The Malone University softball team will travel to Columbus to play Ohio Dominican University in a Great Midwest Conference doubleheader on Monday, April 22. The next day, the Pioneers continue their conference road trip at Ohio Valley University for two games.
 
Follow Along:
Malone vs Ohio Dominican (DH)
Monday, April 22 starting at 2 pm
Live Stats Game One: http://ohiodominicanpanthers.com/sports/sball/2018-19/boxscores/20190422_w1xn.xml
Live Stats Game Two: http://ohiodominicanpanthers.com/sports/sball/2018-19/boxscores/20190422_vyth.xml
 
Malone vs Ohio Valley (DH)
Tuesday, April 23 starting at 11 am
Live Stats: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/malone/
 
Series History:
Malone is 11-40 against the Panthers of Ohio Dominican. Last season, Ohio Dominican took both G-MAC contests by scores of 4-2 and 4-0.
 
Malone holds a 15-3 record against the Ohio Valley Fighting Scots. The Pioneers swept the Scots in four games in 2018 and have won seven in a row versus Ohio Valley.
 
Malone Team Notes: Schedule | Roster | Statistics
Record: 17-13 (9-9)
 
The Pioneers sit on the fringe of playoff birth in the G-MAC. The team is currently eighth in the standings and would be the last team to make the field if the postseason started today. Malone had three series postponed last week due to weather, so they have not taken the field since April 13 against Davis & Elkins College.
 
Malone is second in the conference in hitting with a .323 team average, slapping over nine hits per game. In the circle, the team has allowed only 50 walks, the second fewest in the G-MAC.
 
Bailey Byers broke the single season and career homerun records at Malone in the team's last contests against the Senators. She is third in the conference in batting average at .452 and second in slugging percentage at .904. Her 11 homeruns this season is second in the G-MAC. She has the team-lead in RBIs with 33.
 
Madison Corrick is tied for the lead in the conference with 14 doubles this season. She is hitting .402 with two homeruns, 29 RBIs and 24 runs.
 
Senior outfielder Nicole Ferrara has upped her average to .357 this season with four doubles, three triples and nine RBIs.
 
Freshman pitcher Kelsey Byers is 15-6 this season. Her 15 wins and 19 complete games are the most in the conference in 2019. She has a 2.52 ERA (sixth in the G-MAC) in 136 innings pitched.
 
Ohio Dominican Team Notes: Schedule | Roster | Statistics
Record: 28-8 (17-3)
 
The Panthers are the only team so far to clinch a birth in the G-MAC Tournament. They sit two games ahead of Trevecca Nazarene University in the standings. Last week, they left Walsh University scoreless in two games, winning games 6-0 and 8-0. They also split a non-conference series against Ashland University.
 
Ohio Dominican has a team batting average of .299 this season and a team ERA of 3.90. In the G-MAC, their earned run average drops to a stellar 2.49. The Panthers do a good job at hitting gaps, leading the conference in doubles (77 as a team) and triples (12 as a team).
 
Junior infielder Landry Slider is hitting .375 this season with four homeruns and 35 RBIs.
 
Taylor Farmer is leading the team with nine homeruns this season, followed by Cameron Barber with six.
 
Senior Kelly Mix has a batting average of .373 this season and leading the team in slugging at .619.
 
The ODU pitching staff is led by Cameron Barber and Sydney Long. Barber has a record of 13-8 and seven complete games this season. Long has over 127 innings pitched with a 12-5 record and a team-low 2.58 ERA.
 
Ohio Valley Team Notes: Schedule | Roster | Statistics
Record: 1-17 (1-17)
 
The Fighting Scots come into Tuesday's games losers of nine in a row. They also got rained out last week and have not played since April 13.
 
Gabrielle Bennett is leading the team with a .415 batting average with a homerun, three RBIs and nine runs.
 
Tyra West is leading the team with eight runs driven in.
 
Alexandra Lidstone is hitting .388 with five RBIs and seven runs scored.