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Two weeks left in the 2025 MWC softball regular season. The following games are scheduled in MWC softball for this weekend: BOISE STATE Boise State @ San Jose State Friday 4-25-2025 – 7 p.m. MT Saturday – 4-26-2025 – 3 p.m. MT Sunday – 4-27-2025 – 1 p.m. MT COLORADO STATE Fresno State @ Colorado State Friday 4-25-2025 – 6 p.m. MT Saturday – 4-26-2025 – 3 p.m. MT Sunday – 4-27-2025 – Noon MT NEVADA Nevada @ New Mexico Friday 4-25-2025 – 5 p.m. MT Saturday – 4-26-2025 – 2 p.m. MT Sunday – 4-27-2025 – Noon MT UTAH STATE U.N.L.V. @ Utah State Friday 4-25-2025 – 4 p.m. MT Saturday – 4-26-2025 – Noon MT Sunday – 4-27-2025 – Noon MT SAN DIEGO STATE MWC BYE WEEK

And there will be more departures between now and August - probably around 14 more if I counted correctly. 2024 BOISE STATE PLAYERS NOT ON THE 2025 BOISE STATE ROSTER STARTERS LISTED IN BOLD PRINT DEFENSE DEFENSIVE ENDS # 91 – DE - Ahmed Hassanein – 6' 3” 271 lbs – 2024 4th year SR – NFL draft # 93 – DE - Demanuel Brown Jr. - 6' 2” 252 lbs – 2024 RS FR – Transfer portal (New Mexico State) # 14 – DE – Tyler Wegis – 6' 6” 261 lbs – 2024 RS SR – Transfer portal (Unsigned) # 52 – DE – Tavion Woodward – 6' 4” 245 lbs – 2024 6th year SR EDGE # 25 – EDGE – Nick Hawthorne – 6' 2” 217 lbs – 2024 RS FR – Transfer portal (Massachussetts) # 54 – EDGE – Gabe Hunter – 6' 2” 243 lbs – 2024 RS SR (Not in the TP) # 50 – EDGE – Joseph Marsh – 6' 3” 236 lbs – 2024 True SO – Transfer portal (Unsigned) DEFENSIVE TACKLES (DT & NT) # 90 – DT – Braxton Fely – 6' 1” 296 lbs – 2024 True JR – Transfer portal (Unsigned) # 98 – NT – Herbert Gums – 6' 1” 312 lbs – 2024 RS SR (Not in the TP) # 92 – DT – Michael Callahan – 6' 4” 291 lbs – 2024 6th year SR # 9 – NT – Sheldon Newton – 6' 3” 320 lbs – 2024 5th year SR LINEBACKERS # 10 – Andrew Simpson – 6' 0” 238 lbs – 2024 RS JR – Transfer portal (Unsigned) # 44 – Udoka Ezeani – 6' 1” 216 lbs – 2024 RS JR – Transfer portal (U.T.E.P.) # 55 – Gavin Hambrick – 6' 2” 220 lbs – 2024 RS SO – Not in TP (removed from the 2025 roster for reasons unknown) # 30 – Wyatt Milkovic – 6' 0” 226 lbs – 2024 RS FR – Transfer portal (Western Illinois) CORNERBACKS # 31 – CB - Tevin Griffey – 5' 11” 181 lbs – 2024 RS SR (Not in theTP) # 8 – CB - Markel Reed – 6' 1” 184 lbs – 2024 6th year SR # 26 – CB - Khai Taylor – 6' 1” 176 lbs – 2024 RS FR – Transfer portal (Idaho State) SAFETIES # 23 – Seyi Oladipo – 5' 11” 205 lbs – 2024 4th year SR (Not in the TP) # 4 – Rodney Robinson – 5' 8” 181 lbs – 2024 RS SR (Not in the TP) # 34 – Alexander Teubner – 6' 1” 200 lbs – 2024 6th year SR # 14 – Kaonohi Kaniho – 5' 10” 181 lbs – 2024 RS SR (Not in the TP) # 27 – Dionte Thornton – 6' 3” 203 lbs – 2024 RS SO – Transfer portal (Portland State) # 18 – Gabe Tahir – 6' 1” 200 lbs – 2024 RS FR – Transfer portal (Idaho State) # 32 – Bryce Cleave – 6' 0” 188 lbs – 2024 RS JR (Not in the TP) # 29 – Milo Lopez – 6' 1” 200 lbs – 2024 4th year SR (Not in the TP) OFFENSE QUARTERBACKS # 7 – Malachi Nelson – 6' 3” 193 lbs – 2024 RS FR – Transfer portal (U.T.E.P.) # 15 – Colt Fulton – 6' 4” 195 lbs – 2024 RS JR (Not in the TP) RUNNING BACKS # 2 – Ashton Jeanty – 5' 9” 215 lbs - 2024 True JR – NFL Draft # 25 – Kaden Dudley – 5' 10” 205 lbs – 2024 True JR – Left the Boise State football tea on his own in the early fall of 2024 – Trnsfer portal (Unsigned) # 33 – Tyler Crowe – 5' 11” 233 lbs – 2024 6th year SR # 37 – Ethan Mikita – 5' 9” 196 lbs – 2024 RS SO (Not in the TP) # 40 – Ryker Clinger – 5' 11” 197 lbs – 2024 RS FR (Not in the TP) WIDE RECEIVERS # 9 – Cameron Camper – 6' 3” 197 lbs – 2024 5th year SR – NFL Draft # 17 – Prince Strachan – 6' 5” 211 lbs – 2024 SO – Transfer portal (U.S.C.) - Started 5 of 14 games for Boise State in 2024 # 14 – Troy Wilkey – 5' 9” 185 lbs – 2024 SO (Not in the TP) # 46 – Hunter Steacher – 6' 0” 183 lbs – 2024 RS SO (Not in the TP) # 84 – Zamondre Merriweather – 6' 2” 213 lbs – 2024 RS SO – Transfer portal (Unsigned) # 89 – Jackson Grier – 5' 11' 193 lbs – 2024 RS FR – Transfer portal (Appalachian St) # 18 – Cooper Jones – 5' 6” 182 lbs – 2024 RS SR (Not in the TP) TIGHT ENDS # 48 – Oliver Fisher – 6' 5” 242 lbs – 2024 RS FR – Transfer portal (Idaho) OFFENSIVE LINEMEN # 66 – LG – Ben Dooley – 6' 5” 320 lbs – 2024 6th year SR # 57 – IOL – Nathan Cardona – 6' 4” 308 lbs – 2024 RS SR (Not in the TP) # 74 – OL – Connor Gilbreath – 6' 5” 269 lbs – 2024 JR (Not in the TP) SPECIAL TEAMS # 35 – PK – Jonah Dalmas – 5' 8” 180 lbs – 2024 5th year SR – NFL draft # 46 – P – James Ferguson-Reynolds – 6' 2” 180 lbs – 2024 True JR – Transfer portal (Unsigned) # 39 – PK – Taryn Schive – 5' 11” 181 lbs – 2024 4th year SR # 49 – LS – Ty Smith – 5' 11” 189 lbs – 2024 True FR (Not in the TP)

