Emory Softball Welcomes Covenant College To Cooper Field

The Emory softball team will play its first home games in over a month on Saturday (Apr. 3) when it welcomes Covenant College to Cooper Field for a pair of contests.  Action begins at 1:00 p.m.

Head Coach Penny Siqueiros and her squad stand 15-9 following a split of a twinbill at Berry College last Saturday.  After dropping the opener by a 2-0 count, which snapped a five-game win streak, the Eagles roared back in the finale to claim a six-inning, 9-0 win.  Sophomore Jessica Thomas turned in a huge offensive effort in the victory over the Vikings, socking a pair of home runs and finishing with seven RBIs, the fourth-highest single-game mark in school annals.

A check at the Emory stats reveals that senior centerfielder Cassie Walsh leads the team in hitting with a .489 average with 43 hits in 88 trips to the plate.  Walsh currently claims a 22-game hitting streak and has registered 13 contests of multiple safeties in that stretch.  Career-wise, she is fourth all-time at Emory with her 208 hits just 12 shy of tying for the No. 1 mark.  Freshman first baseman Ellen Kocoloski checks in with an outstanding .485 average and is tied with Thomas for the team lead for homers with four.  Thomas is hitting at a .366 clip and tops the club with 27 RBIs while tying for the lead with seven doubles.