The Saint Mary’s fastpitch softball team returns for Day 2 in the NCAA Division III National Tournament on Friday, as the Cardinals square off against top-seeded Coe in an 11 a.m. (EST) winner's bracket game at the Greencastle Regional hosted by DePauw University.

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS

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2024: 32-10 Overall

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2024: 29-15-1 Overall

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2024: 25-16 Overall

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2024: 33-9 Overall

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NCAA REGIONAL SCHEDULE:

All Games at DePauw U * Greencastle, Ind.

Thursday, May 16, 2024 * Times EST

• Game 1: #1 Coe 4, #4 Baldwin Wallace 2 | Recap

• Game 2: #3 Saint Mary's 7, #2 DePauw 3 | Recap

Friday, May 17, 2024 * Times EST

• Game 3: #1 Coe 6, #3 Saint Mary's 3 (9) | Recap

• Game 4: #4 Baldwin Wallace vs. #2 DePauw, 1:30 p.m.

• Game 5: #2 DePauw vs. #3 Saint Mary's, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 18, 2024 * Times EST

• Game 6: #1 Coe vs. Game 5 winner, 11 a.m.

• Game 7: If necessary, 1:30 p.m. 

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SMU v. REGIONAL FIELD * LAST MEETING:

• Coe * Feb. 24, 2024

L, 5-4 (8) * Series History

• DePauw * 1st meeting

• Baldwin Wallace * 1st meeting

REGIONAL FIELD * LAST ACTION:

• Saint Mary’s: MIAC Playoffs

v. Gustavus * W, 3-1

v. #18 Bethel * W, 6-5

• DePauw: NCAC Tournament

v. Wittenberg * W, 8-0

v. Hiram * L, 3-0; v. Denison * W, 5-1

v. Hiram * W, 12-5; v. Hiram * W, 10-8

• Baldwin Wallace: OAC Tournament

v. Muskingum * W, 6-2 (9)

v. Ohio Northern * W, 9-5 (8)

v. Ohio Northern * W, 10-7

• Coe * A-R-C Tournament

v. Luther * W, 3-2

v. Central-Iowa * W, 5-3

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into post-season play sitting at 29-9 overall, including a 17-5 conference mark that earned SMU a share of the conference’s regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the six-team playoff field.

• PLAYOFF CREDENTIALS: Saint Mary’s collected the MIAC’s automatic berth into the NCAA — thanks to a 3-1 win over Gustavus and a 6-5 victory against #18 Bethel in the MIAC Playoffs last Saturday. … SMU is making its seventh NCAA tournament appearance, having also reached this point in ?1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2005. … SMU, which won its first MIAC regular-season title since 2001 and the program’s first conference tournament crown this season, won the national title in 2000.

• ROAD WARRIORS: After playing its last six games on its home diamond — all wins — SMU hits the road for this weekend’s NCAA Regional. … SMU is 9-3 on its home field, while going 20-6 on the road — including 12-2 in neutral-site contests.

• STREAKING IN: With their MIAC Playoff wins over Gustavus (3-1) and Bethel (6-5), the Cardinals extended their winning streak to six. It’s the second time this season SMU has recorded a season-best six straight wins. … The Cardinals have also put together two five-game winning streaks this season.

• IN THE POLLS: Saint Mary’s made its first appearance in the NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll since 2006, earning a No. 25 ranking on March 12, before slipping into the “Others Receiving Votes” category in five of the last seven polls. … Saint Mary’s has played four games against teams that were nationally ranked — SMU fell to then-No. 4 Coe 5-4 in eight innings on Feb. 24, swept then-No. 10 Bethel 7-4 and 4-1 on April 13, and made it three straight vs. the Royals with a 6-5 win over No. 18 BU last Saturday.

• RARE COMPANY: SMU’s 17-2 start to the season was the Cardinals’ best since the 1997 season, when Saint Mary’s opened the year 37-1 — including a school-record 33-game winning streak.

