MANCHESTER, N.H. – The nationally-ranked Saint Anselm College softball team will play its first doubleheader at home on Wednesday, Apr. 7 with a 3 p.m. first pitch against Assumption University at the South Athletic Fields.

NO. 16 SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE HAWKS (7-1, 4-0 NE10)
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ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS (4-2, 4-2 NE10)
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Wednesday's games are slated for 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Spectators of any kind are not allowed at the South Athletic Fields as of Wednesday – for more information, please refer to the Spectator Policy.

The Hawks head into the week with a 7-1 overall record along with a perfect 4-0 record against Northeast-10 Conference opponents. Saint Anselm is currently sitting 16th in the most recent National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Poll.

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 the only nationally-ranked team to have played 10 or fewer contests in its 2021 season.
• Senior Morgan Perry (Bethany, Conn.) recently earned Northeast-10 Conference Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season after helping the team sweep the Falcons of Bentley University over last weekend.
• In game one against Bentley, Perry fanned 10 batters in the process, earning her 70th career win and holding the top spot on the all-time victories list. On Saturday against Bentley, Perry fanned a career-high 17 batters in her game one victory, setting the program's single-game strikeout mark. Over four appearances in 2021, Perry has struck out 58 batters, ranking within the top three spots in the NE10 and not yielding a single run in those contests. Perry also tied for the lead in the NE10 with the lowest ERA with 0.00 along with her teammate McKenna Smith (Old Town, Maine).
• Smith also has not allowed a run in her three outings, allowing two hits in her first two matchups against New Haven and American International. On Saturday, Smith threw a complete game, striking out eight batters while surrendering six hits. Teammate Courtney Fisher (Taunton, Mass.) has also played a key role in the Hawks pitching staff, heading into the week with a 2-1 record. She has only allowed three runs over her three appearances.
• Junior Bre Klaiber (Ironton, Ohio) leads the team with a .450 batting average along with a .500 on-base percentage. Senior Lauren Washburn (Carmichael, Calif.) had a fantastic weekend, recording two or more hits in each of the Hawks four games with Bentley, featured by a four-hit performance in the final game on Saturday. Washburn is currently on a seven-game hitting streak along with holding the team lead in hits with 12 on the season.
• Right behind Washburn in the team's rankings is senior Shannon Colson (Rochester, N.H.) who has posted a .375 batting average over eight games. She has posted nine hits, two of them doubles and a triple. Colson is also on a three-game RBI streak, recording three in the Hawks 8-0 win over Bentley in the second game.
• Senior Abbie Murrell (Scarborough, Maine) joins Washburn with her own seven-game hitting streak, dating back to the season-opening 2-0 victory over New Haven on Mar. 20.

REVIEWING THE GREYHOUNDS

• The Greyhounds finished with a 4-6 overall record prior to the cancellation of the 2020 spring sports season. Alyssa Beaton finished the season leading the Greyhounds with a .444 batting average and 12 hits. Mia Patriacca posted a 2-1 record in 2020 with a 2.13 ERA over 26.1 innings pitched. Mia Nowicki struck out 23 batters in 25.2 innings pitched.
• In 2021, Assumption swept the Penmen from Southern New Hampshire University in its season-opener, 4-1 and 4-2, back in Mar. 25. The Greyhounds would then split a four-game season series with Franklin Pierce University this past weekend. Assumption swept the final two games of the series, defeating the Ravens, 2-1, in both contests.
• So far this season, Mckenzie Richards leads the team with a .533 batting average along with eight hits. She has also drove in two runs over six games. Corin Mahan is one of the three Greyhounds student-athletes to have earn a batting average of above a .411. Mahan has posted a .438 batting average, including hitting seven hits and scoring three runs. Beaton rounds out the student-athletes with a .411 or greater batting average through six games, totaling three doubles, one triple, and one home run, helping her to a .412 average. Beaton is tied with her teammate Jordan Dwyer with four runs scored.
• The Greyhounds ranked second in the nation with a .989 fielding percentage.
• Erin Barry and Nowicki has both started in three games with Barry posting a team-best 1.67 earned run average over 21 innings pitched. Both Barry and Nowicki has struck out nine batters so far this season.

ALL-TIME vs. ASSUMPTION

• Since 2004, the Hawks hold a slim 19-17 advantage in the all-time series, including claiming six straight wins from 2018 to Wednesday. In the past 10 matchups between both teams, the Hawks hold a 7-3 record.
• In that span, the Hawks have totaled 150 runs, which averages 4.17 per game since Apr. 25, 2004.
• The last time the Hawks and Greyhounds faced each other in 2019 when Saint Anselm picked up the season sweep, earning 7-1 and 9-4 victories. Jordan O'Connor '19 went 3-for-6 at the plate, driving in six runs and scoring once over the two games.