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HACKENSACK, N.J. - Fairleigh Dickinson softball will open the 2016 Northeast Conference season with a pair of home doubleheaders against Mount St. Mary's and Bryant this weekend.

The Knights will face-off against Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, game one starts at 1 p.m., and Bryant on Sunday, game one starts at 12 p.m. Both games will be broadcast live on NECFrontRow.com weather permitting.

Fairleigh Dickinson has been swept in its two midweek doubleheaders this week. The Knights lost 7-1 and 8-2 at Quinnipiac on Tuesday and 13-3 and 7-2 at Siena on Thursday. Kellie Natham (Arcadia, Calif./Maranatha) went 5-for-5 with a run scored over the two games Quinnipiac and Reanna Cervantes (Upland, Calif./Upland) went 4-for-6 with three RBI on the day against Siena.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Historically, the Fairleigh Dickinson is 11-17 against Mount St. Mary's and 5-9 against Bryant. Fairleigh Dickinson has taken the last three from Mount St. Mary's and shutout the Mountaineers in both meetings last season. Bryant and Fairleigh Dickinson have split the last four meetings. The teams split the two meetings in Hackensack back in 2014.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Mount St. Mary's - The Mountaineers went 4-2 on its recent six-game home stand. The four wins came against Coppin State and Morgan State with the losses coming at the hands of Brown. Overall on the season, the Mountaineers are 6-21 and 2-19 away from Emmitsburg. Jessica Greenewald leads the team with a .342 average. Rachel Henize is second at .313 and leads the team in runs scored (21) and RBI (24). Three other Mountaineers have scored at least 10 times and four have driven in at least 10. Mount St. Mary's has divided it pitching among four players; all have pitched between 26 and 43 innings. As a staff, they own an 8.38 ERA.

Bryant - The Bulldogs will play at Sacred Heart on Saturday before traveling to Hackensack for the doubleheader with the Knights on Sunday. Bryant enters the weekend with a 1-23 record on the season. The lone win came back on March 20 at North Carolina State. Elle Madsen leads the team in batting average of .258. The senior also leads the squad in runs scored with 10. Taylor Burger leads the team with eight RBI to date. Four other Bulldogs have driven in five or six. Freshman, Colby Norris has pitched the most innings on the team (58.2) and is the owner of 4.53 ERA and a 1-9 record. Madsen has recorded 45 innings in the circle with a 4.98 ERA and a 0-7 record.

FOOD DRIVE
The Fairleigh Dickinson softball team is holding a food drive to benefit the Teaneck community. A collection bin will be on hand at FDU Softball Field for spectators to donate any non-perishable food items. More information can be found here

STREAKING
Natham, who already had an 11-game streak of reaching base this season, is in the midst of a seven-game streak currently. Madison Lerma (Escondido, Calif./Escondido) owns a six-game hitting streak currently, the junior hit in seven straight earlier this season. Madelaine Wilen (Bakersfield, Calif./Ridgeview) had her streak of reaching base safely in 15 straight games snapped in game one against Siena.

THREE OR MORE
Cervantes' three RBI against Siena all came in game one on a double. The freshman has now driven in three or more runs twice in a game this season.

EXTRA BASES
Wilen, who owns the career doubles record (42), has 10 this season and that total puts her first in the NEC and 10th in Division I. Wilen, who has set the single-season and career stolen base record this season, has 19 on the year so far; that total puts her in the Top 15 nationally.

1 THRU 9
The Knights as a team rank fourth in the NEC in batting average at .279. The Mountaineers rank second with a .299 average.