Jason Walker, University of Providence Sports Information
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. - For the second time this season, the University of Providence softball team will host home games on the road. Thanks to snow and continued frozen ground, the Argos will "host" the University of British Columbia in Missoula this weekend in Cascade Collegiate Conference action.
Argo Softball
NEXT UP:
WHO: University of British Columbia @ University of Providence
WHEN: Friday, March 17 / Saturday, March 18 – 11 a.m./1 p.m. both days
WHERE: Missoula, Mont. - Grizzly Softball Field
RECORDS: British Columbia (10-6, 5-3); Providence (0-11, 0-6)
SERIES: UBC leads 17-7; Streak – UBC W6
LAST MTG: March 3, 2022 – Providence 2 @UBC 6
ABOUT THE THUNDERBIRDS: UBC has won two straight in 2023 and sits 5-3 in CCC play... University of British Columbia's Shae Sever was named the Rize Laboratory Softball Pitcher of the Week...Sever went 3-0 last week with a 0.91 ERA...She had 16 strikeouts in 15.1 innings...Sever is 5-2 on the season with 42 strikeouts in 36 innings...Sever also hits .370 with a team-high 14 RBI...Infielder Keona Nordquist leads the T'Birds with a .383 average, 12 RBI and is a perfect 5 for 5 stealing bases...
ON THE ARGOS: Providence is winless in 11 games this season and has yet to host a true home game...This will be the second series the Argos have traveled for home games due to weather...Providence fell in four games to Eastern Oregon in Caldwell, Idaho at the end of February...Taylor Mathews (Sr., Helena, Mont.) has a team-high .314 average with a home run and two RBI...Karlie David (Sr., Bay City, Mich.) leads the Argos with five RBI...Macy Mangold (Jr., Lewistown, Mont.) is batting .269 which is second on the team...Carter Thornton (Sr., Downey, Idaho) and Jaden Williams (Sr., Sandy, Utah) each have started five games with each going 0-5 so far...Thornton carries an ERA of 8.58 into the weekend with 12 strikeouts in 31 innings...Providence has a team fielding percentage of .946 while committing 16 errors...
