POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist softball team returns to action Tuesday night, as the Red Foxes will face #23 Arizona State in Tempe, Arizona. This will be a single game, with first pitch set for 9 p.m. Eastern.
- This is game six of Marist's 11 games in its Spring Break trip.
- The Red Foxes are coming off a 2-3 record in five games at the Bear Down Fiesta tournament, hosted by fellow Pac-12 school Arizona.
- This is the Red Foxes' third straight game against a nationally-ranked team, as Marist faced Arizona in each of its last two games.
- This is Marist's first meeting against Arizona State.
- The Red Foxes are 9-11 on the season.
- Shea Walsh leads the Red Foxes with a .382 batting average. Walsh hit .500 (8-for-16) at Bear Down Fiesta.
- Miah McDonald has team highs in homers (three), runs batted in (16), and stolen bases (five). McDonald also hit .500 (6-for-12) at Bear Down Fiesta, with two home runs, eight RBIs, and three stolen bases.
- Kiley Myers leads Marist in wins (four), ERA (2.41), WHIP (1.22), saves (two), innings pitched (49.1), and strikeouts (37).
- The Sun Devils are 18-5 this year, with seven straight wins. Arizona State is coming off a 5-0 performance in the Sun Devil Classic this past weekend.
- Yannira Acuna has team highs in batting average (.483) and homers (eight).
- Cydney Sanders has a team-best 26 runs driven in, and is hitting .464 with seven home runs.
- In the circle, Mac Morgan has a team-best nine wins and 44.2 innings pitched, Lindsay Lopez leads the Sun Devils with an 0.85 ERA in 41 innings, and Marissa Schuld leads Arizona State with 55 strikeouts in 36.2 innings.
- Marist concludes its road trip at the Mizuno Classic, hosted by Pacific.
- The Red Foxes will play five games in three days against Iowa State (Thursday, 5 p.m.), Pacific (Friday, 1 p.m. and Saturday, 5:30 p.m.), Sacramento State (Friday, 3:15 p.m.), and Santa Clara (Saturday, 1 p.m.).
