 Yanez (11–1) Sargent (1–5) None 100 17–4 Mar 12 vs Sacramento State* La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 4–0 Yanez (12–1) Corr (8–6) None 88 18–4 Mar 15 vs La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 6–0 Yanez (13–1) Anderson (1–6) None 57 19–4 Mar 15 vs La Rue Field • Davis, CA L 1–28 Trujillo (1–4) Kibby (5–4) None 57 19–5 Mar 16 vs La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 5–0 Kibby (6–4) Portis (2–7) None 20–5 Mar 16 vs * La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 6–0 Yanez (14–1) Peterson (1–2) None 246 21–5 Mar 17 vs Rider* La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 13–05 Cadona (2–0) Trujillo (1–5) None 54 22–5 Mar 23 vs Marist* La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 4–0 Kibby (7–4) Phippen (7–1) None 23–5 Mar 23 vs Marist* La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 3–0 Yanez (15–1) Leeseberg (0–4) None 185 24–5 Mar 27 at * Levine-Fricke Field • Berkeley, CA W 2–1 Yanez (16–1) Dung (8–5) None 178 25–5 Mar 30 vs La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 4–2 Yanez (17–1) James (10–8) None 26–5 1–0 Mar 30 vs Cal State Northridge La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 1–0 Kibby (8–4) Jamerson (5–5) None 97 27–5 2–0 Mar 31 vs Cal State Northridge La Rue Field • Davis, CA L 1–2 James (11–8) Yanez (17–2) None 169 27–6 2–1 April (9–5) Date– Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big West Record Apr 6 at Campus Diamond • Santa Barbara, CA W 3–0 Yanez (18–2) Noriega (5–13) None 170 28–6 3–1 Apr 6 at UC Santa Barbara Campus Diamond • Santa Barbara, CA L 1–3 Gulvin (1–8) Kibby (8–5) None 170 28–7 3–2 Apr 7 at UC Santa Barbara Campus Diamond • Santa Barbara, CA W 9–0 Yanez (19–2) Noriega (5–14) None 150 29–7 4–2 Apr 13 vs La Rue Field • Davis, CA L 0–1 Best (3–18) Yanez (19–3) None 29–8 4–3 Apr 13 vs Cal Poly La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 7–0 Kibby (9–5) Casper (1–7) None 321 30–8 5–3 Apr 14 vs Cal Poly La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 5–0 Yanez (20–3) Best (3–19) None 366 31–8 6–3 Apr 19 at Amy S. Harrison Field • Riverside, CA W 3–1 Yanez (21–3) Olmos (5–8) None 71 32–8 7–3 Apr 20 at UC Riverside Amy S. Harrison Field • Riverside, CA W 9–5 Kibby (10–5) Boles (10–6) Yanez (1) 212 33–8 8–3 Apr 20 at UC Riverside Amy S. Harrison Field • Riverside, CA W 11–15 Yanez (22–3) Olmos (5–9) None 224 34–8 9–3 Apr 23 vs Pacific* La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 9–4 Kibby (11–5) Sutherlin (4–6) None 47 35–8 Apr 27 vs La Rue Field • Davis, CA L 1–95 Martinez (13–5) Yanez (22–4) None 35–9 9–4 Apr 27 vs Cal State Fullerton La Rue Field • Davis, CA W 2–19 Yanez (23–4) Martinez (13–6) None 297 36–9 10–4 Apr 28 vs Cal State Fullerton La Rue Field • Davis, CA L 1–5 Martinez (14–6) Yanez (23–5) None 273 36–10 10–5 Apr 30 at Sacramento State* Shea Stadium • Sacramento, CA L 1–6 Corr (19–10) Kibby (11–6) None 124 36–11 May (3–3) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big West Record May 4 at LBSU Softball Complex • Long Beach, CA L 2–3 White (10–10) Yanez (23–6) None 374 36–12 10–6 May 4 at Long Beach State LBSU Softball Complex • Long Beach, CA L 0–105 Coleman (12–11) Kibby (11–6) None 374 36–13 10–7 May 5 at Long Beach State LBSU Softball Complex • Long Beach, CA W 4–1 Yanez (24–6) White (10–11) None 219 37–13 11–7 May 9 at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 1–212 Hitchcock (20–7) Yanez (24–7) None 37–14 11–8 May 9 at Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–3 Kibby (12–7) Murphy (2–1) None 571 38–14 12–8 May 10 at Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 5–1 Yanez (25–7) Hitchcock (20–8) None 780 39–14 13–8
Awards and honors
Weekly AwardsPlayerAwardDate AwardedRef. Meghan Bradbury Big West Player of the Week February 11, 2019 Brooke Yanez Big West Pitcher of the Week February 18, 2019 Brooke Yanez Big West Pitcher of the Week February 25, 2019 Brooke Yanez Big West Pitcher of the Week March 18, 2019 Brooke Yanez NFCA National Pitcher of the Week March 19, 2019 Brooke Yanez Big West Pitcher of the Week April 8, 2019 Marisa Given Big West Player of the Week April 15, 2019 Brooke Yanez Big West Pitcher of the Week April 15, 2019 Brooke Yanez Big West Pitcher of the Week May 13, 2019
Individual AwardsPlayerAwardRef. Brooke Yanez Big West Pitcher of the Year
All-Big WestPlayerSelectionRef. Alyse Rojas First team Brooke Yanez First team Marisa Given Second team Isabella Leon Second team Katie Kibby Honorable mention Maddie Rojas Honorable mention
NFCA All-Pacific RegionPlayerSelectionRef. Brooke Yanez First team
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