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Softball Hosts Fairfield Thursday At 3:30 P.M.
Third Time's the Charm
For the third time this season, the Quinnipiac University
softball team will take on intra-state opponent, Fairfield
University in a non-conference game. The Bobcats and the Stags have
already played at Fairfield and at a neutral site in 2010, and will
meet again on Thursday at the Quinnipiac Softball Field. Quinnipiac
most recently dropped a non-conference game against Connecticut on
April 13.
Scouting the Stags
Since their last meeting with Quinnipiac on April 8,
Fairfield posted two wins against St. Peter's on April 10,
improving their overall season record to 15-13. The team also posts
a 2-0 record in MAAC conference play. The Stags are led by senior
outfielder Dani Griswold who bats .393 on the year with 35 hits and
20 runs scored. Junior RHP Sarah Minice leads the team from the
circle with a 3.25 ERA and 105 strikeouts.
This
Season against the Stags
The Bobcats are 1-1 against Fairfield this season, earning
a 4-3 victory on Mar. 20 in the Stony Brook Invitational and
dropping a 7-1 contest at Fairfield on April 8. Bobcats' freshman
Alex Alba (Sylmar, Calif.) was strong in both games against the
Stags, pitching the complete game in the Stony Brook Invitational
while tallying a two-run single in the sixth inning to lead
Quinnipiac to victory. Alba also gave Fairfield trouble last week,
as she broke up Minice's no-hitter with one out to go in the top of
the seventh. Her single up the middle resulted in the lone run
scored for the Bobcats.
Ring
the Bell
Senior Emily Bellush (Newton, Mass.) tallied her second
double of the season against the UConn yesterday afternoon, driving
in her 12th RBI of the year. Bellush also started from
the circle against the Huskies, pitching in her 18th
appearance of 2010.
Kelly Keepin' On
Third baseman Kelly Wall (Westport, Conn.) tallied the
other RBI for the Bobcats against UConn on April 13. Wall went
1-for-3 on the day with a walk, and drove in the first run of the
game with a single up the middle in the top of the fourth. Wall
currently ranks second on the team in RBI (13) and ties to rank
first on the team in homeruns with three.
All
Aboard For Allendorfer
Senior Katie Allendorfer (Glenside, Pa.) has started all
36 games this season batting in the three spot for the Bobcats and
has put up the stats to back up that position. Allendorfer posts
stellar numbers in all situations involving runners on base, as she
bats .393 with runners in scoring position, bats .889 with a runner
on third and less than two outs on the board, and .343 with a
runner on third with two outs. The senior has advanced 15 runners
on the year and records a .536 batting average in situations where
she can advance base runners.
Five
Down...11 to Go
Sophomore RHP Heather Schwartzburg (Mission Viejo, Calif.)
pitched 2.2 innings of relief against UConn on April
13th, striking out five more batters in the effort.
Schwartzburg is 11 strikeouts away from matching the Quinnipiac
single-season record she set last season when she fanned 206
batters as a rookie. She is 73 K's away from the Northeast
Conference single-season record, set by Robert Morris' Lauren
Dickinson, who struck out 273 batters in 2001.
From
the Pitch
The Bobcats' pitching rotation is one of the best in the
NEC, ranking in the top five of twelve teams in ten different
pitching categories. The team leads the conference in opposing
batting (.231), batters struck out (237) and batters struck out
looking (64), while ranking third in team ERA (2.37) and wins (18).
Quinnipiac also ties to lead the conference in the least homeruns
allowed with 11.
