ETTRICK, VA  – The VSU softball team will hit the road to Takoma Park, Maryland as they prepare to face the Washington Adventist University Shock. Due to the Winston-Salem State matchup being cancelled, the Trojans saw WAU the last time they competed. The Trojans took both games of the doubleheader against the Shock, 11-4 and 12-1.

 
 
The sophomore Macy Beville leads the team and sits second in the conference at the plate as she maintains an astounding .529 batting average. She is also second in the conference with a .579 on-base percentage while a .647 slugging percentage ranks her fifth in the conference. The dangerous freshman Hailey Darrington leads the team in stolen bases going 8-of-8 on the bath paths, runs with nine and at-bats with 26. Alani Horton is third on the team in batting average with a .417 while also leading the squad in RBI (7) and hits (10). The veteran Samantha Cunningham leads the team with 12 total bases touched while maintaining a .381 batting average which, ranks her fourth on the team. Julia Jones is the lone Trojan to have a homerun in the season along with four RBI. As a team, the squad bats a whopping .327 from the plate as seven players maintain a batting average over a .300. The Trojans rank second in the CIAA in hitting and pitching. The pitching rotation averages just 4.23 earned runs per contest. Alaijah Pratt has been lights out this in the circle this season as a 3.00 is ranks her first in the conference while holding down the second spot in opponents' batting average against her, which is a .280. Pratt also leads the team in strikeouts with 14. Leah Harrison is currently third in the conference in hits allowed with 13. Harrison is also second on the team in batting average (.455). Hailey Darrington leads the outfield with 16 putouts while Samantha Cunningham leads with 22 assisted outs on the season. The Trojans will look to clean up their play defensively as they have 17 errors so far this season. 



Weekend Schedule
Sunday, March 20
Virginia State at Washington Adventist
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. *Takoma Park, MD



About Washington Adventist
The Washington Adventist Shock are 6-8 on the season and look to carry their recent momentum into their doubleheader against the Trojans. After dropping their first five games of the season, they went on to take two sets of doubleheaders including their last pair of games they won against Gallaudet 11-3 and 14-2. WAU is 1-7 against CIAA teams this season including losses against Virginia Union, Lincoln (Pa.), Bowie State and VSU. The Shock look to extend their win-streak to four games after the doubleheader against Virginia State.
 

 
Series History
This is the first meeting between the Trojans and Shock was earlier this season when VSU took a pair from WAU, 11-4 and 12-1.




Next Five Matchups

• Mar. 20 at Washington Adventist
• Mar. 24 CIAA Round-Up: Fayetteville State/St. Augustine's
• Mar. 25 CIAA Round-Up: Livingstone/Winston-Salem State
• Mar. 26 CIAA Round-Up: Claflin/Johnson C. Smith
• Mar. 30 at Norfolk State