Live Stats (SRU vs. Seton Hill)
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa.- The Slippery Rock University softball team will play a pair of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division doubleheaders this weekend against Mercyhurst University and Seton Hill University
Slippery Rock will head north to Mercyhurst Saturday afternoon before hosting Seton Hill Sunday afternoon at the SRU Softball Complex. Both doubleheaders are slated to start at 1 p.m.
MERCYHURST SERIES DETAILS
Date: April 22 (1 p.m. / 3 p.m.)
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania – Mercyhurst Softball Field
All-Time Series: Mercyhurst leads 35-31
Last Played: April 3, 2017 (Slippery Rock won 7-6 at SRU)
SETON HILL SERIES DETAILS
Date: April 23 (1 p.m. / 3 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania – SRU Softball Complex
Live Stats: Link
All-Time Series: Slippery Rock leads 10-9
Last Played: April 9, 2017 (Seton Hill won 4-1 at SRU)
SLIPPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Overall Record: 15-18
PSAC West Record: 5-7
PSAC West Standings: Fourth
Last Five Games: 5-0
Streak: Won five
Home Record: 5-5
Away Record: 5-3
Neutral Site Record: 5-10
Head Coach: Stacey Rice | Third season (50-64)
SCOUTING THE ROCK
Team Notes:
• Slippery Rock extended its winning streak to five games, the longest of the season, with a doubleheader sweep of Clarion University on Wednesday afternoon. The Rock also produced a season-high run total in the 15-7 win over the Golden Eagles, and head coach
Stacey Rice earned her 50th career victory in the 8-3 nightcap victory.
• With eight games left in the regular season, Slippery Rock is in fourth place in the PSAC West standings and two games behind third-place California University (Pa.). The top three times in each division at the end of the year qualify for the conference tournament.
Top Bats:
• With 56 hits already this spring,
Emily Nagle enters the weekend on the cusp of breaking the Slippery Rock single-season record for hits in a season. Nagle needs four hits to tie and five hits to break the record, which is held by Rice, who had 60 hits in 2007. Nagle leads the PSAC in batting average at .463 and had a 17-game hit streak mid-season.
• Following a four-RBI performance against Clarion,
Lauren Hawley now leads The Rock on the season in RBI with 19 to go with two home runs, seven doubles and a .277 batting average.
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Caitlin Baxter leads SRU with three home runs and seven doubles, while she ranks second on the team in batting average (.364), RBI (18) and stolen bases (six).
• In addition to batting .343 on the season,
Megan Brown has also stolen 17 bases, the sixth most in a single-season at SRU. It has taken Brown just two years to record 28 stolen bases, the seventh most in Rock history.
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Kailey Myers (.300) and
Nicole Siciliano (.275) round out SRU's top offensive performers.
Top Arms:
• In the circle for SRU,
Brooke Dawson has won her last four starts to improve to 10-6 with a 1.82 ERA and 78 strikeouts over 103.2 innings pitched. Her 10 wins ranks second among all pitchers in the PSAC West.
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Carly DeRose has won her last two starts to improve to 5-7 on the year with a 3.26 ERA and a .229 batting average against. DeRose now has 27 career wins, three away from the SRU career record of 30 currently held by Shauna Walker (2008-11).
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Andria Copelli (3.38 ERA) and
Paige Flore (4.90) also contribute to The Rock's pitching rotation.
Head Coach:
• Slippery Rock head coach
Stacey Rice is in her third season at the helm after leading SRU to a 20-23 record last spring and a spot in the PSAC Tournament for the first time since 2009. The 20 victories were the most for Slippery Rock since the 2010 season. A 2008 graduate of SRU, Rice is one of the most decorated players in program history. She is still the all-time leader in eight different statistical categories including runs scored (143) and hits (186).
MERCYHURST PRIMER
Overall Record: 11-25-1
PSAC West Record: 5-6
PSAC West Standings: Sixth
Last Five Games: 3-2
Streak: Won one
Home Record: 2-4
Away Record: 4-10-1
Neutral Site Record: 5-11
Head Coach: Leanne Baker | Third season (42-79-2)
SCOUTING THE LAKERS
Top Bats: Emily Hair and Rachel DiBartolomeo lead The Lakers this season in hitting. Hair is batting .355 with a team-high 44 hits to go with four home runs and 24 RBI. DiBartolomeo leads The Lakers in nearly every statistical category including RBI (28), home runs (seven), triples (four), doubles and stolen bases (17).
Top Arms: Anna Cochis and Heather Nye anchor Mercyhurst's pitching rotation. Cochis is 4-9 with an ERA of 4.29 and 42 strikeouts in 94.2 innings. Nye is 6-10 on the year with a 5.30 ERA and 40 strikeouts across 105.2 innings.
SETON HILL PRIMER
Overall Record: 14-16
PSAC West Record: 6-4
PSAC West Standings: Second
Last Five Games: 3-2
Streak: Lost two
Home Record: 10-8
Away Record: 0-4
Neutral Site Record: 4-7
Head Coach: Bill Monstrola | Third season (63-60-1)
SCOUTING THE GRIFFINS
Top Bats: Ashley Perillo is batting .343 with 10 runs and 12 RBI, while Christina Skrabak is batting .337 and has recorded team-highs of three home runs, seven stolen bases and 15 RBI.
Top Arms: Amanda Huff and Leighann Pettis split time in the circle for the Griffins. Huff is 9-7 with a 2.80 ERA, six complete games and 54 strikeouts, while Pettis is 4-8 with a 3.24 ERA and two saves.
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock hosts Edinboro University Friday, April 28 for a PSAC West doubleheader. Between games, The Rock will honor seniors Baxter, DeRose and Siciliano for their contributions to the program.
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