• HITTING 31: With their 3-1 win over Gustavus and 6-5 victory vs. Bethel last Saturday, the Cardinals locked up wins No. 30 and No. 31 on the season. It’s the most wins in a season since 2005, when the Cardinals compiled a 37-12 mark — and made their last NCAA tournament appearance.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: Makayla Steffes (Winona, Minn.) and Peyton Berg (Chatfield, Minn.) head into NCAA tournament play both sporting batting averages above .400. Steffes leads the way, hitting .451, with Berg close behind at .402. The tandem are two of five Cardinals with batting averages north of .300, being joined by Megan McGinnis (Appleton, Wis. / .383), Ali French (Winona, Minn. / .350), and Naleya Bork (De Pere, Wis. / .310), with Heather Nordlund (Byron, Minn.) just one percentage point back of joining the .300 club, sitting at .299.

• ON THE RUN: Steffes has scored a team-leading 44 runs, followed by Berg with 24. French (23), Lizzie Pike (Rochester, Minn. / 22) and Bork (21), who have also crossed home plate 20+ times this season. … Steffes scored a career-high five times against Emmanuel on March 4. The five runs scored were the most since Alex Raske scored five times against Macalester on April 22, 2015.

• BIG RUN GAMES: Saint Mary’s has erupted for 268 runs in 40 games this season — including a season-high 22-run outburst in routing North Central 22-1 on Feb.18, an 18-run outburst in drubbing Martin Luther 18-2 on Feb. 24, and a 17-run showing against Emmanuel in a 17-9 win on March 4 … SMU’s 22 runs against North Central were the most in a game since plating 27 against Mount Marty College on March 20, 2009. … SMU has plated 10 or more runs nine times this season — all victories.

• WALKING AWAY: The Cardinals have drawn a season-high seven walks in a game twice — against Emmanuel on March 4 and vs. Saint Benedict on April 20. … SMU has amassed 108 free passes this season, led by Bork with 23.

• HIT PARADE: Saint Mary’s boasts eight players who have reach 30+ hits through 40 games, including three — Steffes (60), Berg (47), French (42) — with have collected at least 40 hits. … McGinnis (36), Nordlund (32), Bork (31), Bonk (28), and Abbie Stigler (Menomonee Falls, Wis. / 24) have also reached the 20-hit mark. … Steffes and Bork have each posted career-high four-hit games, while SMU has had nine different players post three hits in a game this season. … Steffes — who has had a least one hit in 34 of the team’s 40 games — leads the team with 17 multiple-hit games, followed by Berg with 13 and McGinnis with 11.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: The Cardinals have delivered 97 extra-base hits this season — 62 doubles, 11 triples, and 24 home runs. … Steffes and Bork have delivered a team-leading 10 doubles, one more than Nordlund, while Berg owns eight doubles. … McGinnis, Steffes, and Pike have all recorded a team-leading three triples, while Bork and Samya Brown (Chicago, Ill.) own the other three. … Saint Mary’s clubbed a single-game season-high nine doubles against Penn State Behrend on March 7, including a career-high three by Bork.

• BOMBS AWAY: Berg leads the Cardinals’ home run parade with eight — including posting her first and second collegiate two-home run game. The sophomore launched a pair of round-trippers against No. 10 Bethel on April 13 and repeated the feat against Saint Benedict on April 20. … Nordlund is second with six round-trippers — including a two-run HR in both MIAC Playoff games last Saturday — followed by Bork and French with three; Steffes and Bonk with two each; and McGinnis with one. … Bonk’s two-run home run against St. Catherine on March 29 was the first of her collegiate career, while Steffes’s lead-off HR against St. Scholastica in Game 2 on April 6 was her first as a Cardinal. … … SMU slugged five home runs against St. Scholastica on April 6 — three in the first game and two more in the nightcap.

• ISN’T IT GRAND: Nordlund’s grand slam home run against Carleton on April 18 was SMU’s first four-RBI round-tripper since Alex Raske delivered a bases-clearing HR against Bethel on April 2, 2014.

• DRIVING ‘EM HOME: Berg sits atop the team’s RBI race with 36. Nordlund (32), French (27), Steffes (21), Bork (20), Pike (15), McGinnis (12), Stigler (10), and Breonna Methner (Woodbury, Minn. / 10) have also reached double figures in RBIs this season. … Nordlund, French, Berg, and Steffes have all posted four RBI games this season — with Berg achieving the feat three times. … Berg and Nordlund lead the team with nine multiple-RBI games, three up on Bork and French. … Nordlund finished SMU’s doubleheader against Carleton on April 18 with seven RBIs — four in Game 1 and three more in Game 2.

