Tuesday, March 10
Evansville, Ind.
2 PM ET
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Evansville
Camryn Mosher
Photo by: Jim Whitcraft
First Midweek Game of the Year for Mastodon Softball is at Evansville
3/9/2020 10:54:00 AM | Softball
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The Purdue Fort Wayne softball team will play its first midweek game of the season, as they visit Evansville on Tuesday (March 10) for a 2 p.m. ET first pitch.
Game Day Information
Who: Evansville Purple Aces
When: March 10 | 2 p.m. ET
Where: Evansville, Indiana | Cooper Stadium
Live Stats: Evansville Live Stats
Scouting the Purple Aces
Evansville is .500 on the year with 11 wins so far. The Purple Aces are coming off a strong outing at the Red and Black Challenge, in which they beat Oakland twice and went 1-2 against a trio of Power Five programs. Evansville beat Illinois 9-1 in six innings and dropped the other two by the same inverse score to Northwestern and Louisville. Jessica Fehr is leading the team with a .435 batting average. She has 27 hits on the year with three home runs. Haley Woolf leads the team in the latter category with five homers. The team currently has a 5.57 ERA, led by Jaime Nurrenbern with 1.69.
Smacking the Long Ball
In Purdue Fort Wayne's game against Austin Peay in the Governors Classic, the Mastodons recorded their 13th home run of the season, which tied the total from the 2019 season. Eight different Mastodons have hit the long ball this season: Freshman Olivia Stansbury leads the team with four, Morganne Denny and Alaina White have two, and Madeline Swart, Brooke Imel, Mariah Grant, Alise Hale and Camryn Mosher each have one.
RBI Machine
Morganne Denny has a team-high 13 RBIs this season, including three against both Jacksonville State and Southeast Missouri. Against SEMO and Troy, she had a two-run homer in both. She had two RBIs in the Governors Classic.
Newcomer Production
There are a few Mastodon newcomers that have been leading the team in several major statistical categories through 21 games. Freshmen Alaina White and Madeline Swart lead the team in batting average with .321 and .203, respectively. Swart leads the team in hits (20), doubles (4) and runs (13). Freshman Olivia Stansbury has the most home runs on the team with four.
That's a LONG Game!
Purdue Fort Wayne's game against Southeast Missouri was 3 hours and 45 minutes, featuring 31 runs and 37 hits combined between the two squads. This is the longest game on record for Purdue Fort Wayne in the Division I era (2002-present).
New Horizons
The 2020 campaign will be the final for the Mastodons in the Summit League. Next season the Mastodons will join the Horizon League. The longest trip in the Horizon League, Green Bay, at six hours, will match the shortest trip for the Mastodons in the Summit League (Western Illinois). The Mastodons joined the Summit League in 2007-08 making the 2019-20 season their 13th in the League.
Horizon League Foes This Year
Purdue Fort Wayne will play against four Horizon League schools this season. The 'Dons played Wright State twice in the Huddle House Classic and Northern Kentucky at the Coach B Classic. They will play UIC in the Billiken Spring Tournament, and Green Bay will be the home opener for Purdue Fort Wayne.
Last Time Out
The Mastodons went 2-3 in the Governors Classic last weekend, picking up extra inning wins over Bradley and UMass Lowell. Madeline Swart knocked in the game-winning run against Bradley, and Alaina White had a three-run homer in the ninth inning against UMass Lowell to win.
Coming Up
The next stop for Purdue Fort Wayne will be the Billiken Spring Tournament, where the 'Dons will play Saint Louis twice, Horizon League foe UIC, fellow Summit League member Omaha, and Lipscomb. The game against Omaha will not be a League game.
Game Day Information
Who: Evansville Purple Aces
When: March 10 | 2 p.m. ET
Where: Evansville, Indiana | Cooper Stadium
Live Stats: Evansville Live Stats
Scouting the Purple Aces
Evansville is .500 on the year with 11 wins so far. The Purple Aces are coming off a strong outing at the Red and Black Challenge, in which they beat Oakland twice and went 1-2 against a trio of Power Five programs. Evansville beat Illinois 9-1 in six innings and dropped the other two by the same inverse score to Northwestern and Louisville. Jessica Fehr is leading the team with a .435 batting average. She has 27 hits on the year with three home runs. Haley Woolf leads the team in the latter category with five homers. The team currently has a 5.57 ERA, led by Jaime Nurrenbern with 1.69.
Smacking the Long Ball
In Purdue Fort Wayne's game against Austin Peay in the Governors Classic, the Mastodons recorded their 13th home run of the season, which tied the total from the 2019 season. Eight different Mastodons have hit the long ball this season: Freshman Olivia Stansbury leads the team with four, Morganne Denny and Alaina White have two, and Madeline Swart, Brooke Imel, Mariah Grant, Alise Hale and Camryn Mosher each have one.
RBI Machine
Morganne Denny has a team-high 13 RBIs this season, including three against both Jacksonville State and Southeast Missouri. Against SEMO and Troy, she had a two-run homer in both. She had two RBIs in the Governors Classic.
Newcomer Production
There are a few Mastodon newcomers that have been leading the team in several major statistical categories through 21 games. Freshmen Alaina White and Madeline Swart lead the team in batting average with .321 and .203, respectively. Swart leads the team in hits (20), doubles (4) and runs (13). Freshman Olivia Stansbury has the most home runs on the team with four.
That's a LONG Game!
Purdue Fort Wayne's game against Southeast Missouri was 3 hours and 45 minutes, featuring 31 runs and 37 hits combined between the two squads. This is the longest game on record for Purdue Fort Wayne in the Division I era (2002-present).
New Horizons
The 2020 campaign will be the final for the Mastodons in the Summit League. Next season the Mastodons will join the Horizon League. The longest trip in the Horizon League, Green Bay, at six hours, will match the shortest trip for the Mastodons in the Summit League (Western Illinois). The Mastodons joined the Summit League in 2007-08 making the 2019-20 season their 13th in the League.
Horizon League Foes This Year
Purdue Fort Wayne will play against four Horizon League schools this season. The 'Dons played Wright State twice in the Huddle House Classic and Northern Kentucky at the Coach B Classic. They will play UIC in the Billiken Spring Tournament, and Green Bay will be the home opener for Purdue Fort Wayne.
Last Time Out
The Mastodons went 2-3 in the Governors Classic last weekend, picking up extra inning wins over Bradley and UMass Lowell. Madeline Swart knocked in the game-winning run against Bradley, and Alaina White had a three-run homer in the ninth inning against UMass Lowell to win.
Coming Up
The next stop for Purdue Fort Wayne will be the Billiken Spring Tournament, where the 'Dons will play Saint Louis twice, Horizon League foe UIC, fellow Summit League member Omaha, and Lipscomb. The game against Omaha will not be a League game.
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