MADEIRA BEACH, FLORIDA – The HBU Huskies head to the Tampa Bay area for the Spring Games to faceoff with Middle Tennessee, Sacred Heart, Florida Gulf Coast and Seton Hall. The Buffalo matchup was canceled due to Buffalo not able to travel due to weather conditions.
The Huskies (9-6) are going into the weekend batting .291 as a team outhitting-opponents by almost .060 points. The Huskies offense is led by freshman outfielder
Jasie Roberts ranks 18
th in the conference in batting average with a .395 average in 14 games with 17 hits on the year and four of them being extra base hits. Senior shortstop
Amber Lotz leads the team in On Base Percentage with a .432 average and is second in hitting amongst the Huskies with an average of .359 with seven runs scored on the year. Freshman third baseman
Katy Schaefer leads the run production for the Huskies with 14 runs batted in while collecting 16 hits in 46 at bats in 15 games played. Freshman speedster
Avery Drake leads the team with five stolen bases in five attempts and posts a .294 average while scoring a team-high 11 runs.
Huskies pitching staff is led by freshman
Lyndie Swanson who has a 2-0 record while throwing two complete games and ranks second in the conference with a 0.62 earned run average in 22.2 innings of work while striking out eight batters. The Huskies are posting a team ERA of 2.03 and averaging 1.35 walks and hits per innings pitched ranking it the lowest it has been in the past five seasons. Sophomore
Sarah Venker leads the staff in strikeouts with 24 ranking 11
th in the conference. Junior
Elliott Estes is holding opponents to a .208 batting average in 48 batters faced only giving up 10 hits in 11.2 innings of work.
The Huskies will rematch the Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders (7-10) on Friday for their first game of the tournament at 4 p.m. on Field 1. On Saturday. HBU battles Sacred Heart (1-3) at 1:30 p.m. on Field 1 followed by a matchup against Florida Gulf Coast (11-4) at 4:30 on Field 1. The Huskies close out the tournament with one game on Sunday against the Seton Hall Pirates (4-9) at 9 a.m. on Field 3.
Game Information:
HBU Huskies (9-6) at Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders (7-10)
Friday, Feb 27 – 4 p.m.
Madeira Beach, Florida
Madeira Beach R.O.C. Softball Complex
Field 1
