Marshall University Athletics
Marshall Softball Hosts Bellarmine for Home Opener Wednesday
2/27/2024 3:30:00 PM | Softball
First home game from newly-renovated Dot Hicks Field
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - After playing its first 15 away from Huntington, Marshall softball returns home to Dot Hicks Field for home-opening day Wednesday.Â
First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. as Coach Morgan Zerkle's Herd (8-7) hosts Bellarmine (5-5).
Wednesday's Game Program can be found HERE. For home promotions all season long, click HERE. Dot Hicks Field features lights, a new videoboard, and an array of upgrades throughout the facility ahead of the 2024 season. For important related info, click HERE.
Game Information
Date: Feb. 28, 2024
Opponent: Bellarmine
Place: Huntington, West Virginia
Stadium: Dot Hicks Field
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Listen: WMUL
Stats: StatBroadcast
Twitter: @HerdSB
As a programming note, all games this week will be exclusively aired on the radio by 88.1 WMUL-FM - The Cutting Edge.Â
PREGAME NOTES
- Marshall's Sydney Bickel had nine hits last weekend, going 9-for-16 from the plate (.563). The Preseason All-Conference Shortstop has three home runs and is sporting a team-high .447 average with a team-best 21 hits.Â
- Bickel has been a big part of the Herd defensively as well. MU posts the second-best fielding percentage in the conference (.975) with all 15 games coming on dirt infields.
- Freshman pitcher Kaleea Washington picked up her first two collegiate wins last weekend in Arizona. Washington is one of three pitchers who have won a game in the circle this season for the Herd (Bub Feringa and Savannah Rice).
ABOUT THE KNIGHTS
- Bellarmine is 5-5 on the year with its most recent win being its best, a 5-1 victory over Butler Sunday.
- Junior infielder Chloe Collins from Flatwoods, Kentucky leads the Knights with a .327 average. Collins had a 3-for-3 game with four RBI in the team's win over St. Bonaventure earlier this month.Â
- Junior Claire Lehmkuhler has established herself as the staff's ace. She has a 1.65 ERA with over 34.0 innings pitched. Â
After Wednesday's game, Marshall will host the Thundering Herd Invitational with Butler, Purdue, and Radford coming to Huntington starting Friday.
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