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CU Softball Preview - vs. Rochester (5/8-9)

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Gary Mikel

Softball | 5/6/2021 6:52:00 PM

The final weekend of the season will have playoff implications in virtually every series, none more so than when the Clarkson University Softball team and University of Rochester play in a four-game series with doubleheaders slated for Saturday in Rochester and Sunday at Scott Field.

Live Stats at Rochester (Saturday, May 8)
Live Video at Rochester (Saturday, May 8)
Live Stats at Clarkson (Sunday, May 9)
Live Video at Clarkson (Sunday, May 9)

The Series: The Knights are 3-4 in the last three seasons against Rochester, but the Yellowjackets have won four of the past five. That one victory for Clarkson came when Olivia Zoeller tossed a three-hit shutout against Rochester on April 21, 2019.

Key Stats for Clarkson (17-11, 9-7 Liberty League): Junior Olivia Zoeller ranks among the national leaders in a number of categories, placing fifth in strikeouts per seven innings (11.9 kp/7), ninth in total strikeouts (158), 14th in hits per seven (3.55 hp/7), and 19th in earned run average (0.91). She leads the Liberty League in all of those stats as well as innings (92.2), wins (13), shutouts (6), and opponents' batting average (.144). Kayla Robert ranks 33rd in the nation in batting average among hitters with at least 50 at bats (.517) and leads the conference in that category, as well as on-base percentage (.570) and hits (46). Senior Rylee LeBourveau will celebrate her final home games on Sunday, and she has enjoyed a solid campaign, leading the league in triples (4) and ranking third on the team in runs batted in (18) despite hitting in the nine-hole all season.

Key Stats for Rochester (26-7, 19-2 Liberty League): The Yellowjackets have slugged 42 home runs an unsurprisingly their players are all over the conference leaderboard in the category. Hannah Keiper has 10 home runs, Jen Carson and Tori Anne Hahn each have seven home runs, and Allison Beckwith has struck six homers in just 55 plate appearances. Alexis Pope leads the conference in runs batted in (35) and Hahn is first in the league in runs scored (38). Emily Sharlach and Hannah Leahy have pitched roughly 80% of the team's innings. Sharlach has a 1.85 earned run average with 59 strikeouts in 79.1 innings with a .198 batting average allowed and Leahy has 53 strikeouts with 2.44 earned run average in 80.1 innings.  



 
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Players Mentioned

Rylee LeBourveau

#13 Rylee LeBourveau

OF
5' 3"
Junior
R/R
Kayla Robert

#4 Kayla Robert

IF
5' 5"
Sophomore
R/R
Olivia Zoeller

#9 Olivia Zoeller

P/OF
5' 4"
Sophomore
R/R

Players Mentioned

Rylee LeBourveau

#13 Rylee LeBourveau

5' 3"
Junior
R/R
OF
Kayla Robert

#4 Kayla Robert

5' 5"
Sophomore
R/R
IF
Olivia Zoeller

#9 Olivia Zoeller

5' 4"
Sophomore
R/R
P/OF