POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University softball team (29-19) will travel to Manhattan (15-32) for a Wednesday doubleheader. First pitch of game one is set for noon.
 
Wednesday's games will not count toward the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings.
 

Follow Us

• Video for both games will be available on the Jasper Sports Network.
• In-game updates will be available on X - @MaristSoftball.

 

Welcome Back!

• Marist graduate pitcher Ava Metzger played for Manhattan from 2022-25 before joining the Red Foxes this season.
• Metzger is 8-3 with a 2.67 ERA this season in 81.1 innings pitched.
• Metzger has started game one in nine of Marist's MAAC series this season.

 

About Marist

• The Red Foxes have clinched the #1 seed in next week's MAAC Softball Championship.
• Marist enters the doubleheader having won nine straight games. The Red Foxes swept a three-game series at Canisius last weekend.
• Peyton Pusey was named MAAC Player of the Week on Tuesday after going 8-for-15 with 10 runs scored in Marist's 5-0 week.
• This season, Pusey and Haley Ahr have the same batting average (.372), with the same number of hits (58) and at bats (156).
• Sienna Kunze leads the Red Foxes with 10 home runs.

 

About Manhattan

• The Jaspers most recently played a three-game series at Niagara last weekend, with the Purple Eagles winning take out of three.
• Natalye DeBus leads Manhattan in batting average (.365), home runs (11), and runs batted in (37).
• DeBus and Karissa Spring are tied for the team lead with six wins. DeBus has a team-high 64 strikeouts, and Spring has pitched a team-high 125.2 innings.
• Brianna Estevez is hitting .353 with a team-best 19 stolen bases in 21 tries.
• Head coach Bridget Hurlman is in her third year at Manhattan. Hurlman is a 2006 Marist graduate who played the Red Foxes' first NCAA Tournament team as a senior.

 

Up Next

• Marist closes out the regular season with a three-game series against Siena this weekend.
• The Red Foxes and Saints will play a doubleheader on Friday, and a single game on Sunday.
• First pitch on Friday is set for noon, and first pitch on Saturday has been moved to 1 p.m.
• The Red Foxes' Senior Day ceremony will take place prior to Saturday's game at approximately 12:45.