Marshall University Athletics
Thundering Herd Softball To Host Marshall Holiday Inn-vitational
3/4/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 4, 2010
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.- The Marshall University softball team will open its home schedule on Friday, when the Herd faces Kent State (1-9) at 2 p.m. in the Marshall Holiday Inn-vitational, hosted by the Holiday Inn. Cleveland State (7-3) and Delaware (2-6) will also make the trek to Dot Hicks Field for the weekend tournament.
"We are looking forward to playing at home," said head coach Shonda Stanton. "It is a great field of competition."
The Thundering Herd (10-4) will test its stamina on friendly confines after it finished the month of February with a record of 9-1 in neutral site games and 1-3 in away games.
"We are pleased with our three weekends on the road and we look forward to tuning things up before entering conference play," Stanton said.
MU looks to continue its hot streak at home, as the Herd recorded a sumptuous 19-8 record at the Dot in 2009 - including a striking 8-2 tally in its opening home-stand.
Offensively, Melanie Stoehr is tops on the squad with a .405 batting average and a .522 on-base percentage. MU continues to dominate the stolen base category, going into the weekend 44-for-49 in stolen base attempts. Ashley Gue has a team-best 11 stolen bases, while Jessica Hughes has nine, Melissa Loesing is a perfect 8-for-8 and Taylor Thompson taps in with seven.
The Marshall pitching staff is led by senior Katie Murphree (6-2), who will enter the weekend with a 3.05 ERA and one shutout in 55 innings of work.
All games will be available for GameTracker and can be accessed from the Marshall softball schedule page or by clicking here.
The Marshall Holiday Inn-vitational schedule is as follows:
(All game times are subject to change; teams listed first are the designated home team)
Friday March 5
12 p.m. Delaware vs. Kent State
2 p.m. Marshall vs. Kent State
Saturday March 6
9 a.m. Kent State vs. Delaware
11 a.m. Kent State vs. Cleveland State
1 p.m. Marshall vs. Delaware
3 p.m. Marshall vs. Cleveland State
Sunday March 7
10 a.m. Cleveland State vs. Delaware
12 p.m. Marshall vs. Kent State
2 p.m. Marshall vs. Cleveland State
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