Flash Points:

• SFU Softball heads to New York for two NEC doubleheaders this weekend.
• The Red Flash meets Wagner on Saturday for a 1 p.m. doubleheader.
• SFU plays LIU Brooklyn on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., with the twinbill broadcast on NEC Front Row.
• Saint Francis looks to extend the longest conference win streak in Division I.
• The Red Flash is one of nine teams in Division I that has five players with five or more homers.

Game Notes | Wagner Live Stats | LIU Brooklyn Live Stats, Video
 
LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis Softball team visits New York City this weekend for two key NEC doubleheaders.  The Red Flash takes on Wagner on Saturday for a 1 p.m. doubleheader and LIU Brooklyn on Sunday for a twinbill beginning at 2:30 p.m.  Sunday's doubleheader will be streamed on NEC Front Row.
 
The Red Flash, led by Head Coach Jennifer Patrick-Swift, is 20-17 overall and 2-0 in the NEC this season.  Saint Francis split its doubleheader at Maryland on Wednesday, with a 3-0 win in game one and a 7-4 setback in game two. 
 
Wagner, coached by Lindsey Ubrun, is 12-19 overall and 2-5 in conference play.  The Seahawks have won four straight games, including a doubleheader sweep over Rider on Wednesday.  LIU Brooklyn, led by Roy Kortmann, has a 13-21 record, including a 2-3 mark against NEC opponents.
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Red Flash is 27-25 in the all-time series against Wagner. Saint Francis has won eight straight games against the Seahawks, including wins in all four matchups last season. 
 
Saint Francis trails 43-14 in the all-time series vs. LIU Brooklyn, but swept last season's series in Loretto.
 
PATRICK-SWIFT CLINCHES 300TH CAREER WIN
With SFU's game one win over Maryland, Head Coach Jennifer Patrick-Swift now has 300 wins in her career, including 207 as the leader of the Red Flash. 
Since taking over the SFU program in 2012, Patrick-Swift is 207-150, winning 58 percent of the games she has coached at SFU.  Patrick-Swift is already the all-time wins leader at SFU and the first coach in program history to reach the 200-win mark.

In Patrick-Swift's tenure, Saint Francis has increased its wins total each of the last six seasons, including last year's program and NEC-record 49 wins.  Last year, Patrick-Swift led the Red Flash to its first ever NEC Title, first ever NCAA Tournament appearance and first NCAA Tournament win.
 
LARGEST CONFERENCE WIN STREAK
With Florida State's 1-0 setback at Pitt last Friday, snapping the Seminoles' 36-game ACC win streak, the Red Flash now has the longest conference win streak in Division I. 
 
Saint Francis has won 21 straight NEC games dating back to the 2016 season.  SFU's last NEC loss came on May 13, 2016 in the NEC Tournament vs. Robert Morris.  SFU's last NEC regular season loss came on May 5, 2016 against Central Connecticut State.  The Red Flash's win streak includes its perfect 16-0 record in the NEC regular season last year and its 3-0 performance in the NEC Tournament on its way to the program's first NEC title.
 
POWER SURGE
With two homers against Maryland, Saint Francis now has 41 homers this season, already the third-most in a season at SFU.  SFU ranks 16th in the nation in home runs per game, with 1.11, and 19th in total homers.

Five SFU players have at least five homers this season, led by Madison Cabell (Ivor, Va./Southampton)'s 11.  Cabell paces the NEC in homers and RBI (30).  Mikayla Bower (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) has six bombs, while Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois), Hayley Norton (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) and Kassidy Troxell (Navarre, Ohio/Perry) each have five homers.

Only eight other teams in Division I have five players with at least five homers. Four of those teams have played against SFU this season: Arkansas, Auburn, Coastal Carolina and Oklahoma State.
 
RECORDS WATCH
Several Red Flash already own career records or are approaching career records.  Jordan Seneca (Plum, Pa./Plum) already has the SFU career marks for home runs (45), runs (162) and walks (133) and is now approaching the stolen base record.  Seneca's 48 career stolen bases are just five behind Kelly Slingwine (2006-09).  Seneca also ranks second at SFU with 149 career RBI.
 
Madison Cabell (Ivor, Va./Southampton) is the RBI leader in program history with 161. Cabell ranks second at SFU with 43 doubles, nine away from the record, and 33 homers.  She's also fourth at SFU in hits (177) and walks (85). 
 
