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Jersey Number 9
Yessenia Lopez
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Plantation, Fla.
- High School:
- South Plantation
- Prev School:
- UCF
at Florida Atlantic
Junior (2027)
at UCF
Sophomore (2026)
Junior (2027)
at UCF
Sophomore (2026)
- Made four appearances, including two starts, in the circle, totaling five innings pitched
- Allowed one run in one inning in her season debut against Maryland (Feb. 8)
- Tossed three innings of one-run ball with three strikeouts against Dartmouth (Feb. 26)
- Named to D1Softball's Preseason D100 Freshman Watch List
- Appeared in 28 games in the circle, including 18 starts, posting a 4.36 ERA in 88.1 innings of work with 84 strikeouts and a .279 batting average-against; her 88.1 innings represented the third-most on the team
- Ranked among Big 12 Conference leaders in strikeouts per seven innings (6.7, 4th) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.47, 9th)
- Made her collegiate debut against then-No. 12 Georgia, allowing two runs (one earned) in two innings pitched; also tossed four and five innings, respectively, in wins over NC State (Feb. 7) and James Madison (Feb. 9) during the season-opening Black and Gold Classic
- Allowed one run in 2.2 innings against then-No. 20 Liberty on Feb. 12, striking out three without walking a batter
- Produced one of the strongest starts of her freshman season during the Clearwater Invitational against Auburn on Feb. 14 throwing six innings of one-run ball with three hits and no walks allowed while striking out nine; the effort marked her first career complete game
- Threw her first career seven-inning complete game against Pitt on Feb. 20, allowing two runs and one walk with eight strikeouts in UCF's 4-2 win
- Tossed 3.2 innings of scoreless ball, allowing just two hits, in UCF's 2-1 walk-off win over FGCU (Feb. 25)
- Had a hand in UCF's 3-0 road shutout win over then-No. 22 Florida Atlantic on Feb. 26, starting the game with two scoreless innings
- Recorded a strong start in UCF's March 12 road tilt at then-No. 3 Florida, allowing just three runs in a six-inning complete game with four strikeouts
- Threw a seven-inning, two-hit complete game against Iowa State on March 22, allowing just one run with five strikeouts and no walks.
- Tossed two scoreless innings with just two hits allowed in UCF's road contest at then-No. 2 Oklahoma (April 4)
- Threw four hitless frames in UCF's series finale against then-No. 21 Oklahoma State on April 19, allowing just one run that scored following her departure while striking out five
- Ranked No. 35 in the nation in the 2024-25 recruiting class by Extra Inning Softball
- Played nine years in travel and club softball with Florida Gold Lopez/Santana, and most recently aided Team Puerto Rico in earning the silver medal during the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile in Nov. 2023
- Born on April 12
- Played with the Puerto Rico national team and won a silver medal
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