Friday, March 29
Piscataway, NJ
3:00 PM
Rutgers University
vs
Michigan
Photo by: Michael Reaves/Rutgers Athletics
Softball Hosts No. 23 Michigan for Big Ten Set
Mar 28 | Softball
Scarlet Knights ready for three-game set against the nationally ranked Wolverines.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (March 28, 2019) - Rutgers softball hosts its first Big Ten series of the season against No. 23 Michigan from Friday through Sunday, March 29-31 at the RU Softball Complex.
The Scarlet Knights (16-14), coming off a 10-2, run-rule victory over Fordham in their home opener on Wednesday, are seeking their first win against Michigan (20-10) in 15 tries since 1983. The Wolverines have been ranked in the Top 25 all season long, and are currently on an eight-team winning streak. Michigan swept Nebraska in its first Big Ten series last week in Ann Arbor.
ADMISSION & PARKING ARE FREE (*Requires registration)
While parking will be free of charge, all fans who do not possess a student or faculty/staff parking pass, and who plan on attending a Rutgers Athletics event (not including football, men's and women's basketball and wrestling) must register each vehicle to be parked, per new University policy. The free parking registration can be completed once for an entire season at each parking facility.
Register for free parking here.
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
KNIGHT NOTES
• Rutgers produced its first seven-game winning streak since April 2015 from Feb. 28 - March 15. During the streak, Rutgers won back-to-back games by shutout (4-0 over Virginia and 8-0 over Robert Morris) for the first time since blanking Villanova twice in 2014. Over the seven-game run, Rutgers boosted its batting average by 32 points to .266 and lowered its ERA by 0.96 to 3.20.
• RU currently ranks fourth in the Big Ten with almost a home run per game after leading the nation with 13 homers at the end of opening weekend. Nine different Scarlet Knights have a hit a home run this season. The five home runs against Army is a school record for a single game and tied for third all-time in Big Ten history for a single game.
• Senior shortstop Jess Hughes is ranked fifth among the NCAA Division I softball active leaders in runs scored with 185. She also ranks fifth with 133 career walks drawn. The New Jersey native is ranked 14th in the nation currently with her 11 doubles, and is second in the Big Ten in runs scored with 30. She comes in at 5th in the Big Ten in batting average (.402) and 4th in steals (14).
• Junior outfielder Anyssa Iliopoulos ranks 4th in the Big Ten with a .753 slugging percentage and ranks 14th in the nation with 11 doubles. Iliopoulos slashed .526/.654/.895 during Rutgers' 7-game win streak with 10 runs scored and six RBIs. Eighteen of her 30 hits have gone for extra bases.
• Freshman pitcher Corah Price leads the staff in innings (90.2), ERA (3.09), WHIP (1.15) and strikeouts (64). The rookie has a pair of saves and a sparkling 3.10 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Price's nine strikeouts against Robert Morris was the program's most in a game since nine on March 18, 2016 against UMass Lowell.
• RU has succeeded in 44-of-54 stolen base attempts for an 81% average. RU's highest mark for a season in the last 15 years is 87% in '11. Comparatively, opposition has managed just 13-of-21 stolen base attempts (62%) against Rutgers pitching and freshman catcher Katie Wingert (eight caught stealing).
• First-year head coach Kristen Butler won her first game at the helm of the Scarlet Knights on Saturday, Feb. 9 against Jacksonville State. A former SEC Player of the Year and record-setting professional softball player in the United States and Japan, Butler has spent the last four seasons turning around the program as head coach at Toledo while earning the 2018 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year honor.
TRENDING
• Rutgers' win over Fordham on Wednesday was its sixth run-rule victory of the year, and its fifth in the last eight wins.
• Nine of Rutgers' games have been decided by one run (RU is 4-5).
• Rutgers is 12-1 when scoring 6+ runs, and winless at 0-8 when an opponent scores 6+
• Rutgers is 12-7 when scoring first and has scored first in 12 of its 16 victories.
• Rutgers has scored in the first inning 15 times, and in 10 of the last 14.
• Rutgers is 7-1 when hitting 2+ home runs.
• Rutgers is 11-2 when leading after 5.
• Rutgers is 44-for-54 (81%) in stolen base attempts and 20 for its last 25 (80%).
UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights hit the road for a Big Ten series at Ohio State April 5-7.
The Scarlet Knights (16-14), coming off a 10-2, run-rule victory over Fordham in their home opener on Wednesday, are seeking their first win against Michigan (20-10) in 15 tries since 1983. The Wolverines have been ranked in the Top 25 all season long, and are currently on an eight-team winning streak. Michigan swept Nebraska in its first Big Ten series last week in Ann Arbor.
| THE SLATE | All Times Eastern | ||
| Fri. 3/29 | Game 1 | 3 p.m. |
| Sat. 3/30 | Game 2 | 3 p.m. |
| Sun. 3/31 | Game 3 | 12 p.m. |
ADMISSION & PARKING ARE FREE (*Requires registration)
While parking will be free of charge, all fans who do not possess a student or faculty/staff parking pass, and who plan on attending a Rutgers Athletics event (not including football, men's and women's basketball and wrestling) must register each vehicle to be parked, per new University policy. The free parking registration can be completed once for an entire season at each parking facility.
Register for free parking here.
FOLLOW LIVE
Live Stats | Live Video | Twitter
HEAD-TO-HEAD
KNIGHT NOTES
• Rutgers produced its first seven-game winning streak since April 2015 from Feb. 28 - March 15. During the streak, Rutgers won back-to-back games by shutout (4-0 over Virginia and 8-0 over Robert Morris) for the first time since blanking Villanova twice in 2014. Over the seven-game run, Rutgers boosted its batting average by 32 points to .266 and lowered its ERA by 0.96 to 3.20.
• RU currently ranks fourth in the Big Ten with almost a home run per game after leading the nation with 13 homers at the end of opening weekend. Nine different Scarlet Knights have a hit a home run this season. The five home runs against Army is a school record for a single game and tied for third all-time in Big Ten history for a single game.
• Senior shortstop Jess Hughes is ranked fifth among the NCAA Division I softball active leaders in runs scored with 185. She also ranks fifth with 133 career walks drawn. The New Jersey native is ranked 14th in the nation currently with her 11 doubles, and is second in the Big Ten in runs scored with 30. She comes in at 5th in the Big Ten in batting average (.402) and 4th in steals (14).
• Junior outfielder Anyssa Iliopoulos ranks 4th in the Big Ten with a .753 slugging percentage and ranks 14th in the nation with 11 doubles. Iliopoulos slashed .526/.654/.895 during Rutgers' 7-game win streak with 10 runs scored and six RBIs. Eighteen of her 30 hits have gone for extra bases.
• Freshman pitcher Corah Price leads the staff in innings (90.2), ERA (3.09), WHIP (1.15) and strikeouts (64). The rookie has a pair of saves and a sparkling 3.10 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Price's nine strikeouts against Robert Morris was the program's most in a game since nine on March 18, 2016 against UMass Lowell.
• RU has succeeded in 44-of-54 stolen base attempts for an 81% average. RU's highest mark for a season in the last 15 years is 87% in '11. Comparatively, opposition has managed just 13-of-21 stolen base attempts (62%) against Rutgers pitching and freshman catcher Katie Wingert (eight caught stealing).
• First-year head coach Kristen Butler won her first game at the helm of the Scarlet Knights on Saturday, Feb. 9 against Jacksonville State. A former SEC Player of the Year and record-setting professional softball player in the United States and Japan, Butler has spent the last four seasons turning around the program as head coach at Toledo while earning the 2018 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year honor.
TRENDING
• Rutgers' win over Fordham on Wednesday was its sixth run-rule victory of the year, and its fifth in the last eight wins.
• Nine of Rutgers' games have been decided by one run (RU is 4-5).
• Rutgers is 12-1 when scoring 6+ runs, and winless at 0-8 when an opponent scores 6+
• Rutgers is 12-7 when scoring first and has scored first in 12 of its 16 victories.
• Rutgers has scored in the first inning 15 times, and in 10 of the last 14.
• Rutgers is 7-1 when hitting 2+ home runs.
• Rutgers is 11-2 when leading after 5.
• Rutgers is 44-for-54 (81%) in stolen base attempts and 20 for its last 25 (80%).
UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights hit the road for a Big Ten series at Ohio State April 5-7.
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