Cheyenne McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) is second at SFU with 125 runs, while Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) is tied for fourth in runs (116) and fifth in walks (75) and stolen bases (35).  Hayley Norton (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) is third all-time in homers (31) and fourth in RBI (118).
 
STRONG IN THE CIRCLE
The Red Flash is off to a solid start in the circle this year, with a 2.93 team ERA and a .229 batting average against.  SFU's ERA ranks second in the NEC, despite 17 games against RPI Top 100 teams, 17 games against Power Five teams, seven games against ranked opponents and eight games against 2017 NCAA Tournament teams.  SFU posted back-to-back shutouts in its NEC opening series vs. Mount St. Mary's. 

Abby Trahan (Kaplan, La./Kaplan) is 15-11 with a 2.94 ERA in 30 appearances, with 18 complete games and four shutouts.  She leads the NEC with 15 wins and ranks second with 123 strikeouts.  Trahan has nine outings in which she has gone at least seven innings and allowed one or less earned run.  Trahan recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts on March 2 against Omaha and took a No-Hitter into the seventh in the second game against the Mavericks.

Adrian Smith (Clairsville, Ohio/St. Clairsville) owns a 2.90 ERA and a 5-6 record, including seven complete games and three shutouts.  She has seven outings in which she has gone at least five innings and allowed one or less earned run.
 
CHALLENGING NON-CON SLATE
The Red Flash began the season with an extremely challenging non-conference slate, which includes 17 games against Power Five programs and 12 against teams who played in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.  SFU has already played two games each against current No. 11 Auburn, No. 20 Arkansas and No. 24 Oklahoma State and another game against No. 2 Oklahoma.

The Red Flash owns five wins over current RPI Top 100 opponents, including victories over Drake, Georgia State, Iowa State, Marshall and Coastal Carolina.  SFU has played 17 games against the RPI Top 100 and five more against RPI Top 150 teams, with a 5-0 record against teams ranked 100-150.  The rest of the NEC has two combined wins against the Top 100.  SFU is currently ranked 110th in the RPI, 72 spots ahead of any other NEC team.
 
SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS
Wagner is 13-20 overall and 2-5 in the NEC in Lindsey Ubrun's first year leading the program.  The Seahawks won all four of their midweek games this week, sweeping Saint Peter's and Rider.  They went 2-2 in NEC matchups last weekend, splitting series with Bryant and Central Connecticut State.
 
The Seahawks rank seventh in the NEC in runs per game, averaging 3.4, and seventh in the conference in batting average, with a .241 mark.  Karen Prihoda leads the team with a .350 average to go with 36 hits, including 12 doubles, a triple and four homers. She has 23 RBI, 28 runs and 10 steals.  Stefanie Aplin is hitting .338 with 11 RBI, while Kaila Smith has five homers and 17 RBI along with a .266 average.
 
Wagner has a team ERA of 4.39, ranking fourth in the NEC, and allows an opposing average of .305.  Morgan Brown is 5-9 with a 3.97 ERA in 15 appearances with 63 strikeouts in 90 innings.  Arielle Koerber has a 7-7 record with a 4.06 ERA in 16 appearances, 14 starts, with 30 strikeouts in 81 innings.
 
SCOUTING THE BLACKBIRDS
LIU Brooklyn is 13-21 this season, with a 2-3 mark in NEC play.  The Blackbirds went 1-3 in conference games last week, splitting a doubleheader at Bryant, winning 9-8, but falling 5-1.  Against CCSU, LIU dropped 9-0 and 14-5 decisions.  On Wednesday, LIU fell 9-5 at St. John's.
 
The Blackbirds leads the NEC with 4.2 runs per game and a .277 batting average.  Victoria Zamora is batting .371 on the season with 36 hits, including seven doubles and a homer, 18 RBI and 21 runs.  Nereyda Gutierrez is batting .277 with four homers and 19 RBI, while Ryleigh Bermea has four homers and 23 RBI to go with a .314 average.
 
LIU Brooklyn has a team ERA of 5.72, ranking eighth in the NEC, and allows an opposing average of .334.  Erynn Sobieski is 6-9 this season with a 5.29 ERA in 22 appearances and 84.2 innings.  Victoria Lowe is 3-4 with a 5.78 ERA, while Hayley Irvis is 4-6 with a 6.10 ERA.