POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist softball team (21-8 overall, 3-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) plays its first road conference series of the season as the Red Foxes travel to Niagara (9-11, 2-1 MAAC).
 
The Red Foxes and Purple Eagles will play a doubleheader on Friday starting at 1 p.m. The teams will close out the three-game series with a single game on Saturday at noon.
 

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About Marist

• The Red Foxes are coming off a three-game sweep of Quinnipiac last weekend, prevailing by scores of 7-1, 2-0, and 14-0.
• Anna Sidlowski, who shut out Quinnipiac in the second game of the series, was named MAAC Co-Rookie of the Week on Tuesday. It's the second straight week and fourth time this season Sidlowski has been honored by the conference.
• Peyton Pusey (32), Miah McDonald (28), and Haley Ahr (21) rank 1-2-3 in the MAAC in runs scored.
• Ahr leads the MAAC in batting average (.444).
• McDonald is first in home runs (eight) and RBIs (37).
• Sidlowski and Kiley Myers and tied for conference best with nine wins.
• Myers leads the MAAC in innings pitched (82) and is tied for first in strikeouts (74).

 

About Niagara

• The Purple Eagles have won four of their last five.
• Niagara started conference play by winning two out of three at Manhattan last weekend. Niagara swept a doubleheader last Friday, prevailing 7-4 in 10 innings and then 7-1. Manhattan took the third game on Sunday, 8-4.
• The Purple Eagles then swept Buffalo in a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday, winning 4-3 and 13-10.
• Niagara is second in the MAAC in team batting average (.298), trailing only Marist (.315).
• Lindsay Mayo leads the Purple Eagles in batting average (.394) and runs scored (16).
• Maddie Hickingbottom leads Niagara in ERA (3.45), innings pitched (65), and strikeouts (56). Her four wins are tied for the team lead with Julia Thompson.

 

Up Next

• Marist will play four home games next week.
• The Red Foxes will play a single non-conference game against Cornell on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
• Marist will then host Mount St. Mary's for a three-game set next weekend. The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at noon, followed by a single game on Sunday at noon.