Rockets Ready for Penultimate Week of Regular-Season Action

Toledo, Ohio - The Toledo softball team plays its final road series of the regular season this week with a doubleheader at Dayton against the Flyers before hosting Western Michigan for a weekend conference series. First pitch between Toledo and Dayton is set for 3:00 p.m. while Toledo and WMU open their series at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. All of this week's games will be available to live stream via ESPN+.

Toledo at Dayton
April 24 | 3:00 p.m. (DH)
UD Softball Stadium
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2
ESPN+ Links: Game 1 | Game 2
Toledo Game Notes

Toledo vs. Western Michigan
April 26-27
Scott Park
Weekend Live Stats
ESPN+ Links: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Toledo Game Notes

Last Time Out
The Rockets are coming off a Friday doubleheader against Ball State in Muncie, Ind. that saw Toledo fall, 4-2, in game one but rally in the nightcap for an entertaining 5-2 victory. Sophomore pitcher Maggie McGurk recorded her sixth win of the season, while junior Morgan Paaverud went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer and three walks between both games. Game two featured just the second time McGurk hasn't walked a batter while throwing at least three innings this year, a feat only matched by sophomore Erin Hunt who has accomplished it twice.

The Rockets' streak of scoring first extended to an even 10 games in the first contest thanks to senior Kaitlyn Bergman, but the streak was snapped as the Cardinals put a run on the board first in the second game. Senior Megan Choate broke her individual season walk record too as she earned two free bases on balls in the first contest. Her 25 free bags this year rank ninth all-time at UT. Choate now ranks fourth all-time in career walks as well (72).

Last Time Against the Flyers
Toledo and Dayton met earlier in the season in the opening game of the UT Chattanooga Challenge on Feb. 15 where the Rockets escaped with a 6-5 victory thanks to a big third inning. Toledo was down 1-0 entering the frame but took the lead after a bases-loaded double, a walk, a HBP, a sac fly, two passed balls and a single brought four in. Sophomore Bekah Yenrick brought in three runners that day, while Hunt struck out nine batters through seven innings.

Last Time Against the Broncos
WMU was Toledo's second-to-last competitor in the Mid-American Conference tournament last season. The Rockets walked away with a 5-2 victory after Megan Choate dinged a three-run homer in the fourth that brought around the game-winning runs; the homer was one of Toledo's three from the contest as Bailey Curry and Kaitlyn Bergman left the park as well. Heather Webb pitched 4.0 scoreless innings of relief and and allowed just two hits to earn the win.

Scouting Toledo

Kaitlyn Bergman is one homer away from tying for 10th most in a season.
Megan Choate is one run away from tying her career high of 27.
Erin Hunt ranks sixth at UT for single-season strikeouts with 133, 14 behind Kim Pettitt who took down 147 in 2005.
Kylie Norwood has 12 doubles on the year and is one away from tying for ninth most in a season at UT.

All-time record vs Dayton: 14-6
All-time record vs Western Michigan: 56-49
2018 record and RPI: 35-23, 16-7 MAC | 120
2019 record and RPI: 17-23, 6-7 MAC | 170
Top pitchers:

Erin Hunt (9-10), 2.95 ERA, 116.1 IP, 93 H, 61 R, 49 ER, 64 BB, 133 SO, .218 Opp. b/avg
Maggie McGurk (6-3), 2.77 ERA, 53.0 IP, 66 H, 33 R, 21 ER, 22 BB, 30 SO, .306 Opp. b/avg

Top batters:

Kylie Norwood (47-for-142, .331), 27 R, 12 2B, 3 HR, 24 RBI, 68 TB, 11 BB, .579 SLG%, .385 OBP
Katie Cozy (42-for-136, .309), 17 R, 10 2B, 5 HR, 25 RBI, 67 TB, 7 BB, .493 SLG%, .358 OBP

Batters over .300: Four
Team Slash Line: .269/.366/.389

Scouting Dayton

Senior Kyle Davidson has tallied 173 career hits and is currently in seventh place in the Dayton record book. Former Flyer Gabrielle Snyder (2014-17) holds the record with 222 hits.
As a team, Dayton is 72-for-90 in stolen bases on the season - the 72 stolen bases ranks first in the Atlantic 10 and has already surpassed last season's total of 63.
Sophomore Abby Ehrenborg leads the team and ranks second in the A-10 with 42 RBI this season. Ehrenborg has posted nine multiple-RBI games in 2019 including five RBI against Kennesaw State on Feb. 16 at the Chattanooga Classic.

2018 record and RPI: 31-25, 15-8 A10 | 176
2019 record and RPI: 21-20, 8-4 A10 | 197
Top pitchers:

Jessica Weaver (9-6), 4.43 ERA, 109.0 IP, 143 H, 78 R, 69 ER, 45 BB, 66 SO, .317 Opp. b/avg
Jessica Gilliam (9-8), 3.42 ERA, 102.1 IP, 112 H, 67 R, 50 ER, 43 BB, 76 SO, .269 Opp. b/avg

Top batters:

Abby Ehrenborg (42-for-118, .356), 14 R, 6 2B, 11 HR, 42 RBI, 81 TB, 10 BB, .686 SLG%, .408 OBP
Lisa Tassi (48-for-126, .381), 27 R, 12 2B, 15 RBI, 60 TB, 5 BB, .476 SLG%, .398 OBP

Batters over .300: Four

Scouting Western Michigan

WMU's Sydney Stefanick pitches and bats for the Broncos and paces her team in both regards, recording 77 Ks through 101 innings while batting .384 with 39 RBIs and 10 homers.
The Broncos have six batters in their dugout rocking double digit RBI totals. They have seven who have scored at least 10 runs on the year.

2018 record and RPI: 29-25, 14-10 MAC | 146
2019 record and RPI: 15-21, 7-7 MAC | 174
Top pitchers:

Sydney Stefanick (8-7), 3.19 ERA, 101.0 IP, 101 H, 62 R, 46 ER, 27 BB, 77 SO, .254 Opp. b/avg

Top batters:

Sydney Stefanick (43-for-112, .384), 21 R, 8 2B, 10 HR, 39 RBI, 81 TB, 6 BB, .723 SLG%, .408 OBP

Batters over .300: Three

Rockets Ready for Penultimate Week of Regular-Season Action

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Players Mentioned

Kaitlyn Bergman

Megan Choate

Katie Cozy

Bailey Curry

Erin Hunt

Maggie McGurk

Kylie Norwood

Morgan Paaverud

Heather Webb

Rebekah Yenrick

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Kylie Norwood

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Rebekah Yenrick

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