Softball Battles River Hawks in America East Action

LOWELL, Mass. – Hartford softball travel to UMass Lowell for its penultimate regular-season America East matchup, with a single game against the River Hawks on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. FIRST PITCH

• The Hawks enters the midweek clash coming of a vital series win over Binghamton, taking two of three.

• Sophomore Nicolette Barranger hit her seventh triple last week to break the program's single season record

• Barranger leads the America East in the category and is tied for third in Division I

• Sophomore Danielle Rocheleau leads Hartford's offense, batting .437 with five home runs and 33 RBI

• Rocheleau is second in the conference in batting average and is tied for 12th in Division I (as of April 18)

• This past weekend Rocheleau broke the program's record for hits in a single season with 59 and counting

• Rocheleau is two hits away from 100 for her career and one RBI away from tying the single season program record of 34

• Hartford continues to be one of the top defensive teams in the conference this season, registering a .964 fielding percentage, which ranks second in the America East

• The Hawks have compiled the most wins (18) since the 2013 season in which Hartford won 21 games.