Minutewomen Open A-10 Play With Series At Saint Louis

University of Massachusetts Softball Game Notes & Information
Opponent	Saint Louis
Dates \| Times	vs. St. Louis - Saturday, March 16, 2024 / 1 p.m. vs. St. Louis - Saturday, March 16, 2024 / 3 p.m. vs. St. Louis - Sunday, March 17, 2024 / 12 p.m.
Location	Saint Louis (Billiken Sports Center)
Live Stats	Live Stats
Schedule/Results	UMass Softball Schedule
Twitter	@UMassSoftball
Instagram	UMass Softball
Facebook	UMass S oftball

AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts softball opens Atlantic 10 play traveling for a three-game series against Saint Louis beginning Saturday, March 16.

Last Time Out:
The Minutewomen come into their first conference series after their (1-4) appearance at the UNCG Invitational. On the first day of the tournament UMass defeated tournament host UNCG in 7-2 victory. Julianne Bolton pitched her fourth complete game of the season, tallying six strikeouts while allowing just five hits. Odyssey Torres collected two hits in the matchup against Merrimack, leading the team and rasing her season total to 11. Jenna Bradley recorded her first career home-run in their game against UMBC.

2023 Rewind:
Massachusetts comes into 2024 after earning a 16-34 record a season ago. The Minutewomen return 13 players from the 2023 campaign including eight who played in over 30 games. At the plate, Massachusetts brings back Chloe Whitter who led the team in batting average (.315) and senior Bella Pantoja who paced the Minutemen in home runs (3) and runs batted in (24). On the rubber, Julianne Bolton comes back to Sortino Field after leading the pitching staff in innings pitched (112.0) and appearances (27.0).

Scouting The Bilikens:
The Billikens come into the weekend after hosting the Billiken Spring Tournament where they went (2-2). In their first game against St. Thomas(Minn.) Kelsey Etling and Nataile Sullivan smashed three-home runs. Taylor Hochman went 4 1/3 innings where she struck out six, and allowed one run, two hits and a walk. Cami Newbanks leads the Bilitkens at the plate holding top-100 rankings in on-base percentage (19th, .561), batting average (57th, .440), slugging percentage (76th, .760).

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Julianne Bolton

Jenna Bradley

Bella Pantoja

Odyssey Torres

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