Freshman Jazlynn Sanders leads Mercyhurst with a .333 batting average, a .739 slugging percentage, 13 runs scored and 19 RBIs. She also leads her team with 144 putouts this season. The Lakers' pitching staff is led by Bailey Cannon with a 6.41 ERA in 63.1 innings pitched.

LAST TIME WE MET THE LAKERS
Saint Francis is 1-2 against Mercyhurst, but the teams have not met since 1990. Saint Francis lost two games in 1988, 6-5 and 7-2, winning 5-0 in 1990. This is the first time the teams will play each other in conference play since Mercyhurst announced they were joining the Northeast Conference last spring.

LAST TIME OUT
The Red Flash went 1-2 in a home series against FDU. Saint Francis won the first game 10-2 in six innings. Sofia Zielinski walked off the win with a grand slam, her second walk-off grand slam this season. FDU picked up wins in both games of the doubleheader at 12-2 and 12-4 final scores.

Hannah Bendle led the team at the plate, going 5-for-9 with one double, three runs scored and three RBIs. She also recorded six putouts and eight assists at shortstop during the series, earning her first career NEC Prime Performer.

UP NEXT
Saint Francis will play Pitt on Tuesday, April 22, in Pittsburgh, Pa.