Nevada's two final MWC opponents (for 2025) 3 games @ New Mexico next weekend and 3 games at home vs. Colorado State Fresno State finishes their MWC regular season next weekend with three games @ Colorado State San Diego State finished their MWC regular season weekend after next with three games at home vs. San Jose State Utah State's two final MWC opponents are 3 games at home vs. U.N.L.V. and 3 games @ Boise State Boise State's two final MWC opponents are 3 games @ San Jose State and 3 games at home vs. Utah State San Jose State's two final MWC opponents are 3 games at home vs. Boise State and 3 games @ San Diego State New Mexico's last two MWC opponents are 3 games at home vs. Nevada and 3 games @ U.N.L.V. Colorado State's last two MWC opponents are 3 games at home vs. Fresno State and 3 games @ Nevada U.N.L.V.'s last two MWC opponents are 3 games @ Utah State and 3 games at home vs. New Mexico

Mountain West softball standings with two weekends remaining in the regular season. Top six teams make up the 2025 MWC softball tournament field. # 1 - Nevada - 12-4 (.750 %) # 2 (TIED) - Fresno State & San Diego State - Both are 13-6 (.684 %) in MWC play and they both have one win and one loss against each other. # 4 - Utah State - 10-6 (.625 %) # 5. - Boise State - 8-8 (.500 %) # 6. - San Jose State - 6-10 (.375 %) ------------------------------------ # 7. New Mexico - 5-11 (.313 %) # 8. Colorado State - 5-11 (.313 %) - New Mexico is 7th because they beat Colorado State in two of their three game series # 9. U.N.L.V. - 3-13 (.188 %)

I have to say that what Nevada has done so far this season is simply astounding. Especially given the fact that they had only 3 returning non-pitching starters from last season. And none of their primary starting pitchers from last season returned for this season. The only pitcher for Nevada who started any games last season who returned for 2025 is seldom used Taryn Irimata who started only 5 games in 2024 and had an E.R.A. of 5.25. If Nevada's first year head coach, Victoria Hayward, is not the 2025 MWC softball coach of the year then it will be a travesty IMO.

