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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology softball team continues their busy week with a home doubleheader against Webster on Friday afternoon at 4 PM and 6 PM. The Fightin' Engineers will also host Mount St. Joseph on Saturday before visiting Fontbonne on Sunday.

ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes into this weekend with a 6-14 record and 0-6 in the HCAC.
* The Fightin' Engineers have dropped eight straight games to Defiance, Spalding, Manchester, and Hanover.
* On Tuesday, Rose-Hulman fell in both games of the doubleheader with Hanover on a pair of walk-off hits in the 7th and 9th innings.
* 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 hosting Webster, the Fightin' Engineers will continue their busy weekend with doubleheaders against Mount St. Joseph and Fontbonne.

TEAM HITTING LEADERS:
BATTING AVERAGE - Nicole Lang (.441)
ON BASE PERCENTAGE - Nicole Lang (.507)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE - Nicole Lang (.847)
HITS - Nicole Lang / Phoebe Worstell (26)
DOUBLES - Phoebe Worstell (9)
TRIPLES - Jadyn Winkler (1)
HOME RUNS - Nicole Lang (6)
RBIs - Phoebe Worstell (23)
RUNS - Nicole Lang (23)
WALKS - Nicole Lang (8)
STEALS - Jadyn Winkler (5)

TEAM PITCHING LEADERS:
ERA - Phoebe Worstell (5.63)
WHIP - Phoebe Worstell (1.77)
WINS - Phoebe Worstell (3)
OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE - Phoebe Worstell (.297)
STRIKEOUTS - Phoebe Worstell (48)
INNINGS - Phoebe Worstell (54.2)

WEBSTER NOTES:
* Webster comes into Friday's matchup at 5-14 and 3-1 in the SLIAC.
* The Gorloks have won four of their past five games beginning with the final game of their spring trip to Florida.
* Webster and Rose-Hulman have a pair of common opponents in Greenville and Blackburn.
* The Gorloks swept Blackburn with wins of 7-1 and 11-3. They split with Greenville with a 7-6 win and a 4-16 loss.
* Rose-Hulman also swept Blackburn with wins of 4-0 and 11-3. They also split with Greenville with a 7-5 win and a 1-9 loss.
* Jaelin Holdaway and Kaley Adzick lead Webster at the dish with batting averages of .441 and .422. Holdaway has an OPS just shy of 1.200 and 13 extra base hits on the season.
* The Gorloks are hitting .317 as a team and scoring over five runs per game.
* In the circle, Webster has started five different pitchers who all have very similar stats.
* Opponents are hitting .353 against the Gorloks who have a team ERA of 5.57 and a team WHIP of 2.12.
* Errors have been a killer for Webster this season with 49 errors in 19 games. They have also given up 53 unearned runs in those 19 games.
* The Gorloks return to the field on Monday evening with a non-conference doubleheader against SLIAC opponent Blacburn.

SERIES HISTORY:
* Webster leads the all-time series 11-7 over Rose-Hulman.
* The teams have split their last three doubleheader dating back to 2016 including a 6-0 win for Webster and a 5-1 win for Rose-Hulman last year.
* Rose-Hulman was the last team to sweep a doubleheader in the series with sweeps in 2014 and 2015.
* Webster swept the first four meetings between the teams with the first coming back in 2003.

ROSE-HULMAN CAREER RECORDS:
* Lexi Fortuna - 13th in school history with a 0.067 catchers throw out percentage
* Nicole Lang - 2nd in school history with a .672 slugging percentage, 3rd with 16 home runs, 4th with a .375 batting average, 5th with a .454 on-base percentage, 6th with 68 RBIs, 6th with 77 runs scored, 10th with 26 doubles, 10th with 35 walks, 11th with 172 total bases, 12th with 8 stolen bases, and 12th with 7 times being hit by a pitch
* Kennedy Michnewicz - 3rd in school history in intentional walks, 8th with a 0.977 fielding percentage, and 12th with 368 putouts
* MaKenzie Morgan - 7th in school history with a 0.230 catchers throw out percentage, 8th with 3 triples, 8th with 11 stolen bases, and 8th with 15 stolen base attempts
* Ashley Pinkham - 2nd in school history with 10 times being hit by a pitch, 11th in pitching shutouts, 14th with 29 pitching appearances, and 15th with 55 strikeouts
* Phoebe Worstell - 7th in school history with 7 home runs, 9th with 96 strikeouts, 11th with 23 strikeouts looking, 11th in pitching shutouts, 12th with 31 pitching appearances, and 15th with 123.2 innings pitched
* Baylee Uhrick - 11th in school history in pitching shutouts and 15th with 13 strikeouts looking

ROSE-HULMAN SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS:
* Nicole Lang - 1st with a .847 slugging percentage, 2nd with 6 home runs, 3rd with a .441 batting average, and 5th with a .507 on-base percentage
* Kennedy Michnewicz - 10th with a 0.993 fielding percentage
* Phoebe Worstell - 3rd with a .746 slugging percentage, 9th with a .413 batting average, and 9th with 4 home runs

HCAC STANDINGS:
T1. Mount St. Joseph (4-0)
T1. Defiance (4-0)
3. Transylvania (2-0)
4. Manchester (3-1)
5. Hanover (5-3)
T6. Franklin (1-3)
T6. Anderson (1-3)
8. Bluffton (0-4)
9. Rose-Hulman (0-6)