SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame softball team continues its California spring break trip with its first midweek game of the season, as the Irish faceoff against UC Santa Barbara Wednesday, March 11th at 3:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. PT on ESPN+.
Notre Dame is coming off a 2-3 weekend in San Diego, posting wins over San Diego and San Diego State.
The Irish have 10 players on this year’s roster that call California home, including Caitlyn Early, who is from Santa Barbara. Early hit her first career home run last Friday at San Diego.
Historically, Notre Dame has won seven in a row against the Gauchos dating back to 2000.
Notes:
- Ava Zachary and Mickey Winchell both enter Wednesday’s game on seven-game hit streaks
- Caroline O’Brien leads the team with eight multi-hit games
- Early and Lily Hagan hit their first career home runs against San Diego
- Eight different Irish have hit home runs this season
- Six Irish have hit their first career home runs this season
- Early, Hagan, O’Brien, Kyne, Winchell and Zachary
- Brianne Weiss leads the team with 59 strikeouts, which is in the top-five of the ACC
- The 146 strikeouts by Notre Dame pitching this season is the fourth-most in the ACC
Caitlyn Early