Buckeyes Ready for Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
2/22/2023 8:02:12 AM | Softball
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State will find itself at one of the premier events on the early-season college softball calendar this weekend. The Buckeyes are headed west to Cathedral City, Calif. for the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, where they have four games scheduled Friday-Sunday at Big League Dreams Sports Parks.
Every game of this weekend’s event will be streamed on FloSoftball (subscription required). Additionally, live stats will be available on the softball schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
The Basics
Ohio State vs. CSUN // Friday, Feb. 24 // 8:30 p.m. PST
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Ohio State vs. Oregon State // Saturday, Feb. 25 // Noon PST
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Ohio State vs. San Diego State // Saturday, Feb. 25 // 2:30 p.m. PST
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Ohio State vs. Utah // Sunday, Feb. 26 // 9 a.m. PST
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Briefly on the Buckeyes
- Ohio State is 3-5 after its first two weekends of non-conference play and has already played six games against teams that are either ranked or receiving votes in one of the national polls.
- The Buckeyes own wins over Boise State, UMass and an extra-innings walk-off victory last weekend against Notre Dame.
- Allison Smith has logged the most innings pitched thus far, checking in with 27.1 with four games started and five total appearances.
- She already has two double-digit strikeout games to her credit and has fanned 31 over her 27.1 innings.
- Ruck (10.0 innings) has started three games while Kay has logged 11.2 innings and was the winning pitcher against Notre Dame.
- Sophomore Kami Kortokrax has the top average on the team (.375) and also leads the Buckeyes with four doubles.
- Kortokrax is among a group of eight different players who have recorded an extra base hit through eight games.
Mary Nutter History
- This weekend will be Ohio State’s fifth trip to the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic under head coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly.
- The Buckeyes were there previously in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019.
- In their last appearances in Cathedral City, Ohio State went 4-0 with wins over Army, Duke, Utah and New Mexico State.
Scouting the Opposition
- CSUN, known formally as Cal State Northridge, is 5-5 on the season with wins over Memphis, Northern Illinois, Colorado State, Pacific and Cal Baptist.
- Oregon State, a Women’s College World Series participant last season, is 4-6 so far but coming off a 5-4 win over Grand Canyon in their most recent game.
- San Diego State is off to an 8-2 start and last weekend went 3-1 at home with their lone loss coming against No. 24 Oregon.
- Utah comes into the weekend with a 7-3 record and most recently played last weekend in the Tiger Classic on the campus of LSU where they went 2-3 with two wins over Ohio and losses to LSU (twice) and Central Arkansas.
California Dreamin’
- Ohio State has five California natives on its 2023 roster: Kaitlyn Farley (Encinitas, Calif.), Skylar Limon (La Habra, Calif.), Taylor Pack (Lakewood, Calif.), Mariah Rodriguez (Orange, Calif.) and Destinee Noury (Chula Vista, Calif.).
- This weekend’s trip will be the longest in the Buckeyes’ non-conference road schedule, as it covers over 2,000 miles and three time zones.
