at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
Our Lady of the Meadows Field // Emmitsburg, Md.
Friday, April 6, 2018 // 2:00 p.m. (DH)
 
All-Time Series vs. Mount St. Mary's
The Colonials are 43-8 all-time against Mount St. Mary's, their best winning percentage against any league opponent. RMU won the first 15 games of the series and is 18-2 in the last 20 games dating back to 2008. RMU is 17-7 in games in Emmitsburg, having split the last two series played there in 2014 and 2016.
 
Musket Shots
> The Colonials have played just two games since March 18, a split at Penn State
> The victory snapped a seven-game losing streak
> Kaitlin Ellzy threw a complete game shutout in a 5-0 win against the Nittany Lions
> Ellzy leads the team with a 3-2 record
> A trio of Colonials are hitting over .300 this season
> Abrielle McCartney's .342 average is followed closed by a .341 mark for Natalie Higgins
> McCartney also tops the team in runs (16) and runs batted in (14)
> Higgins is the team leader with doubles (8), triples (2) and home runs (2)
> The duo ranks third and fourth in the league in hitting
> Briana Bunner, who missed 12 games due to injury, is hitting .302
> 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
 
What's Next?
Colonials will try for the fourth time this season to play a home game when they host St. Bonaventure in a 3:00 p.m. doubleheader at North Athletic Complex, Wednesday, April 11.