Weekend Preview: Eagles Head to Louisville

THE FACTS

WHEN: Friday, April 27 at 6 p.m. | Saturday, April 28 at 1 p.m. | Sunday, April 29 at noon

HOW TO FOLLOW:
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Video for Game 3: http://bceagl.es/cgId30jHANo
Twitter: @bc_softball

OPPONENT: Louisville

ALL-TIME RECORD VS. OPPONENT: 3-3
Streak vs. Louisville: W2
Home vs. Louisville: 2-1
Away vs. Louisville: 1-2
Obrest vs. Louisville: 3-3

Scouting the Opponent:

The Eagles participate in their seventh ACC series of the 2018 campaign when they play Louisville in Louisville, Ky. at Ulmer Stadium.
BC has a 3-3 all-time record vs. the Cardinals. The Eagles have won the last two meetings between the teams, including a series win in 2017.
BC has outscored the Cardinals 12-8 in the last three meetings. The Maroon and Gold have outscored the Cardinals 16-12 all-time.
Historically, the Eagles are 1-2 when they play the Cardinals at home.
The last time BC defeated Louisville was in 2017 when it won by a score of 3-1.
Heading into the weekend, Louisville is fifth in the Atlantic standings at 7-10. In ACC play, the Cardinals have one win against Duke, two wins over NC State and Virginia and one win over Syracuse.
The Cards are coming off three straight losses to Florida State.
Megan Hensley leads the Cardinals with a .357 batting average, 45 hits, including six home runs.
The top six batters in the Louisville lineup are batting above .300.
Danielle Watson leads the pitching staff with a 14-8 record. She has posted an ERA of 2.80 and has thrown six complete games.

What's Going On With the Eagles:

The Pitching Staff:

Senior Jessica Dreswick continues her work-horse ways into the 2018 season. As of Apirl 24, she is tied for third in the ACC in games started with 28. She is fourth in innings pitched (173.2), fifth in appearances (36) and tied for fifth in complete games with 14. The right-hander is also sixth in opponent batting average (.215).
Dreswick is fifth in the ACC with 159 strikeouts. She is also tied for sixth in strikeouts looking (36).
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 and in the 4-1 victory over UConn, Dreswick has thrown double digits in strikeouts in four games so far this season.
On March 23 vs. Virginia, Dreswick threw five perfect innings as BC run-ruled the Cavaliers, 8-0. The perfect game is believed to be the first in ACC program history.
In the BC record books, Dreswick has the most games started of any pitcher in BC history with 102 starts. On her 100th career start versus UMass on April 18, Dreswick tied the all-time program win record at BC with her 55th victory as an Eagle. On April 24 against Harvard, Dreswick became the winningest pitcher in BC history with her 56th career W.
Redshirt junior Allyson Frei threw a total of 405 pitches over 24.1 innings pitched against FIU in the FIU Classic. As of April 4, she held a 1.96 ERA, which is good for sixth in the conference.
Frei led the Eagles to a 1-0 victory over top-ranked Florida State on April 13, becoming the first ACC pitcher to shut-out the Seminoles. Her performance won her ACC Co-Player of the Week Honors on April 17 - the second time in her career that Frei has received the honor.
As of April 24, the Boston College pitching staff is ranked 37th in the nation with a 2.24 ERA and third in the ACC.

Leading at the Plate

Entering the tenth week of the season, senior Chloe Sharabba leads the team with 37 runs scored. She has 50 hits, including 12 doubles and six home runs. She has also picked up 21 RBIs and drawn a team leading 26 walks, resulting in a .462 on base percentage and a .604 slugging percentage.
Sharabba started the 2018 season on a 16-game hitting streak, dating back to last season. Out of the 44 games this season, the senior has recorded a hit in all but 14.
Sharabba is 10th in the ACC with a .360 batting average. She is eighth in slugging percentage (.604) and fourth in on base percentage (.462).
Senior Annie Murphy has been a stand-out player in ACC play as she leads the conference in hits in ACC play with 29, RBIs with 21 and on base percentage (.563). She is also sixth in slugging percentage in ACC play at .686.
Murphy is currently riding a 16-game hitting streak and she has reached base safely in the last 20 games. Her strong performance against Notre Dame led to her earning ACC Co-Player of the Week honors on April 24.

Team Highlights:

The Boston College softball team historic win streak ended at 13 games with a loss to Florida State on April 13, besting the previous record of 10 which was set in 1995. The winning streak begun against Virginia on March 23.
During the winning streak, BC recorded a .296 team batting average and scored 85 runs, while run-ruling its opponent four times. The Eagles scored a season-high 16 runs in the victory over the Friars. In game two versus Syracuse, BC hit two home runs in one inning for the first time all season. The team collected 97 hits, including six home runs. BC also drew 62 walks during the streak, posting a .423 team on base percentage. Dreswick and Frei had a combined 1.47 ERA during the streak and allowed just 18 earned runs.
BC began the season with an RPI of 132. As of April 24, the Maroon and Gold have an RPI of 49.
The Eagles are 11-3 in the month of April.

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