WARRENSBURG, Mo. (April 20, 2017) - Central Missouri will close out the regular season at the end of the weekend and will also be honoring the five senior members of the team with a special ceremony during their game against Lincoln.

Opponents: Lincoln (5-43, 2-20 MIAA)
                    Lindenwood (20-23, 8-14 MIAA)

When: Sunday, April 23, 2 p.m. vs. Lincoln (Senior Day)
            Monday, April 24, 2 p.m. vs. Lindenwood
            (Please note, these games were originally scheduled for Friday, Saturday, April 21-22)

Where: Warrensburg, Mo. - Jennies Field

How to Watch
Live stats will be available for all games. There will also be video provided for the doubleheader against Lindenwood through the UCM Stretch Internet Portal. All links for live stats and video can be found at ucmathletics.com

Leading Off
• The Jennies started their season-long 10 game homestand last weekend going 4-2 in their first six games. 
• This is the final week of the regular season with the MIAA Tournament set to begin next Thursday in Oklahoma City, Okla. 
• The Jennies will host Lincoln and Lindenwood this weekend and will honor their five senior players between games of the Lindenwood doubleheader.
• UCM is 13-9 in the MIAA standings, tied with two other teams for fifth place. The top eight teams make up the MIAA Tournament Field. 
• Central Missouri was picked to finish fifth in the 2017 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll. The Jennies tallied 105 points in the poll.
• 2017 will mark the 46th season of Jennies softball. It will also be the 11th season under the direction of Head Coach Susan Anderson.

Quick Hits
Anderson vs. the Blue Tigers/Lions
• Anderson doesn't have the long history with Lincoln and Lindenwood that she does with some other MIAA competition. In 13 games against the Blue Tigers she holds an 11-2 record, but is just 4-6 all-time against Lindenwood. 

Jennies at Home
• Central Missouri has played very well at home this season. They are right in the middle of a 10-game homestand which they have started out 4-2. For the season, UCM is 9-3 at Jennies Field in Warrensburg. 

Milestones
• Senior Lauren Mabe set the new all-time hit record at UCM with her double against Central Oklahoma, and now she continues to add to the record as she has 232. She'll need some help if she wants to crack the MIAA all-time top-10 which is 22 hits away. 
• Mabe also tied her coach as the Jens all-time walks leader. Both Mabe and Susan Anderson have 64 career walks. Mabe is also currently third all-time in doubles with 48, just one behind second place and six behind Jakki Prater's all-time record of 54. 
• Mabe isn't the only Jennie moving up the record books. Makayla Schoonover has moved into fourth-place all-time in stolen bases with 68 and is eight away from third place She is 26-27 this season, second in the MIAA. 
• Alex Leonhart is looking to crack the UCM top-10 in RBI. She has 89 career and needs just six more for 10th all-time. 
• In the circle, Jennies pitching has been locking down saves this season. They have nine as a team, a new single-season team record. Alexa Bradley has five which is tied for the most in team history while Katie Giacone has four.

Who's Hot?
• The outfield. Courtni Smith, Makayla Schoonover and Aubrey Daniel have been all over the bases on this homestand. Daniel, filling-in in right field hit her first two career home runs Saturday against Emporia State. Smith smacked two home runs in game two against the Lady Hornets and hit .529 last week with seven RBI and six runs. Schoonover continued to do her thing at the top of the lineup collecting six hits, six runs and six stolen bases. 
• Ever since Mabe record hit number 223, she has been on fire. Mabe hit .389 last weeks with seven hits in 18 at bats including three doubles and drove in six runs. 
• The Jens got six complete games from Bradley and Giacone in their three doubleheaders as the duo combined for a 1.75 ERA, giving up 10 earned runs in 40 innings pitched. Bradley allowed just three earned runs and had a 1.11 ERA while Giacone struck out 17 in 21 innings. 

Saving the Best for Last
• Like Jennies Basketball during the winter, Jennies Softball has been getting it done late in games. They needed to Monday, coming away with a walk-off win against William Jewell, scoring a run in the seventh. 

