MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – The RMU softball team begins play in the 2024 Horizon League Championships hosted by Youngstown State on Wednesday. The Colonials (18-22, 13-10 #HLSB) are the No. 5 seed and will face No. 4 Northern Kentucky (22-20, 14-10 #HLSB). First pitch is scheduled for noon.
BEST TIME OF THE YEAR
- Heading into the playoffs, the Colonials are 8-4 over their last 12 games. During that stretch, RMU picked up series wins over Oakland, Cleveland State, Northern Kentucky and a series sweep at Detroit Mercy.
- Across the Horizon League, graduate first baseman Avery Winchell ranks fourth in home runs with six. Senior Charlotte Grover's 18 walks are good for fifth-best in the conference and freshman Kaitlyn Molitoris's 2.73 ERA also ranks in the top five.
- Winchell has produced a season-high 26 RBI and is leading the Colonials in slugging percentage (.476).
- Leading off the top of the order, Catalina Saxen, Kaylyn Hopf and Anna Resnik all own a team-high 37 hits.
- Redshirt-sophomore Courtney Poulich has hit three home runs in her last 10 games.
- Over 74 innings of work, Madison DeVault's 73 strikeouts are the sixth most in the Horizon League.
POSTSEASON HONORS
RMU senior
Charlotte Grover, junior
Anna Resnik and junior
Madison DeVault were named to the 2024 All-Horizon League Second Team. RMU freshmen
Kaylyn Hopf and
Kaitlyn Molitoris earned spots on the All-Freshman Team.
SCOUTING NKU
Across their last two conference series, NKU went 3-3. Ella LeMonier and Jena Rhoads earned All-League First Team honors and Maddie Lacer, Olivia Pastin and Lauryn Hicks were named to the second team. Freshman Brooklyn Ballis was tabbed to the All-Freshman Team.
ALL-TIME AGAINST NKU
The programs have met 13 times since the series began in 2017. RMU holds a 9-4 edge in the all-time series. The Colonials have won seven of the last nine meetings, including four shutouts. Senior
Jane Garver owns two wins and junior
Madison DeVault has earned one win and one save. Offensively, junior
Alaina Koutsogiani has paced for eight runs and five hits.
UP NEXT
With a win, the Colonials would face No. 1 seed Youngstown State at 12:00 PM on Thursday, May 9. If RMU loses, they'll play the loser between No. 3 Cleveland State and No. 6 IUPUI tomorrow night at 5:00 PM in an elimination game.
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