SIUE (14-27, 6-12 OVC) vs. Southern Indiana (16-17, 10-8 OVC)
Edwardsville, Ill. (Cougar Field)

Saturday, April 20, 1 p.m. (DH) start
Sunday, April 21, 1 p.m.
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: SIUEstats.com

THREE WEEKS LEFT
Six of the last nine OVC games for the Cougars will be played at Cougar Field. SIUE welcomes Southern Indiana for a three-game series this weekend. After a road series next weekend at Tennessee Tech, SIUE has its final series at home against Morehead State.
LAST TIME OUT
SIUE fell 4-1 to Missouri in Columbia. Kaylynn Salyars recorded a pair of doubles and drove in the Cougars' lone run in the second inning.
SERIES RECORD
SIUE is 54-23-1 all-time against Southern Indiana. The Cougars swept a three-game series at Evansville, Indiana, last season. SIUE's longest win streak in the series is 15 games from 1984 to 1992. Southern Indiana's longest win streak of the series is three games.
LONGEST HITTING STREAK
Paige Rocha broke the school record for consecutive games with a hit at 29 games, which also stands as the longest such streak among Division I players this season. The streak ended in game two of a doubleheader against Western Illinois. Rocha broke the previous record of 27 set by Erin Newman in 2001. Rocha has now hit in 32 of her last 33 games.
NO. 2 NATIONALLY
Rocha is No. 2 in the country in doubles per game (0.46) and is No. 3 nationally in hits (65) and doubles (19). She leads the Ohio Valley Conference in batting average (.445) and total bases (94). All of this has happened with her in the leadoff spot in the lineup.
SIUE'S TOP FOUR HITTING STREAKS OF DIVISION I ERA (2008-present)
29, Paige Rocha (2024)
15, Alyssa Heren (2017)
15, Paige Rocha (2023)
14, Lexi King (2022). 
LEAGUE RANKINGS
SIUE is second in the OVC in strikeout-to-walk ratio at 2.04. The SIUE offense is fourth in the OVC with a .56 doubles. SIUE's top national ranking as a team is 74th (4th in the OVC) in hit batters (16).
AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS
Jenna Herron, who mostly has been the No. 2 batter in the lineup for the Cougars, is fourth in the OVC in doubles (11) and third in sacrifice bunts per game (0.22).
WALK THIS WAY
Kelsey Ray is sixth in the OVC in walks allowed per seven innings (1.82). She also leads the team in innings pitched (92.1).
YEAR TWO
Lone Tree, Iowa, native Ben Sorden is in his second season as head coach of the Cougars. Sorden came to SIUE after holding positions at Michigan State and Indiana, helping the pitching staffs to national honors and top-notch results.