ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The Marauders have a tough weekend ahead as they face the top two teams in the PSAC East to round out the 2019 schedule. The Marauders first host Shippensburg for Senior Day on Saturday, April 27 and then travel to West Chester on Sunday, April 28. The squad will celebrate the lone senior--
Maggie Murphy--before Saturday's game.
• The Marauders rank 12th in the PSAC in team batting average at .258 but they do lead the PSAC in home runs with 39.
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Faith Willenbrock enters the weekend with a .726 slugging percentage which ranks third in the entire PSAC. Willenbrock is also sixth in the conference in RBIs (38). 11 of those 39 home runs have been generated by Willenbrock. Willenbrock' leads the league in that category and ranks 47th nationally in home runs per game.
• Willenbrock has a .294 average against PSAC East opponents. Ranking second is
Hunter Little with a .250 average. Willenbrock has a .647 slugging percentage against those same opponents.
• When Willenbrock is at the catchers position, she has helped the team to a 13-14 record compared to a 7-13 record while playing in the outfield.
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Maddie Guinane leads the team with the lowest ERA against conference opponents at 2.21 while
Brianna White holds a 3.96 ERA through 23 innings. White has struck out 23 PSAC East hitters.
• Willenbrock,
Alexis Staniece, Devan Maschiulli and
Brittany Little have a perfect fielding percentage in PSAC play.
SERIES HISTORY VS. SHIPPENSBURG
Series vs. Shippensburg: 34-96
Series Streak: Ship, 5
First Meeting: 1979, (L, 12-6)
Last Meeting: 2019 (L, 4-1)
Last 10 Meetings: Ship, 8-2
Jen Probst vs. Shippensburg: 10-4
• The Raiders have controlled the series, keeping the Marauders to one or fewer runs in four of the past six meetings. In 2018, Shippensburg took three of the four games, shutting the Marauders out twice.
THE LAST MEETING (SHIPPENSBURG 4, MILLERSVILLE 1 – April 6, 2019)
• The Raiders scored first with one in the bottom of the second. Millersville tied the game in the top of the fourth on an
Allie Janowiak bunt that scored
Brianna Battavio. In the next half inning, Shippensburg opened the lead with a two-run home run.
• Shippensburg maintained the momentum until the end, scoring one run off a sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth.
SCOUTING THE RAIDERS
• Last year's freshman of the year Courtney Coy leads the Raiders bats with a .403 batting average. Coy has recorded 21 doubles which adds to her .672 slugging percentage. Coy's 21 doubles leads the conference by seven. Coy earned a pair of PSAC East Athlete of the Week honors during the month of March.
• Shippensburg heads into the final week in the second spot of the PSAC East, hoping to hold that and clinch a playoff spot.
• Lacey Hunter was named PSAC East Athlete of the Week on April 8. Hunter went 8-for-15 (.533) at the plate with a double, four RBIs, four stolen bases, three runs scored and two outfield assists. That week, the Raiders went 3-1 in conference games, posting a split at Kutztown and sweep against the Marauders. Hunter has a .419 batting average against conference opponents.
• The Raiders' pitching staff is 11th in the conference with a 3.29 ERA. Taryn Wilson leads the squad with a 12-9 record and a 2.85 ERA while striking out a total of 152 batters this year. The second starter for the team is Tressa Kagarise who holds a 3.32 ERA with eight complete games.
