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SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY RED FLASH 3-2
EAST CAROLINA / UMASS / 3-3 0-3 ECU Softball Stadium • Greenville, N.C.
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East Carolina Pirate Clash • February 19-21, 2016
SCHEDULE/RESULTS
TODAY’S GAME NOTES The Saint Francis softball team plays its second tournament of the 2016 season this weekend at the Pirate Clash, hosted by East Carolina in Greenville, N.C. SFU will start the tournament with games against UMass (10 a.m.) and Bucknell (12:30 p.m.) on Friday. The Red Flash went 3-2 on opening weekend, including an 11-0 win in five innings over UNC Wilmington and two victories against Army. No-Hitter Juniors Ethel Santai and Ketarah DeVries combined for a five-inning No-Hitter in the season-opening win over UNC Wilmington. Santai threw the first four innings, allowing four walks. DeVries handled the final three outs, including a strikeout. It was the first Red Flash no-hitter since Laura Caldwell on April 14, 2008 against Central Connecticut State. Smashing Seneca Sophomore shortstop Jordan Seneca led the Red Flash offense this past weekend. Seneca hit .474 (9-for-19) with three doubles, two home runs, nine RBI and five runs scored. For her efforts, Seneca was named College Sports Madness NEC Player of the Week.
BUCKNELL 0-0
Newcomers Freshmen made a big impact for the Red Flash in the first weekend. Cheyenne McKee, Sierra McKee and Hayley Norton started all five games. Cheyenne and Sierra batted .286 and .333, respectively. Cheyenne had a homer and two RBI, while Sierra had a triple and three RBI. Norton hit .278 with two doubles, a triple and a homer, while driving in six runs. McKenzie Burge started four games, batting .400 with two RBI. In the win over UNCW, freshmen accounted for eight of the team’s 13 hits and six of the 11 runs. Scouting the Opponents East Carolina started the season going 3-2 at the Kajikawa Classic, hosted by Arizona State. They picked up wins against Virginia (9-1), Seattle (6-0) and UC Riverside (6-2). The Pirates lost 5-0 at Charlotte on Wednesday. UMass went 0-3 on opening weekend. Bucknell makes its season debut this weekend, but finished 35-20 in 2015, reaching the Patriot League Championship game.
Seneca had a career-high five RBI in the win over UNCW, including a two-run homer in the first inning. She also homered in the loss to Eastern Kentucky. In the first weekend of the season, Seneca already tied her 2015 home run total and is over halfway to her RBI total of 14. Sophomore Jordan Seneca NEC STANDINGS (Through February 14, 2016) School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away 1. LIU Brooklyn 0-0 .000 3-2 .600 L2 0-0 0-1 2. Saint Francis 0-0 .000 3-2 .600 L1 0-1 1-0 3. Robert Morris 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 L2 0-0 0-1 4. Bryant 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 Central Connecticut St. 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 Fairleigh Dickinson 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 Mount St. Mary’s 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 Sacred Heart 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0 Wagner 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - 0-0 0-0
Neutral 3-1 2-2 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
FEBRUARY Fri. 12 at UNC Wilmington . . . . . . . . . .W, 11-0 (5) Fri. 12 vs. Army West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 8-5 Sat. 13 vs. Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 4-3 Sat. 13 vs. Army West Point . . . . . . . . . W, 10-2 (6) Sun. 14 vs. Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 6-4 Fri. 19 vs. UMass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. Fri. 19 vs. Bucknell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p.m. Sat. 20 vs. UMass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 p.m. Sat. 20 at East Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:30 p.m. Sun. 21 vs. UMass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. Sun. 21 at East Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. Sat. 27 vs. Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. Sat. 27 at Arizona State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m. Sun. 28 vs. Mount St. Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Sun. 28 at Arizona State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. MARCH Wed. 2 vs. Grand Canyon (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 p.m. Fri. 4 vs. James Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m. Fri. 4 vs. UTEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. Sat. 5 vs. Mount St. Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Sat. 5 at Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. Sat. 12 CORNELL (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. Sun. 13 CORNELL (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Fri. 18 vs. Canisius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:15 p.m. Fri. 18 vs. Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30 p.m. Sat. 19 vs. Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30 p.m. Sat. 19 at George Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Sun. 20 vs. Georgetown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:15 p.m. Thurs. 24 LAFAYETTE (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 p.m. Tues. 29 at Marshall (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 p.m. APRIL Sat. 2 at LIU Brooklyn* (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Sun. 3 at Wagner* (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. Tues. 5 at Maryland (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 p.m. Sat. 9 CENTRAL CONN ST* (DH) . . . . . . 1 p.m. Sun. 10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON* (DH) . . 12 p.m. Wed. 13 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 p.m. Sat. 16 Staff at Sacred Heart* (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Coaching Head Coach . . . . . . . . .BUCKNELL . . . . . . . . . . . .(DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Patrick-Swift Tues. 19 3 p.m. Alma Mater . . . . . . . .BRYANT* . . . . . . . . . . (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Methodist Sat. 23 1 p.m.’04 Career Record / Season. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138-119-1 / Sixth Sun. 24 MOUNT ST. MARY’s* (DH) . . . . . 12 p.m. Record at SFU / Season. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-54 / Second Wed. 27 at Penn State (DH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 p.m. Assistant Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Swift
