Lex Shaffer

Pioneer Softball Heads South to the 2023 MEC Tournament

5/4/2023 11:47:00 AM

By: GSU Sports Information

GLENVILLE, W.Va. - Glenville State Softball is heading south for the program's first-ever Mountain East Tournament contest. The Lady Pioneers will face the one seed from the North Division Fairmont State University. GSU has already faced the Falcons in two close contests during the regular season. If Glenville wins they will play the winner of West Virginia Wesleyan and Frostburg State later that evening. With the tournament being a double elimination, the Lady Pioneers would be in a do-or-die game against the loser of Wesleyan and Frostburg.

Game Information

Glenville State (22-26, 15-17 MEC) | Fairmont State (31-21, 21-11 MEC)
May 5th, 2023 | 2:30 PM | Trouville, Va. | Field Three
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A Look at Your Lady Pioneers

While Glenville closed out the season with a (3-5) record, The Lady Pioneers were able to take a game from West Virginia Wesleyan. In the previous matchups against the Falcons of Fairmont State, both games would be decided by one run. Game one was ten inning marathon where GSU lost on a walk-off single up the middle. During the regular season series, Addison Aguiniga was a huge contributor going 4-5.

Throughout the 2023 campaign the Lady Pioneers have had a one-two punch with pitchers Holly Brehm and Kylie Burdick. Brehm a native of Mullens, W.Va. posts one of the best ERAs in the Mountain East Conference. While Burdick is a Freshman she has posted a team-high 12 wins. Her 12 wins put her in third for the most wins in a single season by a GSU pitcher. The bats of Ashotn Palmer and Katelyn Richardson have provided a spark for Glenville with both hitting over .300.

Glenville by the Numbers

9: Holly Brehm needs nine more strikeouts to become the first pitcher in GSU history to have back-to-back 200-strikeout seasons.
12: Kylie Burdick sits tied for seventh in the MEC for wins this season.
.442: Senior Katelyn Richardson has the tenth-best on-base percentage in the league.
12: The Lady Pioneers bullpen has the fewest amount of batters in the conference.

A Look at the Falcons

Since the last meeting between the Falcons and Pioneers, Fairmont has picked up five wins. The Glenville series would be a part of Fairmont State's eight-game winning streak. In Mountain East Conference play the Falcon's longest losing streak was three games. Fairmont during last year's tournament caught fire and had a solid run to the MEC title.

With the bats of Emily Riggs and Hannah Workman, the Falcons have had one of the top offenses in the conference. Fairmont with a .287 has the third-best batting average in the league. As individuals Riggs and Worman are towards the top of MEC hitting over the .390 mark. Two sport star Katy Darnell is also having another suburb season hitting .381.

Fairmont State by the Numbers

.393: Emily Riggs has the seventh-best batting average in the conference.
13: Freshman Emma Gates is the go-to arm for the Falcons securing the fifth most wins in the MEC
62: Hannah Workman has produced the third most hits in the league this season.
8: Emily Riggs is tied for fifth in the conference for home runs and leads the Falcons.

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