COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (April 16, 2024) – Coming off its first Southern Conference series sweep of the season last weekend at Mercer, the ETSU softball team looks to carry that momentum into a non-conference game at Tennessee Tech on Wednesday night. First pitch of the single game is set for 6 p.m. ET at Tech Softball Field.
 
GAME INFO
Date: Wednesday, April 17
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Location: Cookeville, Tenn.
Media Links: Live Stats
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU, who is coming off a series win at Mercer, sits at 9-26 on the season
• The Bucs defeated the Bears 3-2 in eight innings on Saturday, while securing the series with a 5-0 win on Sunday
• The shutout marked the first by the Blue & Gold this season and the first since blanking Mercer 2-0 last May 7
• Riley Nayadley drove in all five runs in Sunday's victory, marking a career high for the Buccaneer shortstop
• Nayadley became the first Buccaneer with five RBI in a game since teammate Sara Muir accomplished the feat last April in the 7-3 win at Samford
• Muir, who returned to the lineup after missing the last 18 games, pitched six scoreless innings of one-hit ball to secure Sunday's win … The Buccaneer right-hander retired 18 of the 19 hitters she faced
• Brylee Mesusan had a strong series over the weekend in Macon … Mesusan, who is hitting .353 on the season, was 5-for-11 with five runs scored and 4-for-4 in stolen bases against Mercer
• Mesusan leads the Bucs with 13 multi-hit games and has reached base in the last seven contests
• Cameron Young, who has a team-leading 14 doubles, has reached base in her last eight games … Young's 14 doubles are five shy of tying the ETSU single-season record, which she set last year with 19 … For her career, Young has 43 doubles and she just recently set the new all-time program record with her double in Sunday's win at Mercer ... Young broke Lindsay Lane's (2002-05) mark of 42 last weekend
• Young ranks fourth nationally in doubles per game (0.45) and 22nd overall with 14

ABOUT TENNESSEE TECH

• Tennessee Tech is 17-18 overall on the season
• The Golden Eagles dropped two of three last weekend to UT Martin in conference play
• As a team, Tennessee Tech is hitting .286 and has scored 163 runs, while giving up the same amount
• Carmen Betts is leading the Golden Eagles at the plate as she's hitting .378 (42-111) with 11 doubles, one triple, two home runs, 16 runs and 34 RBI
• The Golden Eagles have swiped 75 bags on the season
• In the circle, Emily York is 6-4 with a 2.09 ERA (26 ER/87.0 IP) in 27 appearances (two starts) … York also has six saves

SERIES HISTORY

• Tennessee Tech leads the all-time series, 25-12
• The Golden Eagles defeated the Bucs 7-2 last month in Johnson City
• The Bucs split a doubleheader at Tennessee Tech last year with ETSU winning 11-3 in six innings
• ETSU has dropped 10 of its 13 games to the Golden Eagles in Cookeville

UP NEXT
ETSU returns home for a three-game conference series with Samford starting with a 1 o'clock doubleheader on Saturday at Betty Basler Field.
 
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