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- Binghamton heads to the state of Texas for an in-season tournament for the fourth time during its 19-year NCAA Division I era. The Bearcats previously played at UTEP (2008), Texas Tech (2012) and Lamar (2018).
- Binghamton returns all but two players from its 2019 squad. The Bearcats return a trio of second-team all-conference selections in junior third baseman
Sarah Benn, junior shortstop
Makayla Alvarez and sophomore second baseman
Marissa Braito. The pitching staff is anchored by seniors
Rayn Gibson and
Rozlyn Price as well as sophomore
Morgan Bienkowski, who was named to the America East All-Tournament Team last spring.
- The Bearcats finished 19-29 last year but was 2-2 at the conference tournament. Binghamton became the first sixth seed ever to advance to the third round of the America East Tournament.
- Lamar went 1-4 in its opening tournament of the season at the Texas Classic last weekend. MacKenize Brown batted a team-best .333 during those five games. The Cardinals finished the 2019 campaign 23-24.
- LaMar holds a 2-0 lead in the all-time series against Binghamton. The Cardinals swept both games against the Bearcats at its 2018 home tournament (held Feb. 23-24 of that year) Â by scores of 7-4 and 2-0.
- St. John's went 0-5 at its season-opening tournament at Central Florida last weekend (the Black and Gold Tournament). Kaitlin Mattera batted a team-best .438 in those five games. The Red Storm finished 26-22 last year.
- St. John's holds a 4-3 lead in the all-time series against Binghamton. Most recently, the Red Storm won 8-4 on March 17, 2018 at its home tournament. The Bearcats' last win in the series was a March 9, 2013 at the Maryland Miken Invitational.
- Texas A&M went 3-2 at its Aggie Classic last weekend. Jourdyn Campbell led the team with a .455 batting average while Meagan Smith hit three home runs and finished with seven RBI. Texas A&M finished 28-27 in 2019 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
- This marks the first-ever meeting between Binghamton and Texas A&M in softball.
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