Good morning! Bronco softball began the season with a 4-1 record in the desert at the Kajikawa Classic. Catch some of the highlights from the strong season-opening weekend.

What else are we kicking into today’s edition, Bronco Nation?

🥎 Broncos sweep MW weekly awards
🎾 Home Sweet Home
🔷 And much, much more!

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🔷 ONE BIG THING

Boise State senior pitcher Taylor Caudill and freshman outfielder Sophia Knight were honored by the Mountain West for their performances at the Kajikawa Classic. Caudill won the conference's pitcher of the week award while Knight was named both player and freshman of the week.

🥎 Caudill won each of her four appearances with a 0.33 ERA, 0.33 WHIP and 23 strikeouts in 21 innings. She retired 62 of 73 batters faced and only allowed four baserunners to reach second base. She earned victories against No. 20 Northwestern, St. Thomas and capped the weekend with a five-hitter on the road against 2023 WAC champion Grand Canyon, handing the Lopes their first loss of 2024.

🥎 Knight began her collegiate career in style, hitting safely out of the leadoff spot in each of Boise State's five games. She batted .632 with a .842 slugging percentage and 1.474 OPS. The Huntington Beach, Calif., product recorded three hits against St. Thomas, Wisconsin and Arizona State.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Getting It Done. Boise State women’s golf advanced to the semifinals at the Mountain Classic Match Play after defeating Portland State 3-0-2. Victories from Macee Greenwood, Leia Chung and Teal Matsueda and earned the Broncos the win with all three matches ending 4&2. Day two will feature the Broncos taking on St. Thomas for a chance to advance to the championship match on Wednesday.

🔼 Home Sweet Home. Coming off a clean sweep against the College of Idaho, Boise State women’s tennis will host Oregon and Minnesota starting on Friday. The Broncos have recorded two wins against each program, and are undefeated against the Golden Gophers all-time. Heading into the matches, Nicole Discenza and Ella Piron lead Boise State with nine wins each in singles play while the duo of Pauline Ernstberger and Shauna Heffernan has tallied a team-high 11 doubles wins this season.

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🗓 THE WEEK AHEAD

*All times are Mountain

Tuesday, Feb. 13

⛳️ Women’s Golf @ Mountain Classic Match Play in Palm Springs, Calif. | Live Scoring

Wednesday, Feb. 14

⛳️ Women’s Golf @ Mountain Classic Match Play in Palm Springs, Calif. | Live Scoring

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Utah State @ 6 p.m. in Logan, Utah | Watch | Listen | Live Stats

Thursday, Feb. 15

⛳️ Women’s Golf vs. Long Beach State/UC Riverside (Tri-Match) in Palm Springs, Calif.

Friday, Feb. 16

⛳️ Women’s Golf vs. Long Beach State/UC Riverside (Tri-Match) in Palm Springs, Calif.

🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Oregon @ Noon in Boise, Idaho | Live Scoring

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Denver @ 5 p.m. in Denver, Colo.

🤸 Gymnastics vs. Sacramento State, Southern Utah @ 7 p.m. in Boise, Idaho | Watch | Live Scoring

Saturday, Feb. 17

🥎 Softball vs. Michigan State @ 8 a.m. in Arlington, Texas

🥎 Softball vs. DePaul @ 10:30 a.m. in Arlington, Texas

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. LMU @ 12:30 p.m. in Denver, Colo.

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Nevada @ 2 p.m. in Reno, Nev. | Watch | Listen 

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Fresno State @ 5:30 p.m. in Boise, Idaho | Tickets | Watch on CBSSN | Listen | Live Stats

Sunday, Feb. 18

🥎 Softball vs. Michigan State @ 8 a.m. in Arlington, Texas

🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Minnesota @ 10 a.m. in Boise, Idaho | Live Scoring

🥎 Softball vs. Kansas City @ 2 p.m. in Arlington, Texas

Monday, Feb. 19

🥎 Softball vs. UT Arlington @ 2 p.m. in Arlington, Texas | Live Scoring

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🔷 Have a great Tuesday, Bronco Nation!