GAMEDAY CENTRAL
(C3) IUP Crimson Hawks (19-15, 11-9 PSAC Central)
vs. (W3) California Vulcans (18-16, 12-8 PSAC West)
Wednesday, May 2, 2017 | 12:00 p.m.
Quakertown, Pa. | Veterans Park

Championship Home Page: PSACsports.org
Live Stats: Sidearmstats
Social Media: @IUPsoftball | @PSACsports

NEED TO KNOW
Tickets: $15 - Day Pass (Day 1 & 2), $10 (Day 3 & 4). Free - Children 12U & PSAC Students w/ ID

ON DECK
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CHAMPIONSHIPS AT A GLANCE
IUP softball (19-15 (11-9 PSAC Central) heads to Veterans Park in Quakertown for the 2018 PSAC Championships. The Crimson Hawks earned the No. 3 seed in the Central Division and will square off against West No. 3 seed California (18-16, 12-8 PSAC West) in the first game of the tournament Wednesday. First pitch is set for 12 p.m. The PSAC Championships is a double-elimination tournament with nine teams from three divisions that runs May 2-5 in Quakertown. 

NOTES
>> This is IUP's 18th all-time PSAC tournament appearance, and its fifth in a row dating back to the 2014 season; The Crimson Hawks have advanced to the conference playoffs eight times in the last nine years
>> The Crimson Hawks won back-to-back PSAC titles in 2011 and 2012; They advanced to within one game of another championship day appearance in 2014
>> IUP head coach Bill Graham is 17-9 all-time in PSAC tournament games dating back to 2010
>> The Crimson Hawks have played California (Pa.) in the PSAC Championships each of their last five appearances (2012, 2014-17), going 1-4 against the Vulcans in those games
>> IUP brings a hot set of bats into tournament play as the Crimson Hawks hit .356 and scored 50 runs in eight games (5-3) last week; they had a .489 slugging percentage as a team with 17 doubles, a triple, and four home runs
>> Alaina Montgomery (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) hit .481 last week and stole 10 bases on 10 attempts; Kaitlyn Beers (Reynoldsville, Pa./DuBois Area High School) hit .467 with an .833 slugging percentage, Brooklyn Kotula (Ambridge, Pa./Ambridge) hit .462 with a home run, while Kassie Kesneck (Houston, Pa./Chartiers-Houston) and Megan Little (Harrison City, Pa./Penn Trafford) each hit .400 during the week
>> Beers is one of the top hitters in the conference, entering the tournament with a .385 batting average, 31 runs scored, 45 hits, 12 doubles, four home runs, 31 RBI, and a .607 slugging percentage - all team bests
>> She leads a team that has a .292 batting average and averages five runs scored per game; five players are hitting over .300 for IUP, including Renee Wall (Topton, PA/Brandywine Heights) at .370, Montgomery at .343, Kesneck at .330, and Amanda Parrish (Dysart, Pa./Altoona) at .309
>> The Crimson Hawks take two starting pitchers into this week, with Lauren Zola (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton-La Salle) leading the team with a 3.10 ERA, 10-9 record, 12 complete games in 17 starts, and 101 strikeouts in 117.1 innings; Megan Risinger (Creekside, Pa./Marion Center) is 8-6 with a 3.48 ERA and seven complete games in 16 starts
>> The Vulcans clinched a spot in the tournament Monday with a doubleheader sweep at Edinboro (3-2, 3-2)
>> Three players are hitting over .300 for Cal with a team batting average of .272; the Vulcans utilize three pitchers who have combined for 58 appearances and 30 starts