TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo softball team (22-19, 12-13 MAC) will play a pair of mid-week doubleheaders this week at Central Michigan (11-25, 9-17 MAC) and Western Michigan (11-25, 7-15 MAC). The Rockets will visit the Chippewas in Mt. Pleasant, Mich. on Tuesday, May 4 and the Broncos in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Wednesday, May 5. Both twin bills are scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.
 
Tuesday, May 4
at Central Michigan (DH), 1:00 p.m. | CSN Digital
 
Wednesday, May 5
at Western Michigan (DH), 1:00 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT
        Toledo split its four-game series at second-place Ball State last weekend by posting 6-4 victories in the first two games before dropping the last two contests. The Rockets had a chance to win Sunday's series finale, but the Cardinals tied the score with a homer in the seventh before winning it in the eighth.
        Freshman Lauren Erickson led the Rockets in the series with a .600 batting average (6-of-10), with sophomore Leah Munson (3-of-6) and junior Aleah Marra also hitting .400 or better.
        Senior Dayna Denner and Marra tallied three hits apiece to pace the Rockets' 14-hit attack in the opener. Sophomore Macey Moore, Erickson and freshman Jenna Kroll also collected a pair of singles for the Rockets with Kroll driving in a team-high two runs.
        Toledo took the lead for good in Game One of Saturday's doubleheader with a three-run third inning. Kroll's RBI single to center gave UT a 4-3 lead before Erickson's RBI single to left provided the Rockets a 5-3 advantage. Freshman Annika Johnson (2-1) registered the victory by scattering eight hits and allowing three runs in 4.2 innings. Senior Erin Hunt earned her second save of the season by allowing just one hit and fanning four batters in 2.1 innings of one-run relief.
        Toledo suffered a heartbreaking 5-4 setback in eight innings on Sunday. The Rockets held a 4-3 lead in the seventh before the Cardinals rallied. Kroll tallied two of Toledo's five hits in the contest, including a solo homer that gave UT a 4-3 lead in the fourth inning.
 
ROCKETS IN THE MAC RANKINGS
• Toledo ranks third with a .296 batting average, a .371 on-base percentage and a .430 slugging percentage and is tied for fourth with 28 home runs.
• Dayna Denner leads the MAC with 13 home runs, one more than Miami's Allie Cummins and Karli Spaid as well as Buffalo's Anna Aguon. Denner also is first with a .921 slugging percentage, second with a .447 batting average, .559 on-base percentage and 25 walks and tied for third with 13 doubles.
• Riley Mohr ranks fifth in the MAC with a .500 on-base percentage.
• Erin Hunt ranks second in the MAC with 16 victories. She has hurled a league-high 167.2 innings pitched and tied for first with 20 complete games.
• Leah Munson is tied for fourth with three sacrifice flies.
  
SCOUTING THE CHIPPEWAS
        Central Michigan opened last week by sweeping a doubleheader over Western Michigan before being swept in a four-game series at Kent State over the weekend.
        Freshman rightfielder Abbey Tolmie and senior centerfielder Shaidan Knapp lead the Chippewas offensively with .333 and .330 batting averages, respectively. Junior first baseman Shannon Stein has a team-high six home runs and 29 RBIs to go along with a .286 average. Freshman Grace Lehto (7-10, 6.50 ERA) has started 17 of 36 contests in the circle for CMU.
 
SCOUTING THE BRONCOS
        Western Michigan returned from a 17-day COVID pause by dropping a pair of games at Central Michigan last Wednesday and losing three of four at home to Akron last weekend. The Broncos will visit Bowling Green for a doubleheader on Tuesday before hosting the Rockets on Wednesday.
        Senior centerfielder Mackenzie Swinehart leads WMU with a .383 hitting mark and six home runs. Senior Reily Galloway (4-9, 4.89 ERA) has been the Broncos' primary starter in the circle.