SIUE (17-11, 8-1 OVC) at Saint Louis (12-17, 2-4 Atlantic 10)
Wed., Mar. 26, 5 p.m.
St. Louis, Mo./Billiken Sports Complex
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• Wednesday's contest is the first of two scheduled meetings. Saint Louis comes to Edwardsville next Wednesday (April 2) for a 6 p.m. contest.
• SIUE has won 12 of its last 14 games. The Cougars lead the Ohio Valley Conference with an 8-1 record in league play. SIUE swept three-game series with Morehead State and Tennessee Tech followed by a series win at Southeast Missouri.
• SIUE has played in the second-longest game in NCAA Division I play this season. Tennessee Tech and SIUE went 14 innings with the Cougars winning 10-9 on March 16th. The longest NCAA Division I game this season was 15 innings between Boston University and Bucknell.
• SIUE added five home runs this past weekend at Southeast Missouri and now has 11 in nine games of OVC play. The Cougars had just eight home runs in OVC games all last season.
• The Cougars lead the OVC in home runs with 28.
Emma Henderson is tops on the team with seven.
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Emma Henderson has hit four of her team-leading seven home runs in OVC play. She also leads the team in RBIs during league play with 18.
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Kaylynn Salyars holds the tea-leading batting average at .386.
• SIUE is No. 1 in the OVC in runs batted in (132) and slugging percentage (.465).
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Lauryn Yslava is averaging 1.04 runs scored per game (72nd nationally). Yslava has been the team's leadoff hitter in every game except game one of the season.
Next Up: SIUE returns home this weekend for a three-game OVC series against Lindenwood.