Temple University Athletics
Sunday, May 6
Ambler, Pa.
2 p.m.
Temple University
vs
St. Bonaventure (Senior Day)
The 2012 Temple Softball Seniors (L to R: Meaghan Marley, Samantha Schoell, Rachel Knable, Alysse Pujol, Christina Sykora, Melissa Robbins, Capri Catalano)
Softball Closes Out Regular Season Playing Host To St. Bonaventure on Sunday
5.4.12 | Softball
Seven seniors to be honored before doubleheader begins
PHILADELPHIA – The Temple softball team, with a 25-20 overall record and a 10-6 mark in Atlantic 10 play, has locked up a playoff berth at the upcoming A-10 championship in Saint Louis, but the Owls still have one more conference doubleheader to play before that. The Cherry and White play host to St. Bonaventure in a Sunday doubleheader beginning at noon.
The games will also be TU's Senior Day, where seven seniors will be honored before the game for their contributions to Temple softball. Capri Catalano, Rachel Knable, Meaghan Marley, Alysse Pujol, Melissa Robbins, Samantha Schoell and Christina Sykora will each be donning the home uniform for the final time at Ambler Field.
TU enters the games winners in nine of its last 13 games, and most recently split with league foe Saint Louis last weekend. The 25 wins this season are the most for a Temple squad since the team reached 30 victories in the 2004 season.
St. Bonaventure travels to Philadelphia to play at Saint Joseph's on Friday and Saturday, before taking on the Cherry and White on Sunday. The Bonnies carry a 17-23 overall record into this weekend's games, sporting a 6-10 A-10 mark.
Temple and St. Bonaventure have met 48 times in the history of the series that began in 1988. TU holds a 31-17 edge in the series and has won three of the last four. The teams did, however, split last season with the Bonnies taking a 4-3 first game and the Owls claiming the second, 6-3.
Sophomore Sarah Prezioso has led Temple at the plate for most of the season. The shortstop is batting .355 with a team-best 50 hits, three triples, four homeruns and 35 RBI. In league play, Prezioso is hitting a sizzling .400 with 22 hits, three doubles, one triple and one dinger.
Classmate Stephanie Pasquale is second on the team with a .310 average, clubbing a team-best 13 doubles, which also is the second-best total in single-season history. Against conference teams, the catcher hits .391 with four doubles and four homeruns for an impressive .739 slugging percentage. As a team, Temple hits .255 overall, .280 in league play.
In the circle, sophomore Brooklin White sports a 13-10 record with a 3.50 earned run average. The right-hander has started 21 games, completing 12 of them with two shutouts. Senior Capri Catalano evened her season record at 7-7 last Wednesday, and the right-hander leads the team with a 3.21 ERA. As a staff, TU holds its opponents to a .251 batting average and sports a 3.44 earned run average.
St. Bonaventure is led on the mound by Jen Sansano with an 11-10 overall record and a 3.35 ERA. Sansano has started 23 of the 25 games she has appeared in and recorded four shutouts in 144.1 innings of work. SBU opponents are hitting .295 against the staff, and the group has a combined 3.89 ERA.
Ashley Snider and Brooke Frey each hit over .300 for the Bonnies. Snider leads the team with a .339 average, collecting 40 hits, six doubles, one triple and six homeruns. Frey is batting .313 with a team-best seven doubles and three homeruns. The team is batting .235.
Both games this weekend can be viewed via live stream at www.OwlSports.com. Live stats will also be available.
The games will also be TU's Senior Day, where seven seniors will be honored before the game for their contributions to Temple softball. Capri Catalano, Rachel Knable, Meaghan Marley, Alysse Pujol, Melissa Robbins, Samantha Schoell and Christina Sykora will each be donning the home uniform for the final time at Ambler Field.
TU enters the games winners in nine of its last 13 games, and most recently split with league foe Saint Louis last weekend. The 25 wins this season are the most for a Temple squad since the team reached 30 victories in the 2004 season.
St. Bonaventure travels to Philadelphia to play at Saint Joseph's on Friday and Saturday, before taking on the Cherry and White on Sunday. The Bonnies carry a 17-23 overall record into this weekend's games, sporting a 6-10 A-10 mark.
Temple and St. Bonaventure have met 48 times in the history of the series that began in 1988. TU holds a 31-17 edge in the series and has won three of the last four. The teams did, however, split last season with the Bonnies taking a 4-3 first game and the Owls claiming the second, 6-3.
Sophomore Sarah Prezioso has led Temple at the plate for most of the season. The shortstop is batting .355 with a team-best 50 hits, three triples, four homeruns and 35 RBI. In league play, Prezioso is hitting a sizzling .400 with 22 hits, three doubles, one triple and one dinger.
Classmate Stephanie Pasquale is second on the team with a .310 average, clubbing a team-best 13 doubles, which also is the second-best total in single-season history. Against conference teams, the catcher hits .391 with four doubles and four homeruns for an impressive .739 slugging percentage. As a team, Temple hits .255 overall, .280 in league play.
In the circle, sophomore Brooklin White sports a 13-10 record with a 3.50 earned run average. The right-hander has started 21 games, completing 12 of them with two shutouts. Senior Capri Catalano evened her season record at 7-7 last Wednesday, and the right-hander leads the team with a 3.21 ERA. As a staff, TU holds its opponents to a .251 batting average and sports a 3.44 earned run average.
St. Bonaventure is led on the mound by Jen Sansano with an 11-10 overall record and a 3.35 ERA. Sansano has started 23 of the 25 games she has appeared in and recorded four shutouts in 144.1 innings of work. SBU opponents are hitting .295 against the staff, and the group has a combined 3.89 ERA.
Ashley Snider and Brooke Frey each hit over .300 for the Bonnies. Snider leads the team with a .339 average, collecting 40 hits, six doubles, one triple and six homeruns. Frey is batting .313 with a team-best seven doubles and three homeruns. The team is batting .235.
Both games this weekend can be viewed via live stream at www.OwlSports.com. Live stats will also be available.
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