Friday, April 19
Piscataway, NJ
11:00 AM
Rutgers University
vs
Iowa
Softball Welcomes Iowa for Big Ten Series
Apr 18 | Softball
Scarlet Knights ready for three-game set against the Hawkeyes.
*SCHEDULE NOTE (Thursday, April 18 at 3:15 p.m.): Please note, there will now be a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 11 a.m. There will be no game on Saturday. Sunday's game has been moved up an hour to a 12 noon start time.*
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (April 18, 2019) - Rutgers softball hosts a Big Ten series against Iowa from Friday through Sunday, April 19-21 at the RU Softball Complex.
The Scarlet Knights (20-19, 4-8), coming off their first three-game Big Ten series sweep since 2016, are meeting Iowa (16-21, 2-10) for the first time since 2017. Iowa holds a 7-1 all-time lead over Rutgers, and 4-1 advantage as Big Ten opponents. Iowa took two out of three in 2017, with Rutgers salvaging the final game of the series, 2-0, on the back of then-sophomore Nicolette Anico's two-hit performance with a walk and run scored.
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
• With three wins at Penn State last weekend, the Scarlet Knights swept a Big Ten series for the first time since taking three against Indiana at home April 22-24, 2016. This was Rutgers' third Big Ten series sweep since joining the conference in 2015 and the first against Penn State as Big Ten opponents. Now at 20 wins on the season, Rutgers has already surpassed last season's win total with 12 regular season games to play.
• Freshman catcher Katie Wingert was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday after hitting three home runs and producing six RBIs in the Penn State sweep. Wingert becomes the Scarlet Knights' first Big Ten Freshman of the Week since Rebecca Hall on March 16, 2015 and Rutgers' first overall Big Ten weekly honoree since Stephanie Huang won Player of the Week on March 21, 2016. Three out of her last four home runs were of the go-ahead variety in wins at Ohio State and Penn State. The rookie is slashing .307/.386/.693 overall and leads the team with 12 RBIs in Big Ten games. Defensively, she has a .974 fielding percentage from behind the plate, and has thrown out eight runners with a 73% stolen base-allowed rate.
• Rutgers' victory over Ohio State on April 6 was its first since 2015. The triumph was Rutgers' highest RPI win – Ohio State was No. 33 at the time – since a 3-1 victory over Hofstra (RPI 33) on March 27, 2014. The win boosted Rutgers' RPI to No. 99, the first time RU has been in the Top 100 since April 12, 2015 (No. 70). RU currently has a No. 82 RPI ranking.
• Senior shortstop Jess Hughes is ranked sixth among the NCAA Division I softball active leaders in runs scored with 193. She also ranks eighth with 135 career walks drawn. The New Jersey native is ranked 30th in the nation currently with her 14 doubles, and is fourth in the Big Ten in runs scored per game at 0.97. She comes in at 3rd in the Big Ten in on-base percentage (.490) and third in steals (19).
• In the 3-0 win at Penn State on Saturday, freshman pitcher Corah Price recorded Rutgers' first seven-inning one-hitter since Alyssa Landrith beat UTSA on Feb. 15, 2014. Price faced the minimum 21 batters in the masterpiece. The rookie leads the staff in innings (122.2), ERA (3.02), WHIP (1.12) and strikeouts (78). Price's nine strikeouts against Robert Morris was the program's most in a game since nine on March 18, 2016.
• 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
• Nine of Rutgers' games have been decided by one run (RU is 4-5).
• Rutgers is 14-1 when scoring 6+ runs, and 1-12 when an opponent scores 6+ runs.
• Rutgers is 15-7 when scoring first and has scored first in 15 of its 20 victories.
• Rutgers has scored in the first inning 15 times, and in 10 of the last 20.
• Rutgers is 9-1 when hitting 2+ home runs and 3-0 when hitting 3+ home runs.
• Rutgers is 13-2 when leading after 5.
• Jess Hughes carries a 12-game streak of reaching base safely into the Iowa series, her second streak of at least 12 games this season.
UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights play their final Big Ten road series of the regular season at NR/RV Indiana from April 26-28.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (April 18, 2019) - Rutgers softball hosts a Big Ten series against Iowa from Friday through Sunday, April 19-21 at the RU Softball Complex.
The Scarlet Knights (20-19, 4-8), coming off their first three-game Big Ten series sweep since 2016, are meeting Iowa (16-21, 2-10) for the first time since 2017. Iowa holds a 7-1 all-time lead over Rutgers, and 4-1 advantage as Big Ten opponents. Iowa took two out of three in 2017, with Rutgers salvaging the final game of the series, 2-0, on the back of then-sophomore Nicolette Anico's two-hit performance with a walk and run scored.
| THE SLATE | All Times Eastern | ||
| Fri. 4/19 | Game 1 | 11 a.m. |
| Fri. 4/19 | Game 2 | 1 p.m. |
| Sun. 4/21 | 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
• With three wins at Penn State last weekend, the Scarlet Knights swept a Big Ten series for the first time since taking three against Indiana at home April 22-24, 2016. This was Rutgers' third Big Ten series sweep since joining the conference in 2015 and the first against Penn State as Big Ten opponents. Now at 20 wins on the season, Rutgers has already surpassed last season's win total with 12 regular season games to play.
• Freshman catcher Katie Wingert was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday after hitting three home runs and producing six RBIs in the Penn State sweep. Wingert becomes the Scarlet Knights' first Big Ten Freshman of the Week since Rebecca Hall on March 16, 2015 and Rutgers' first overall Big Ten weekly honoree since Stephanie Huang won Player of the Week on March 21, 2016. Three out of her last four home runs were of the go-ahead variety in wins at Ohio State and Penn State. The rookie is slashing .307/.386/.693 overall and leads the team with 12 RBIs in Big Ten games. Defensively, she has a .974 fielding percentage from behind the plate, and has thrown out eight runners with a 73% stolen base-allowed rate.
• Rutgers' victory over Ohio State on April 6 was its first since 2015. The triumph was Rutgers' highest RPI win – Ohio State was No. 33 at the time – since a 3-1 victory over Hofstra (RPI 33) on March 27, 2014. The win boosted Rutgers' RPI to No. 99, the first time RU has been in the Top 100 since April 12, 2015 (No. 70). RU currently has a No. 82 RPI ranking.
• Senior shortstop Jess Hughes is ranked sixth among the NCAA Division I softball active leaders in runs scored with 193. She also ranks eighth with 135 career walks drawn. The New Jersey native is ranked 30th in the nation currently with her 14 doubles, and is fourth in the Big Ten in runs scored per game at 0.97. She comes in at 3rd in the Big Ten in on-base percentage (.490) and third in steals (19).
• In the 3-0 win at Penn State on Saturday, freshman pitcher Corah Price recorded Rutgers' first seven-inning one-hitter since Alyssa Landrith beat UTSA on Feb. 15, 2014. Price faced the minimum 21 batters in the masterpiece. The rookie leads the staff in innings (122.2), ERA (3.02), WHIP (1.12) and strikeouts (78). Price's nine strikeouts against Robert Morris was the program's most in a game since nine on March 18, 2016.
• 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
• Nine of Rutgers' games have been decided by one run (RU is 4-5).
• Rutgers is 14-1 when scoring 6+ runs, and 1-12 when an opponent scores 6+ runs.
• Rutgers is 15-7 when scoring first and has scored first in 15 of its 20 victories.
• Rutgers has scored in the first inning 15 times, and in 10 of the last 20.
• Rutgers is 9-1 when hitting 2+ home runs and 3-0 when hitting 3+ home runs.
• Rutgers is 13-2 when leading after 5.
• Jess Hughes carries a 12-game streak of reaching base safely into the Iowa series, her second streak of at least 12 games this season.
UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights play their final Big Ten road series of the regular season at NR/RV Indiana from April 26-28.
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