BILLIKEN SOFTBALL | at RHODE ISLAND
Opponent | Date | Time	Rhode Island | Monday, April 14 | 9 a.m. CT | Live Stats
Opponent | Date | Time	Rhode Island | Monday, April 14 | 11 a.m. CT | Live Stats

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BILLIKENS IN RHODE ISLAND FOR MONDAY DOUBLEHEADER
•Due to rain, Saint Louis (20-19, 9-5 A-10) and Rhode Island (9-23, 3-9 A-10) will play a doubleheader instead of a three-game series. The twinbill is scheduled for 9 a.m. Central on Monday, April 14, at the URI Softball Complex in Kingston, R.I.
•SLU begins play Monday in fourth place in the A-10, trailing Dayton (10-4), George Washington (12-5) and Fordham (11-6).
•The Billikens take a five-game overall winning streak into Monday's action. They have won seven straight and nine of their last 11 A-10 games.
 
COVERAGE
•Live stats are available for both games. See the links above.
 
ABOUT THE BILLIKENS
•A career-high 14 home runs this season have padded Abby Mallo's career total to 37, tying Sadie Wise (2018-22) for Saint Louis' all-time record. Also, Mallo is closing in on Wise's SLU single-season mark of 16 home runs set in 2018. With 50 RBIs, she is approaching her own SLU record of 54 RBIs set in 2023.
•Mallo has hit safely in 14 of her last 16 games. In those 16 games, she is batting .471 (24-for-51) with seven home runs, seven doubles, 30 RBIs, a .541 OBP, eight multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games.
•Abby Ulsas has hit safely in 16 of her last 20 games (26-for-69, .377) with 11 RBIs, nine multi-hit games and just six strikeouts in 76 plate appearances.
•In her last seven outings (six starts), Taylor Hochman has a 4-1 record, a 1.64 ERA, three shutouts and a .221 opponents' batting average.
•In her last 23 games, Allie Marietta is batting .395 (15-for-38) with a .558 OBP and six sacrifice bunts.
•In her last four appearances (three starts), Isabel Royle is 3-1 with a 1.47 ERA, a 1.05 WHIP, a .239 opponents' batting average and just three walks in 19 innings.
•Anna Christ has been effective out of the bullpen over her last five outings, compiling a 0.60 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP in 11 2/3 innings.
•Kendall Johnson has hit safely in 12 of her last 19 games, batting .314 (16-for-51) with three doubles, two sacrifice flies and three sacrifice bunts. Johnson is batting .346 (9-for-26) over the last 10 games.

SCOUTING RHODE ISLAND
•Rhode Island averages 3.4 runs and has a .250 batting average. The Rams' pitching staff has a 6.61 ERA.
•Junior catcher Kylie Bulinski (.305), sophomore outfielder/catcher Sydney Orndorff (.300), freshman outfielder Allison Jones (.295) and freshman infielder Katie Knarr (.290) are Rhode Island's top hitters.
•Bulinski also leads the team in home runs (five) and on-base percentage (.455) while ranking second in RBIs (15).
•Knarr has a team-high 18 RBIs, while senior infielder Emily Power has driven in 14 runs.
•Sophomore left-hander Avery Vale-Cruz carries a team-best 4.75 ERA and averages a strikeout per inning.
•Junior left-hander Ashley Hibbard leads the staff with three wins and 13 starts.
 
UP NEXT
•Four home games are on the Saint Louis schedule the rest of the week. The Billikens host Eastern Illinois for a non-conference single game Wednesday, April 16, at 4 p.m. George Mason is in town for an A-10 series April 18-19, with Friday's doubleheader and Saturday's single game beginning at noon.