Softball Preview: Elon

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»The University of Delaware softball team looks to get back on track this weekend as it hosts its first home conference series of the season. The Blue Hens will welcome Elon to Delaware Softball Stadium for three crucial CAA games. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday with first pitch in game one scheduled for 12 p.m. Sunday's series finale will start at 1 p.m.

» The Blue & Gold is 17-11 on the season overall after dropping a midweek matchup to Monmouth on Wednesday. UD hit four doubles on the day, while Brittney Mendoza and Brooke Glanden were each on base three times with two hits and a walk.

» Hanna Garber leads the Delaware offense with a .365 batting average and is second with six home runs. She leads the CAA in runs scored (27) and is among the league leaders in hits (35), triples (3) and total bases (63). Glanden has team highs of seven home runs and 21 RBI while Halle Kisamore has hit five home runs and driven in 19. On the pitching side, Graceyn Frost has a league-high eight wins and she leads UD with a 2.56 ERA. Emily Winburn has a 2.85 ERA to go along with seven wins and a team-best 72 strikeouts.

» Elon enters the series with a 17-14 overall record and a 1-2 mark in the CAA after dropping two-of-three games against Hofstra last weekend to open conference play. The Phoenix is batting .242 as a team, led by Rebecca Murray who is hitting at a .355 clip. Gabi Schaal has hit eight home runs and leads the CAA with 34 RBI. Elon has used seven pitchers and owns a 3.08 team ERA, led by McKenize Weber who has a 1.61 ERA in 52.1 innings. Taylor Cherry leads the team with 58 strikeouts in 59 innings.

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Saturday
Game One: 12 p.m. – Live Stats | Watch
Game Two: 2 p.m. – Live Stats | Watch

Sunday
1 p.m. – Live Stats | Watch

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Players Mentioned

Graceyn Frost

Hanna Garber

Brooke Glanden

Halle Kisamore

Brittney Mendoza

Emily Winburn

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