GAMES 33-35
vs. Green Bay
Fri., Apr. 18 • 3pm
Sat., Apr. 19 • 10am (DH)
THE FIRST PITCH:
• Cleveland State returns to action this weekend when the Vikings host Green Bay for a three-game Horizon League series at Viking Field.
• The series opener is slated for Friday (April 18) at 3:00 p.m. with a doubleheader on Saturday (April 19) at 10:00 a.m.
• The Vikings are 19-13 overall and 3-3 in the league, having won nine of their last 12 games.
• CSU dropped two of three in a league series at Valparaiso over the weekend and defeated UIC, 5-1, on Monday at Viking Field in a make-up game. It was the first game CSU played outside at home this year.
• CSU is 8-1 at home this year, with eight of those games being played in the CSU Dome.
• Green Bay is 16-9 overall (3-2 HL) after dropping a pair of games at Wisconsin on Wednesday. GB dropped the opener, 9-8, and game two, 5-2.
• The Phoenix, who are 3-4 away from home, are in the midst of a seven-game road swing.
SATURDAY IS SENIOR DAY:
• The softball program will honor the two seniors - Janessa Rivera-Keahi and Sara Shields - on the roster in between the two games on Saturday.
• The duo will be playing their final regular season weekend home series.
• Rivera-Keahi joined CSU last year as a transfer from Monterey Peninsula College, starting all 80 games she has appeared in.
• She is hitting .232 with four home runs this year after hitting just one homer as a junior.
• Shields has been at CSU the last three years after transferring from Lake Erie College and has been a key part of the pitching staff and utility player.
• Shields was a second team all-league pick as a DP as a sophomore.
• She threw the 12th no-hitter in CSU history this year against Quinnipiac.
BROSCHK'S BIG DAY:
• Alyson Broschk led CSU to a 5-1 win over UIC on Monday, going 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and four runs batted in.
• Broschk has a team-best eight-game hit streak and has reached base safely in 11 straight contests.
• Broschk is hitting .429 (15-35) with eight RBI over the last 11 games.
• She is batting .326 overall with five doubles, three homers and 19 RBI.
McNEW HEATING UP:
• Erica McNew is batting .500 (17-34) with 10 runs, five doubles, three homers and 10 RBI over the last 12 games, helping CSU to a 9-3 mark.
• She was hitting .276 on March 11, but has raised her average to .359 and ranks seventh in the league.
• Last year's Horizon League Newcomer of the Year is hitting .359 with seven doubles, four home runs and 13 RBI.
IN THE CIRCLE:
• CSU's pitching staff has combined to post a 2.70 ERA this year, tops in the Horizon League.
• The trio of Alex Radjen, Susan Knight and Sara Shields has combined to win four of the 10 Horizon League Pitcher of the Week honors this season.
UP NEXT:
• CSU hosts Kent State for a doubleheader on Tuesday (April 22) at 3:00 p.m. in the regular season home finale.
• The Vikings travel to Detroit for a three-game league series on Saturday and Sunday (April 25-26).
• The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. with a single game at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday.