BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo State Bengals softball team will look to extend its three-game win streak, as the team returns to SUNYAC action with a weekend matchup at both Geneseo and Brockport. The Bengals will begin the weekend against Geneseo on Friday, with doubleheader action beginning at 3 p.m. The Bengals then finish the weekend with two against Brockport on Saturday, beginning at noon.
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The Bengal Breakdown
- Buffalo State (11-17, 3-7 SUNYAC) is coming off of an impressive doubleheader sweep of RIT on Wednesday, outlasting the Tigers by a 14-11 score in 10 innings in game one, and 6-1 in game two.
- The Bengals tallied 27 hits in game one, the third-highest total by any Division III team this season.
- Caitlyn Parsons (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas) tallied seven hits Wednesday, as she has now reached base in 13 consecutive games.
- Three other Bengals enter the weekend on hitting streaks, as Oriana Castello (Pearl River, NY/Nanuet) and Taylor Benton (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Niagara Wheatfield) are riding seven game hitting streaks, and Kayla Wolinski (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster) has a five-game hitting streak after seven hits at RIT.
- Nationally, Wolinski is eighth among all Division III players with 15 doubles this season.
- Parsons shares the team lead in hits with Castello, as they both have 40 on the season. The pair are batting .430 and .404, respectively.
- Seven Bengal regulars are batting .300 or higher on the season: Castello, Parsons, Wolinski (.364), Benton (.337), Abigail Kruse (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South) (.329), Sarah Congelosi (Montgomery, N.Y./Valley Central) (.308), and Deme Kellogg (Gansevoort, N.Y./South Glens Falls) (.307).
Shedding Light on the Knights
- Geneseo (21-3, 9-1 SUNYAC) has won 15 of the last 16 contests coming into this weekend.
- The Knights shut out New Paltz in a pair of contests last Saturday, 3-0 and 8-0.
- Geneseo as a team sports an impressive 1.18 earned run average, fourth-best in the nation.
- Individually, Elizabeth Eberhardt leads the pitching staff with an 0.66 earned run average, going 3-0 with 28 strikeouts in 32 innings. She's seventh in ERA and 14th with 3.94 hits allowed per seven innings.
- Lauren Kersch leads the staff with an 8-0 record to go along with an 0.78 ERA, striking out 40 batters in 53 2/3 innings.
- Maddie Woodard is second in the nation with four saves.
- Offensively, Olivia Fazio leads the team with a. 417 batting average.
Breaking Down Brockport
- Brockport (9-13, 2-6 SUNYAC) is looking to snap a four-game losing streak.
- The Golden Eagles dropped a pair of contests at Rochester last Wednesday, 7-1 and 8-0.
- The team is sixth in scoring, averaging 4.86 runs per game.
- The team is also sixth in team ERA, sporting a 4.07 average.
- Individually, Catherine Johnson is fourth in the conference, sporting 6.6 strikeouts per seven innings. She also holds a 1-5 record with a 5.14 ERA.
- Likely game one starter Hali Jenner has a 3.00 ERA in seven appearances, striking out 10 batters in 37 1/3 innings to hold a 3-4 record.
- Offensively, Madison Evarts sports a .417 batting average, scoring 15 runs and driving in seven more.
- Annie Dipirro leads the team with 12 runs batted in and is hitting .339 on the season.
The History
- Buffalo State is 41-31 all-time against Geneseo. Last season, the Bengals split four contests against the Knights, with three of the four games decided by a single run.
- Brockport holds a 43-38 all-time lead against Buffalo State. Last season, the Bengals and Golden Eagles each won two games. The Bengals have won five of the last seven games.
