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Hunter Martin

Softball

Softball Hosts Lehigh To Wrap-Up Eight Game Home Stand

PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania softball team wraps up their eight game home stand on Tuesday as they host Lehigh at Penn Park at 3:30 p.m. The Quakers will play Lehigh in preparation for their first Ivy road trip of the season when they go to Brown.

About Penn

- The Quakers are 3-4 at Penn Park this season with wins against Lafayette, Columbia, and Dartmouth. 

- Penn trails in the all-time series against Lehigh 21-38-2 and are 10-19-1 at home against the Mountain Hawks. 

- With 1.5 stolen bases per game, the Quakers rank 47th in the nation. 

- Sarah Cwiertnia leads the team at the plate. Cwiertnia has hit .560 in the seven games she's played as she has 14 hits. 

- Lucy Yang has 16 RBI's this season which ranks first on the team. The next closest are Cwiertnia and Tabitha Dyer who have six. The freshman also has four of the team's five home runs. 

- Molly Oretsky and Sam Pederson each have a hit in seven straight games. 

- After throwing 12 scoreless innings in 13 innings pitched, Mason Spichiger leads the Quaker pitching staff with a 3.74 ERA

- Behind her career-high seven strikeout performance against Dartmouth, Abigail Abramson has 30 strikeouts on the season. 

Scouting Lehigh

- The Mountain Hawks are 5-16 this season with a win over Yale. They also have losses to Central Michigan (5-2) and South Florida (8-0) who the Quakers fell to earlier this season as well. 

- Nicole Yozzo leads the team in hits with 21. She is also just one of two on the team to be hitting over .300. 

- Lehigh has yet to hit a home run this season, but have three players with double-digit RBI's. 

- In the circle, Parker Boyd headlines the charge. She has four of the five Mountain Hawk wins with a 3.98 ERA. 

What's Next

The Quakers will head on their first Ivy League road trip of the season as they travel to Brown. 
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Players Mentioned

Sarah Cwiertnia

#16 Sarah Cwiertnia

3B/1B
5' 7"
Junior
Molly Oretsky

#27 Molly Oretsky

3B
5' 6"
Senior
Sam Pederson

#9 Sam Pederson

2B
5' 4"
Junior
Mason Spichiger

#30 Mason Spichiger

P
5' 7"
Senior
Abigail Abramson

#25 Abigail Abramson

P
5' 8"
Freshman
Tabitha  Dyer

#4 Tabitha Dyer

P/OF
5' 8"
Freshman
Lucy Yang

#2 Lucy Yang

IF
5' 6"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Sarah Cwiertnia

#16 Sarah Cwiertnia

5' 7"
Junior
3B/1B
Molly Oretsky

#27 Molly Oretsky

5' 6"
Senior
3B
Sam Pederson

#9 Sam Pederson

5' 4"
Junior
2B
Mason Spichiger

#30 Mason Spichiger

5' 7"
Senior
P
Abigail Abramson

#25 Abigail Abramson

5' 8"
Freshman
P
Tabitha  Dyer

#4 Tabitha Dyer

5' 8"
Freshman
P/OF
Lucy Yang

#2 Lucy Yang

5' 6"
Freshman
IF