By Brad Laux, MSU Athletic Media Relations

MOREHEAD, Ky. – With two Ohio Valley Convention softball collection left on faucet for Morehead State, the Eagles enter right into a important weekend internet hosting Tennessee State within the race for a spot within the convention event. The 2 groups will tangle on Friday and Saturday, with a doubleheader at 3 p.m. kicking off the motion and shutting out with a single contest beginning at 1 p.m. on day two all on the College Discipline.

This weekend may also function Senior Day by which three Eagle gamers and two crew managers can be acknowledged: third baseman Peyton Rose, catcher/infielder Peyton Slater, first baseman Alexis Strother, Sara Estes and Chloe Whitlock.

Stay stats can be found for all three contests on the following hyperlinks: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=383277 (sport one), http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=383278 (sport two) and http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=383279.

Rose, from Versailles, Ky., has began 37 video games this season. In 79 at-bats, she has a .127 batting common, with 4 RBI, 12 runs and a .917 fielding proportion. An anchor at third base, Rose has actually made her mark this yr by being hit by a pitch by which she leads the OVC and ranks fourth nationally at 0.43 instances per sport. As well as, the 16 instances she has been struck this spring is the second-highest whole in MSU historical past. Rose has been a four-year starter and has a profession .189 batting common.

Slater, from New Kent, Va., has performed and began each sport. Most of her motion has come behind the plate, however not too long ago as a result of accidents she has moved to shortstop. She owns a .252 batting common in a team-high 103 at-bats, and has contributed 12 RBI and scored 10 instances. She leads the squad with 26 hits, two homers and a .369 slugging proportion, and is tied for the highest spot with six doubles. She additionally has walked seven instances, been hit by 5 pitches and has a .962 fielding proportion. This yr, Slater has turn out to be a power at throwing gamers out making an attempt to steal. She is second within the OVC and tied for fifth nationally with 15. A four-year starter, she boasts a .243 profession batting common.

Now in her fifth yr, Strother, from Lebanon, Ohio, began her profession at Sinclair Group School, the place she posted a. 485 batting common. This spring, she has began in 36 video games and owns a .233 batting common in 90 at-bats. She is tied for the crew lead with six doubles and 11 walks. She provides 10 RBI, a .333 slugging proportion, a .330 on-base proportion and a .939 fielding proportion. As a sophomore and a junior, Strother noticed time within the circle as a pitcher, showing in 11 video games. A four-year starter at MSU, she has a profession .268 batting common in NCAA competitors.

Estes has been with this system for 4 years, whereas Whitlock joined this yr.

As has been custom, MSU additionally will honor Tennessee State’s seniors, shortstop Lauren Farias and pitcher Raven Loveless.

The Eagles and Tigers are in a good race for the ultimate two spots within the league’s post-season competitors, which can run Might 11-14 in Oxford, Ala. With the highest six positions all however sewn up, Jap Illinois (23-26/8-14), SIUE (15-30/6-16), Morehead State (6-32/5-16) and Tennessee State (13-35/4-18) are in a good race for seventh and eighth place. This weekend, SIUE hosts Southeast Missouri, whereas EIU travels to Belmont.

Friday’s twin invoice would be the first two outings of a seven-game season-ending residence stand. MSU break up its Wednesday collection at Tennessee Tech, profitable the primary contest 5-2 after which dropping the nightcap by the identical rating. The sport-one victory snapped a string of 30 consecutive defeats away from residence. The prior weekend, the crew fell at Belmont in all three video games.

The Eagles sport a 5-6 residence mark and have gained their final three contests on the College Discipline, sweeping SIUE on April 15-16.

Junior Madeline Gailor continues to steer the Blue and Gold offensively. She has a .293 batting common, 5 doubles, 17 RBI, a .354 slugging proportion, a .341 on-base proportion and 10 stolen bases. The batting common, RBI and stolen base totals are crew highs. As well as, Gailor has reached base in 16 of her final 19 video games.

Sophomore Lennon Spicer (5-16) paces the pitching workers. She has a 4.99 ERA with 76 strikeouts and 45 walks in 112 and one-third innings. Freshman Madi Ogden (1-10) has seen 75 and one-third innings within the circle. She owns a 5.48 ERA, with 44 strikeouts and 44 walks. She had a career-high six Ks in Wednesday’s second sport and picked up the crew’s first save of the season within the win earlier within the day.

“Tennessee State can be a superb battle as they’ve some aggressive pitching they usually at all times discover a approach to get on base,” mentioned Morehead State coach Samantha Jones. “We are going to work on our particular person offense plans to string collectively some hits and produce runs.”

Tennessee State gained its final outing, a 3-2 residence determination over Belmont. Previous to that, the Tigers dropped 9 straight, together with a 2-0 outcome within the first contest of the doubleheader with the Bruins. TSU is 6-24 away from residence this season, together with a 1-16 mark because the true street crew.

The Tigers are batting .182 as a crew, are averaging 1.79 runs per sport, have a 4.30 ERA and a .945 fielding proportion.

Sophomore first baseman Peyton Fointno has a .248 batting common, with eight doubles and 17 RBI, all both are tops on the membership or ties for that honor. Freshman outfielder Jasmine Brown is subsequent with a .217 common. She leads the Tigers with 12 stolen bases and 16 runs scored. Sophomore third baseman Anayah Baker has a .206 batting common, with 11 RBI. She has the crew’s solely residence runs (two).

In a team-high 113 and two-thirds innings of labor, Freshman Caitlyn Manus has gained seven video games and 11 losses, with a 4.06 ERA, 78 strikeouts and 38 walks. She additionally has two saves. Loveless owns a 4-14 report, a 3.19 ERA, 41 strikeouts and 35 walks in 112 innings. Sophomore Francys King has pitched in 75 and one-third innings, and has a 2-10 report, a 6.32 ERA, 40 strikeouts and 27 walks.

Morehead State has had extra success towards Tennessee State than any OVC opponent, boasting a 66-16 report. MSU has a 37-3 mark all-time towards the Tigers in Morehead, having gained the final 14 outings.

In 2021, TSU gained two of the three video games, 5-2 on April 1 and 6-2 on April 2, in Nashville. The Blue and Gold captured the match up in between 1-0 on April 2. The final time the 2 squads confronted on the College Discipline, MSU gained 6-0 and 2-1, on March 31, 2018. Tennessee State’s final victory in Morehead was on Apr. 6, 2007, when it claimed each ends of a doubleheader 2-0 and 2-1.

Coach Jones is 2-3 all-time towards the Tigers.

The Eagles stay at residence for 4 mid-week, non-conference video games, beginning Tuesday with a doubleheader towards Rio Grande (Ohio). The primary pitch is scheduled for two p.m. On Wednesday, Butler involves city for a twin invoice, with the opening contest slated to start at 1 p.m. Morehead State will shut out the common season subsequent weekend with a three-game collection at Murray State.