The UConn Softball team is set to make their first road trip of their Big East slate to travel to Indiana for a three-game series against Butler this weekend. The series will open on Friday, March 22 at 3:00 p.m. Game two will is set for Saturday, March 23 at 1:00 p.m.. The series will wrap up on Sunday, March 24 at 12:00 p.m. All games will be played in Indianapolis at the Butler Softball Field.
Staring off with the Butler Bulldogs, they are coming into the series with a 13-15 overall record and a 2-4 record in Big East action as they were swept by St. John’s last weekend. However, they do have a series win over Providence in the Big East conference. UConn leads the all-time series with Butler 11-1 overall.
As for the Huskies, they are entering the weekend on an eleven-game winning streak. They have outscored their opponents 66-23 during this winning stretch. UConn’s pitching staff has been one of their biggest strengths as they’ve held opponents to three runs or less in nine of their past eleven games. The Huskies’offense has also been dominating, scoring more runs in this eleven-game span than their first fifteen games combined with 56 runs.
Four pitchers current hold an era below 4.00; graduate student Meghan O’Neil, senior Payton Kinney, senior Hallie Siems and sophomore Hope Jenkins. These Husky pitchers have combined for 168 out of the team’s 176 strikeouts this season. O’Neil, Siems and G. Jenkins all post 0.00 ERA’s in the series against DePaul last weekend and only gave up four hits combined across 15 innings pitched. This season, Siems ranks third in the Big East with 72 strikeouts and the Huskies lead the conference with 176 total strikeouts.
From the offense, the Huskies have four players currently hitting over .300: sophomore Grace Jenkins, junior Lexi Hastings, junior Rosie Garcia and H. Jenkins. These four Huskies have combined for 69 of the teams 108 RBI’s this season, also with 15 home runs between them. As of right now, G. Jenkins leads the Big East with eleven doubles and as a team, UConn leads the conference with 39 doubles so far this season.
The three-game series will open on Friday, March 22 at 3:00 p.m. in Indianapolis at the Butler Softball Field. All the games during the weekend will be streamed on FloSoftball.