Yellowjacket Softball Team to Play Blue-Gold Double Header Saturday (Oct. 1, 2004)

BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team will play a Blue-Gold double-header on Saturday, with two five-inning games starting at 3:00 and 4:30 p.m.  A scheduled triple-header against Whitworth College for the same day has been cancelled because Whitworth was unable to make the trip.

The Yellowjackets will wrap up their fall season the following Saturday, October 9, with a single seven-inning Blue-Gold game at 4:30 p.m.  Both games on October 2 and the game on October 9 will be played at Cenex Stadium on the campus of MSU Billings.

The Yellowjacket pitchers will be tested over the next two weekends against their own offense that has been home run happy this fall.  MSU Billings hit 10 home runs in five games at a tournament in Nebraska a couple weeks ago.  The Jackets jacked another seven homers in a four-game tournament at Colorado State last weekend. 

The PacWest leaders in home runs a year ago, the Yellowjackets return all of their starters from the 2004 squad that went 27-28.  MSU Billings hit 32 home runs last year and several players have hit the long ball this fall.  Seniors Layne Pavey and Theresa Campbell have combined for nine dingers.  Freshman Jenna Haacke from Billings Senior has homered four times already.  Sara Hanley, Cami Rainey, Christy Wankel and Jordan Waverek have also gone deep this fall.