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HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Fairleigh Dickinson softball team (14-18, 4-4 NEC) enters this weekend in a fourth-place tie in the Northeast Conference standings with the opportunity to inch itself closer to a spot in the conference tournament. On Saturday, the Knights will travel to Brooklyn, N.Y. to take on LIU Brooklyn (16-29, 4-4 NEC), who stands even keel with FDU in the standings. Game one is slated to begin at 1 pm. The team will then have a quick turnaround to host Wagner (17-21, 4-6 NEC) on Sunday, with the first game scheduled to start at 12 p.m. Sunday is also the home finale and senior day for the Knights, as seniors Samantha Lemm (Berlin, N.J./Eastern Regional High School) and Liz Woidt (Binghamton, N.Y./Binghamton) will be honored with a pregame ceremony.
 
Last Time Out
 FDU dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Stony Brook on Thursday at Stony Brook, falling to the Seawolves, 3-0, and 11-3. Stony Brook entered the doubleheader on a 12-game winning streak. Junior Angelique Nieves (Union City, N.J./High Tech High School) went 4-for-5 in the doubleheader with a home run and a double to give her a team-best 29 hits on the season. Junior Megan Reiner (Los Angeles, Calif./John Marshall) took the loss in game one, falling victim to the long ball, as she allowed three earned runs in 5.0 innings of work. Reiner kept the Knights in the game, and it was the first time Reiner gave up more than two runs since March 12 when she allowed three runs to UC Riverside. The Los Angeles native reached the 100 inning mark on the season to go along with reaching 120 strikeouts on the year with 10 games remaining.
 
LIU Brooklyn
2014 Season: 16-29 (5-5 NEC; T-4th in NEC Standings)
Where: Brooklyn, N.Y. (LIU Field)
When: Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 1/3 p.m. (DH)
Series History: LIU leads 26-2
Last Meeting: March 29, 2013 - LIU 4 FDU 0; FDU 5 LIU 2 (DH)
What You Need To Know: The Knights will look to take sole possession of fourth place against LIU Brooklyn over the first half of the weekend. The Blackbirds' offense is stabilized by Lauren Morizi and Whitney West. Morizi leads the team in average with a .326 mark, 13 doubles and 14 RBI, while West leads the team in hits with 46 while hitting .311. Shelley Proctor (159.2 innings) and Cassie Vondrak (105.0 innings) have eaten up a majority of the innings for LIU this season. The duo has a combined 3.80 ERA and 10 complete games.
 
Wagner
2014 Season: 17-21 (4-6 NEC; T-7th in NEC Standings)
Where: Hackensack, N.J. (FDU Softball Field)
When: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - Noon/2 p.m. (DH)
Series History: Wagner leads 12-4 (since 2006)
Last Meeting: April 28, 2013 - FDU 5 Wagner 1; Wagner 4 FDU 3 (DH)
What You Need To Know: Leading the flock of the Seahawks is junior shortstop Kelsey Parker with a .442 batting average, 50 hits, nine doubles, six home runs and 33 RBI. This past week, Parker was named NEC Player of the Week after going 7-for-12 over a four-game stretch with a slugging percentage of .583 to receive the accolade for the third time this season. The Seahawks are hitting .307 as a team and hope to keep their playoff hopes alive around Parker, Brenda Bott (.358, 5 HR, 29 RBI) and Abigail Beasley (.324, 35 H, 8 HR, 24 RBI), who have led the offense thus far. In the circle, the Knights have to look out for McKaleigh Goodale, who has a 2.66 ERA to this point and 10 complete games in 108.1 innings.
 
Up Next
 FDU will take a midweek break from NEC play to travel to New Rochelle, N.Y. on Wednesday, April 30 for a doubleheader against Iona. First pitch of the twinbill against the Gaels is slated for 2:30 p.m. at Rice Oval Field.