CLEARWATER, Fla. – The UMass Lowell softball team wraps up its neutral-site schedule with five games at the Michele Smith Spring Break Tournament this Friday-Sunday, March 13-15.
 
The River Hawks will take on Saint Joseph's and Colgate in back-to-back games on Friday beginning at 4:15 p.m. The squad will then play two more on Saturday, starting at the same time, against Army and Lehigh. The weekend wraps up with a single game against Northern Illinois on Sunday at 9 a.m.
 
RIVER HAWK RECAP
UMass Lowell owns an 8-7 record so far in 2015. The team has played in three tournaments this season, but has been off since February 22. Most recently, the River Hawks went 4-1 at the EMU Madeira Beach Invitational, defeating Texas State (9-7), Columbia (6-5), North Dakota (6-3) and Siena (7-1) before falling to host Eastern Michigan, 3-0.  
 
LEADING THE FLOCK
Through 15 games, senior Ally Greene (Tewksbury, Mass.) paces the River Hawks with a .344 batting average (11-32). Junior Emilia Davies (Parker, Colo.), who is hitting .250, and classmate Alyssa Zinkiewciz (Massapequa, N.Y.), averaging .333, lead the squad with 10 and nine RBI, respectively. Zinkiewicz also has team highs for hits (14) and doubles (4) so far. Davies and freshman Vanessa Cooper (Pleasant Gap, Pa.) total two home runs each, while senior Ariana Darcy (Kingston, N.Y.) is first on the team with a .515 slugging percentage. In the circle, junior Marielle Handley (Durham, Conn.) boasts a 4-3 record with a 3.65 ERA in 46.0 innings pitched. She leads UMass Lowell with 34 strikeouts, as well.
 
SPEED DEMONS
Ally Greene (64) currently sits in third place on the school's all-time record list for stolen bases. She needs just 14 more this season to take over the top spot from Kristine Botto (77, 1998-2001). Classmate Ariana Darcy is right on Greene's heels with 62 career stolen bases, tying for fourth all-time.
 
MORE RECORDS TO WATCH
Darcy is nearing the top of several other career record lists, as well. She is second overall in walks (67), third in slugging percentage (.563) and triples (16), fourth in on-base percentage (.401) and home runs (19), seventh with 111 runs scored, ninth with 270 total bases and tied for 10th with 92 RBI.