• STREAKING ALONG: Steffes and French have both posted hitting streaks of 10 or more games this season — Steffes hit safely in her first 12 games this season, while French had at least one hit in SMU’s first 10 games. … Berg’s current eight-game hit streak is team team’s longest active streak. … French, who closed out the 2023 season hitting safely in each of the Cardinals’ last 12 games, had her 22-game hitting streak snapped against Heidelberg on March 7. … Berg has reached base safely in each of SMU’s last 18 games.

• CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Saint Mary’s has swiped 79 bases on 98 attempts this season, led by Steffes, who is 20-for-26 in the stolen base department. … SMU has gotten at least one stolen base from 19 different players. 

• IN THE CIRCLE: Steffes has logged a team-leading 131 2/3 innings in SMU’s first 40 games, compiling a 17-4 record and a 2.29 ERA, while throwing 14 complete games. … Kenzie Gatz (Oswego, Ill.) has put together a 5-3 record and 3.09 EAR in 56 2/3 innings, while Bork (6-2 2.32 ERA, 48 1/3 IP), Izzy Griffin (West St. Paul, Minn. / 2-0, 4.73 ERA, 13 1/3 IP), and, and Rhiannon Carroll (Rudolph, Wis. / 0-0, 8.08 ERA, 4 1/3 IP) have also seen time in the circle for the Cardinals. … As a staff, Saint Mary’s pitchers own a 2.66 ERA and opposing batters are hitting just .261.

• SAVING THE DAY: Steffes has collected four of the Cardinals’ five saves this season, including Game 2 saves against Saint Benedict on April 20 and Concordia the following day. … Bork owns SMU’s other save — the first of her collegiate career — with three innings of scoreless relief in SMU’s 6-5, playoff-clinching win over Bethel last Saturday. … Steffes’s four saves are tied for the single-season school record, first set in 1994 by Carolyn Todd.

• PITCHING WINS: Steffes recorded her first collegiate pitching win with a six-inning, six-hitter against Northwestern on Feb. 17, and collected her first career save in SMU’s 5-4, Game 2 win over St. Catherine on April 29. … Gatz earned her first win as a Cardinal with a complete-game effort in SMU’s 11-4 win over Elizabethtown on March 8.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: Saint Mary’s pitchers have struck out 139 batters in 40 games, led by Steffes with 82 strikeouts, followed by Gatz with 25 and Bork with 19. … Steffes struck out a single-game career-high 10 batters in last Sunday’s 2-1 Game 1 win over Concordia. The freshman also owns a nine-strikeout performance this season. … Steffes’ 10 strikeouts against Concordia are the most since Bork fanned 10 against Houghton on Feb. 27, 2023 and Amber Chow struck out 10 against Gustavus on April 17, 2021.

• MIAC HONORS: Steffes collected her third MIAC weekly honor on April 1, being named MIAC Pitcher of the Week. The freshman has also been named MIAC Offensive Player of the Week twice, on Feb. 19 and March 11.

• PROGRAM FIRSTS: The Cardinals’ spring trip games against Thomas, Emmanuel, Heidelberg, Penn State Behrend, and Elizabethtown were all the first in program history.

• WORKING OVERTIME: Saint Mary’s has played four extra-inning games — going 3-1. SMU beat both Heidelberg (3-2) and Penn State Behrend (15-11) in eight innings during the Cardinals’ spring trip, before adding a third eight-inning win with a 3-2 Game 1 victory over Hamline on May 3. The Cardinals’ lone extra-inning loss was a 5-4, eight-inning decision to Coe on Feb. 24. … SMU scored nine runs in the top of the seventh, and then erupted for five runs in the top of the eighth in their 15-11 win over Penn State Behrend on March 7.

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: As a team, Saint Mary’s is hitting .334 (370-for-1108), with 62 doubles, 11 triples, and 24 home runs, while scoring 268 runs and owning 217 RBIs. … SMU has outscored its first 40 opponents 268-132 — including 92-24 through the game’s first two innings. … SMU has scored five or more runs in an inning 11 times — including an 11-run fourth inning in the Cardinals’ 22-1, five-inning victory over North Central on Feb. 24. SMU has also posted a nine-run seventh inning against Penn State Behrend on March 7, an eight-run first inning against Emmanuel on March 4, and a seven-run seventh inning against Macalester on April 23. … Saint Mary’s is 17-1 when holding its opponents to two runs or less — and have allowed six of more runs in a game just six times. … The Cardinals are 20-0 when scoring six or more runs, 24-5 when scoring first, 19-1 when scoring in the first inning, and 20-1 when leading after the sixth inning. … SMU owns nine wins cut short by the eight-run rule.

• FOR THE RECORD: DePauw heads into the NCAA Regional sporting a 28-14-1 overall record, including a 12-2 showing in NCAC play.

• PLAYOFF CREDENTIALS: DePauw earned automatic qualification into the NCAA Tournament by winning the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament ... The Tigers are making their 14th NCAA appearance, with all coming since 2007 ... DePauw appeared in eight straight NCAA Tournaments from 2014-2022, before missing the postseason in 2023. ... DePauw teams are 40-30 in NCAA play, including a tie for third in 2021 and fifth-place ties in 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2015 ... This marks the sixth time DePauw will host an NCAA regional.

• COMING IN HOT: The Tigers had their season-high 14-game winning streak snapped with a 5-2 loss to Dennison on May 4. Since April 13, DePauw is 18-3 in its last 21 games. … DePauw enters regional play having won three straight — bouncing back from a 3-1 loss to Hiram in the second round of the NCAC Tournament on May 9 with a 5-1 victory over Denison and back-to-back wins (12-5 and 10-8) over Hiram to claim the tourney title. 

• HOME SWEET HOME: The Tigers picked up 12 of their 28 wins on their home field, going 12-1, while heading to the NCAA Regional in Greencastle, Ind., owning a 16-13-1 mark on the road.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: As a team, DePauw is hitting .324, and boasts seven players with batting averages above .300. Emily Timberman leads the Tigers’ offensive attack, hitting .452. Katie Mathies is the owner of an average north of .400, sitting at .408, while Ella Ohrvail (.397), Ella Kuenster (.378), Macey Cox (.333), Goose Moore (.324), and Libby Minobe (.319) are also hitting above .300.

• ON THE RUN: The Tigers have scored 267 runs in 43 games, led by Ohrvail, who has crossed home plate 32 times. Kuenster is second with 27 runs scored, followed by Mathies (27), Moore (27), Cox (24), and Timberman (21). … Moore and Ohrvail have both scored three runs in a game this season — Moore vs. Ohio Wesleyan on April 14 and Ohrvail vs. Wooster a week later

• HIT PARADE: Timberman and Mathies have both eclipsed the 50-hit mark this season, with Timberman leading the way with 52 — including 20 for extra-bases (8 doubles & 12 home runs) — while Mathies is one back with 51 hits. Kuenster (42) has reached the 40-hit mark, with Moore (33) and Ohrvail (31) owning 30+ hits. … Kuenster, Timberman, and Mathies each own a four-hit game this season. … Timberman leads the team with 15 multiple-hit games, two more than Mathies. … The Tigers banged out a season-high 18 hits against Hiram on April 28. 

• EXTRA, EXTRA: DePauw has recorded 104 extra-base hits among its 383 hits this season, including 66 doubles, 15 triples, and 23 home runs. … Mathies and Kuenster have both reached double figures in doubles, owning 16 and 11 two-baggers, respectively, while Kuenster (6) and Mathies (3) are the only Tigers with more than one triple. … Both Mathies and Timberman have delivered three doubles in a game this season.

• BOMBS AWAY: DePauw’s 23 home runs have come from six different players. Timberman leads the team with 12 HRs, followed by Mathies with six and Alex Romero-Salas with two. Cox, Alyssa Anderson, and Lauren Sizemore have each posted one round-tripper. … DePauw has clubbed two home runs in a game five times this season.

• DRIVING ‘EM HOME: Timberman and Mathies hold the team lead in RBIs with 47 and 44, respectively. They are two of five Tigers with 10 or more runs batted in, being joined by Kuenster (23), Anderson (19), and Kelsey Bernhard (15). … Timberman has delivered a single-game season-high four RBIs twice, while Mathies owns one four-RBI game. … Timberman has recorded a team-high 14 multiple-RBI games, with Mathies sitting two back. … As a team, DePauw recorded a season-high 13 RBIs against Ohio Wesleyan on April 14.

• STREAKING ALONG: Kuenster owns the team’s longest hit streak this season at nine, but Mathies’s six-game streak is the Tigers’ longest active streak. … Kuenster has reached back safely in each of DePauw’s last 10 games.

• IN THE CIRCLE: DePauw has used four different pitchers, with Romero-Salas and Riley Depa seeing the majority of the work in the circle. Romero-Salas boasts a 12-5 record and 2.55 ERA in 123 1/3 innings of work, with Depa going 11-5 with a 2.45 ERA in 85 2/3 IP. Josi Hair (3-2, 5.21 ERA, 45 2/3 IP) and Peyton Rohr (2-2, 6.94 ERA, 38.1 IP) have also seen time in the circle this season. … Romero-Salas leads the team in appearances (27), while Depa has made a team-high 15 starts. … Romero-Salas has tossed a team-leading nine complete games, followed by Depa with two and Hair with one.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: As a staff, Depauw pitchers have combined to strike out 187 batters. Romero-Salas has struck out a team-high 96 batters, followed by Depa (50), Hair (29), and Rohr (12). … Romero-Salas fanned a season-high 11 batters against Transylvania on March 17.

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: As a team, the Tigers are hitting .324, going 383-for-1183 — with 66 doubles, 15 triples, and 23 home runs, while adding 267 runs scored and 225 RBIs. DePauw’s pitching staff, meanwhile, sports a combined 3.44 ERA, with opponents hitting .277 off them. … DePauw has scored 10 or more runs in a game five times, including 12-run efforts in beating Ohio Wesleyan (12-0) and Hiram (12-5), while plating a season-high 13 runs in beating Ohio Wesleyan 13-9 on April 14. On the flip side, the Tigers have surrendered 10+ runs four times, including a season-high 15 in falling to Illinois Wesleyan 15-7 on April 6. 

• FOR THE RECORD: The Kohawks arrive at the Greencastle Regional owning a 31-9 overall record, including a 12-4 mark in A-R-C action.

• PLAYOFF CREDENTIALS: Coe snapped a 15-year drought, winning its first American Rivers Conference postseason title since 2009. The Kohawks defeated top-seeded Central in the championship game 5-3 to return to the national tournament for the 20th time in program history. Coe’s 2023 season ended at the Division III World Series, falling to eventual national-champion Trine. 

• FINDING THEIR GROOVE: With its back-to-back wins over Luther and Central-Iowa in the A-R-C Tournament, Coe heads into NCAA play riding a five-game winning streak. Since dropping a 3-1 Game 1 decision to Luther on April 27, the Kohawks have dispatched of Luther (8-7), Wartburg (4-1, 9-4), Luther (3-1), and Central-Iowa (5-3). … Coe is 12-3 in its last 15 contests.

• KEEPING IT NEUTRAL: The Kohawks have thrived in neutral-site contests, going 13-1. Coe finished the year 8-2 at home, while owning a 10-6 mark in official road contests.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: The Kohawks sport a .338 team batting average, and have six players who own averages above .300. Heather Boeckenstedt leads the Kohawk offense with a .434 batting average, going 56-for-129. Ruby Kappeler is also hitting above .400, sitting at .408, while Shaylee Dodd (.385), Addie Menke (.375), Skyler Stookey (.345), Madi Parson (.336), and Keera Ball (.311) are also hitting north of .300.

• ON THE RUN: Boeckenstedt leads the Kohawks with 50 runs scored, followed closely by Kappeler, who has crossed Home plate 42 times. The duo are two of six players with 20_ runs scored, being joined by Parson (34), Dodd (26), Stookey (23), and Menke (21). … Kappeler and Boeckenstedt have both scored a season-high four runs in a game this season.

• HIT PARADE: Boeckenstedt and Kappeler have amassed more than 50 hits in Coe’s first40 games, boasting 56 and 53 hits, respectively. Dodd (45), Parson (42), and Stookey (40) have eclipsed the 40-hitmark, while Ball (32) and Bree Mangelsen (30) have chipped in 30+hits. … Kappeler posted four hits against Crown on March 12 — it’s the Kohawks’ only four-hit game of the season. Boeckenstedt has amassed a team-high 17 multiple-hit games, one more than Kappeler, while Dodd (13), Parson (11), and Stookey (11) have recorded 10 or more multiple-hit games. … Coe has posted 17 hits in a game twice — vs. Crown on March 12 and against Cornell on April 10.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: The Kohawks have banged out 368 hits this season, including 98 for extra bases. Coe boasts 60 doubles, 10 triples, and 28 home runs in 40 games. … Kappeler (14), Parson (12) and Stookey (10) have all reached double figures in doubles, while Kappeler (3) and Boeckenstedt (2) are the only Kohawks with more than one triple.

• BOMBS AWAY: Nine different players have accounted for Coe’s 28 home runs, led by Stookey with eight, and Kappeler and Parson with five each. Mangelsen has chipped in three round-trippers, one more than both Dodd and Menke, with Boeckenstedt, Marisa Vodicka, and Hadyn Shoots accounting for the other three. … Coe has belted a single-game season-high three home runs in a game three times, including two-home run games by both Stookey and Mangelsen.

• DRIVING ‘EM HOME: Kappeler is the team leader with 48 RBIs, followed closely by Parson with 43 runs batted in. Stookey is sitting third in RBIs with 33, with Dodd (27) and Mangelsen (21) also compiling 20 or more RBIs. … Kappeler has delivered a season-best five RBIs twice this season, and leads the team with 13 multiple-RBI performances, one more than Kappeler. … Coe racked up a season-high 15 RBIs against Crown on April 12

• STREAKING ALONG: The Kohawks have had five players put together hitting streaks of 10 or more games — Stookey (10), Boeckenstedt (10), Parson (10), Dodd (15), and Kappeler (17) — but Parson’s nine-game effort is Coe’s longest active streak. … Parson has reached base safely in each of Coe’s last 20 games.

• IN THE CIRCLE: Coe has used six different pitchers this season, but Ellie Thurow and Abbie White have been the workhorses of the staff, tossing 113 2/3 and 73 2/3 innings, respectively. Thurow has compiled a 15-4 record and 1.85 ERA, while White boasts a 6-3 mark and 3.71 ERA. Evan Baggett (7-2, 3.55 ERA, 51 1/3 IP), Natalie Hitt (3-0, 5.53 ERA, 12 2/3 IP), Anna Banlet (0-0, 8.22 ERA, 7 2/3 IP), and Maddie Stacy (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1/3 IP) have also spent time in the circle for the Kohawks. … Thurow leads the Coe pitching staff in appearances (25), starts (18), complete games (13), shutouts (4), and saves (3).

• FANNING THE FLAMES: As a team, Coe pitchers have combined for 168 strikeouts, led by Thurow with 84 and White with 49. … Thurow recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts against Saint Joseph (Conn.) on March 12.

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: As a team, Coe sports a .338 batting average, going 368-for-1089 — including 60 doubles, 10 triples, and 28 RBIs — who scoring 266 runs and owning 243 RBIs. The Kohawk pitching staff, meanwhile, boasts a combined 3.08 ERA, with opponents hitting just .244 off them. … Coe has scored 10 or more runs in a game nine times — all wins. The Kohawks plated a season-high 17 runs in routing Crown 17-0 on March 12. On the flip side, Coe has allowed 10+ runs just twice — falling to Central-Iowa 10-9 on April 6, and dropping a 12-2 decision to Nebraska Wesleyan on April 23. … The Kohawks have put together two, five-game winning streaks, as well as a season-high 10-gamer.  Coe has lost back-to-back games just once — falling to Central-Iowa 10-9 and 5-4 on April 6. … Seven of the Kohawks’ nine losses have been by two runs or less — including five one-run losses.

• FOR THE RECORD: Baldwin Wallace heads to the Greencastle Regional sporting a 25-14 overall record, including an 11-5 mark in conference play.

• PLAYOFF CREDENTIALS: Baldwin Wallace earned the Ohio Athletic Conference automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. BW, the No. 3 seed in the conference tourney, was the lone competitor to not drop a game during the rain-delayed tournament. … BW is making just its second trip to the NCAA Tournament and first since 1992. The Yellow Jackets have claimed three OAC Tournament titles in 1992, 2011, and 2024.

