Coming off of a doubleheader loss to ECC-rivals Molloy College, CSI will be looking for a better result this time around as they look to sidestep Mother Nature and get their doubleheader tilt against Mercy College played at the CSI Softball Complex today beginning at 12:30 PM. Mercy comes in at 5-3 overall, having recently had their five-game win streak erased on Thursday.
COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND VS. MERCY COLLEGE
Matchup: College of Staten Island (2-4, 2-4 ECC) vs. Mercy College (5-3, 4-0 ECC)
Where: CSI Softball Complex - Staten Island, NY
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Spectator Policy: No Spectator Access
All-Time Series: First Meeting
Players to Watch (CSI): Leading the way so far for CSI has been
Samantha MacPherson, who is batting a blistering .474 through six games, leading CSi with nine hits, four doubles, and is tied for the lead with four RBI.
Emily Koerick, who has also been stellar in teh circle, is next in line, batting .333 with four runs scored.
Claudia Porcaro is next up at .286, and is tied for the team lead with four RBI.
Elizabeth Moore leads CSi with four walks, improving her on-base percentage to .364. Koerick has been the leader in the circle, as she is 1-2 this season with a 1.52 ERA, tossing 23 innings, allowing just 16 hits, five earned runs while striking out 33 batters next to just eight walks.
Players to Watch (MC): The Mavericks are being led at the plate by the hot-hitting of Ylannah Bowman, who has nine hits through 18 at-bats with a homer and four RBI. Alyssa Guzman is batting a healthy .471 with eight hits and six RBI. The hits leader overall is Alexis Crawford who has 14, batting .467, and tied for the team-lead with six runs scored. The RBI leader is Samantha Franck, who has eight in total. Danielle Burgos is the team-leader in walks with a trio, while Crawford has been terrific on the base paths with eight stolen bases. Jessica Becchetti and Alexi Benson have been the two major pitchers this season with three starts each. Becchetti is 1-1 with a 3.20 ERA while Benson is 3-0 with a 3.50 ERA, fanning 21 batters in 16 innings.
News & Notes: Today is the first meeting between the two schools in both of their histories. Mercy opened their season with a pair of losses to Georgian Court University but then reeled off five-straight, including doubleheader sweeps of ECC-rivals, Molloy College (4-3, 6-3) and D'Youville College (8-0, 4-3). CSI suffered four losses to those same teams, gaining their wins against Queens College, who Mercy has yet to play. Mercy had their win-streak canceled in their doubleheader split recently against Felician College. Mercy is batting .343 as a team this year, and 21 of their 70 total bases have gone for extra-base hits. Mercy has yielded its fair share of walks (31 total), but their pitchers have also accumulated 47 strikeouts through 48.2 innings. CSI as a team is batting just .236 and have 12 extra base hits in their 38 total. They are a perfect 4-4 in stolen base attempts, while Mercy has been much more active there, stealing 22 of 28 attempts.
