MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College softball team will play four games on campus this weekend, playing host to American International College in a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader on Saturday before a twinbill on Sunday versus Assumption University.

SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE HAWKS (20-13, 13-5 NE10)
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE YELLOW JACKETS (3-29, 1-15 NE10)
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ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS (13-20, 10-6 NE10, as of Apr. 22)
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Saint Anselm enters play on Saturday with an overall record of 20-13 alongside a 13-5 record in Northeast-10 Conference play. With a win over Franklin Pierce on Wednesday, the Hawks have now won at least 20 games for the sixth time in the last eight full seasons under Head Coach Jill Gagnon.

American International carries a 3-29 overall record into Saturday's doubleheader, winning one of its 16 games in league play. The Yellow Jackets have lost 14 in a row and remain in search of their first road victory since last season's NE10 postseason.

Assumption, who plays two games at Southern New Hampshire on Saturday, begins the weekend with an overall mark of 13-20. The team is 10-6 versus NE10 opponents to date and has a five-game winning streak to start the series with the Penmen on Saturday.

This weekend's games are set to be the final regular-season home contests for Saint Anselm. The two Hawks seniors, Bre Klaiber (Ironton, Ohio) and Bailey Cain (Wellington, Fla.), will be honored with a pre-game ceremony prior to the noontime game against American International on Saturday.

SCOUTING SAINT ANSELM

• Saint Anselm ranks second in the NE10 with 24 hit-by-pitches this season, ranking in the top-100 of NCAA Division II programs. Senior Bailey Cain (Wellington, Fla.) has been hit by five pitches and has also drawn 21 walks on the season, owning a league-leading on-base percentage of .513.
• In an 11-inning, 5-4 victory over Franklin Pierce to open Wednesday's NE10 doubleheader, sophomore Haile Hicks (Jefferson, N.H.) threw over 180 pitches, earning the win while setting career-high marks in pitches thrown (182), strikes thrown (127), strikeouts (14) and innings pitched (11). She remains the NE10 leader in pitching victories (16) this season, tying with Adelphi's Claire Fon.
• Junior Kylie Fitzpatrick (Danville, N.H.) logged four hits on the day against Franklin Pierce, giving her 100 hits during her stellar Saint Anselm career. The two-time NE10 Defensive Player of the Year has totaled seven runs batted in across the last two league doubleheaders played since Apr. 16.
• Sophomore Gracie O'Hara (Shrewsbury, Mass.) has an active hitting streak of seven games, leading the team. She leads Saint Anselm with 11 multiple-hit games and is batting .520 in those seven games, collecting 13 hits in 25 at-bats while scoring 10 runs.
• Junior Kate Irwin (Milford, Mass.) has stolen 10 bases on 10 attempts – with a 100% success rate on thefts, she currently is one of four student-athletes in team history to log as many stolen bases without being caught.

SCOUTING AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL

• The Yellow Jackets rank second in the NE10 with nine double plays turned on the season, averaging 0.28 per tilt to rank 91st in NCAA Division II.
• American International allows just 9.42 hits per seven innings, ranking second in the NE10.
• Kodi Gora leads the way for AIC with a .271 average, pounding 12 of her 26 hits on the season for extra bases. She has nine doubles and three home runs, tallying 10 runs batted in on the season.
• The Yellow Jackets have used three pitchers on the season, led by Alexis Jimenez and her team-best ERA of 3.38. Isabella Erti has thrown the most innings, pitching 81.1 frames with an earned-run average of 4.30.

SCOUTING ASSUMPTION

• The Greyhounds have won seven of their last nine games since defeating Adelphi, 4-3, on Apr. 10 in game two of a doubleheader.
• Assumption has drawn 76 walks on the season, ranking fourth in the NE10. The slugging Greyhounds have also pounded 19 home runs, ranking second in the conference behind only Saint Michael's, who has posted 21 long balls.
• Corin Mahan is producing nearly one run batted in per game (0.97), ranking second in the NE10. She is the team's far-and-away leader in batting average, hitting at a .352 rate as a sophomore for the Greyhounds.
• Allison Ainley is drawing 0.52 walks per game, the third-best figure in the NE10. She is batting .260 on the year with 19 hits in 73 at-bats.
• Freshman Mackenzie Bruggeman is batting .299 in her first season, tying with classmate Mollie Verreault with five home runs.

ALL-TIME vs. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL

• The Yellow Jackets hold a 49-25 lead in the all-time series after winning each of the first 19 games played from Apr. 22, 1983 through Apr. 25, 1993.
• Saint Anselm has won each of the last four meetings, including three via shutout.
• The Yellow Jackets have played just two games on the Hilltop in the last 10 years, both victories for Saint Anselm on Apr. 8, 2018. Megan Murrell '18 homered in both games of the doubleheader and Morgan Perry '20 threw a one-hitter in game one against American International.

ALL-TIME vs. ASSUMPTION

• Assumption has won 48 of the 86 games played against Saint Anselm all-time.
• Much like the team's streak against American International, the Hawks lost the first 20 games against the Greyhounds in team history.
• Saint Anselm enjoys an active 10-game winning streak over Assumption. The Greyhounds have scored just 14 runs in that span.