GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University softball will round out the regular season by hosting a trio of South Atlantic Conference series. Anderson will come to town on Thursday (Apr. 15), while Newberry (Apr. 17) and UVA Wise (Apr. 18) enter Red Edmonds Field on back-to-back days.

Sunday's doubleheader against the Cavaliers will serve as Senior Day for five Pioneers: Anna Alloway, Brittney Franse, Kristen Gass, Alexis Grampp, and Delilah Malczewski.

RECAPPING THE WEEK
The Pioneers (16-14, 10-8 SAC) went 4-2 last week, made up of splits against both Wingate and Carson-Newman and a domination of Queens.

Alloway notched 13 hits with a .542 batting average, including a pair of doubles and home runs, alongside seven RBI and six runs scored. Emily Sappington also reached double-digit hits with 11. She racked up three doubles, three runs scored, nine RBI, and her first collegiate homer. Hayley Lazo had a career day against Queens. She launched her first three collegiate home runs as her three hits in game one and drove in five runs. Grampp also hit a trio of homers during the week, while Kiley Longmire collected three doubles and drew four walks.

Sappington did the majority of the pitching for the Pioneers, tossing 22.0 innings for a 2-1 record and one save. She struck out 19, allowing 10 earned runs, 18 hits, and three walks. Keylon Reynolds threw 11.2 innings in four appearances, striking out seven. Savannah Foster made her return and pitched four innings in the Queens series, picking up the game two win. She was near lights-out by relenting just two hits, one walk, and one earned run with nine strikeouts.

As a team, Tusculum is ranked across the top-25 in four NCAA statistical categories: sacrifice bunts (1st; 39) double plays (3rd; 15), double plays per game (9th; 0.50), and hit by pitch (21st; 27). Individually, Alloway is seventh in hits (45), Grampp is 19th with nine home runs, and Longmire is 25th with 10 doubles. Sappington ranks 17th with her two saves and 20th in complete games (11).

LOOKING AHEAD
Anderson (26-8, 14-6 SAC) travels to Greeneville for its last road contest of the regular season and will host Queens in the regular season finale. Kayson Boatner is leading the Trojans in hits (46), runs scored (32), homers (11), walks (15), strikeouts (19), batting average (.438), on-base percentage (.500), and slugging percentage (.819). The junior also has seven doubles, 26 RBI, and a pair of stolen bases. Anderson has a pitching staff of three, with Harlie Duncan seeing the most action. All 17 of her appearances have been starts (11th in DII), earning a 12-2 record on a 2.36 ERA. Across 106.2 innings, Duncan has relented 100 hits, 36 earned runs, 36 walks, and struck out 92 batters.

Newberry (18-11, 9-9 SAC) is at Wingate today for an early afternoon doubleheader, coming to Tennessee on Saturday, and hosts Lenoir-Rhyne on Monday to complete the regular season. McKenzie Barneycastle leads the Wolves in hits with 39, but Hannah Towery's 37 have been for power. On a .425 average, Towery has launched 10 doubles and 11 homers (tied eighth nationally), alongside 24 runs scored, 32 RBI, eight walks and been hit by five pitches. Alexandrea Sullivan has pitched 85.2 innings on a team-best 2.29 ERA. She has a 9-3 mark with nine complete games in 14 appearances. Sullivan has allowed 66 hits, 28 earned runs, 39 walks, and has 92 strikeouts.

UVA Wise (14-17-1, 9-11 SAC) hits the road for two consecutive days to end the season, starting at Mars Hill and wrapping up at Tusculum. Sarah Barrett has a team-best 35 hits, including 11 for extra bases, while Alexis Miles has notched a team-high eight home runs and 24 RBI. Raychel Lapallo has started all 17 of her appearances, finishing 11 of them. Her 6-7 record has come on a 3.23 ERA, having given up 100 hits, 43 earned runs, 21 walks, and 63 strikeouts across 93.1 innings. McKenna Falwell is the lone pitcher for the Cavaliers to have a winning record (8-7) and also has the most strikeouts with 89.

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