MILWAUKEE – The Mount Mary University softball team has a loaded schedule this week. Eight total games the next coming days, with the weekend playing host to Senior Day on Saturday along with four home contests in total.
This week's events…
(All times listed are Central Daylight Time, Home games in bold)
Softball
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Wed., Apr. 24 |
at Milwaukee School of Engineering |
3:00 PM |
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Wed., Apr. 24 |
at Milwaukee School of Engineering |
5:00 PM |
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Thu., Apr. 25 |
at Alverno |
3:00 PM |
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Thu., Apr. 25 |
at Alverno |
5:00 PM |
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Sat., Apr. 27 |
vs Silver Lake |
12:00 PM |
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Sat., Apr. 27 |
vs Blackburn |
4:00 PM |
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Sun., Apr. 28 |
vs Blackburn |
10:00 AM |
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Sun., Apr. 28 |
vs Blackburn |
12:00 PM |
The Blue Angels will first travel downtown to take on the MSOE Raiders. This season the Raiders are 22-10 and have won their last five games in a row. As a team, MSOE has a .347 batting average and a .419 on-base percentage.
The Raiders top three hitters have 20 or more RBIs in their 32 total games. Two of the MSOE batters have a batting average north of .400 this late in the season: Lauren Stefancyzk and Amanda Manssen.
MMU this season has a .226 team batting average, but their patience at the plate continues to shine through as their team OBP is .286. Leading the way in both OBP and batting average for the Blue Angels is Aislinn Strusz (Fr./Aurora, Ill.). The youngster has also flashed her speed leading the squad with seven stolen bases.
Haley Jacquez (Jr./Oakley, Calif.) is right behind Strusz in BA, OBP and stolen bases. Jacquez has led off for the Blue Angels in a majority of the contests and as such leads the team with 21 total hits.
On Thursday the Blue Angels will travel to their rival's home field, Alverno College. After starting off hot, the Inferno have dropped their last 19 games in a row, and are now 9-23 on the year. Although struggling recently, the team has a .295 batting average.
Saturday the Blue Angels will host a triangular along with honor Amelia Flint (Sr./Whitefish Bay, Wis.) for Senior Day. MMU will play Silver Lake (0-16) in the opener at noon, then after the Lakers take on Blackburn (11-15), the Blue Angels will close out the day against the Beavers.
For the week's final doubleheader, the Blue Angels will host Blackburn Sunday morning. Prior to Saturday's game, the Blue Angels have never faced the Beavers on the softball diamond. Blackburn starts the week off on a three-game losing streak.
MtMaryAthletics.com will have links for all the available live coverage of this week's games
