Series Information – DePaul
DATE:                         Saturday, Mar. 19 – Sunday, Mar. 20
LOCATION:                Chicago, Ill. / Cacciatore Stadium
LIVE STATS:               Gm1 / Gm2 / Gm3
LIVE VIDEO:               FloSports/BEDN
 
Full Notes

The Butler softball team will look to extend its BIG EAST winning streak in a weekend series with DePaul. A contest originally scheduled for Friday has been moved to Sunday due to impending weather. Currently, a single game is set to be played on Saturday at 2pm ET / 1pm CT followed by a doubleheader on Sunday with game one starting at 12pm ET / 11am CT.

The Bulldogs currently sit at 14-7 with a perfect 2-0 record in the BIG EAST. Most recently, Butler took two games from Villanova in the opening series of conference play.

Bulldog Bits
             (as of 3-14-22)

• Karli Ricketts leads the BIG EAST with eight victories (36th nationally) and with a 1.17 ERA (38th nationally), and she is also first with only 3.75 hits allowed per seven innings (27th nationally). Ricketts is third in the conference in both strikeouts (58) and strikeout to walk ratio (4.14).
• Alyssa Graves ranks fifth in the BIG EAST with 52 strikeouts. She ranks 86th nationally and third in the conference with 8.6 strikeouts per seven innings.
• Mackenzie Griman ranks fourth in the BIG EAST, averaging only 1.64 walks per seven innings pitched.
• Lauren Fey is ranks first in the BIG EAST and 35th nationally as toughest to strikeout. She averages 30.5 at bats per strikeout.
• Bri Avery and Lauren Fey rank fifth in the BIG EAST with 0.38 stolen bases per game.
• Monique Hoosen ranks ninth in the BIG EAST in home runs (4) and slugging percentage (0.609).
• Ellie Boyer ranks second in the BIG EAST with 0.19 bunts per game.
• Ella White is second in the BIG EAST, averaging 0.10 triples per game.
   
• This past weekend, Alyssa Graves moved into the sixth position on Butler's all-time list for career wins (31), and she is now tied for fourth for career saves (8).
• Through 21 games, Butler is outperforming its opponents in several categories that include: runs (89-67), hits (162-117), RBIs (77-47), and stolen bases (24-12).
• With 41 stolen bases in her career, Lauren Fey needs only one more to move into a tie for sixth on Butler's all-time list (Jen Heminger, 1994-1997).
• Coach Scott Hall is in his 12th season at the helm of Bulldogs Softball. He currently sits at 260-284-1 as head of the program, and, with 4 additional victories, could become the all-time winningest coach at Butler. Barb Greenburg, who coached from 1981 through 1994, was the program's first coach and attained a career record of 263-226-4.

SCOUTING DEPAUL
Series Record: DePaul leads, 18-7
Last Meeting: May 13, 2021 - Storrs, Conn. - Butler 8, DePaul 1 (BIG EAST Tournament)

• The Blue Demons have won eight of the last ten meetings between the programs.
• DePaul won all three games in the 2021 season in the three-game series held in Indianapolis.

DePaul's previous tournament: In last weekend's Montana Classic, the Blue Demons defeated Montana twice and split with Seattle. The Blue Demons scored 23 total runs in four games and gave up 15.

• DePaul is 10-12 with losses to current #4 Florida (3-11) and current #11 Oklahoma State (0-4). The Blue Demons have defeated common opponents Valparaiso, 8-0, St. Thomas, 8-3, Murray State, 3-2, and Iowa, 13-0.
• For the season, the DePaul leads its opponents in runs (97-90) and RBIs (91-81) but trails in hits (146-165).
• Batting leaders for the Blue Demons include B. Johnson (.373), M. Gutierrez (.343), and A. Talbot (.333).
• Pitching standouts for DePaul are E. Hocker (2-5, 44.0 IP, 3.02 ERA, 12 K), S. Lehman (4-4, 45.0 IP, 4.36 ERA, 27 K), and N. Halvorson (4-3, 49.2 IP, 4.37 ERA, 40 K).