Softball Primed for Four-Game Home Stand

Matchup	Merrimack (12-14, 3-4 NE10) // Saint Rose (10-8, 4-2 NE10) // Le Moyne (12-10, 4-1 NE10)
Date//Time	Saturday-Sunday, April 6-7
Venue	Martone-Mejail Field // North Andover, Mass.
Multimedia	Twitter // Instagram

 
 
 
 


NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Coming off a 5-1 victory in the nightcap of Wednesday's doubleheader against Bentley, the Merrimack College softball team will square off against two of the top teams in the southwest division, playing host to Saint Rose Saturday and Le Moyne Sunday.  

Five Things to Know:

• The Warriors have split every doubleheader against Northeast 10 Conference teams this season, winning the second game each time.   
• Three of the top five stolen base leaders for the Northeast-10 Conference hail from Merrimack; Tiffany Mangiameli (17), Nicole Nanof (11), and Hannah Johnson (11).
• Lucy Colarusso leads the team offensively, hitting .377 with six doubles and nine RBI.
• Senior Melanie DeAlmeida has back-to-back shutout wins in her last two starts, giving up just six hits and one run over the last 14 innings.
• Four players had multi-hit performances in the team's last game; overall, the Warriors have combined for 27 hits in the last two doubleheader nightcaps.

Head-to-Head (Saint Rose):

Merrimack (13-15)	Stat Category	Saint Rose (10-8)
.237	Batting Average	.283
.602	On-Base Percentage	.354
.306	Slugging Percentage	.394
3.11	Team ERA	3.35
102	Team Strikeouts	74
58	Total Stolen Bases	12
.970	Team Fielding Percentage	.950
Lucy Colarusso (.377)	Batting Average Leader	Briana Bowen (.431)
Kurkul, Nanof, Amato (1)	Home Runs Leader	Brush, Drogo (2)
Caitlin McBride (14)	RBI Leader	Savana Liverio (17)
Bridget Soraghan (2.43)	ERA Leader (Individual)	Samantha Allen (2.27)
Soraghan (25)	Strikeouts Leader	Allen (40)

 
Head-to-Head (Le Moyne):

Merrimack (13-15)	Stat Category	Le Moyne (10-8)
.237	Batting Average	.259
.602	On-Base Percentage	.336
.306	Slugging Percentage	.357
3.11	Team ERA	5.00
102	Team Strikeouts	75
58	Total Stolen Bases	15
.970	Team Fielding Percentage	.954
Lucy Colarusso (.377)	Batting Average Leader	Kaily LaForce (.304)
Kurkul, Nanof, Amato (1)	Home Runs Leader	Peyton Bellrose (3)
Caitlin McBride (14)	RBI Leader	Bellrose (10)
Bridget Soraghan (2.43)	ERA Leader (Individual)	Bellrose (3.93)
Soraghan (25)	Strikeouts Leader	Bellrose (44)

 
Up Next
The Warriors will play Bentley on the road Tuesday, April 9, in a rubber match; game time is set for 4 p.m.