MAY Alma Mater / Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chowan ’05 / First Sun. 1 at Robert Morris (DH)* . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. . . . . . .NEC . . . .Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Patrick Assistant Thu-Sat. Coach 12-14 . . . TBA
SOFTBALL GAME DAY f TEAM COMPARISON
SAINT FRANCIS ROSTER
SFU ECU/UMass # Name OFFENSE 3 Melanie Martire Batting Average .293 .269/.224 4 Kate Blattenberger Hits 39 39/17 5 Sierra McKee Runs Scored 36 23/13 6 Brandi Dalious Runs Batted In 31 19/12 7 Halle Marion Stolen Bases 4 3/1 8 McKenzie Burge Doubles 7 7/4 9 Hayley Norton Triples 2 0/2 10 Cheyenne McKee Home Runs 4 5/0 11 Kassidy Troxell DEFENSE 12 Jordan Seneca Fielding Percentage .903 .943/.898 13 Kelsie Marconi Putouts 93 109/57 14 Ketarah DeVries Assists 46 39/40 15 Ethel Santai PITCHING 17 Aly Ramsaier Earned Run Average 2.71 2.70/5.16 18 Mikayla Bower Batting Average Against .271 .295/.308 19 Blaire Lauthers 20 Alexis Bower 21 Madison Cabell 22 Kindra Witthus COACHING STAFF Head Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Patrick-Swift (Methodist ‘04) Head Coach SFU Record/Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107-100 (Fifth Year) Assistant Coaches Assistant Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Swift (Fourth Year) Davina Kachnovitz (First Year) Volunteer Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Patrick
RED FLASH TEAM LEADERS HITTING Batting Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Seneca (.474) Runs Scored. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sierra McKee (7) Hits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Seneca (9) Home Runs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Seneca (2) Runs Batted In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Seneca (9) Slugging Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Seneca (.947) On-Base Percentage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McKenzie Burge (.538) PITCHING Earned Run Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethel Santai (1.50) Wins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethel Santai (2) Innings Pitched. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethel Santai (14) Strikeouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ketarah DeVries (10) Batting Average Against. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethel Santai (.196)
SAINT FRANCIS QUICK FACTS
Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loretto, Pa. Founded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1847 Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red & White Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,668 Nickname. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Flash Stadium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Flash Softball Field President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Malachi Van Tassell, T.O.R., Ph.D. Director of Athletics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Krimmel Deputy Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erika Renwick Senior Assoc. AD/Marketing & Communications. . . . . . . . . . Jim Brazill Assoc. AD/Academic Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Krimmel Asst. AD/ Facilities & Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.J. Anderson Asst. AD/Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Cavooris
Yr. C/3B OF C/OF OF/3B OF UT OF SS 3B SS OF P P INF P/UT P INF/P INF C/INF
Pos. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. R-Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr.
Ht. 5-4 5-8 5-6 5-5 5-4 5-4 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-8 5-3 6-0 5-8 5-4 5-6 5-9 5-8 5-9 5-6
B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L L/L R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
Hometown/High School Herndon, Va./Herndon Martinsburg, Pa./Central DuBois, Pa./DuBois Harrington, Del./Polytech Middletown, Pa./Middletown Osceola Mills, Pa./Phillipsburg-Osceola Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove DuBois, Pa./DuBois Navarre, Ohio/Perry New Kensington, Pa./Plum Lowber, Pa./Yough Forreston, Ill./Forreston Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove Area Mesa, Ariz./Mountain View Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Doylesburg, Pa./Fannett-Metal Cogan Station, Pa./Williamsport Area Ivor, Va./Southampton Hudson, Wis./Hudson
Jennifer Patrick-Swift (Methodist ’04), Fifth Season Patrick Swift, Davina Kachnovitz, John Patrick
By Class Seni or Kate Blattenberger, OF Aly Ramsaier, INF Redshirt Junior Ketarah DeVries, P
By Position
Pitcher 14 Ketarah DeVries, R-Jr, R 15 Ethel Santai, Jr, R 18 Mikayla Bower, Fr, R 19 Blaire Lauthers, Jr, R 20 Alexis Bower, Jr, R Catcher 3 Melanie Martire, Fr, R/R 5 Sierra McKee, Fr, R/R 22 Kindra Witthus, Jr, R/R
Junior Alexis Bower, INF/P Blaire Lauthers, P Kelsie Marconi, OF Ethel Santai, P Kindra Witthus, C/INF
Infield 1 Jordan Seneca, So, R/R 3 Melanie Martire, Fr, R/R 6 Brandi Dalious, Fr, R/R 10 Cheyenne McKee, Fr, R/R 11 Kassidy Troxell, Fr, R/R 17 Aly Ramsaier, Sr, R/R 20 Alexis Bower, Jr, R/R 21 Madison Cabell, So, R/R 22 Kindra Witthus, Jr, R/R
Sophomore Madison Cabell, INF Jordan Seneca, SS Freshman Mikayla Bower, P/UT McKenzie Burge, UT Brandi Dalious, OF/3B Halle Marion, OF Melanie Martire, C/3B Cheyenne McKee, SS Sierra McKee, C/OF Hayley Norton, OF Kassidy Troxell, 3B
Outfield 4 Kate Blattenberger, Sr, R/R 5 Sierra McKee, Fr, R/R 6 Brandi Dalious, Fr, R/R 9 Halle Marion, Fr, L/R 13 Kelsie Marconi, Jr, L/R 24 Haley Norton, Fr, L/L Utility 8 McKenzie Burge, Fr, L/L 18 Mikayla Bower, Fr., R/R
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