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Bobcats Hit the Road to Queens, Participate in Red Storm Classic
3/3/2023 8:00:00 AM | Softball
Day One-
Game 1:
Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-2, 0-0 MAAC) vs. St. John's Red Storm (4-10, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Date: Saturday, March 4 | Time: 12:00 PM
Game 2:
Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-2, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Drexel University Dragons (4-10, 0-0 CAA)
Date: Saturday, March 4 | Time: 2:30 PM
Day Two-
Game 1: Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-2, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Drexel University Dragons (4-10, 0-0 CAA)
Date: Sunday, March 5 | Time: 12:00 PM
Game 2: Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-2, 0-0 MAAC) vs. St. John's Red Storm (4-10, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Date: Sunday, March 5 | Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Red Storm Field | Queens, N.Y.
@QU_Softball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac softball team is on the road at the Red Storm Classic hosted by St. John's University. The Bobcats will face St. John's University and Drexel University twice over the span of the two-day tournament.
History vs St. John's
Last Time Out
Game 1:
Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-2, 0-0 MAAC) vs. St. John's Red Storm (4-10, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Date: Saturday, March 4 | Time: 12:00 PM
Game 2:
Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-2, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Drexel University Dragons (4-10, 0-0 CAA)
Date: Saturday, March 4 | Time: 2:30 PM
Day Two-
Game 1: Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-2, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Drexel University Dragons (4-10, 0-0 CAA)
Date: Sunday, March 5 | Time: 12:00 PM
Game 2: Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-2, 0-0 MAAC) vs. St. John's Red Storm (4-10, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Date: Sunday, March 5 | Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Red Storm Field | Queens, N.Y.
@QU_Softball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac softball team is on the road at the Red Storm Classic hosted by St. John's University. The Bobcats will face St. John's University and Drexel University twice over the span of the two-day tournament.
History vs St. John's
- The Bobcats have faced the Red Storm twice in program history, meeting for the first time in 2003 when the Bobcats lost 3-0 on the road.
- The two most recently met in 2018 in Baltimore with the Bobcats losing 9-0 to the Red Storm.
- St. John's current record is 4-10 on the year and graduate Peyton Cody recorded three homes runs and seven RBI's against UMES and Longwood last weekend.
- The Red Storm are 3-2 in their last five matchups.
- The Bobcats and Dragons have only faced each other once in their histories in 2013. The Bobcats took the close matchup by a score of 1-0.
- The Dragons are riding a three game losing streak heading into the weekend and have an overall record of 1-9.
- Drexel's first win of the year came against Iona in a 4-0 victory.
Last Time Out
- Quinnipiac faced Delware State University on Thursday, Feb. 23 and shutout the Hornets in both games.
- A close contest in game one the Bobcats and Hornets needed extra innings to decide a winner.
- QU tallied two runs in the top of the eighth to take home the first win of the day and Sydney Horan pitched eight strikeouts through seven innings.
- In game two the Bobcats didn't hold back and defeated the Hornets 9-0 in five innings.
- With four runs in the first inning alone, Lala Pascual recorded three RBI's, three hits, and two runs on four at bats.
- QU welcomes seven fresh faces to the pack ahead of the 2023 season.
- First years Sofia Vega, Mary Fogg, Mac Davis, Ally Hotchstadter, Natalia Apatiga, and Kennedy Demott.
- Amanda Engel transferred to Quinnipiac from San Francisco State where she was named an NFCS All-American Scholar Athlete during her time there.
- Mary Fogg is the younger sister of senior Serena Fogg.
- The six new Bobcats have combined to bring in seven years of experience in leadership roles as team captains, five different All-League selections, and three MVP awards among other distinguished honors.
- Head Coach Hillary Smith enters her fifth season with the Bobcats after being named the eighth coach in program history.
- Coach Smith has brought in six new faces to the program and welcomed back two graduate students for their fifth years.
- Assistant coach Mandie Perez enters her second season with the Bobcats.
- Perez helped Smith see the Bobcats earn two All-MAAC honors at the end of the 2022 season.
- Sophomore Sydney Horan was named the MAAC Co-Pitcher of the Week for her efforts during the Hampton/Norfolk State Tournament where she posted 13 strikeouts and two shutouts against Lehigh and Bucknell.
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