Tourney Time: Saint Francis Softball Battles Taylor in Crossroads League Tournament
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Saint Francis (IN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
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Taylor (IN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 |
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The University of Saint Francis (Ind.) softball team will travel to Spring Arbor University to compete in the Crossroads League Tournament on April 30.
The Lady Cougars earned the no. 7 seed in the tournament and will face the no. 6 seeded Taylor University Trojans at 4:00 pm at Spring Arbor - the host site for the 2024 Crossroads League Tournament. With a win against the Trojans, Saint Francis would then face either no. 3 Spring Arbor or no. 4 Mount Vernon Nazarene in the double-elimination portion of the bracket on May 1.
GAME NOTES
- USF finished the regular season with an overall record of 21-28 and a conference record of 14-22.
- In their first meeting of the 2024 season, the Cougars and Trojans split on March 27. Taylor took game 1 by a final score of 8-7, with Saint Francis rallying to win game 2 7-2.
- Taylor defeated Saint Francis 10-2 and 4-3 in their second doubleheader matchup of the season in April.
- As a team, the Lady Cougars have scored 231 runs so far this season with 208 RBIs. Of their 398 hits this season, USF has had 80 extra-base hits including 59 doubles and 11 homeruns.
TEAM HITTING LEADERS - minimum 2.5 plate appearances per game and played in 75% of team games or 2.7 plate appearances per team game played.
- Batting Average - Macie Dowd (.398)
- On Base Percentage - Dani Karr (.432)
- Slugging Percentage- Macie Dowd (.633)
- Hits - Macie Dowd (66)
- Doubles - Macie Dowd (14)
- Triples - Sam Baker (4)
- Home runs - Macie Dowd (7)
- RBIs - Macie Dowd (54)
- Runs - Sam Baker (41)
- Walks - Sam Baker (19)
- Hit by pitch - Dani Karr (6)
- Stolen Bases - Sam Baker (28)
TEAM PITCHING LEADERS - pitched 1.0 innings per team game.
- ERA- Ellie Sauder (3.19)
- WHIP - Alexa Huth (1.11)
- Wins - Ellie Sauder (6)
- Saves - Mady Tompkins (2)
- Strikeouts- Ellie Sauder (58)
- Innings Pitched - Ellie Sauder (105.1)
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