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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology softball team continues their 2023 season with an HCAC doubleheader on their home field on Saturday. The Fightin' Engineers host Manchester at 1 PM and 3 PM.

ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes into this weekend with a 6-10 record following an 0-4 weekend.
* The Fightin' Engineers fell to both Spalding and Defiance over the weekend.
* 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 Manchester, the Fightin' Engineers have a busy eight game week with road games (Tuesday at Hanover and Sunday at Fontbonne) and home games (Friday vs Webster and Saturday vs Mount St. Joseph).

TEAM HITTING LEADERS:
BATTING AVERAGE - Nicole Lang (.413)
ON BASE PERCENTAGE - Nicole Lang (.482)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE - Phoebe Worstell (.804)
HITS - Nicole Lang (19)
DOUBLES - Jadyn Winkler / Phoebe Worstell (6)
HOME RUNS - Nicole Lang (5)
RBIs - Phoebe Worstell (16)
RUNS - Nicole Lang (17)
WALKS - Nicole Lang (5)
STEALS - Jadyn Winkler (3)

TEAM PITCHING LEADERS:
ERA - Baylee Uhrick (4.27)
WHIP - Phoebe Worstell (1.75)
WINS - Phoebe Worstell (3)
OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE - Phoebe Worstell (.289)
STRIKEOUTS - Phoebe Worstell (31)
INNINGS - Ashley Pinkham (38.1)

MANCHESTER NOTES:
* Manchester stands 12-8 on the season and 1-1 in HCAC play entering today's games.
* The Spartans split their HCAC opening doubleheader with Hanover on April 2.
* Offensively, six Spartans are batting over .300, ed by Alee Eaker (.397, 1 2B) and Lexi Goodman (.381, 2 2B)
* Sabrina Leonard is the top power hitter on Manchester (.350, 9 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR)
* Kaitlyn Carr is 7-2 with a 1.82 ERA to lead the pithing staff.

SERIES HISTORY:
* Manchester leads the all-time series with Rose-Hulman 25-15.
* Rose-Hulman swept the Spartans last year (9-4 and 4-3) for just the second time in program history.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won four of the last six games with Manchester dating back to 2021.
* Prior to that, the Spartans won 11 of 14 games including six straight.

ROSE-HULMAN RECORDS:
* Nicole Lang - 2nd in school history with a .654 career slugging percentage, 3rd with 15 career home runs, 3rd with 5 single-season home runs, 3rd with 5 career sacrifice flies, 5th with a .366 career batting average, 5th with a .446 career on-base percentage, 6th with 65 career RBIs, 8th with 71 career runs scored, 12th with 32 career walks, 12th with 8 career stolen bases, 12th with 7 times being hit by a pitch in her career, 14th with 23 career doubles, and 14th with 159 total bases
* Kennedy Michnewicz - 3rd in school history in career intentional walks
* MaKenzie Morgan - 8th in school history with 3 career triples, 8th with 11 career stolen bases, and 8th with 15 career stolen base attempts
* Ashley Pinkham - 2nd in school history in career sacrifice flies with 6, 2nd with 10 times being hit by a pitch in her career, 11th in career pitching shutouts, 15th with 27 career pitching appearances, and 15th with 51 career strikeouts
* Phoebe Worstell - 9th in school history with 6 career home runs, 11th with 19 career strikeouts looking, 11th in career pitching shutouts, 12th with 79 career strikeouts, and 13th with 28 career pitching appearances
* Baylee Uhrick - 11th in school history in career pitching shutouts and 15th with 13 career strikeouts looking

HCAC STANDINGS:
T1. Transylvania (2-0)
T1. Mount St. Joseph (2-0)
T1. Defiance (2-0)
T4. Manchester (1-1)
T4. Hanover (1-1)
6. Bluffton (0-0)
T7. Franklin (0-2)
T7. Rose-Hulman (0-2)
T7. Anderson (0-2)