After a pair of extra-inning contests this weekend, CSI takes to the road to take on Mercy College to wrap up their home-and-home season series.  The two teams split their earlier series in Staten Island, and today marks the first of three-straight road doubleheaders for the Dolphins in this busy week.

COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND VS. MERCY COLLEGE
Matchup: College of Staten Island (4-8, 4-8 ECC) vs. Queens College (10-6, 9-3 ECC)
Where:  Mercy College - Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Live Video: https://www.eccsportsnetwork.com/mercyathletics/
Live Stats: https://mercyathletics.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary
Spectator Policy:  No Spectator Access
All-Time Series:  Series Tied, 1-1
Last Meeting:  April 10, 2021 - CSI won 3-2 / Mercy won 6-3
Players to Watch (CSI):  Taking over the team lead in hitting is junior Samantha MacPherson, who is now hitting .425 with nine of her team-leading 17 hits serving for extra-bases.  She leads the team overall with eight doubles and is third on the team with five RBI while being tied for the team lead with 10 runs scored.  Emily Koerick is batting an even .400, tied for the team lead with 10 runs scored.  The RBI-leader on the team is Isabel Gallo and Claudia Porcaro, who have six each thus far.  Jaclyn Kateridge has been swinging a hot bat as well, batting .306.  In the circle, Koerick has been getting it done, leading CSI with a 3-4 record overall and a 2.35 ERA, fanning 59 batters in 47.2 innings with six complete games.
Players to Watch (MC):  Mercy is being led at the plate by four players hitting .400 or better.  Leading the way is Danielle Burgos, who bats .468 with five extra-base hits and 9 RBI.  Next up is Alexis Crawford, who is hitting .455 with a team-best 25 hits and 14 runs scored, tied for the team lead there.  Hannah Mueller is batting .436 with six RBI and 12 runs scored, while Sydney Johnston is at an even .400 with a team-best 12 RBI and five doubles.  Alexi Benson is the leader in the circle, with a 4-1 overall record (the lone loss coming against CSI) and a 2.68 ERA with 38 K's in 31.1 innings.  Jessica Becchetti has gotten six starts for Mercy and she is 3-2 with a 4.96 ERA.
News & Notes: The two teams opened their series history just two weekends ago in Staten Island.  CSI took the opener in walk-off fashion, 3-2, that day, using a pair of errors in teh final inning to scratch out the win.  Meanwhile in game two, Mercy got even with a 6-3 winner.  Mercy is the ECC leader in hitting with a team batting average of .333.  Their six runs scored per game is also an ECC high.  Mercy also leads the ECC in triples with seven, and they have 40 stolen bases in 16 games, easily the most per game in the ECC.  CSI is winning with defense first as they have held their opponents to four runs or less in three of their four wins.  The outlier came in Saturday's wild, 10-9 win in extra innings over Queens.  In the ECC, four teams make the playoffs, and Mercy is currently in third place with a 9-3 record, although they've played four more games than second-place St. Thomas Aquinas (7-1).  Bridgeport standing in first place at 11-1, while Molloy is at 4-6 and in fourth.  Although CSI is ineligible for the postseason this year, they are in fifth place with a 4-8 mark, and can jump over Molloy in the standings with wins today.  Molloy is idle until Sunday when they play STAC.