'Cuse Concludes Season-Opening Road Trip at Army

Syracuse at Army West Point (Doubleheader)
Game Details	Mar. 28 \| West Point, N.Y. \| Army West Point Softball Complex \| 2 PM
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WEST POINT, N.Y. – Syracuse (15-11) concludes its 28-game season-opening road trip with a doubleheader at Army West Point on Wednesday, Mar. 28. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Live stats will be available for both games and the link can be found on cuse.com

For Starters
- Orange head coach Mike Bosch is two wins away from eclipsing 600 career victories. Bosch posted a 525-236-2 record at Iowa Lakes Community College and is 73-56 at 'Cuse.

- Junior Bryce Holmgren leads the ACC and ranks 17th nationally with a .468 batting average.

- Sophomore pitcher Alexa Romero threw her third no-hitter of 2018 in a 12-0 victory over Virginia on Mar. 16. She struck out nine and walked two.

- Senior Sammy Fernandez is 11 hits away from becoming Syracuse's all-time base hit leader. Fernandez has 25 hits this season and 196 in her career. Tanya Rose is the current leader with 206 base knocks.

- Syracuse leads the nation with 0.54 triples per game. The Orange have 14 triples on the year coming from six different student-athletes. After not recording any triples in her first two seasons, junior Alicia Hansen leads the team with four. Sophomore Toni Martin and freshman Gabby Teran have each produced three.

- 'Cuse holds a 2-0 advantage in the all-time series. This is the first time that the two schools meet since a doubleheader in 2000.

Scouting the Black Knights
- Army enters the matchup with a 10-16 record and a 2-1 mark in the Patriot League. The Black Knights took 2-of-3 games from Bucknell over the weekend.

- Taylor Drayton leads Army with a .340 batting average. Amelia Trotter (.300) is only other student-athlete hitting over .300 and Emily Ballesteros has a team-high 13 RBI. Ballesteros is the only member of the Black Knights to start in all 26 games.

- Courtney Springman is the leader of the Army pitching staff. She's made 19 appearances with 15 starts and is 5-10 with a 1.83 ERA and 85 strikeouts. Macey Newbary has made six starts in nine appearances and flaunts a 3-1 record with a 4.71 ERA and 18 strikeouts.

-Michelle DePolo is in her ninth season as Army's head coach. DePolo helped lead the Black Knights to their third consecutive Patriot League Tournament appearance in 2017.

On the Orange Horizon
Syracuse hosts Boston College on Friday, Mar. 30 at 4 p.m.

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'Cuse Concludes Season-Opening Road Trip at Army

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Players Mentioned

Sammy Fernandez

Alicia Hansen

Bryce Holmgren

Toni Martin

Alexa Romero

Gabby Teran

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