// NOW BATTING
Robert Morris opens an eight-game homestand Tuesday, April 9, with a 3:00 p.m. non-conference doubleheader against Niagara at the North Athletic Complex. It marks the first of two non-conference twin bills for the Colonials, who will also host Youngstown State Wednesday, April 10, also at 3:00 p.m.
Game Notes: Niagara (4/9/19) & Youngstown State (4/10/19)
// AROUND THE HORN
> RMU earned a split in its last doubleheader @ Saint Francis U (4/6/19), winning game two, 12-4
> The Colonials established season highs in runs (12) and hits (17) in the 12-4 win over the Red Flash
> Junior
Natalie Higgins went 4-for-5 with three runs and four RBI to help power the Colonials to the win @ SFU
> Higgins tied a career high for hits, as she also went 4-for-5 at the dish with three runs and two RBI against Rider (2/17/18)
> Higgins has hit safely in eight of her last 10 games and owns seven multi-hit games in 2019
> Junior
Briana Bunner also went 4-for-5 in a 12-4 win @ SFU, scoring a run and driving in one
> Bunner has six multi-hit games to her credit, and the four hits tied a career high
> Bunner also went 4-for-5 in the second game of a home doubleheader against St. Bonaventure (4/11/18)
> Nine different student-athletes have homered for the Colonials, led by
Natalie Higgins with six
> Senior
Abrielle McCartney leads Robert Morris in multi-hit games (8) and owns the longest hitting streak at eight games
> Freshman
Brittney Seibert is the only members of the Colonials to start all 35 games in 2019
> Seibert hit .714 (5-for-7) in the doubleheader @ SFU (4/6/19), scoring two runs and driving in five
> Seibert connected for her first career home run in the first game of the doubleheader against the Red Flash
> 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
The Colonials return to Northeast Conference action with a pair of Northeast Conference doubleheaders this weekend. RMU will host Wagner Saturday, April 13, before welcoming Sacred Heart Sunday, April 14.
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