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Softball Hosts Bryant in AE Series

| By: David O'Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu)

Bearcats and Bulldogs square off Friday-Saturday

SCHEDULE OF GAMES
Friday, April 4 - 3 p.m. Doubleheader
Saturday, April 5 - 1 p.m. Single Game

STORY LINES

- Binghamton (17-11, 3-2 AE) dropped two out of three games at UMBC this past weekend. After taking the opener 9-6, the Bearcats lost 3-2 and 11-10. Sophomore catcher Elisa Allen hit .500 during the series and clubbed three home runs. Freshman designated player Rachel Carey hit .384 (5-for-13) with a home run and four RBI.

- Junior first baseman Emma Lawson ranks first in the America East in batting (.366) while graduate student outfielder Brianna Santos is fourth with a .357 average. Allen is tops with nine home runs and 26 RBI while Carey has homered seven times and has driven in 24 runs.

- Junior pitcher Brianna Roberts is 9-2 with a 2.57 ERA. She leads the conference in both victories and ERA. Fellow junior pitcher Olivia Kennedy, meanwhile, is tied for second with 74 strikeouts.

- As a team, Binghamton leads the America East in batting (.275) and ERA (3.28) and is tied for first with a .962 fielding percentage.

- In its five America East games so far this season, Binghamton has batted .387 as a team with 14 home runs. The Bearcats have scored 10+ runs three times during that stretch.

- Heading into the series against Bryant, Binghamton has four players who are carrying at least a six-game hitting streak. Graduate student outfielder Linsdey Walter has a team-best, seven game hitting streak while Santos, Carey and junior outfielder Bella Farina have all hit safely in the last six games.

- Since moving into the Bearcats Sports Complex Softball Facility in 2013, Binghamton is 60-26 (.698) in conference games. The Bearcats also have an all-time record of 84-47 (.641) on their current home field.

- Bryant (11-18, 3-3 AE) lost 10-8 to visiting Rhode Island on Wednesday. McKenna Coleman went 2-for-4, scored three times and belted a two-run home run against the Rams. In their most recent America East series, the Bulldogs lost three straight games at UAlbany last weekend.

- Meaghan Houk leads Bryant and ranks second in the conference with a .366 batting average. She also ranks third with a .427 on-base percentage and is fifth with 21 RBI. On the mound, Maddy Wachter is 6-2 and ranks second in the conference with a 2.66 ERA. 

- As a team, Bryant ranks second in the America East in batting (.270), third in fielding (.948) and is sixth in pitching (5.72 ERA). 

- Binghamton leads the all-time series 7-2, having won four of the six matchups last season. The Bulldogs took two out of three games at home March 22-24 but the Bearcats swept all three of its home games April 27-28.


BEARCATS BY THE NUMBERS

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Binghamton has hit a pair of grand slams this season - freshman designated player Rachel Carey against Fordham on March 7 and sophomore catcher Elisa Allen against Mercer on March 15. Both grand slams came with two outs.

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Freshman designated player Rachel Carey has been named the America East Rookie of the Week twice this season (March 12 & March 25). 

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Sophomore catcher Elisa Allen and senior third baseman Sarah Rende each have a pair of two home run games during their careers.

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Senior third baseman Sarah Rende has three career walk-off hits – two of which have been home runs.

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Three Binghamton players have homered twice in a game this season - sophomore catcher Elisa Allen against Butler (March 2), senior third baseman Sarah Rende against Fordham (March 9) and junior first baseman Emma Lawson against  UAlbany (March 22). 

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Binghamton has posted the America East Pitcher of the Week three times so far this season - sophomore Delaney Glover on Feb. 12 and junior pitcher Brianna Roberts on both Feb. 19 & March 5.

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Junior pitcher Brianna Roberts has posted three complete-game shutouts so far this year.

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Heading into the series against Bryant, sophomore catcher Elisa Allen has homered in three straight games.

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Junior pitcher Brianna Roberts has four games during her career with at least 10 strikeouts.

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Redshirt sophomore infielder Akira Kopec ranks fourth in the America East with a .422 on-base percentage. 

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Freshman catcher Rachel Carey has a team-best five game-winning RBI so far this season.

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Against UAlbany on March 22, Binghamton homered five times - its highest total since clubbing a school-record six homers against Hartford in 2011.

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Against Fordham on March 7, Binghamton came from six runs down (7-1) to win 8-7. It marked the largest comeback during the Bearcats' 24-year Division I era.

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The Bearcats have produced seven come-from-behind wins this season. Three of them have come during their final time at bat.

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Graduate student outfielder Lindsey Walter enters the series against Bryant with a team-best, seven-game hitting steak.

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Junior first baseman Emma Lawson has a team-best eight multiple-RBI performances so far this season. She has driven in three runs three times.

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Junior outfielder Bella Farina has nine total extra-base hits so far this season (three doubles, two triples and four home runs).

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Graduate student outfielder Brianna Santos has turned in a team-best 11 multiple-hit games so far this season. She posted a career-best four hits against Providence on Feb. 16.

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Junior pitcher Olivia Kennedy struck out a career-high 12 batters against Radford on March 8.

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Senior third baseman Sarah Rende has 18 career home runs - which is tied for eighth place all time in Binghamton program history

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With 29 career victories, junior pitcher Brianna Roberts is tied for sixth all time in Binghamton program history with Rayn Gibson (2017-21).

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Since moving into the Bearcats Sports Complex Softball Facility in 2013, Binghamton has gone 84-47 on its home field. This includes a 60-26 mark in America East games.

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Fourth-year head coach Jess Bump has gone 103-72 at her alma mater. She is one of only three coaches in Binghamton program history to win at least 100 games - a feat she accomplished against Mercer on March 15.

 
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