Central Michigan University Athletics
Friday, March 29
Buffalo, N.Y.
1 p.m.
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Softball Resumes MAC Play At Buffalo
3/28/2019 4:14:00 PM | Softball
Schedule flipped: Chippewas will play 2 on Friday
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Back to the MAC, and back on the road.
The Central Michigan softball team heads to Buffalo this weekend for a three-game Mid-American Conference series with the Bulls.
The series was scheduled to begin on Friday with a single game and to conclude with a doubleheader on Saturday, the routine for MAC series in the 2019 season.
But the forecast has forced Buffalo to flip the script: The teams are scheduled to play a twinbill on Friday (1 p.m.) and then conclude the series with a game on Saturday (noon).
The Chippewas dropped their home opener, 8-0, to 25th-ranked Michigan on Tuesday. CMU is 11-16 overall and 2-1 MAC after taking two of three at Miami (Ohio) a week ago.
"Last weekend against Miami, we really played with fire and passion and that's what I want to see every time on the field," CMU coach Margo Jonker said after the loss to Michigan.
SCOUTING
The Bulls are 4-21, 1-1 MAC. They split two games with Northern Illinois last weekend.
Buffalo's pitching staff ranks 10th in the 11-team MAC with a 5.96 earned run average. The Bulls are last in the league in hitting with a .233 team batting average.
Buffalo's Anna Aguon, a sophomore, ranks fourth in the MAC in hitting at .392
CMU
The Chippewas rank fifth in the MAC in ERA (4.40) and are 10th in hitting (.234).
Sophomore outfielder Shaidan Knapp leads CMU in hitting at .338, while senior first baseman Erika Underwood is second on the team with a .303 batting average.
Underwood has hit three of her four home runs in the last 10 games, and is hitting .280 with eight RBI over that stretch. She hit two three-run homers last weekend at Miami.
Freshman Shannon Stein is tied for fifth in the MAC, and leads the Chippewas, with six home runs; senior second baseman Rachel Vieira ranks 10th in the league with seven doubles; and freshman Kaitlyn Bean is sixth in the conference with a 2.64 ERA.
NEXT
CMU entertains rival Western Michigan in a MAC doubleheader on Tuesday, April 2 (1 p.m.) at Margo Jonker Stadium. The Broncos (7-13) are slated to play three games this weekend at Akron in their first league series of the season.
The Central Michigan softball team heads to Buffalo this weekend for a three-game Mid-American Conference series with the Bulls.
The series was scheduled to begin on Friday with a single game and to conclude with a doubleheader on Saturday, the routine for MAC series in the 2019 season.
But the forecast has forced Buffalo to flip the script: The teams are scheduled to play a twinbill on Friday (1 p.m.) and then conclude the series with a game on Saturday (noon).
The Chippewas dropped their home opener, 8-0, to 25th-ranked Michigan on Tuesday. CMU is 11-16 overall and 2-1 MAC after taking two of three at Miami (Ohio) a week ago.
"Last weekend against Miami, we really played with fire and passion and that's what I want to see every time on the field," CMU coach Margo Jonker said after the loss to Michigan.
SCOUTING
The Bulls are 4-21, 1-1 MAC. They split two games with Northern Illinois last weekend.
Buffalo's pitching staff ranks 10th in the 11-team MAC with a 5.96 earned run average. The Bulls are last in the league in hitting with a .233 team batting average.
Buffalo's Anna Aguon, a sophomore, ranks fourth in the MAC in hitting at .392
CMU
The Chippewas rank fifth in the MAC in ERA (4.40) and are 10th in hitting (.234).
Sophomore outfielder Shaidan Knapp leads CMU in hitting at .338, while senior first baseman Erika Underwood is second on the team with a .303 batting average.
Underwood has hit three of her four home runs in the last 10 games, and is hitting .280 with eight RBI over that stretch. She hit two three-run homers last weekend at Miami.
Freshman Shannon Stein is tied for fifth in the MAC, and leads the Chippewas, with six home runs; senior second baseman Rachel Vieira ranks 10th in the league with seven doubles; and freshman Kaitlyn Bean is sixth in the conference with a 2.64 ERA.
NEXT
CMU entertains rival Western Michigan in a MAC doubleheader on Tuesday, April 2 (1 p.m.) at Margo Jonker Stadium. The Broncos (7-13) are slated to play three games this weekend at Akron in their first league series of the season.
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