Softball Faces Off against Lafayette Wednesday

Series Info
Series: Saint Peter's (14-21, 1-5 MAAC) vs. Lafayette (6-28, 1-11 Patriot)
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 (NOTE DATE CHANGE)
Location: Easton, Pa. | Lafayette Softball Field
Time: 3:00 PM & 5:00 PM

First Pitch

• The Saint Peter's University softball team looks for its third and fourth straight non-conference victories on Wednesday afternoon when they travel to Easton, Pennsylvania, to take on Lafayette College in a doubleheader.
• The Peacocks head into the contest after dropping a pair of close MAAC road matchups Saturday against Fairfield while the Leopards were swept in a three game set over the weekend against Army.
• The two teams met earlier this season in the first weekend of play for the Peacocks, splitting a pair of games in Princess Anne, Md.

Looking Back at Fairfield

• In two back-and-forth games that featured a little bit of everything, SPU came out on the losing end of a pair of contests on the road at Fairfield Saturday, dropping game one 6-4 before falling in game two 5-4.
• Junior Cara McNulty continued her hot hitting at the plate with a hit in both contests including a two-run home run in game one to give her four on the year.
• After a slow start to the season, Brandi Feeney has started to hit her stride offensively going 2 for 5 on the day and hitting her first big fly of the season in the first game.
• Senior Katie Sciglimpaglia extended her hitting streak to five games with a single hit in the first game and two including a double in the second.
• Junior Samantha Miller registered her second multi-hit game in the last three contests in game two of the doubleheader going 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI.
• Taylor Rondon came on in relief in game two in the circle and had a strong outing tossing 4.0 innings and only allowing one run on two hits.

Inside the Numbers

• McNulty is the team-leader in batting average hitting .374 and has gone 10 for 20 in her last six contests, currently riding a six-game hitting streak. She currently ranks inside the top-10 in the MAAC in average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, OPS, hits and RBIs.
• Olyvia Smith has also been fantastic at the plate hitting .314 while being a catalyst at the top of the lineup. Smith is the lone Peacock to score 20 runs this season.
• As a team, the Peacocks have now hit 12 home runs this season to top their total from the entirety of the 2021 and 2020 seasons.
• SPU will head into the doubleheader Saturday with 14 wins, the most victories since recording 22 in the 2007 season.
• In the circle, freshman Kasidy Slusser leads the team with a 3.32 ERA in her first season in Jersey City. Her five wins are the most for an SPU pitcher since Erica Colon had five in the 2014 season.

Up Next

• The Peacocks will return to Joseph J. Jaroschak Field Saturday for a doubleheader against Rider University before taking on Monmouth University in a doubleheader Sunday. Both contests will start at 12:00 p.m.

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