CHICAGO – Loyola Chicago softball opens its second season of Atlantic 10 play on the road at George Washington this weekend. The Ramblers and Revolutionaries will play a doubleheader Saturday and single game Sunday. First pitch is 11 a.m. CT both days.
Quick Hits
• Loyola enters conference action sitting at 10-10 after sweeping Green Bay in the Coach B Classic last weekend.
• The Ramblers run-ruled the Phoenix 12-4 in game one and took an 8-2 win in game two.
• In the run-rule, all nine starters finished with at least one hit. Loyola was led by
Riley Owens who went 3-for-3 at the plate. She brought in two and scored two.
• The Ramblers were powered by
Teagan Sopczak in game two vs. Green Bay. She went 3-for-3 with five RBI and a run scored.
• Sopczak's day at the plate was highlighted by a three-run triple to solidify the win in the first.
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Sydney Barnett's performance over the four-game weekend led the Ramblers and earned her A-10 Player of the Week honors. It is her first weekly honor of her career and first for Loyola this season.
• Barnett hit .500 (5-10) with a 1.100 slugging percentage. She finished with two home runs, five RBI, and four runs scored.
• Loyola has the second-best pitching unit in the league with a 3.30 ERA.
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Peyton Pepkowski and
Andie Broniewicz sit in the individual top-10. Pepkowski's 2.63 ERA ranks fifth, while Broniewicz sits ninth with 3.42.
• Pepkowski's opponents are only hitting .217 this season, which ranks second. She is also third with 57 strikeouts.
• Head coach
Alicia Abbott is in her fifth season at the helm. She has 79 career wins with the Ramblers.
Scouting George Washington
The Revolutionaries sit at 11-11 riding a four-game win streak into the A-10 opener this weekend. GW has the second-best batting average in the league (.287) and the most hits (165). Three Revolutionaries sit in the league's top-10 batters.
Alena Ramirez leads GW batting .396 this season. She has 21 hits, including five doubles and a triple. She also has 11 RBI and five runs scored. In the circle, Cece Smith is tied as the league's leader in ERA (1.89) and has the most wins (9). Smith was tabbed the A-10 Pitcher of the Week last week. She had 14 strikeouts in an extra-inning battle over UMES.
