POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist softball team's Spring Break will conclude with four games in California.
 
The Red Foxes will play in the Saint Mary's Round Robin Tournament on Friday and Saturday. Marist face North Dakota State and Saint Mary's on both Friday and Saturday.
 

Schedule

• Friday, March 15: Marist vs. North Dakota State, 1 p.m. Eastern
• Friday, March 15: Marist vs. Saint Mary's, 3:30 p.m.
• Saturday, March 16: Marist vs. North Dakota State, 1 p.m.
• Saturday, March 16: Marist vs. Saint Mary's, 6 p.m.

 
Both of the Marist-Saint Mary's games will be shown on ESPN+.
 

The Field

• North Dakota State is 11-17 this season.
  • The Bison are coming off a 2-1 win in eight innings at Pacific on Tuesday.
  • North Dakota State has had three games against nationally-ranked teams this season:
• Saint Mary's is 13-9 this season.
  • The Gaels defeated Iowa by a score of 5-2 in their last outing on Wednesday.
  • Saint Mary's has is 3-0 at home this season, but all 22 of the Gaels' games this season have taken place in the state of California.  

 

Marist Facts

• Marist enters the tournament with a 17-5 record.
• The Red Foxes are 6-1 on their Spring Break trip. They have won four straight, and 15 of their last 16.
• In their most recent winning streak, Marist won games on Tuesday against Bucknell (3-0) and Jacksonville (2-1). The Red Foxes then swept a Wednesday doubleheader at Bethune-Cookman by scores of 6-5 and 1-0.
• Offensively, Haley Ahr leads Marist with a .450 batting average and eight doubles. Peyton Pusey has scored 24 runs and stolen 11 bases. Miah McDonald has team bests of 28 runs batted in, four homers, and four triples.
• In the circle, Kiley Myers is 6-2 with a 1.72 earned run average. Myers has 63 strikeouts against 12 walks, and the opposition is hitting .209 against her. Anna Sidlowski is 8-1 with a 2.18 ERA, and has not allowed a run in five starts in March covering 29 innings.

 

Up Next

• Marist will open Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play next weekend. The Red Foxes will play a three-game home series against Quinnipiac.
• The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday, March 23 starting at noon, followed by a single game on Sunday, March 24 at noon.