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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology softball team continues their 2023 season with a doubleheader at Greenville on Satuday at 1 PM and 3 PM CT. This will be the first games for the Fightin' Engineers since returning from their six-game spring trip to Georgia.

ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman returns from their spring trip with a 1-5 record.
* The Fightin' Engineers split with Agnes Scott and were swept by LaGrange and Emory.
* Rose-Hulman enters the season with a 15-player roster under the direction of 21st-year head coach Brian Shearer.
* The Fightin' Engineers finished last season at 18-14 with their first winning season since 2015. 
* Rose-Hulman was picked to finish 7th in the HCAC this season, in a preseason poll of league coaches released in February.
* After visiting Greenville, the Fightin' Engineers will return to the road with a pair of doubleheaders next weekend with Fontbonne on Saturday, March 18 and Blackburn on Saturday, March 19.

TEAM HITTING LEADERS:
BATTING AVERAGE - Lexi Fortuna (.400)
ON BASE PERCENTAGE - Lexi Fortuna (.438)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE - Nicole Lang (.588)
HITS - Lexi Fortuna / Kennedy Michnewicz / Phoebe Worstell (6)
DOUBLES - Phoebe Worstell (4)
HOME RUNS - Nicole Lang (1)
RBIs - Kennedy Michnewicz (4)
RUNS - Nicole Lang (5)

TEAM PITCHING LEADERS:
ERA - Ashley Pinkham (4.45)
WHIP - Ashley Pinkham (1.82)
WINS - Baylee Uhrick (1)
OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE - Phoebe Worstell (.325)
STRIKEOUTS - Phoebe Worstell (8)
INNINGS - Baylee Uhrick (14.1)

OPPONENT NOTES:
* Greenville comes in at 2-0 on the season with wins over Hanover and Monmouth to start the year.
* This will be the Panthers first game since their doubleheader on February 25.
* Mia Boyd, Emma Funk, and Desirae Yost lead the team with four hits.
* Boyd also leads the team in RBIs with four.
* Alison Klaus pitches a complete game shutout in her only start with the win over Hanover.
* After this one, Greenville will return to their home field on March 18 as they host fellow HCAC opponents Franklin.

SERIES HISTORY:
* The Fightin' Engineers have split the all-time series with Greenville 7-7.
* Greenville has won the last six meetings going back to 2014.
* Prior to that, Rose-Hulman won six straight games from 2009 to 2014.

ROSE-HULMAN RECORDS:
* Nicole Lang currently ranks 3rd in school history with a .617 career slugging percentage, 5th with a .437 career on-base percentage, 5th with 11 career home runs, 7th with a .350 career batting average, 8th with 3 career sacrifice flies, 12th with 8 career stolen bases, 12th with 6 times being hit by a pitch in her career, and 13th with 54 career RBIs, and 15th with 29 career walks.
* Kennedy Michnewicz currently ranks 3rd in school history in career intentional walks.
* MaKenzie Morgan currently ranks 8th in school history with 3 career triples, 8th with 11 career stolen bases, and 9th with 14 career stolen base attempts.
* Ashley Pinkham currently ranks 2nd in school history in career sacrifice flies with 5, 11th in career pitching shutouts, and 10th with 8 times being hit by a pitch in her career.
* Phoebe Worstell currently ranks 14th in school history with 56 career strikeouts and 14th with 13 career strikeouts looking.
* Baylee Uhrick currently ranks 11th in school history in career pitching shutouts and 14th with 13 career strikeouts looking.