LORETTO, Pa. – Saint Francis University softball hosts Pitt for the first time since 2019 on Tuesday, April 11 at 3 p.m.
 
Saint Francis Quick Hits
» Grace Vesco is tied for the program record with 52 career wins and leads the team with 11 this season. She carries a 2.68 ERA with 142 strikeouts and a .174 batting average against in 120 innings pitched.
» Jordan Pietrzykoski leads the team with a .336 batting average, seven doubles, three triples and is second with 21 runs scored. She has a .488 batting average, at least one hit in 11 of the 12 games and seven multi-hit games during conference play.
» Rachel Marsden is on a current six-game hitting streak, which is the longest of her career. She leads the team with 22 runs scored, six home runs and 21 RBIs. On the mound she leads the team with a 2.52 ERA and has 98 strikeouts in 89 innings pitched.

Last Time Out
Saint Francis took a sweep of Fairleigh Dickinson with a 6-0 win in game one, 1-0 win in game two and 9-8 win in game three. The Red Flash have now swept all-four of its conference doubleheader days this season. During the game one victory, Vesco recorded 13 strikeouts which was one shy of tying her career-high of 14 set this season against George Mason. It tied her most strikeouts in a seven-inning game. In the game two win, Sawyers hit a solo home run to account for the only run of the game. With the win in game two, Marsden earned the 43rd of her career which puts her tied for fifth in program history. In game three, Saint Francis fell behind 7-3 before they tied the game 7-7 in the fifth inning. Fairleigh Dickinson regained the lead in the seventh inning 8-7 before Pietrzykoski walked with the bases loaded to tie the game and Olivia Ulam walked the game off with a single.
 
Scouting Pitt
The Panthers enter Tuesday's game with a 17-17 overall record and 2-9 mark in ACC play. Yvonne Whaley leads the team with a .438 batting average, 23 runs scored, 15 doubles and 24 RBIs. Sarah Seamans leads the team with seven home runs and adds a .410 batting average, 22 runs scored and 21 RBIs. The pitching staff is led by Dani Drogemuller's 3.91 ERA and 84 strikeouts in 86 innings pitched. Abby Edwards adds a 3.99 ERA, seven wins, 70 strikeouts and .253 batting average against in 72 innings pitched.
 
All-Time vs. Pitt
Pitt owns a 25-11 all-time record over Saint Francis since the first meeting in 1998. The Panthers have won eight of the last nine meetings since 2012, with the only Red Flash win in that span an 11-3 run-rule victory in 2019. Pitt took a 3-1 victory last season after Saint Francis scored the first run in the third inning and the Panthers tied the game in the bottom half and scored twice in the sixth for the victory.  

Next
Saint Francis returns to conference play on Saturday, April 15 at Sacred Heart to start a three-game series.