No. 3 CDO and No. 1 Salpointe will meet for the third time this season when they play each other at Hillenbrand Stadium at 5 p.m. on Monday for the 4A state championship.
The Lancers (31-2) won both games against CDO (33-3) in the regular season as part of their 4A Kino competition. Salpointe won at CDO 14-3 in five innings on April 6 and the Lancers beat the visiting Dorados 7-1 on April 21.
Salpointe has won five state championships, including the last three under former coach Amy Baray-Rocha. The Lancers have reached the championship under first-year coach Tricia Sztan, a former Salpointe standout who won a state championship playing for Stacy (Hill) Iveson in 1993 as a junior.
Kelly Fowler has coached CDO to three state titles in 2005, 2011 and 2017.
She recently achieved her 300th career win at CDO when the Dorados beat Mingus 10-0 in a quarterfinal game. Her record spanning 12 years (in three different stints with the Dorados) is 301-61-1.
KELLY’S COACHING CAREER
Bold is her state championship years
2004 — 22-10
2005 — 28-3
2010 — 18-6
2011 — 35-1
2015 — 32-7
2016 — 28-3-1
2017 — 30-4
2018 — 27-9
2019 — 20-8
2020 — 10-3
2021 — 18-4
2022 — 33-3
TOTAL (12 years) — 301-61-1
Salpointe’s ace is junior Gianna Mares, who has 17 wins and a 1.42 ERA in 113 2/3 innings. She has 188 strikeouts.
Its top batter is senior shortstop Logan Cole, who has signed with Arizona. Cole is a batting .560 with 10 home runs and 55 RBIs.
CDO’s ace is freshman Amelia Streuber, who has tallied 11 wins with a 2.12 ERA in 76 innings. She has 102 strikeouts.
The Dorados are led at the plate by senior shortstop Megan Clark, a Regis University signee who is batting .536 with eight home runs and 46 RBIs.
Here is a statistical comparison of the two teams and their leaders:
LEADERS |  |  |
AVERAGE | Logan Cole, SS, Sr., .560 Yannixa Acuña, CF, Sr., .513 Anyssa Wild, 1B, Soph., .452 | Megan Clark, SS, Sr., .536 Isabella Beauchamp, 1B, Sr., .511 Naya Campos, 3B, Sr., .506 |
HITS | Logan Cole, SS, Sr., 65 Yannixa Acuña, CF, Sr., 58 Anyssa Wild, 1B, Soph., 47 | Megan Clark, SS, Sr., 60 Zaedi Tagalog, OF, Soph., 46 Naya Campos, 3B, Sr., 45 |
HR | Gianna Mares, UTIL, Jr., 14 Krista Martinez, LF, Jr., 12 Logan Cole, SS, Sr., 10 | Naya Campos, 3B, Sr., 9 Megan Clark, SS, Sr., 8 Mari Asher, OF, Jr., 3 |
RBI | Logan Cole, SS, Sr., 55 Gianna Mares, UTIL, Jr., 43 Anyssa Wild, 1B, Soph., 41 | Megan Clark, SS, Sr., 46 Naya Campos, 3B, Sr., 42 Lauren Newlin, OF, Sr., 27 |
INNINGS PITCHED | Gianna Mares, Jr., 113.2 Alexis Guzman, Soph., 42 Arianna Flores, Soph., 30 | Amelia Streuber, Fr., 76 Destanee Nez, Soph., 63 Sydnee Wendel, Jr., 54 |
WINS | Gianna Mares, Jr., 17 Alexis Guzman, Soph., 7 Arianna Flores, Soph., 5 | Amelia Streuber, Fr., 11 Destanee Nez, Soph., 10 Sydnee Wendel, Jr., 9 |
ERA | Arianna Flores, Soph., 0.23 Alexis Guzman, Soph., 0.50 Gianna Mares, Jr., 1.42 | Sydnee Wendel, Jr., 1.17 Amelia Streuber, Fr., 2.12 Julia Holt, Sr., 2.19 |
STRIKEOUTS | Gianna Mares, Jr., 188 Alexis Guzman, Soph., 79 Arianna Flores, Soph., 51 | Amelia Strueber, Fr., 102 Destanee Nez, Soph., 87 Sydnee Wendel, Jr., 81 |
BATTING | | |
RECORD | 31-2 | 33-3 |
AVERAGE | .409 | .441 |
RUNS | 358 | 368 |
HITS | 385 | 452 |
RBI | 317 | 329 |
DOUBLES | 77 | 71 |
TRIPLES | 12 | 13 |
HOME RUNS | 66 | 32 |
WALKS | 90 | 68 |
STRIKEOUTS | 137 | 113 |
PITCHING | | |
INNINGS PITCHED | 199.2 | 212 |
ERA | 0.95 | 2.06 |
WIN | 31 | 33 |
LOSS | 2 | 3 |
HITS | 110 | 125 |
RUNS | 40 | 71 |
EARNED RUNS | 27 | 62 |
WALKS | 14 | 63 |
STRIKEOUTS | 324 | 295 |
OPPONENT AVG. | .153 | .158 |
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