6-19 Overall // 0-3 Horizon March 27 // 3:00 p.m. // DH   Series // 15-24 Home // 8-9 Away // 4-12 Neutral // 3-3 Streak // Lost 1 Last Meeting // L, 8-11; 3/3/19; at Liberty Last RMU Win // W, 6-4; 3/2/19; at Liberty

// NOW BATTING
Robert Morris opens the home portion of its 2019 schedule when it hosts Cleveland State in a 3:00 p.m. doubleheader at North Athletic Complex Wednesday, March 27. The Colonials and Vikings have already played twice this season, splitting those meetings at the Liberty Softball Classic.
 
// AROUND THE HORN
> Freshman Dana Vatakis was named the NEC Pitcher and Co-Rookie of the Week
> She has pitched in five of the last six games, posting a 2.62 ERA in those games
> In her last three outings, Vatakis has a 0.47 ERA allowing just one earned run in 15.0 innings
> Junior Natalie Higgins had a six-game hit streak going 8-for-19 (.421) during that half-dozen game stretch
> Junior Briana Bunner is 6-for-her-last-17 (.353), raising her average 41 points over the last five games
> Sophomore Kaitlyn Clark is 5-of-10 over the last four games, jumping her average 98 points
> Senior Abrielle McCartney leads RMU with a .286 average, collecting 20 hits in 70 at bats.
> Seven different players have homered for the Colonials led by Higgins and Taryn Miller with three apiece
> Four of the Colonials 11 home runs have come with two strikes — Shiderly (1-2 count), Clark (2-2), Miller (1-2), Miller (3-2)
> The Colonials are 15-for-24 (.625) advancing runners from third with less than two outs
> Junior Madison Riggle leads the way going 3-for-7 (.429) hitting in a reserve role
> Junior Taryn Miller is 2-for-2 in pinch hitting appearances
> RMU scored 19 runs in its opening four games, its best output in a four-game start since scoring 20 in 2011
> The Colonials return 11 players from their 2018 team, including every player who threw a pitch for the team
> RMU added seven freshmen to its 2019 roster, two pitchers and five position players
> Sophomore Kaitlyn Clark was an All-Northeast Conference First Team pick as a utility player last season
> Clark hit .274 last season, playing 36 games and starting 25 at five different positions
> The team's top hitter, Natalie Higgins, is back after hitting .361 and leading the team in slugging percentage (.541)
> Freshman Kristýna Malá played for the Czech National Team in 2018
> The Colonials have won four of the last eight NEC regular-season titles
> RMU had the fifth-highest grade point average, 3.598, in NCAA Division I last season and claimed the NEC Team GPA Award
> Robert Morris was picked ninth in the Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll
 
// ON DECK
Robert Morris up NEC play this Saturday, March 30, when it travels to Central Connecticut State for a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader. Another twinbill follows on Sunday, March 31, when the Colonials visit the Bryant Bulldogs at Noon.