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ESPN3The Purple Eagles head to New Jersey to take on Rider Saturday and Monmouth Sunday.
Purple Eagles 101 (4-36, 4-12 MAAC)- Niagara has won the last 12 meetings against this weekend's opponents, with a 10-game win streak over Rider and won both meetings over Monmouth last season.
- Niagara starting pitchers look to build on good performances against Colgate, where both Taylor Grieger and Sydney Smyers allowed two runs each and combined for four strikeouts in 14 innings.
- Sarah March continues to swing the bat well, reaching base safely in six of her last seven games, while going 9-for-18 (.500) with six RBIs.
- Niagara swept Saint Peter's on Sunday, April 26 by a score of 4-3 in extra innings in game one and 7-6 in game two.
- Niagara picked up its second win of the season on April 19th with a 2-1 game one win over Siena.
- The Purple Eagles picked up their first win of the season topping Fairfield, 7-1, in game two of the doubleheader on March 27. Â
- Senior Desarea Maldonado leads the team with a .306 average, two home runs and 14 runs batted in.
- Senior Katie Gruarin has two round trippers of her own, and leads the team with 14 runs scored.
- Junior Sydney Smyers leads the team with 21 starts and 134.2 innings pitched, while Taylor Grieger leads the team with three wins.
- Sydney Smyers was named MAAC Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 10 for her performance at the Cleveland State Dome Tournament from Feb. 6-7.
- Freshman Sarah Trifoso was named MAAC Rookie of the Week on Feb. 10 with a .300 batting average and .364 on base percentage in the first weekend of play at the CSU Dome Tournament.
On the Field: Rider Broncs (10-32, 4-12 MAAC)
- The Broncs are currently on a five-game losing streak heading into the weekend and are coming off a 14-2 loss to Drexel.
- Offensively Rider hits .246 as a team, with 151 runs on 278 hits, led by Dana Sensi, who has .385 average 12hrs and 37RBIs.
- In the circle the Broncs have a 5.16 ERA allowing 252 runs on 414 hits, they are led by Delany DeMello who sports a 3.81 ERA over 86.1 innings.
On the Field: Monmouth University Hawks (12-23, 8-8 MAAC)
- Monmouth comes into the weekend on a three-game losing streak, and will play Canisius on Saturday.
- The Hawks hit .269 as a team, leading the way is Kayleena Flores who is hitting .326.
- In the circle Monmouth has a team ERA of 5.18 allowing 200 runs on 280 hits.
