MILLERSVILLE SOFTBALL GAMEDAY INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	Live Stats
Thursday, Feb. 28	Jefferson	3 p.m.	Seaber Softball Stadium Millersville, Pa.	Sidearmstats.com
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			Record: 3-2, 0-0 PSAC Roster | Schedule | Stats | Coaches
			Record: 0-0, 0-0 CACC Roster | Schedule | Stats

MARAUDERS IN DEPTH
• The Millersville University softball squad returns to campus after its first weekend of competition in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Marauders are set to play Jefferson on Thursday, Feb. 28 for the home opener doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.
• Millersville began its season going 3-2 in the Snow Bird Freeze-Off Tournament where it competed against some postseason-experienced teams. The Marauders earned their first win of the year by an 8-4 score over Goldey-Beacom thanks to freshman Hunter Little's two home runs. The next day, the Marauders registered a 2-1 victory over New Haven who went to the NCAA East Regional finals last year. Carried by Little's walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning against West Virginia State, the Marauders finished the tournament with a win.
• Little's performance in her first week of collegiate softball earned her the first Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East Division Athlete of the Week of the year and a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Top Performance of the Week. Little finished the week with a .385 batting average, five hits, three home runs, seven RBIs, a 1.077 slugging percentage while starting at third base all five games. Little and the Marauders hope to keep the hitting going this week as they scored 43 runs against the Bulldogs in last season's match-ups. 
• Sophomore Faith Willenbrock also hit .385. Willenbrock hit three doubles and one triple. A week into the 2019 season, Little is ranked fifth in the country in home runs per game (0.60). Both Willenbrock and Rebecca Blatt are ranked second in the conference with 0.60 doubles per game and they sit 31st in all Division II.
• Blatt enters the weekend with a .313 batting average, and three of her five hits are doubles. 
• The Marauders excelled at drawing walks in Myrtle Beach, totaling 23 in five games and averaging more than four walks per game. Four hitters own an on base percentage of .506 or higher. So far this season, sophomore Brianna Battavio leads the conference with six and ranks 12th in the nation.
• Junior Emma Bevard was named PSAC East Pitcher of the Week after allowing four hits, two runs, two walks and four strikeouts in six innings. Bevard  then came into relief to close the game and struck out five batters in three innings, only allowing one hit in her first save of the year. In the final two games of the weekend, Bevard threw six or more innings where she struck out three batters in each. Bevard ended the weekend with a 2-1 record; totaling 15 strikeouts, a 1.91 ERA, and one complete game.

SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. Jefferson: 20-2
Series Streak: Rams, 1
First Meeting: 1999, (W, 3-2)
Last Meeting: 2018 (L, 4-5 (5. Inn.))
Last 10 Meetings: Ville, 9-1
Jen Probst vs. Jefferson: 3-1

• The Marauders have dominated the series in the last 10 years, earning a seven-game winning streak against the Rams starting in 2009. The Marauders have compiled a record of 20-2 including seven-straight victories from 2009-2018. The Rams snapped the streak last year as they won 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth inning due to darkness.

THE LAST MEETING (JEFFERSON 4, MILLERSVILLE 3 (5 inn.)) - March 6, 2018)
• The Millersville University softball team went 1-1 in a doubleheader against Jefferson. The Marauders won 7-2 in game one and lost 4-3 in the second game. The second game ended at the bottom of the fifth inning due to the darkness. 
• Jefferson rallied from a three-run deficit to win. Three of those came in the bottom of the fifth just before darkness set in, ending the game. Two at bats for both teams were wiped off the board. It was just the second-ever win for Jefferson over Millersville. 
• Mariah Ford gave Millersville a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer in the second. Millersville's lead stayed at 2-1 into the fifth when Janowiak laid down a bunt single, and Almodovar followed with a single. Mascuilli split the outfielders with a double to right center, driving in both runs. 
• The Marauders had 14 hits through both games. Willenbrock went 4-for-5 bring in two runs and a double.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• This game is Jefferson's 2019 season opener.
• Last year, the Rams finished with a 17-23 record and 13-13 in conference, which they made it to the CACC Conference Tournament for the second straight year.
• Jefferson was selected sixth in the CACC Preseason Coaches Poll.
• As a team last year, the Rams recorded a team batting average of .246 and a .325 slugging percentage.
• The squad is returning to two experienced pitchers back to mound, Stephanie Pepper and Naomi Stas. Pepper had a 11-8 record while recording 17 complete games. Pepper had an average of 8.15 strikeout per game throughout the 2018 season, totaling 165. Pepper was named D2CCA All-East Region Second Team and All-CACC First Team honoree. Stas appeared in nine games, earning a 5-4 record and a 1.14 ERA.
• The Rams lineup is led by Breck Urban who powered the offense with a .333 batting average, 35 hits, a .410 slugging percentage.
•  In 2018, Jefferson played a 40-game slate under first-year head coach Mike Fegeley.
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