2023 University of Redlands Softball Schedule
REDLANDS, Calif. – University of Redlands Head Softball Coach Jose Ortega announced his 2023 Schedule Monday with the Bulldogs playing 39 games, 23 of which will take place at the "Field of Dreams". The Maroon and Grey will also play ten true road games, another five in neutral settings, four taking place in Tucson, AZ at the Tucson Invitational (March 11-12) along with 21 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) contests and another 18 within non-conference.
Redlands will open their 2023 season against Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in a single game on Saturday, February 11 at 1:30pm on the campus of the University of La Verne. The Bulldogs are coming off of a 24-14, 15-6 SCIAC season in 2022, where they won the SCIAC Regular Season Championship Title for the second consecutive season, while locking in the top seed in the SCIAC Tournament.
Redlands has 13 newcomers this season and returns four of their five All-SCIAC performers. They open their home slate with four games against the Northwest Conference beginning on Friday, February 17 when they take on Whitworth University for a doubleheader (12:00pm/2:00pm). They will then host No. 14 Linfield University on Saturday, February 18 (11:00am/1:00pm).
With the loss of two-time reining SCIAC Player of the Year, Collette Allen (Sierra Madre, CA) and fellow All-SCIAC members Tyesen Gordon and Danielle Stallings, the Bulldogs will lean on Alexis Campos (Lake Forest, CA) offensively. Campos finished third on the team in batting average at .339. She was also third on the team with 19 extra-base hits.
In the circle the Bulldogs have four pitchers on staff, three of which are wearing the Maroon and Grey for the first time. Kassidy Long (Hemet, CA), who was sidelined last year with an injury will also make her return. A year ago the Bulldogs leaned on Kalyn Kershner (Ewa Beach, HI) who is returning, but will be back in her primary position of center field. In 2022 Kershner posted 86 innings thrown with eight wins and 42 strikeouts, all of which ranked second on the team. Kershner was also named 2nd Team All-SCIAC.
Previous Meetings
(Game Date | 2022 Overall Record | National Postseason Ranking)
- Pacific Lutheran (Feb. 11 | 30-14): The Bulldogs and Lutes have played 15 times with the Lutes holding the 9-6 advantage. The last four meetings have been won by PLU. The last Redlands win was in 2011.
- Whitworth (Feb. 17 | 25-17): The Bulldogs and Pirates have played twice all-time, both coming last season at "The Field of Dreams" where Whitworth swept the doubleheader.
- Linfield (Feb. 18 | 38-9, 14th): Redlands has played the Wildcats 34 times with a 9-25 record, but they won the last meeting in 2018, 10-9.
- La Verne (Feb. 24-25 | 26-16): The Bulldogs swept the three-game series in 2022 posting a plus 16 run differential.
- Pomona-Pitzer (Mar. 3, Mar. 31-Apr. 1 | 21-22): The Bulldogs went 4-1 in 2022 against the Sagehens totaling 33 runs.
- Baldwin Wallace (Mar. 4 | 13-23): No prior meetings since the 2006 season.
- Alfred (Mar. 6 | 26-16): The Bulldogs and Saxons faced off in 2019 when the two teams split the doubleheader.
- Wisconsin-La Crosse (Mar. 11, 27-10): This will be the first meeting between the two programs.
- Concordia Wisconsin (Mar. 11, 36-6,16th): No prior meetings as of 2000.
- Central (IA) (Mar. 11, 21-17): The two programs have never met.
- Webster (Mar. 11, 20-16): Bulldogs lead the all-time series 2-0. The last meeting was in Redlands in 2012 when the Bulldogs won 10-0.
- North Central (Ill.) (Mar. 15 | 27-13): No meetings as of 2006.
- Williams (Mar. 21 | 23-14): The Bulldogs hold the 5-3 all-time advantage and won their last meeting in 2017.
- Whittier (Mar. 24-25 | 22-17): Went 1-2 last season and then Bulldogs will be looking for their first series win over the Poets since 2016.
- Chapman (Apr. 7-8, 28-14): Went 2-2 a year ago, which included a loss in the SCIAC Tournament Championship Game.
- Cal Lutheran (Apr. 14-15 | 11-26): The Bulldogs won all three games in 2022 against the Regals combining for 25 runs scored.
- Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Apr. 28-29 | 19-19): After opening the 2022 season series with an 8-3 win, the Bulldogs dropped the doubleheader at home 9-6 and 10-7.
- Occidental (May 5-6 | 11-29): The series with the Tigers will end the regular season this year, similar to what happened in 2022 where the Bulldogs went 2-1 scoring 20 runs and allowing just nine as they clinched the SCIAC Regular Season Championship.
Returning Stats Leaders
Category |
Athlete |
Totals |
SCIAC Rank |
| Batting Average | Alexis Campos | .339 | 20th |
| Doubles/Game | Campos | .38 | 2nd |
| ERA | Kalyn Kershner | 3.50 | 10th |
| Hit By Pitch |
4 4 |
T-11th T-11th |
|
| Home Runs | Gutierrez | 4 | T-8th |
| On-Base% | Messenlehner | .395 | 22nd |
| Runs Batted In | Kershner | 28 | 8th |
| Runs | Campos | 29 | 7th |
| Slugging% | Campos | .556 | 11th |
| Stolen Bases | Messenlehner | 7 | 11th |
| Strikeouts | Kershner | 42 | 12th |
| Total Bases | Campos | 69 | 8th |
| Wins | Kershner | 8 | T-5th |
| Triples | Campos | 2 | T-9th |