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PREVIEW: No. 16 softball at Bentley

4/2/2021 5:00:00 PM

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The nationally-ranked Saint Anselm College softball team is back in action after a 12-day layoff, traveling to Bentley University to play a four-game series on Saturday, Apr. 3 and Monday, Apr. 5.

NO. 16 SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE HAWKS (3-1, 0-0 NE10)
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BENTLEY UNIVERSITY FALCONS (2-2, 2-2 NE10)
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Saturday's games are slated for a 12 p.m. first pitch, while Monday's contests are scheduled to start at 3 p.m.

Bentley recently announced that fans will not be permitted access to attend any athletic event.

The Hawks head into the weekend with a 3-1 record, improving their standing in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Poll to 16th on Wednesday. Saint Anselm swept American International College, 5-0 and 2-0, on Wednesday, Mar. 24, a series which featured sophomore Kylee Royer (Blackshear, Ga.) recording her first collegiate hit in game two.

LIVE STATS will be provided for the doubleheader, including LIVE VIDEO by the NE10 Now Network.

HAWKS NOTES
  • In the most recent NFCA poll, Saint Anselm is one of two nationally-ranked teams that have played 10 or fewer contests in its 2021 season. The other is No. 6 Rollins with an 8-0 record.
  • The Hawks are led by the arm of senior Morgan Perry (Bethany, Conn.), who recently earned Northeast-10 Conference Pitcher of the Week after helping the team sweep the Yellow Jackets last week. She earned her second win of the season, throwing a two-hit shutout while striking out 15 batters in the process.
  • Perry holds the top strikeout per seven innings mark in the nation at 15.5. Sophomore McKenna Smith (Old Town, Maine) follows her fellow pitcher in 12th place with 11.7.
  • Perry is also currently tied for first in the NE10 with a perfect earned run average (0.00), which Smith also holds over six innings of work. Over two appearances, Perry has fanned 31 batters, tying for the third most in the conference.
  • Senior Erin Thompson (Newton, N.H.) has played a crucial role in the Hawks offense so far this season, batting no lower than .428 after the first two weekends of play. She led the Hawks in the opening game of the American International doubleheader, recording three hits and three runs batted in. She has now posted two three-hit games in the 2021 campaign, tying her career-high, single-game RBI mark with three, dating back to her freshman and sophomore years.
  • Adding her presence on offense is senior Shannon Colson (Rochester, N.H.), who holds a .364 batting average.
  • In the field, junior Bailey Cain (Wellington, Fla.) leads the Hawks in total putouts with 33, while senior Lauren Washburn (Carmichael, Calif.) has posted seven assists through the first four contests of the season.
REVIEWING THE FALCONS
  • Bentley is currently 2-2 on the young 2021 season, falling to Franklin Pierce last week twice and then responding with doubleheader sweep of Stonehill on Wednesday, Mar. 31.
  • Against Stonehill, Kaylee Mankins went 6-for-8 with six runs batted in, four runs scored, two home runs, 14 total bases, and a 1.750 slugging percentage. In game two, she became the first student-athlete in program history to homer twice in a game and tied a 36-year old school record for total bases in a game (10).
  • Ella Hillier has also posted a batting average of above .415 along with her teammate Lea Thompson.
  • Over four games, the Falcons have totaled 21 runs, four home runs, and a .324 batting average, leading the conference. The team's four home runs this season is tied with Stonehill for the most.
  • Stacey Korotsky has led the team in hitting for the last three seasons, including .357 last spring, and owns a .302 career batting average. Kaileen Cain batted .336 in 2018 and a lofty .395 in 2019. During those two seasons, she homered 10 times and doubled 14.
ALL-TIME vs. BENTLEY
  • Against Bentley, the Hawks are 56-29 while also holding a seven-game winning streak. Saint Anselm is 9-1 against the Falcons in the past 10 matchups. In Waltham, Mass., Saint Anselm is 18-6 away from the Hilltop since 2004.
  • The last time both of these teams have met each other was on Apr. 27, 2019 when the Hawks concluded the regular season on a 10-game winning streak, sweeping Bentley in the series finale. The Hawks took the first game 4-1 in eight innings before winning game two by a 3-0 margin.
  • The Hawks first interaction in program history with Bentley was in 1981, falling to the Falcons, 9-3.
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