BILLIKEN SOFTBALL THIS WEEKEND | vs. ST. BONAVENTURE
Opponent | Date | Time	St. Bonaventure | Saturday, April 26 | Noon | Live Stats | ESPN+
Opponent | Date | Time	St. Bonaventure | Saturday, April 26 | 2 p.m. | Live Stats | ESPN+
Opponent | Date | Time	St. Bonaventure | Sunday, April 27 | Noon | Live Stats | ESPN+

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BILLIKENS CLOSE HOME SCHEDULE VS. BONNIES
•Now in first place in the Atlantic 10 Conference with six league games remaining, the surging Saint Louis Billikens (26-19, 14-5 A-10) wrap up their 2025 home schedule April 26-27 against the St. Bonaventure Bonnies (9-30, 4-15 A-10). Saturday's doubleheader and Sunday's single game begin at noon.
•SLU's graduating players will be honored in a Senior Day ceremony following Sunday's game.
•The Billikens hold a one-game lead over second-place Dayton (12-5).
•Saint Louis brings an 11-game winning streak – one shy of the school record and tied for the third-longest current winning streak in NCAA Division I – into Saturday's series opener. The Billikens are 17-3 in their last 20 games.
•The Bills' 12-game A-10 winning streak is a school record and is tied for the longest current conference winning streak in Division I.
•SLU also carries a nine-game home winning streak, tying the school record and tying for the nation's seventh-longest current home streak.
•Saint Louis leads the series with St. Bonaventure 34-7 and owns a 21-game series winning streak. The Bonnies have not defeated the Billikens since 2016.
 
COVERAGE
•Video streaming on ESPN+ and live stats are available for all three games. See the links above.
 
ABOUT THE BILLIKENS
•Saint Louis continued its winning ways with a come-from-behind 4-3 victory at Lindenwood April 23.
•Taylor Hochman and Natalie Sullivan, who helped lead SLU to a 5-0 record last week, were included on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's "Selected Top Performances" list for the week of April 14-20. Hochman was recognized for a second time this season.
•SLU's pitching and defense have been front and center during the team's 11-game winning streak. The Billikens have six shutouts, a 1.45 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP and a .219 opponents' batting average in those 11 outings. Defensively, Saint Louis has committed just three errors and has recorded nine of its league-leading 19 double plays in the last 11 games.
•Saint Louis leads the A-10 in scoring (4.98 runs per game), walks (190, 14th nationally), RBIs (207), double plays (19, 42nd nationally) and assists (384).
•The Billikens are second in the conference in nine categories including fielding percentage (.974, 22nd nationally), on-base percentage (.383), ERA (3.29), shutouts (eight, 46th nationally) and home runs (28).
•Abby Mallo has hit safely in five straight and 19 of her last 22 games. In those 22 games, Mallo is batting .431 (31-for-72) with seven home runs, seven doubles, 37 RBIs, a .494 on-base percentage, 10 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games.
•In her last 11 appearances (10 starts), Taylor Hochman has a 7-1 record, a 1.26 ERA, five shutouts and a .208 opponents' batting average (5.1 hits allowed per seven innings). Hochman has won her last six decisions.
•Natalie Sullivan has hit safely in five of her last six games, batting .444 (8-for-18), with seven RBIs, a .560 on-base percentage and six stolen bases in six attempts.
•Jane Kaniecki has reached base by hit and/or walk in 14 consecutive games (the team's longest current streak), compiling a .333 batting average (13-for-39), five doubles, 13 walks and a .500 on-base percentage. Kaniecki is batting a team-high .467 (7-for-15) with seven RBIs, three doubles, eight walks and a .652 on-base percentage in the last six games.
•Anna Christ continues to be reliable out of the bullpen, compiling a 3-0 record, a 0.36 ERA, a 0.83 WHIP and a .185 opponents' batting average over her last seven outings. Christ has issued only four walks in 19 1/3 innings in those seven games.
 
SCOUTING ST. BONAVENTURE
•St. Bonaventure has won four of its last five conference games, including a three-game sweep of Rhode Island last weekend.
•Junior utility Karena Recrosio tops the Bonnies' batting average chart at .371.
•Sophomore third baseman Kymora Wang (.354 batting average) and sophomore utility Kendall Stull (.330) are St. Bonaventure's leading run-producers with 27 and 26 RBIs, respectively. Wang (12) and Stull (11) have combined for 23 of the team's doubles.
•Freshman right-hander Mackenzie Frani has team highs of five wins and 14 starts. Left-hander Stull's five saves are tied for the A-10 lead.
 
UP NEXT
•The Billikens conclude the regular season with a three-game series at Massachusetts May 3-4.