In the MIAA
• Pitcher's Katie Giacone and Alexa Bradley sit just outside the MIAA top-10 in ERA. Bradley is 11th with a 2.86 ERA and Giacone is 14th at 2.94. 
• Giacone is eighth in the league in opponent batting average, limiting the opposition to just a .238 average. 
• Giacone is also ninth in strikeouts with 92 and her 28 backwards K's, are seventh while Bradley has 26 punchouts looking, ninth in the league. 
• With 151.2 innings, Bradley is up to seventh in the MIAA.
• Bradley is the MIAA leader with five saves while Giacone is tied for second with four. 
• After her four-hit game against MWSU, Makayla Schoonover is back in the MIAA top-10 in batting average, eighth at .384.
• Schoonover is also second in stolen bases with 26, three behind the league leader.
• Lauryn Deer is tied for fourth in triples with four. Only three in the MIAA have more. Mabe's 12 doubles have her tied for eighth. 
• Courtni Smith has been moving runners along, her nine sacrifice bunts are seventh.

Two-Out Production
• Central Missouri seemed to have a more focused approach with two outs in an inning. The Jennies collected 14 of their 27 RBI last weekend with two outs. Courtni Smith led the way with four while Lauren Mabe had three and Hailey Crabtree, Aubrey Daniel and Allie Dishinger all had two.
• That went for the pitcher's as well. Though they were stellar all game long, holding opponents to a .211 batting average, with two outs, Bradley and Giacone lowered that number even further to .170, while Bradley posted .048 opponent batting average with two outs (1-21). Only four of 14 opponent RBI came with two outs. 

Scouting the Opposition
Lincoln Blue Tigers
SERIES HISTORY:  The Jennies and Blue Tigers first met in 1983. Since then, it has been all Jennies in the series, to the tune of a 58-3 mark. UCM is also undefeated against Lincoln in Warrensburg at 23-0. Two of Lincoln's three wins have come in the last 10 meetings.
SCOUTING REPORT: Lincoln is currently in a 14 game losing streak. They are just 5-43 overall and 2-20 in the MIAA. The Blue Tigers did played two tough games against Missouri Western Monday, losing a pair of one-run games, 1-0 and 3-2.
Lincoln's best on-base threat is Sarah Westoff, who's batting .321 with 17 hits in 53 at bats with a .333 on base percentage. The Blue Tigers have only scored 106 runs on the season in 48 games played. Jordan Lawson and Tori Nienhueser lead the team with three home runs each and Nienhueser has 18 RBI. Of Lawson's team-best 32 hits, 15 have gone for extra bases and she holds a .401 slugging percentage. The Blue Tigers have the league's worst defense, sporting a .933 fielding percentage. 
In the circle, Westhoff has also started 20 games and appeared in 28. She is 2-17 with a 6.86 ERA and team-best 34 strikeouts. As a team, the Blue Tigers have a 7.56 earned run average and a .398 batting average against. Madison Ragar has also started 20 games and has a 3-17 record and 6.52 ERA with 31 strikeouts. 

Lindenwood Lions
SERIES HISTORY:  Lindenwood has given the Jennies a tough time, especially lately. After the Jens won the first five ever meetings, Lindenwood is 7-4 against UCM, including a sweep in St. Charles to end last season. 
SCOUTING REPORT: Lindenwood has played well at home with a 14-8 record and split MIAA DH vs. Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern who are 2nd and 4th in the MIAA standings, but are 3-10 on the road. With an 8-14 MIAA record, the Lions are 11th in the standings.
The Lions are batting .298 as a team and have six in their starting lineup with a batting average higher than .300. Hannah Johnson and Stormee Galka lead LWU with a .333 average. Austine Pauley has a team-best 41 hits including four doubles, five triples and six home runs. Galka is the Lions biggest threat on the bases with nine stolen bases in 10 at bats. Kimberly Fozzard has five home runs and 22 RBI which are both second on the team. 
Galka also has been the Lions best pitcher in 2017. She has a 13-10 record and 3.35 ERA. Her 152.1 innings pitched are sixth in the MIAA and her 84 strikeouts rank 10th in the league. She's displayed tremendous control with only 23 walks in those 152.1 innings. Fozzard is the other Lion starter. She has a 7-12 record with a 5.25 ERA. She's punched out 50 batters in 110.2 innings.