Softball Takes On Manhattan This Weekend

PURPLE EAGLES SOFTBALL
GAMES 13-16	Niagara Purple Eagles (4-8, 4-8 MAAC) vs. Manhattan Jaspers (11-7, 11-7 MAAC)
DATE \| TIME	Saturday, April 17 & Sunday, April 18 \| 11:00 AM (DH)
LOCATION	Saturday – Niagara Falls High School \| Sunday - Niagara Softball Field
BROADCAST	Niagara Sports Network
LIVE STATS	Sidearm
TWITTER	@NiagaraSB
INSTAGRAM	@NiagaraSB

The Purple Eagles host Manhattan for a four-game series April 17-18.

SCENE SETTER

Niagara split a four-game series with the Quinnipiac Bobcats April 9-10. The Purple Eagles won game two, 5-3, and won game three, 7-5, on a walk-off homerun from Maggie Kellner. The Bobcats won game one, 8-4, and game four, 6-5.

GAME TIDBITS

Maggie Vesneske and Heather Haberman lead NU with 16 hits each. Vesneske is batting a team-best .432.
Vesneske and Shayna Myshrall have each batted in a team-best nine runs.
Vesneske is a team-beat 6-for-6 in stolen bases and has scored a team-high 12 runs.
Haberman and Kelsey Harrigan lead Niagara in doubles with four each.
Riley Crum (3-2) leads the Purple Eagles in the circle. She has struck out 24 batters in 38.1 innings pitched and has tossed three complete games. She has an ERA of 5.17.

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