GAMEDAY CENTRAL
IUP Crimson Hawks (0-0, 0-0 PSAC)
at Salem Tournament
Friday-Saturday, March 9-10, 2018
Salem, Va. | James Moyer Sports Complex
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IUP Crimson Hawks (0-0, 0-0 PSAC)
at The Spring Games at Legends Way Ballfields
Monday-Saturday, March 12-17, 2018
Clermont, Fla. | Legends Way Ballfields at National Training Center
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LINEUP
Salem Tournament
March 9 vs. Salem Int'l  (1 p.m.), vs. Shepherd (3 p.m.)
March 10 vs. West Virginia Wesleyan (2 p.m.), vs. West Liberty (4 p.m.)
Spring Games
March 12 vs. Augustana (4 p.m.)
March 14 vs. Kutztown (9 a.m)
March 15 vs. West Virginia Tech (9 p.m.), vs. TBD (3 p.m.)
March 16 vs. West Chester (8 a.m.)
March 17 vs. Northwestern Ohio (2 p.m.), vs. Northwestern Ohio (4:30 p.m.)
 
ON DECK
Edinboro Fighting Scots, March 24 (Indiana, Pa.)
Mercyhurst Lakers, March 28 (Erie, Pa.)

WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
IUP softball opens up their 2018 schedule on the road this weekend, traveling to Salem, Virginia to compete in the Salem Tournament. The first two games are set for Friday, March 9, closing out the weekend with the final game scheduled for Saturday. After Saturday, the Crimson Hawks get ready to travel to Florida to play in The Springs Games at Legends Way Ballfields start next Monday, March 12 through Saturday, March 17.

NOTES
>>The Crimson Hawks were picked third in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in the 2018 coaches' poll
>> IUP returns this spring with five of their top seven hitters from last year's PSAC tournament team including Kaitlyn Beers (Reynoldsville, Pa./DuBois Area High School), Lauren Goetz (Cleveland, Ohio/Cuyahoga Heights) and Bryanna Lonick (Burgettstown, Pa./Burgettstown); Returning on the mound are two top pitchers from last year, including Lauren Zola (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton-La Salle) who has 21 victories and a 2.75 earned run average in two seasons
>> The Crimson Hawks advanced to the PSAC postseason last year, finishing third in the conference with a 24-19 overall and 13-7 conference records; IUP fell to Shippensburg and California in double elimination
>> So. 2B Kaitlyn Beers (Reynoldsville, Pa./DuBois Area High School) was named to All-PSAC Central Team, along with being named IUP Women's Freshman of the Year last season; Beers earned all-league honors in the Central Division, finishing the season with a .308 batting average, 25 scored runs, a .496 slugging percentage and nine stolen bases
>>Other All-PSAC Central team honors went to senior Bryanna Lonick (Burgettstown, Pa./Burgettstown) and junior Lauren Goetz (Cleveland, Ohio/Cuyahoga Heights); Lonick hit .279 in 24 starts, in addition to throwing out five of 26 base stealers; Goetz hit .284 last season ans was tied for team-lead with 11 doubles