Weekend Preview: Eagles Host Virginia

THE FACTS

WHERE: North Andover, Mass.

WHEN: Friday, March 23 at noon and 2 p.m. | Saturday, March 24 at 2 p.m.

HOW TO FOLLOW:
Live Stats Link: http://bceagl.es/6QaN30j6z0h
Twitter: @bc_softball

OPPONENT: Virginia

ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. OPPONENTS: 17-13 vs. Virginia

Scouting the Opponent:

The Eagles will host ACC opponent Virginia at Warrior Softball Diamond at Martone-Mejail Field at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass. The teams will play a double-header on Friday with games at noon and 2 p.m. and then will play the third and final game of the series on Saturday at 5 p.m.
BC has posted a 17-13 overall record against the Cavaliers. The Eagles won the series between the two teams last season in Charlottesville. They defeated Virginia 4-0 in the first game, lost 5-4 in the second and won the final game with a score of 10-3.
Head coach Ashley Obrest has posted an 8-7 career record against the Cavaliers.
This will be the 11^th meeting between the two teams. The Eagles have won the series in six of those meetings.
The Cavaliers have opened their 2018 campaign with a 9-19 overall record and 1-5 in the ACC. Virginia opened conference play against Georgia Tech on March 9 and lost all three games to the Ramblin' Wreck. The Cavs picked up their first ACC win of the year when they defeated Syracuse, 9-8, in 11 innings on March 17.
Senior Allison Davis leads the team with a .427 batting average. She has scored a team-leading 29 runs and recorded 41 hits.
Freshman Hayley Busby is second on the team with a .333 average and 31 hits.
On the mound, junior Lacy Smith leads the pitching staff with five wins and a 4.07 ERA.
The Cavaliers have posted a team ERA of 5.45 and a team batting average of .276.
Virginia is currently in sixth place in the coastal division of the conference.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE EAGLES

Senior Jessica Dreswick continues to see a lot of action on the mound for the Eagles. As of March 22, she is tied for first in the ACC in games started with 16. She is tied for fourth in innings pitched with 99.0. The right-hander is also tied for fifth in the league with seven complete games. Dreswick is also 10^th in opponent batting average (.214).
The senior is sixth place in the ACC in strikeouts with 96. She is also in sixth place in the conference in strikeouts looking with 23 and tied for seventh in shutouts with two. In BC's game vs. Texas State on Feb. 12, Dreswick threw a career-high 11 strikeouts - a feat she matched when she struck out 11 batters again versus CCSU on Feb. 25. With 10 K's recorded in the win over No. 18 Ole Miss, Dreswick has thrown double digits in strikeouts in three games so far this season.
Entering the seventh week of the season, senior Chloe Sharabba leads the team with a .333 batting average, 16 runs scored and 26 hits, including five doubles and two home runs. She has also picked up seven RBIs and drawn a team-leading 11 walks, resulting in a .474 slugging percentage and .411 on base percentage.
Sharabba started the 2018 season on a 16-game hitting streak, dating back to last season. The senior has collected a hit in 17 of the 24 games this season and has reached base safely in 20 games.
BC is currently tied for third in the ACC in sac bunts (20), tied for fourth in sac flies (8) and fifth in the ACC in stolen bases with 25. Junior Lexi DiEmmanuele is fifth in the 10 stolen bases.

Quote from head coach Ashley Obrest:

On playing Virginia close to home
"We're excited to be home and to be somewhere within 30 miles of our campus. We've been on the road for so many games and though we did want to open up at our new field, if the girls can sleep in their own beds and get up and eat breakfast in the dining hall, I think that will be great. It will be a good change of pace because we're so used to being on the road at this point."

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Players Mentioned

Jessica Dreswick

Chloe Sharabba