HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Fairleigh Dickinson softball team will conclude its season series against Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday, April 27 with a doubleheader beginning at 1:00 p.m. and game two at 3:00 p.m. The teams met earlier this season in a doubleheader in which FDU took game one, but fell in game two.
Series Info
Mount St. Mary's (16-23, 9-12 NEC at FDU (7-17, 7-15 NEC)
Game 1: Tuesday, April 27 at 1:00 p.m. – FDU Softball Field
Game 2: Tuesday, April 27 at 3:00 p.m. – FDU Softball Field
FDU student-athletes will be allowed two guests to attend each home contest
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All-Time Series
MSM leads 22-16
Streak…L1
First Meeting…4/22/01 (FDU 1, MSM 0)
Last Meeting…4/10/21 (MSM 9, FDU 7)
NEC Season Format and Preseason Poll
There will be a 32-game conference schedule that will be played in a round-robin (four-game series) format over eight weeks from March 20-May 9. The NEC will only have four teams qualify for a double-elimination NEC Championship that will take place from May 13-15. FDU was predicted to finish seventh in the NEC Preseason Poll.
Scouting the Mountaineers
Mount St. Mary's currently sits in fourth place in the NEC standings after taking three of four games over the weekend against Sacred Heart. Tori Bowles leads the team in homers with five and RBI's with 29. Kaia Bonshock leads the Mountaineers in batting average with a .373 mark and doubles with 10. Kaylee Stoner bats .309, leads the team with 23 runs scored, and has nine stolen bases. Amanda Berkley leads the pitching staff with a 3.05 ERA over 110.0 innings of work and has an overall record of 11-8.
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Scouting the Knights
FDU split its most recent NEC series against Wagner over the weekend as the Knights won games two and three, but fell in games one and four. Graduate student
Madison Emerson launched two homers and drove in nine RBI's over the four games while going 9-15 from the dish, for a batting average of .600. Sophomore
Cassidy Triska went 4-14 from the dish and also belted two homers, while driving in five runs against Wagner. In the series earlier this year against Mount St. Mary's, junior
Alayna Savaglio struck out a career-high 15 batters and pitched a complete game shutout in game one as FDU won 3-0. In game two, Triska and Emerson each went 2-4 from the plate, with two RBI's and a run scored as FDU fell 9-7. For the season, Emerson leads the team with a .390 batting average, five homers, 25 RBI's, and 54 total bases. Triska has four homers on the season, bats .324, has a team-leading four stolen bases, and has 14 RBI's. Junior
Courtney Mahoney is second on the team with eight doubles and bats .268. Over 67.1 innings on the mound, Savaglio has a team-leading 3.12 ERA, 86 strikeouts, six complete games, and a 1.31 WHIP.
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Coach Foye's Thoughts
"After splitting yesterday's games, we came back today with our first shut out in 5 innings. In game two, we came to the show a little late but got the bats going in innings 5, 6, and 7. We fought hard once again the last 3 innings, but unfortunately couldn't make up a five-run deficit. We had two tough losses this weekend but we fought hard and I feel good about our remaining 10 conference games as we make a push for the playoffs."
"Maddie continues to impress us every at bat. She keeps coming up in clutch situations and continues to execute, today she hit 2 HR's in the double header and just missed a 3rd. She was intentionally walked twice just to avoid her hitting.
Rylie Schmeh keeps finding a way on base and had a huge triple down the right field line to score two and give us a five-run lead in the first game."
"Riley Philips came up ready to go and you can see she wanted to walk it off. When she swings, she swings hard and that's just what she did to walk it off with her first career HR. She also dropped a bunt down for a hit. She really stepped up and gave us a spark today. Malori pitched five awesome innings for a shutout today. She looked very comfortable out there and her defense played well behind her."
What's Next
FDU will travel to Smithfield, RI for a weekend series against the Bryant Bulldogs, beginning Saturday, May 1 at 1:00 p.m. The games can be viewed on NEC Front Row.
