Army Welcomes Holy Cross for Weekend Series

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point softball team welcomes the Holy Cross Crusaders to West Point for a weekend series on Saturday and Sunday at the Army Softball Complex.

The Black Knights will entertain a Patriot League opponent for the second weekend in a row, while the Crusaders are beginning league play after being the only team with a bye last weekend.

The first game will be on Saturday at 2 p.m., while a doubleheader will be played on Sunday starting at noon.

HOW TO FOLLOW
VIDEO • Patriot League Network (Game One)
VIDEO • Patriot League Network (Game Two)
VIDEO • Patriot League Network (Game Three)
LIVE STATS • GoArmyWestPoint.com
TWITTER • ArmyWP_Softball

ARMY (21-9, 3-0 Patriot League)
• The Black Knights enter the series with a 67-27 all-time record against Holy Cross, the second-most wins against a single opponent in program history.
• Army is currently on a seven-game winning streak after defeating Iona 3-0 on Wednesday.
• Sophomore Ashley Yoo leads the team with 29 hits after going 7-for-9 (.778 avg.) last weekend against Colgate, including a stretch of seven straight at-bats with a base hit.
• Yoo documented Army's first four-hit game of the season in game two against the Raiders to boost her on-base percentage to a Patriot League best .494.
• Rookie Emily Ballesteros has provided the pop in the middle of the lineup for the Cadets, posting team highs in doubles (8), triples (2), extra-base hits (10), RBI (21), and is tied for the lead in multi-hit games with Yoo and Alee Rashenskas with six and multi-RBI games with Katie Ontiveros with four.
• Senior Caroline Smith has been dominant in the circle, sporting a league-best 1.87 ERA to go along with an 8-2 record with six complete games and three shutouts.

HOLY CROSS (3-15, 0-0 Patriot League)
• Holy Cross competed in the Stony Brook Invitational last weekend, opening the tournament with a 7-2 win over Brown that snapped a 12-game losing skid.
• Offensively, junior Taylor Moss leads the Crusaders with a .373 average (19-for-51), with four doubles and 13 RBI.
• Senior Emily Krisanda follows closely behind with a .368 average on a team-best 21 hits, including one of two home runs for Holy Cross in 2017.
• Sophomore Alexandra Held has shouldered the majority of the work load on the rubber, tossing 54.2 of the team's 109 innings on the year.

COMMON OPPONENTS IN 2017
Army vs. Brown: W, 3-2; Feb. 26
Holy Cross vs. Brown: W, 7-2; March 25
Holy Cross vs. Brown: L, 7-5; March 26
Army vs. Indiana State: W, 7-0; March 15
Holy Cross vs. Indiana State: L, 5-3; March 12

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Army Welcomes Holy Cross for Weekend Series

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Players Mentioned

Emily Ballesteros

Katie Ontiveros

Alee Rashenskas

Caroline Smith

Ashley Yoo

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