MIAMI UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL
Miami Softball Stadium // Oxford, Ohio
 
Friday, March 16
1:30 p.m. // vs. Dayton
6:30 p.m. // at Miami
 
Saturday, March 17
1:30 p.m. // vs. Fort Wayne
 
Sunday, March 18
10:00 a.m. // vs. #19 Michigan
3:00 p.m. // vs. Dayton
 
All-Time Series vs. Dayton
The Colonials and Flyers have met just three times and only once since 2005. Robert Morris trails the all-time series, 0-2-1, with all three games being decided by one run or less. The Flyers won the last meeting in 2015, 1-0.
 
All-Time Series vs. Miami
Robert Morris is 1-3 against the RedHawks in a series that dates back to 1992. Miami won the first three times these teams played while the Colonials earned their only victory, 1-0, in a 2015 contest.
 
All-Time Series vs. Fort Wayne
The Colonials own a 2-1 edge in the all-time series against the Mastodons. All three of their meetings have come at a neutral site. Robert Morris won, 9-8, in 2006 and posted a 7-2 victory in their last meeting in 2009.
 
All-Time Series vs. Michigan
This is the first meeting between the Colonials and the Wolverines.
 
Musket Shots
> Robert Morris is 3-3 in its last six games and is coming off a 2-3 record at the USF Under Armour Showcase
> Abrielle McCartney leads a trio of Robert Morris players hitting over .300 with a .371 average
> She has a seven-game hitting streak, going 10-of-21 (.476) during that stretch
> McCartney leads the team in doubles, triples, on-base percentage and runs
> Second baseman and leadoff hitter Natalie Higgins is hitting .333 and leads the team with two home runs
> Briana Bunner, who has been sidelined, is hitting .320 in nine games
> Sophomore catcher Bridget Guiney is 8-for-20 (.400) in her last seven games
> Guiney has seven runs batted in during that stretch
> Over her last 31.0 innings, Madison Riggle has posted a 2.03 ERA
> She has a 1-2 record and struck out 12 during that stretch
> The Colonials roster features 15 returners, including 13 letterwinners, and one freshman
> Over half the team, eight players, are underclassmen (seven sophomores, one freshman)
> The Colonials return nearly 75 percent of their at-bats from last season (1,045 of 1,395)
> In the circle, RMU brings back everyone who threw a pitch for the team last season
> Robert Morris has won four of the last seven regular-season NEC titles