• ON A ROLL: The Yellow Jackets come into regional play riding a five-game winning streak. Since their last loss, a 9-7 Game 2 setback at the hands of Oberlin on April 28, B-W has rattled off wins over John Carroll (6-4, 5-4), Muskingum (6-2), and Ohio Northern (9-5, 10-7). … Baldwin Wallace boasts a 9-2 record in its last 11 games.

• KEEPING IT EVEN: Baldwin Wallace has found success both at home and on the road this season. The Yellow Jackets closed out the home portion of their slate with a 10-6 record, while going 15-8 away from home — including 4-0 in neutral-site contests.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: Maddie Lester leads the Yellow Jackets with a .372 batting average. She is one of six BW regulars sporting averages north of .300. Lucia Wolford is second on the squad, just percentage points back of Lester at .370, followed by Sam Smearman (.368), Gillian Ryser (.345), Emily Mau (.333), Lexy Coggins (.316), and Mia Maddamma (.309).

• ON THE RUN: BW boasts nine players who have scored at least 10 runs through 39 games, led by Mau with 27 runs scored. Lester (24), Wolford (23), and Coggins (21) have also eclipsed the 20-run mark, while Steph Mraz (17), Ryser (16), Maddamma (14), and Birdie Bricker (10) have also reached double figures in runs scored. 

• HIT PARADE: Lester has collected a team-best 45 hits and is one of three Yellow Jackets with 40+ hits, with Mau (44) and Wolford (40) being the other two. Ryser is two hits shy of the 40-hit mark, while Coggins (36) and Maddamma (30) have also secured at least 30 hits this season.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Baldwin Wallace has collected 338 hits through 39 games including 74 for extra bases — 55 doubles, five triples, and 14 home runs. … Lester (13) and Wolford (10) have both reached double figures in doubles, while Lester owns two of B-W’s five triples, with Wolford, Smearman, and Bricker accounting for the other three.

• BOMBS AWAY: The Yellow Jackets’ 14 home runs this season have come from six players — with Lester and Bricker accounting for 10 of those 14 dingers. Lester has launched seven round-trippers, followed by Bricker with three, while Wolford, Smearman, Maddamma, and Mraz own the other four.

• DRIVING ‘EM HOME: Lester has racked up 38 RBIs to lead the Yellow Jackets. Wolford is second with 28 runs batted in, with Ryser (19), Coggins (18), Mau (15), and Maddamma (13) have also delivered at least 10 RBIs.

• IN THE CIRCLE: The Yellow Jackets have used four different pitchers this season, with Marisa Hall carrying the brunt of the load. Hall has compiled a 13-6 record and 2.83 ERA in 138 2/3 innings pitched. Lester (9-4, 3.39 ERA, 84 2/3 IP), Taryn Welty (2-2, 5.70 ERA, 23 1/3 IP), and Shelby Morris (1-2, 9.65 ERA, 12 1/3 IP) have also seen time in the circle. … Hall has recorded team-highs in appearances (26), starts (21), complete games (16), shutouts (6), and saves (4). … Lester owns B-W’s only other shutout, while tossing seven complete games.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: As a pitching staff, BW boasts 178 strikeouts, with Hall accounting for 109 of them. Lester is second on the team with 60 Ks, followed by Welty (8) and Morris (2).

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: As a team, the Yellow Jackets are hitting .313, going 338-for-1081 — with 55 doubles, five triples, and 14 homes — while scoring 199 runs and boasting 176 RBIs.  BW pitchers, meanwhile, own a 3.65 ERA, and opponents are hitting .288 against them. … Baldwin Wallace has scored 10 or more runs four times — scoring 10 runs in a game three times, while plating a season-high 11 in beating Ohio Wesleyan 11-9 on April 7. On the flip side, BW has allowed 10+ runs three times, including surrendering a season-high 12 in falling to Otterbein 12-9 on April 20. … B-W has put together to lengthy winning streaks — their current, five-game run, and a season-high seven-gamer. … The Yellow Jackets have lost back-to-back games three times this season, and have suffered through one three-game losing streak.