Herd Softball Moves Forward to Pair of MAC Midweek Games

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Fresh from its series win over Louisiana which broke the Ragin' Cajuns' 89-consecutive series winning streak, Marshall Softball (14-13, 2-1 SBC) faces the top two schools of the MAC with Miami (Ohio) Tuesday and Ohio Wednesday.

First pitch for the Herd and RedHawks in Oxford on Tuesday is at 3 p.m. Marshall then hosts Ohio at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Game Information
Dates: Mar. 18-19, 2025
Opponent: at Miami (Ohio); vs. Ohio
Places: Oxford, Ohio; Huntington, W.Va.
Stadium: Miami Softball Stadium; Dot Hicks Field
Watch: Chatterbox Sports (Miami); ESPN+ (Ohio)
Listen: 88.1 WMUL
Twitter: @HerdSB

Coach Morgan Zerkle

Marshall is in its second season under Head Coach Morgan Zerkle. The 2017 All-American for the Herd led the team that season with a .476 average en route to a NCAA Tournament appearance. The Herd has made two NCAA Regionals in its history (2013 & 2017).
Zerkle - the Milton, West Virginia native - has been drafted to the AUSL's Bandits this past January, alongside Assistant Coach Sydney McKinney.
Coach Zerkle was an assistant at Miami for four seasons.

MARSHALL NOTES

More important than breaking a 12-year streak, Marshall opened its Sun Belt play with a crucial series win. The opening weekend of conference play featured three sweeps. The full SBC standings can be seen HERE.
Bub Feringa pitched all 13 innings in Marshall's two wins over the Ragin' Cajuns. She threw a season-high 143 pitches in the team's victory Friday. Feringa followed it with an 89 pitch performance Saturday to secure the series win.
The Herd's Brooklyn Ulrich leads the team with 35 hits from the leadoff spot. She is one of four MU players with three or more home runs (Abby Darnley, Rielly Lucas, Kasia Parks).

ABOUT MIAMI (OHIO)

Miami is the five-time regular season MAC Champions, and winners of the last three MAC Tournaments. The RedHawks have made the last four NCAA Tournaments.
Miami is 12-14 under first-year head coach Mandy Gardner-Colegate. The RedHawks have played two games against SBC competition this year, winning in 11 innings over App State, and losing to Georgia State.
Marshall leads the all-time series, 21-13 over Miami. The two slides have not met since 2017.

ABOUT OHIO

Ohio is 17-7 this season. The Bobcats have been tabbed as the MAC favorites for this season as the team searches for its first NCAA Regionals appearance since 2018.
The Bobcats have a pair of pitchers with a sub-2.50 ERA with freshman Anna Wise (1.48) and Wahama High School graduate and Mikie Lieving (2.19). Redshirt junior Skipp Miller has also thrown a no-hitter.
The Herd will meet the Bobcats for the 63rd all-time meeting Wednesday, more than any other opponent MUSB has faced. Marshall leads the all-time series, 40-22.

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Herd Softball Moves Forward to Pair of MAC Midweek Games

Players Mentioned

Abby Darnley

Bub Feringa

Rielly Lucas

Kasia Parks

Brooklyn Ulrich

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