Friday's MWC softball game results San Diego State got out to an 8-0 lead against Boise State. Boise State rallied in the 3rd inning with 4 runs and then 3 more in the 5th inning and 1 in the 7th but San Diego State scored 2 runs in 6th. Final score was SDSU 10 - Boise State 8. Boise State had three home runs in last night's game which increased their season total up to 75 home runs. The school record is 81 home runs in a season. So they will need 7 more home runs to break the school record. They have 8 more games remaining in the regular season and most likely at least one game in the MWC tournament. Five of those 8 remaining regular season games will be played in Boise's homer-friendly park. Boise State is averaging 1.67 home runs per game so far this season. U.N.L.V. eeked out a 2-1 win over San Jose State in 9 innings. Fresno State beat New Mexico 6-4. Nevada out-slugged Utah State and won last night's game 17-14 MWC Softball standings - after last night's games are as follows: 1. Nevada - 12-3 2. TIED - Fresno State & San Diego State - 12-6 4. Utah State - 9-5 5. Boise State - 8-7 6. TIED - San Jose State and New Mexico - 5-9 8. Colorado State - 5-11 9. U.N.L.V. - 3-12

Scores from Thursday's MWC softball games: Boise State beat San Diego State 9-0 in a six inning run-rule game in which Boise State freshman pitcher Olivia Bauer shut out the Aztecs. Fresno State rallied from a 3-0 start by New Mexico in the first inning to beat the Lobos 7-5 Nevada also rallied late in their game on Thursday. Utah State was ahead 7-2 after five innings but Nevada scored 4 runs in the 6th and 2 in the 7th to beat the Aggies 8-7.

The incident started on a bunt play (I believe it was a bunt - I could be wrong about that) the first base player for Utah State tagged out the Fresno State runner a few feet short of first base and inadvertently (or maybe intentionally?) in the boobs. The Fresno State player did not take it well.

MWC SOFTBALL CONFERENCE GAMES – April 17 thru April 19, 2025 BOISE STATE vs. SAN DIEGO STATE – Thursday thru Saturday April 17 – 6 p.m. MT – 5 p.m. PT - San Diego State @ Boise State – MWC Network April 18 – 6 p.m. MT – 5 p.m. PT - San Diego State @ Boise State – MWC Network April 19 – Noon MT – 11 a.m. PT – San Diego State @ Boise State – MWC Network COLORADO STATE – Thursday thru Saturday MWC BYE WEEK – Colorado State has a three game series @ Arkansas this week FRESNO STATE vs. NEW MEXICO – Thursday thru Saturday April 17 – 7 p.m. MT – 6 p.m. PT – New Mexico @ Fresno State – MWC Network April 18 – 7 p.m. MT – 6 p.m. PT – New Mexico @ Fresno State – MWC Network April 19 – 1 p.m. MT – Noon PT – New Mexico @ Fresno State – MWC Network NEVADA vs. UTAH STATE – Thursday thru Saturday Thursday April 17 – 4 p.m. MT – 3 p.m. PT – Utah State @ Nevada – MWC Network Friday April 18 – 4 p.m. MT – 3 p.m. PT – Utah State @ Nevada – MWC Network Saturday April 19 – 1 p.m. MT – Noon PT – Utah State @ Nevada – MWC Network U.N.L.V. vs. SAN JOSE STATE - Friday and Saturday April 18 – 4 p.m. MT – 3 p.m. PT – San Jose State @ U.N.L.V. – MWC Network April 19 – 1 p.m. MT – Noon PT – San Jose State @ U.N.L.V. – MWC Network

