PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania softball team (11-15, 7-5 Ivy) gets ready for another mid-week game on Wednesday. The Quakers will take on Drexel at Penn Park at 4 p.m. for an all-University City match-up. Penn will take on the Dragons in preparation for its big three-game Ivy series at Harvard this weekend.
About Penn
* The Quakers are on a four-game win streak and have won seven of their last eight.
* Penn trails the all-time series with Drexel 15-39 but have won five of the last seven games between the two teams.
* The Red and Blue rank 50th in the nation in stolen bases per game.
* The Quakers are 3-0 in mid-week games since returning from Florida.
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Jennifer Brann was awarded Ivy League Pitcher of the Week for her performances against Villanova and Yale. The sophomore went 2-0 with a .90 ERA.
* Along with Brann,
Sam Pederson won Ivy League Player of the Week. Pederson went six for ten at the plate with two triples, one of which sparked the team's comeback from 6-0 down.
* Pederson is currently on a 13 game hitting streak. She is just two games away from tying the program record which was set by Crista Farrell in 2003 with 15.
* With 28 hits, Pederson leads the team. She currently holds a .341 batting average.
* Freshman
Lucy Yang has the most RBI on the team with 23 on the season. Yang also has the highest on-base percentage, getting on base 40.2% of the time.
* In the circle, Brann and
Mason Spichiger each have ERA's under 4.00. The duo are also tied with
Abigail Abramson with 32 strikeouts on the season.
Scouting Drexel
* The Dragons are 11-14-2 this season and are 5-4-1 on the road.
* Drexel has six batters hitting above .300 lead by Linda Rush who is batting .409.
* Common opponents with Penn are Villanova and the College of Charleston. The Dragons tied Villanova 8-8 and lost two of three to Charleston.
* Leading the Dragons in the circle is Brooklyn Daly who has a 4.09 ERA.
* As a group, the Drexel pitching staff has given up 24 home runs this season.
What's Next
The Quakers will take on Harvard in what is the biggest Ivy League series at this point in the season. At 7-5 in Ivy play, Penn is just one game behind the Crimson for the most conference wins.
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