Tuesday, March 12
vs. Northern Kentucky (3 p.m.) - Live Stats
 
Thursday, March 14
at San Jose State (9 p.m.) – Live Stats
 
Friday, March 15
vs. Iona (1 p.m.) – Live Stats
at San Jose State (3 p.m.) – Live Stats
 
Saturday, March 16
vs. Iona (1 p.m.) – Live Stats
vs. Pacific (3 p.m.) – Live Stats
 
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The UMass Lowell softball team (6-8) will play six more games in California this week to wrap up its 2019 spring break trip. The squad will first square off against Northern Kentucky in a neutral-site game hosted by Santa Clara on Tuesday, March 12 at 3 p.m. before participating in its fourth and final early-season tournament at the Spartan Invitational hosted by San Jose State on March 14-16.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The River Hawks went 2-2 during their first weekend in California at the Cardinal Classic hosted by Stanford from March 8-10. The squad earned a 1-0 shutout against UNLV to open the tournament before battling Stanford to a tough, 7-6 setback on Friday evening. The team also split its decisions on Saturday, defeating Bucknell, 4-1, and falling once again to Stanford, 4-3. The River Hawks' weekend finale, originally scheduled for Sunday against Bucknell was cancelled due to rain. Junior Courtney Cashman (Danvers, Mass.) led the team with a .308 batting average (4-13), while senior pitcher Kaysee Talcik (Shelton, Conn.) and sophomore Lovina Capria (Deltona, Fla.) each picked up a win in the circle.
 
LEADING THE FLOCK
Through 14 games, Courtney Cashman leads the River Hawks with a .475 batting average, 19 hits, eight doubles and three home runs. Senior Sydney Barker (Upland, Calif.), who is batting .444, is first on the team with 10 RBI, and redshirt-junior Casey Harding (Cheshire, Conn.) totals a team-best 10 runs scored. Lovina Capria paces the pitching staff with a 4-4 record, a 2.20 ERA and 28 strikeouts.
 
DID YOU KNOW
With just one strikeout so far this season, junior Marianne Sparacia (Spring Hill, Fla.) is the 22nd toughest player to strikeout in the nation.
 
WALK IT OUT
Courtney Cashman's pitch selection at the plate has her ranked first in the conference with 10 walks so far this year.
 
NATIONAL NEWS
Courtney Cashman is also ranked among the national leaders in several other categories, including doubles per game (6th) and batting average (21st).
 
CLOSE CALLS
The River Hawks have been within striking distance in the majority of their games so far this season, as five of the team's eight losses have been decided by two runs or less. Of those contests, two went to extra innings.
 
SENIOR SLUGGER
Sydney Barker started off strong at the plate, opening her senior season with three-run home runs on back-to-back days in Jacksonville. She first drove a three-run bomb that helped lift her squad to a victory against tournament host Jacksonville on Feb. 8 before sending another seventh-inning jack that erased an 8-5 deficit and forced extra innings against Georgia Tech on Feb. 9.
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
Courtney Cashman was named America East Player of the Week after slugging .933 with four RBI and two home runs at the Holy City Showdown on Feb. 22-24. Sydney Barker was tabbed the Player of the Week, while sophomore Lovina Capria garnered a Pitcher of the Week nod to open the season, as both helped the River Hawks earn a pair of victories at the River City Leadoff hosted by Jacksonville from Feb. 8-10.
 
AROUND THE LEAGUE
As a team, UMass Lowell is currently fourth in the America East standings behind UMBC (6-6), UAlbany (5-6) and Binghamton (4-5). The River Hawks lead the league with 51 runs, 86 hits, 16 doubles, 44 RBI and 40 walks. Individually, Courtney Cashman is second in the conference with a .900 slugging percentage and a .569 on-base percentage.
 
NOTABLES
Kaysee Talcik recorded her first shutout of the season against UNLV (3.8) … Courtney Cashman matched a career high with four hits against Marshall (2.22) … freshman Tori Mueller logged her first career multi-hit game with three singles against Georgia Tech (2.9) … Lovina Capria logged a season-high seven strikeouts at Jacksonville (2.8).