As someone who has been watching Boise State's softball team play since their very first year back in 2009 it astounds me to see the current head coach - who has done a great job of getting the Boise State players better at hitting - being let down by the assistant coaches that he brought in to the program. This is how I see the current version of the Boise State softball team. HITTING - Among the best teams in the country thanks to coach Shults FIELDING - Among the worst in the nation thanks to _______________? Is is coach Strub who handles the fielding? I really don't know. PITCHING - Below average pitching with no "ace" pitcher. When the best E.R.A. on your team is 4.44 that's below average. The fact is the pitching coach for Boise State has done a very poor job in all respects. From recruiting players to managing pitchers in the game. There are several former Boise State pitchers who left primarily because of the pitching coach. When Shults took over the head coaching job at Boise State in 20222 (after Maggie Huffaker retired at the age of 37 I believe) he had three "ace" pitchers who he inherited from Huffaker and those three pitchers won every game that season (40 wins vs 10 losses). Those three pitchers were the following: Sara Johnson - SR in 2022 - E.R.A. 2.26 - WHIP 1.16 - 9 wins 2 losses - 74.1 IP Hannah Bailey - SR in 2022 - E.R.A. 2.43 - WHIP 1.28 - 16 wins 3 losses - 138 IP Taylor Caudill - SO in 2022 - E.R.A. 3.01 - WHIP 1.26 - 15 wins 5 losses - 109 IP In 2023 Shults' team had only 32 wins - with Johnson and Bailey no longer on the team. In 2024 they improved to 36 wins (with Caudill's 19 wins). This year - with only 10 regular season games remaining - they have only 28 wins to date. And three of those 10 remaining games are against San Diego State. It's also a fact that the Shults coaching staff has not brought in ONE "ace" pitcher in four years of recruiting. By that I mean none of the pitchers who have been signed by Shults' pitching coach have had the stats that are even remotely close to what the above three pitchers provided to Shults' 2022 softball team. And of those three only Caudill played thru the 2024 season and she was - literally - the one and only "ace" this team has had since 2022. And - again - she was recruited and signed by the previous coaching staff. I'm wondering if Shults will ever come to realize that the problem with his team is the pitching. It seems patently obvious to me. As long as they continue with the current pitching coach I don't see things improving any time soon. As the old saying goes "Good pitching will beat good hitting". So you can have a great hitting team but when they face a team with great pitching and good hitting they are going to lose.

2025 Mountain West Conference softball standings in conference play thru games played today (Sunday April 13, 2025) 1. Nevada - 10-3 - .769 % 2. Utah State - 9-4 - .692 % - Utah State lost to Fresno State today and Nevada beat San Jose State today (to break the tie between these two 3. San Diego State - 11-5 - .687 % 4. Fresno State - 10-6 - .625 % 5. Boise State - 7-6 - .538 % 6. New Mexico - 5-8 - .385 % 7. San Jose State - 5-9 - .357 % 8. Colorado State 5-11 - .312 % 9. U.N.L.V. - 2-12 - .143 %

Quite the broohaha in today's game. Most of the Fresno State players who were ejected got tossed because the left the dugout to join the fray in today's softball game between the two teams.

Yet every other team in the MWC has correctly updated their rosters for THIS year along with virtually every other program in the nation.

Hard to tell - it still has "2024 Football Roster" at the top of the page. Also the class (year) for each individual are wrong. For example Nate Burleson II is listed as a RS FR yet his bio says he played in 9 games last season. So he's a Sophomore. QB A. J. Bianco is listed as a RS Sophomore - when that is what he was last season. He's a RS Junior for 2025, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

With 4 weeks remaining in the MWC regular softball season this week's schedule is as follows: TUESDAY APRIL 8, 2025 – All games subject to change Fresno State @ Sacramento State – 3 p.m. PT – ESPN+ Idaho State @ Utah State – 4 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK California @ San Jose State – 5 p.m. PT - MWC NETWORK FRIDAY APRIL 11, 2025 – All games subject to change Fresno State @ Utah State – 4 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK Colorado State @ New Mexico – 5 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK Stanford @ Boise State – 6 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK Nevada @ San Jose State – 7 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK U.N.L.V. @ San Diego State – 7 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK SATURDAY APRIL 12, 2025 – All games subject to change Fresno State @ Utah State – Noon MT – MWC NETWORK Colorado State @ New Mexico – 2 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK Stanford @ Boise State – 2 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK Nevada @ San Jose State – 4 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK U.N.L.V. @ San Diego State – 5 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK SUNDAY APRIL 13, 2025 – All games subject to change Fresno State @ Utah State – Noon MT – MWC NETWORK Colorado State @ New Mexico – Noon MT – MWC NETWORK Stanford @ Boise State – Noon MT – MWC NETWORK Nevada @ San Jose State – 1 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK U.N.L.V. @ San Diego State – 1 p.m. MT – MWC NETWORK