St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Travels To Syracuse And Pittsburgh
4/17/2008 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 17, 2008
QUEENS, N.Y. - The St. John's softball team heads to Syracuse and then Pittsburgh on a four-day, four-game, BIG EAST road trip. The Red Storm takes on the Orange in a doubleheader on Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. St. John's will have a travel day on Saturday before taking on the Panthers in a doubleheader on Sunday at noon.
• The Red Storm trails the all-time series with Syracuse, 8-6.
• The two teams faced off earlier this season in a non-conference game at the College of Charleston Tournament on March 15. The game went nine innings before Syracuse scored to take the game 3-2.
• St. John's leads the all-time series with Pittsburgh, 10-6.
• Pittsburgh and St. John's split its doubleheader last season. The Panthers took the first game 5-1, but the Red Storm prevailed in game two, 8-2.
• The Red Storm is coming off a 10-0, five inning win versus the Red Foxes of Marist in which freshman starter Kat Lawrence tossed a perfect game with 12 strikeouts.
SCOUTING SYRACUSE
• The Orange are 14-25 this season and 5-6 in the BIG EAST Conference.
• Syracuse went 21-31, 9-11 last year. The Orange returns nine letterwinners including seven starters and two pitchers.
• Head coach Leigh Ross boasts a career record of 258-229-2 in 10 seasons.
• Last time out, senior Chanel Roehner and sophomore Brittany Gardner shared time in the circle. Roehner threw 5.0 innings, striking out four before Gardner went 4.0 innings, earning the win.
• SU returns home after a six-game road trip. The last time the Orange played at home, Gardner threw 11.2 innings, striking out 13 for a pair of victories against Niagara. She pitched 4.2 innings en route to a 6-4, game-one win and went the distance, striking out a season-high 10 in SU's 2-1, night-cap win.
• Syracuse is 4-2 at the SU Softball Stadium with sweeps against Providence and Niagara. Gardner owns a 3-1 record at home with a 0.55 ERA and 28 strikeouts. Junior catcher Amy Kelley is batting a team-high .438 with six RBI and a .813 slugging percentage.
• Junior second baseman Lindsay Wasek is coming off a 4-for-6, four RBI doubleheader performances at Cornell on Wednesday. During game one, she went 3-for-3, including an RBI double and followed with a two run home run during game two. She is batting .257 this season with eight RBI, two home runs and 12 runs scored.
SCOUTING PITTSBURGH
• The Panthers are 24-17 this year and 7-5 in the BIG EAST.
• Pittsburgh went 23-35, 8-12 a season ago. The Panthers return 11 letterwinners. Pitt also returns six starters from last season as well as two pitchers.
• Head coach Michelle Phalen is in her tenth year with the Panthers and is 195-304-1 in that time.
• Pitt is batting .234 as a team with Jessica Dignon as their leading offense producer. Dignon is batting .364 with five home runs, 32 RBI and 24 runs.
• Sam Card follows with a .356 average, and leads the conference with eight home runs.
• The Panthers have a 1.70 team ERA with Cory Berliner shouldering most of the pitching duties with a 1.45 ERA and 118 strikeouts in 140.1 innings of work. Kayla Zinger (8-7) carries a 1.84 ERA with 44 Ks in 83.2 IP.
