PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania softball team closes out the home portion of its 2023 schedule on Tuesday. The Quakers will take on the Hornets from Delaware State at 3 p.m. at Penn Park. This a makeup of the March 14 game that was postponed due to weather.
 
Tuesday, April 25
Penn Park | Philadelphia, Pa.
vs. Delaware State - 3:00 p.m.
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Previewing Penn
Penn is coming off its best week of the season, going 3-1 including a come-from-behind win at Drexel on Wednesday and an Ivy League series victory over Brown. Penn rallied for six runs over the last four innings to gain an 8-inning, 6-5 victory at Drexel that included back-to-back homers by Dana Anderson and Sarah Schneider in the seventh inning.
 
On Saturday, Sammy Fenton hit a three-run homer that led the Quakers to a 5-4 series-opening victory against Brown. Game 2 was the longest of the season, going 10 innings. Down to her final strike in the seventh, senior Bella Fiorentino drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game at 2-2 but ultimately the Quakers fell 4-2.
 
Fiorentino, the reigning Ivy Pitcher of the Week, then had a Senior Day to remember as she tossed six perfect innings in leading the Quakers to a 3-1 victory on Sunday. 
 
In the circle, Fiorentino leads the pitching staff with a 3.32 ERA in 44.1 innings pitched with 16 strikeouts. Freshmen Kelly Zybura and has pitched a team-leading 113.1 innings. She has recorded a team-best 41 strikeouts.  

Sarah Schneider and Brianna Brown lead the offense with 37 hits and 19 runs scored each. Schneider leads the team with a .308 average, five home runs and 11 doubles. Brown added to her stolen base total last week with three in the series opener against Brown for 18 on the season. Sammy Fenton and Dana Anderson added both brought their homerun total to three as they each had a game changing home run last week. With her go-ahead three-run homer against Brown, Fenton now leads the team with 20 RBI on the season.     Brianna Brown recorded three stolen bases to bring her career total to 27 and is in a tie for seventh most in program history with Keiko Uraguchi (2007-10). Schneider's stolen base in the first game against Brown was the 25th of her career and moved her into sole possession of ninth place in program history.
 
Previewing the Hornets
Delaware State is 8-28 overall and 2-15 in MEAC play. The Hornets are currently on a six-game losing streak following series losing sweeps by Coppin State and Norfolk State.  In the series opener with NSU, the Hornets rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh but fell 7-3. DSU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning of the series finale but the Spartans battled back for runs in four of the final five runs to complete the 4-3 win for the series sweep.  

Uxua Modrego Lopez leads the offense in multiple categories including average (.320), hits (32), RBI (23), doubles (9), triples (3), and homeruns (3). Britney Phally leads the Hornets with 20 runs scored.

In the circle, Sydney Hoffman is 3-12 with a team leading 4.99 ERA in 99.2 innings pitched with 39 strikeouts.
 
Numbers of Note
.241 – Team batting average this season, top four hitters, Sarah Schneider (.308), Brianna Brown (.301), Dana Anderson (.298), and Sammy Fenton (.261)
107 – Strikeouts as a pitching staff: Kelly Zybura (44), Rachel Riley (26), Payton Bean (21), Bella Fiorentino (16)
101 – Penn batters have drawn 101 walks
15 – Seven Penn batters have combined for 14 home runs on the season, Sarah Schneider (5), Dana Anderson (3), Sammy Fenton (3), Bella Fiorentino, Dani Freer, Julia Mortimer, Katie Reagan
10 – 10 Penn batters have 10 or more hits on the season, Sarah Schneider (37), Brianna Brown (37), Dana Anderson (34), Sammy Fenton (31), Madison Bauerle (28), Julia Mortimer (13) Delaney Smith (13), Bella Fiorentino (13), Danica Larwill (12), and Katie Reagan (11)