University of Massachusets Athletics
Softball To Host Saint Joseph's Thursday At 3:00
April 13, 2006 | Softball
April 13, 2006
WHAT'S ON TAP... UMass (19-12, 7-1 A-10) hosts Saint Joseph's (11-24-1, 2-4) this afternoon in an Atlantic 10 Conference doubleheader. The Minutewomen are coming off a 6-4 win at UConn yesterday while the Hawks split a twinbill with Drexel on Tuesday. UMass leads the all-time series against Saint Joseph's 42-5 including a 10-1 victory in five innings of the A-10 Tournament first round last year.
DOMINANCE AT HOME... While Massachusetts saw its 73 game home winning streak come to an end in the 2004 A-10 Tournament, the Minutewomen are still 104-9-1 (.917) all-time at the UMass Softball Complex. The Minutewomen are 51-4 (.928) against league foes at the UMass Softball Complex. Here is a statistical breakdown of how the Minutewomen have fared all-time at the UMass Softball Complex.
AVG:.343 (948-2766);
Opp. AVG.: .162 (430-2657);
Runs: 706 (6.2/game);
Opp. Runs: 125 (1.1/game)
Home Runs: 73 (0.64/game)
TID-BITS... Whitney Mollica needs just seven more RBI to tie the all-time single-season record at UMass (45) ... she is also two home runs shy of tying the freshman record (9)... KJ Kelley is now 19 RBI behind Scooter Wheeler for first-place all-time on the school's charts ... Candice Molinari has successfully stolen 55 of her last 56 bases ... UMass has been racking up the A-10 awards since the year began ... Brandice Balschmiter has won Pitcher of the Week four times and Rookie of the Week once ... Whitney Mollica has won Player of the Week twice and Rookie of the Week five times... KJ Kelley and Amanda Acampora have also been Player of the Week once apiece ... Head Coach Elaine Sortino tallied career win number 900 in UMass' win over Jacksonville March 11 ... the UMass program is now 19 wins shy of 1,000 ... Whitney Mollica has hit safely in 15 of the last 16 games going .509 (28-55) over this stretch with 16 runs scored, six doubles, two triples, six home runs, 28 RBI, a 1.018 slugging percentage and a .542 on-base percentage ... Brandice Balschmiter struck out a five-inning, single-game record 13 batters on March 31 at La Salle. Danielle Henderson held the previous mark of 12 in 1997 against Virginia Tech ... Jenna Busa fired her fourth career no-hitter March 31 at La Salle in a darkness-shortened, five-inning contest ... The 20 runs by the Minutewomen March 29 against Dartmouth was a new school record. The old one was 19 in a 19-0 win over Saint Peter's in 1985 ... UMass also set a new school record with eight doubles against the Big Green. The old mark of seven had been standing since 1991 against Providence ... Jenna Busa is 3-0 with 0.70 ERA in her last four starts, a span of 20 innings. She has three shutouts.