at PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS
Nittany Lion Softball Park and Beard Field // University Park, Pa.
Wednesday, March 28 // 5:00 p.m. Doubleheader
 
All-Time Series vs. Penn State
Robert Morris trails the all-time series against Penn State, 5-6. The teams split a doubleheader the last time they met in 2016 with last year's games cancelled due to inclement weather. After the Nittany Lions won the first meeting between these squads in 1991, RMU reeled off four consecutive victories over a three-year span. PSU then won four straight before the rivalry went on hiatus from 2003 to 2015.
 
Musket Shots
> Robert Morris has lost its last six games since defeating Maine and Delaware State on March 10
> The Colonials have played since March 18 after their doubleheader against Canisius was cancelled Sunday
> Abrielle McCartney leads the Colonials with a .356 batting average bolstered by a nine-game hitting streak
> McCartney leads the team in doubles, triples, runs scored, on-base percentage and slugging percentage
> Second baseman Natalie Higgins is hitting .321 and leads the team with two home runs
> Briana Bunner, hitting .297, returned to the lineup at the Miami Invitational after missing 12 games
> Madison Riggle has given up two earned runs or less in seven of her last nine appearances
> She has pitched more than double the number of innings, 77.0, than any other RMU pitcher
> 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