SLIAC Game of the Week - Greenville at Fontbonne
The SLIAC Game of the Week focuses on one key match-up in the conference each week. This week's game of the week is the softball double header between Greenville College and Fontbonne University.
Game at a
Glance
This week's features the two remaining undefeated conference teams
squaring off as Greenville College will face Fontbonne University
in St. Louis, Mo. on Saturday, April 5. Greenville is 13-5 overall
while Fontbonne is 18-4 overall. Both teams begin the week
undefeated in the SLIAC with a 6-0 record.
About
Greenville
Greenville is coming off a week in which they swept through Eureka
and Westmister. The Panthers have scored double digit runs in four
of their last six games and currently are second in the conference
in runs scored with 67 this season. The Panthers are currently
averaging 7.6 runs per game this season and are hitting .360 as a
team, second in the conference.
Panther sophomore Bryn McKie is hitting at a .514 clip this season, with 36 hits in 70 at bats. She also leads the conference in stolen bases with 10 and has scored 19 runs this season. Tiffany Samsoe, this week's SLIAC Player of the Week, is hitting .441 with a team high 19 runs batted in. Overall the Panthers have four players hitting over .400 this season and have hit nine home runs as a team. In the circle Greenville is led by the duo of Becca Oldham and Hannah Burger. Oldham has won all five of her starts this season and holds a 2.94 earned-run average in 33.1 innings pitched with 23 strikeouts. Burger meanwhile is 3-2 on the season with a 3.80 earned-run average and 22 strikeouts in 35 innings pitched.
About
Fontbonne
Fontbonne, the three time defending SLIAC regular season champion,
looks to keep their undefeated streak in conference play going this
week as they face MacMurray on Thursday before hosting Greenville
in Saturday's showdown. The Griffins are hitting .359 as a team
this season and average 7.4 runs per game.
Marissa Simon leads the team in hitting with a .507 batting average while adding nine doubles and 19 runs batted in. Danielle Glixman is hitting .484 with 13 runs batted in while her sister Cassandra is hitting .411 with three home runs and 24 runs batted in. Sarah Cerutti leads the conference in home runs with five. The Fontbonne pitching staff is led by Lindsay Schaefer. Schaefer has appeared in 13 games this season and holds a 1.49 earned-run average. As a team the Griffins have a 2.68 earned-run average.
Game Notes
- Fontbonne leads the all-time series against Greenville 26-10 and have won nine straight games in the series.
- Fontbonne has won 29 consecutive regular season conference games.
- Fontbonne has the conference's longest active winning streak at 13 games.
- Greenville has the second longest active winning streak at 8 games.
- Fontbonne has outscored conference opponents 74-4 this season.
- Greenville's first-year head coach Jamie Thanepohn has made an immediate impact on her program, guiding them to 13 wins already this season. The last time the Panthers reached more than 14 wins in a season was the 2010 season.
