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Marist Closes Out Regular Season on the Road

Red Foxes Will Match Up Against Iona & Fairfield

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist softball team will close our the regular season with doubleheader at Iona on Friday, May 5 and then will head to Fairfield for a doubleheader matchup against the Stags on Saturday, May 6. Friday's games are set to begin at 1 p.m. and Saturday's doubleheader will start at noon.
 
About Marist
  • The Red Foxes are 23-26 overall with a conference record of 10-6, which currently puts the Red Foxes in fourth place in the MAAC.
  • Marist is one win away from securing a berth in the MAAC Softball Championship, which will start Wednesday at the #1 seed.
  • Marist is coming off a doubleheader split in its last outing against Manhattan this past Monday.
  • Marist has the MAAC's three toughest hitters to strike out: Maddie Pleasants (33rd in the NCAA, once every 22.0 at-bats), Alyssa Grupp (48th, 20.0), and Haley Ahr (63rd, 18.5).
  • Pleasants is the reigning MAAC Player of the Week, and Myers is the reigning MAAC PItcher of the Week.
About Iona
  • The Gaels are 16-27-1 overall and 8-8 in conference play.
  • Iona currently sits in fifth place in the MAAC.
  • The Gaels split a doubleheader against Saint Peter's in their last outing on Monday.
  • Jamie Sheeran leads the team with a .358 batting average and .789 slugging percentage, and has a MAAC-leading 16 home runs.
  • Pitcher Kara Zazzaro has a 2.19 ERA and a MAAC-leading 154 strikeouts in 118.1 innings. 
About Fairfield
  • Fairfield is 17-23 overall and 7-9 in MAAC play, which puts the Stags in seventh place
  • The Stags defeated Army West Point, 2-1, in their last outing on Wednesday.
  • Fairfield faces Siena on Friday prior to facing Marist on Saturday.
  • Kaitlin Hoffman has the most RBIs on the team with 22, and is hitting .306
  • Samantha Lindsay leads Fairfield in wins (seven), ERA (2.96), and innings pitched (92.1).   
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Players Mentioned

Haley Ahr

#25 Haley Ahr

UTIL
5' 8"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
Alyssa Grupp

#4 Alyssa Grupp

UTIL
5' 3"
Junior
L/R
Maddie Pleasants

#15 Maddie Pleasants

P/UTIL
5' 9"
Sophomore
R/R

Players Mentioned

Haley Ahr

#25 Haley Ahr

5' 8"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
UTIL
Alyssa Grupp

#4 Alyssa Grupp

5' 3"
Junior
L/R
UTIL
Maddie Pleasants

#15 Maddie Pleasants

5' 9"
Sophomore
R/R
P/UTIL

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