CHARLOTTESVILLE & LYNCHBURG, Va. (Feb. 27, 2019) - Rutgers softball makes a pit stop at the University of Virginia on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. before continuing on to the Liberty Softball Classic from Friday through Sunday, March 1-3 for games against Robert Morris, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, Cleveland State and the host Flames.

Rutgers recently added a sixth game at the Liberty Softball Classic, an additional contest against Robert Morris to be played on Sunday, March 3 at noon.

The Scarlet Knights seek to avenge a pair of close losses to Liberty from earlier this season at the Texas A&M Invitational by scores of 2-1 and 5-3. Rutgers leads the all-time series against Virginia, Quinnipiac and Cleveland State, while slightly trailing Robert Morris. RU faces Sacred Heart for the first time in program history.
 

THE SLATE | All Times Eastern
Thurs. 2/28	at Virginia	5 p.m.
Fri. 3/1	vs. Robert Morris	3 p.m.
Fri. 3/1	at Liberty	5 p.m.
Sat. 3/2	vs. Quinnipiac	9 a.m.
Sat. 3/2	vs. Sacred Heart	11 a.m.
Sun. 3/3	vs. Cleveland State	10 a.m.
Sun. 3/3	vs. Robert Morris	12 p.m.

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HEAD-TO-HEAD


KNIGHT NOTES
• RU currently ranks tied for second in the Big Ten with 16 home runs.

• Rutgers softball led the nation in home runs at the end of opening weekend with 13.
• Eight different Scarlet Knights have a hit a home run this season. 
• Rutgers didn't reach 16 team home runs until its 27th game on March 17 last season. 
• The five home runs against Army is a school record for a single game and tied for third all-time in Big Ten history for a single game.

• Senior shortstop Jess Hughes picked up her 200th career hit in her 572nd at-bat on Sunday against Monmouth and is now one of 24 active players with 200 career hits.She is ranked fifth among the NCAA Division I softball active leaders in career walks drawn with 123. She also ranks seventh with 169 career runs scored. The New Jersey native has a career on-base percentage of .471.

• Junior outfielder Anyssa Iliopoulos ranks 20th in the nation with her six doubles and 30th with 18 RBIs. Of her 13 hits this season, all but three of them have gone for extra bases while ranking seventh in the Big Ten with 31 total bases.

• Rutgers received standout debuts from three freshmen during the first three weeks. Pitcher Corah Price has two complete-game victories with a 3.35 ERA and 28 strikeouts, catcher Katie Wingert has three home runs and eight RBIs with team's third highest OPS at .816, and second baseman Aleah Marra has a homer, six RBIs and seven runs scored through the first 15 games.

• Senior Nicolette Anico recorded her 100th career hit on Sunday against Monmouth.

• First-year head coach Kristen Butler won her first game at the helm of the Scarlet Knights on Saturday, Feb. 9 against Jacksonville State. A former SEC Player of the Year and record-setting professional softball player in the United States and Japan, Butler has spent the last four seasons turning around the program as head coach at Toledo while earning the 2018 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year honor.

TRENDING
• Seven of Rutgers' 15 games have been decided by one run (RU is 3-4)
• Rutgers is 3-1 when scoring 6+ runs.
• Rutgers is 5-4 when scoring first.
• Rutgers is 3-1 when hitting 2+ home runs.
• Rutgers is 5-1 when leading after 5.
• Rutgers is 15-for-19 (79%) in stolen base attempts.
• Jess Hughes has a five-game hitting streak and six-game reached base safely streak.
• Rutgers' five doubles against No. 22/17 Texas A&M were the most in game since hitting five against Lehigh on March 4, 2017.
• Jess Hughes' four runs scored against Army was Rutgers' most in a game since April 2017.

UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights head to Tennessee for the Buccaneer Classic at East Tennessee State from March 8-10 against Tennessee Tech, Evansville, Siena and the host Buccaneers.