Softball Continues Homestand Versus Niagara on Wednesday
4/11/2006 9:16:49 PM | Softball
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Orange softball team (22-15) continues its 10-game homestand on Wednesday, April 12 when it entertains Niagara (16-10) for a doubleheader at the SU Softball Stadium at 3:00 p.m. The twin bill is the first of three for SU this week. Fans can listen to live audio broadcasts of both contests via All-Access, suathletics.com's multi-media service. Todd Robbins will call the play-by-play.
Want Some Butter With That Roll?
• It’s the best start ever for the Orange against league competition and SU is already within two of tying the team record for most conference wins in a season (12) set in 2002 on its way to its first BIG EAST Tournament appearance.
• SU outscored its foes 29-14 in five games last week and its 2-1 victory against Notre Dame marked the first triumph for the Orange in 2006 when scoring less than three runs.
Morales Earns BIG EAST Honor Roll Nod
• Morales hit .500 (7-14) in BIG EAST doubleheaders versus Notre Dame and DePaul. She belted a pair of doubles in the four games to move into a tie with Andrea Loman of Notre Dame for second on the league’s career doubles list (22). She also hit a home run in game two against DePaul. It was her personal-best seventh long ball of the season and moved her into a tie for seventh on SU’s single-season homers chart.
• Morales had at least one hit in every game and went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in the second game versus Notre Dame on April 8.
Kim Ties SU Freshman RBI Mark
• Teammate Chanel Roehner set the rookie record with 27 RBI in 2005.
• Kim ranks second on the team and 10th in the conference in runs batted in.
• She leads the Orange and ranks sixth in the BIG EAST with a .388 batting average. Kim has hit safely 21 of the 29 games she has played this season.
• She is second on the team in multi-hit games (10) and multi-RBI games (8).
Scouting Niagara
• Jennifer Yee leads the MAAC with a .551 batting average. She has 43 hits in 78 at-bats, including a team-best seven home runs. She is slugging .936. Tori Healy leads the club in runs batted in with 28. She is hitting .429 (33-77) with 11 doubles.
• Tiffany MCrory leads the team in ERA (1.89), wins (8) appearances (13), innings pitched (66.2) and strikeouts (55). Katie Gleiser and Brooke Viola each have four wins on the season.
About the All-Time Series
• The Orange has won both previous meetings with the Purple Eagles, sweeping a doubleheader against them on April 13, 2005 by the scores of 5-1 and 8-0. SU outscored Niagara, 13-1, in the two games. This will mark the first time the two schools have met at the SU Softball Stadium.
