PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania softball team is back at home on Wednesday afternoon to host the Hawks from Saint Joseph's University. The Hawks will make the 23-minute drive to Penn Park for a 4 p.m. first pitch.
 
Wednesday, April 12
Penn Park | Philadelphia, Pa.
at Penn – 4:00 p.m.
Game 1: Watch | Live Stats

Last season, the Hawks defeated Penn 4-2 at Saint Joseph's. Emma Nedley drove in both runs as Penn cut into a 4-0 deficit. Nedley hit a base hit ip the middle to drive in Sarah Schneider in the fourth inning and then scored Madison Bauerle in the sixth inning to make a 4-2 game. 
  
Previewing Penn
The Quakers are coming off a quiet offensive outing as Yale swept Penn in a three-game series. Despite a 7-3 final, game one was a 1-0 game through three and a half innings. Yale struck for six runs in the fourth, all with two outs. Penn rallied in the sixth for three runs, as Dana Anderson and Delaney smith both ripped two-out hits to plate a trio of runs. The Penn pitching kept the offense within striking distance. In the second game of the series, Sarah Schneider give the Quakers a 1-0 lead on a solo shot to straight away centerfield. Payton Bean took a no-hitter into the fourth inning as before the inning was over her no-hit and shut out bids were over. Tied 1-1 in the sixth, the Bulldogs pushed across the eventual winning run on an RBI double to right center. The starting pitchers were locked in a scoreless draw until the final at-bat of the final game. Kelly Zybura pitched six scoreless innings while allowing just two hits and three strikeouts. Yale struck for three straight base hits in their final at-bat to push across the winning run.
 
In the circle, Kelly Zybura leads the pitching staff with a 5.27 ERA in 98.1 innings pitched. In her last outing, she matched a career-best with three strikeouts in the series finale at Yale. She leads the team with 33 strikeouts and seven complete games. Rachel Riley picked up the first save of the season in Penn's Ivy win over Princeton to open April.

Sarah Schneider leads the team in multiple categories including hits (31), average (.326), slugging percentage (.558), on base percentage (.387), RBI (16), home runs (4), doubles (10), and total bases (53). She is second in the Ivy League with 10 doubles. With her solo shot in game two against Yale, she hit her fourth home run of the season and the 17th of her career moving her ahead of Jessica Melendez (2010-13) for the sixth most in program history. One more and she will tie Brooke Coloma (2010-13) and Alisha Prystowsky (2008-11) for fifth most with 18.
 
Previewing the Hawks
Saint Joseph's is 13-19 overall on the season and 5-6 in Atlantic 10 play. The Hawks are coming off a 1-3 week, their lone victory of the week was a 2-0 shutout in the series opener against George Washington as Emily Siler shutout of the Colonials on four hits while striking out nine and Meghan Sinkus went 2-for-3 with a pair of solo home runs as the only scores of the game.
 
The roster includes a pair of hitters hitting above .300, Kaelin Cash (.341), Madison Fife (.325), and Meghan Sinkus (.313). Sinkus (31) and Cash (30) lead the team with hits and are the only two with more than 30 or more hits on the season. Cash leads the team with 21 RBI with Payton Baxter second with 16. Cash's eight home runs lead the Hawks and the Atlantic 10. With a pair of homers in the series opener with GW, Sinkus tripled her homerun total to move into a tie for second on the team with Fife.
 
In the circle, Emily Siler leads the group with a 2.75 ERA and is 8-8 with 94 strikeouts in a team-leading 109.1 innings pitched.
 
Numbers of Note
.234 – Team batting average this season, top four hitters, Sarah Schneider (.326), Brianna Brown (.315), Sammy Fenton (.260), and Madison Bauerle (.250)
81 – Strikeouts as a pitching staff: Kelly Zybura (33), Rachel Riley (26), Payton Bean (16), Bella Fiorentino (6)
73 – Penn batters have drawn 73 walks
11 – Seven Penn batters have combined for 11 home runs on the season, Sarah Schneider (4), Sammy Fenton (2), Bella Fiorentino, Dani Freer, Julia Mortimer, Dana Anderson, Katie Reagan
7 – Seven Penn batters have 10 or more hits on the season, Sarah Schneider (31), Brianna Brown (29), Sammy Fenton (25), Madison Bauerle (23), Dana Anderson (21), Julia Mortimer (13) Delaney Smith (12)