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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology softball team continues their busy week with a home doubleheader against Mount St. Joseph on Saturday afternoon at 1 PM and 3 PM. The Fightin' Engineers will visit Fontbonne on Sunday afternoon at 1 PM CT and 3 PM CT for their seventh and eighth games of the week.
ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes into this weekend with a 6-16 record and 0-6 in the HCAC.
* On Friday,
Nicole Lang tied the single-season school record with seven home runs to lead the Fightin' Engineers in a pair of losses to Webster.
* 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 Mount St. Joseph, the Fightin' Engineers conclude their eight-game week with a road trip to Fontbonne on Sunday.
TEAM HITTING LEADERS:
BATTING AVERAGE -
Nicole Lang (.438)
ON BASE PERCENTAGE -
Nicole Lang (.488)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE -
Nicole Lang (.859)
HITS -
Nicole Lang (28)
DOUBLES -
Phoebe Worstell (9)
TRIPLES -
Jadyn Winkler (1)
HOME RUNS -
Nicole Lang (7)
RBIs -
Phoebe Worstell (23)
RUNS -
Nicole Lang (24)
WALKS -
Nicole Lang (8)
STEALS -
Jadyn Winkler (6)
TEAM PITCHING LEADERS:
ERA -
Ashley Pinkham (5.61)
WHIP -
Phoebe Worstell (1.89)
WINS -
Phoebe Worstell (3)
OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE -
Phoebe Worstell (.319)
STRIKEOUTS -
Phoebe Worstell (50)
INNINGS -
Phoebe Worstell (60.1)
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH NOTES:
* Mount St. Joseph comes into Saturday's doubleheader at 18-8 and 4-0 in the HCAC.
* The Lions had won 13 of their last 14 games before losing the second game of their Tuesday doubleheader with Ohio Northern.
* Mount St. Joseph has just one common opponent with Rose-Hulman this season. The Lions beat Hanover 9-1 and 11-3 in a pair of run-rules last Saturday.
* Rose-Hulman fell in a pair of one-run games to the Panthers on Tuesday.
* Mount St. Joseph has six batter hitting over .333 this season with Kaci Finchum leading the team at .414.
* Finchum also joins Maddie Kennedy, Elizabeth Ivers, and Courtney Keller with OPS's over 1.140. Those four Lions hitters have combined for 51 extra base hits and 24 home runs on the year.
* Casey Kemp has been the ace in the circle for Mount St. Joseph this season with a 9-3 record and an ERA of 1.42 and WHIP of 1.04. Kemp has 10 complete games in her 13 starts this season.
* Courtney Keller is the other Mount St. Joseph starter who has an 8-5 record with a 4.06 ERA.
* The Lions return to the road on Thursday afternoon as they visit Otterbein for an afternoon doubleheader.
SERIES HISTORY:
* Mount St. Joseph leads the all-time series 19-11 over Rose-Hulman.
* The Lions have won 13 straight games with run-rules in seven of the last eight games.
* The Fightin' Engineers last win came back in 2015, 6-2 in Terre Haute.
* Rose-Hulman is 7-9 at their home field all-time against the Lions.
ROSE-HULMAN CAREER RECORDS:
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Nicole Lang - 2nd in school history with a .678 slugging percentage, 3rd with 17 home runs, 4th with a .375 batting average, 5th with a .450 on-base percentage, 5th with 72 RBIs, 6th with 78 runs scored, T-10th with 26 doubles, 10th with 177 total bases, T-10th with 35 walks, 12th with 8 stolen bases, and 12th with 7 times being hit by a pitch
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Kennedy Michnewicz - 3rd in school history in intentional walks, 8th with a 0.977 fielding percentage, and 12th with 381 putouts
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MaKenzie Morgan - 7th in school history with a 0.222 catchers throw out percentage, T-8th with 3 triples, 8th with 11 stolen bases, 8th with 15 stolen base attempts, and T-15 with 23 doubles
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Ashley Pinkham - 2nd in school history with 10 times being hit by a pitch, 11th in pitching shutouts, 14th with 30 pitching appearances, 14th with 61 strikeouts,and 14th with 129.1 innings pitched
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Phoebe Worstell - T-7th in school history with 7 home runs, 9th with 98 strikeouts, 11th with 23 strikeouts looking, 11th in pitching shutouts, and 12th with 33 pitching appearances,
ROSE-HULMAN SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS:
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Nicole Lang - 1st with a .859 slugging percentage, T-1st with 7 home runs, 4th with a .438 batting average, and 8th with a .488 on-base percentage
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Kennedy Michnewicz - 9th with a 0.994 fielding percentage
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Jadyn Winkler - T-12th with 6 stolen bases
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Phoebe Worstell - 4th with a .701 slugging percentage and T-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)