BILLIKEN SOFTBALL THIS WEEK
Opponent | Date | Time	at Belmont | Friday, May 1 | 3:30 p.m. | Live Stats
Opponent | Date | Time	at Belmont | Saturday, May 2 | 1 p.m. | Live Stats

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BILLIKENS CONCLUDE REGULAR SEASON WITH NON-CONFERENCE GAMES AT BELMONT
·Saint Louis (23-24, 13-10 Atlantic 10) finishes the regular season in Nashville, Tenn., with single non-conference contests against Belmont (35-11, 21-5 Missouri Valley) Friday and Saturday, May 1-2. Friday's first pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m., while Saturday's game begins at 1 p.m.
·The Billikens have clinched a spot in the six-team A-10 Championship, scheduled for Wednesday-Saturday, May 6-9, at the Billiken Sports Center. Belmont leads the Missouri Valley Conference.
·While Saint Louis is assured of competing in the A-10 Championship, its place in the final standings and tournament seeding will not be determined until the conclusion of the final conference games on Sunday.
 
COVERAGE
·Live stats are available for both games. See the links above. 

ABOUT THE BILLIKENS
·The Billikens are coming off a doubleheader sweep at St. Bonaventure that secured an A-10 Championship berth. The victories gave SLU a five-game winning streak, equaling its season high.
·Anna Christ has 10 RBIs and four doubles in the last five games, batting at a .462 clip (6-for-13).
·Abby Ulsas has reached base by hit, walk or hit-by-pitch in each of the last 17 games, a career-long streak. Ulsas has hit safely in 13 of those games, posting a .380 batting average (19-for-50) and utilizing 12 walks to create a .508 on-base percentage. She has reached base in 42 of 47 games this season.
·Isabel Royle has a 2.22 ERA over her last 13 appearances (10 starts). In her last six outings (all starts), Royle owns a 1.55 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP while issuing just 1.99 walks per seven innings.
·Karsen Jany is batting .371 (13-for-35) with 10 RBIs and 11 walks over the last 13 games. Jany has hit safely in 10 of those 13 contests.
·Abby Mallo is hitting .333 (10-fo-30) with seven RBIs and nine walks over the last 11 games.
·Kate Proffitt has posted a .292 average (19-for-65) with just seven strikeouts in 80 plate appearances in the last 23 games. Proffitt has struck out just once in her last 29 trips to the plate (nine games), going 8-for-24 (.333).
·Over the last six games, Bella Stephens has a .333 batting mark (7-for-21) with five RBIs.
·Anna Rolla has committed just one error in the last 23 games (67 chances) for a .985 fielding percentage.
·Sophia Boente has committed just three errors in 74 chances over the last 18 games for a .961 fielding percentage. At the plate, Boente has collected seven of her season total of 13 RBIs in the last 12 games.
 
HEAD COACH CHRISTY CONNOYER
·Now in her 16th season at the helm, 2023 and 2025 A-10 Coach of the Year Christy Connoyer owns 410 Saint Louis victories. The Billikens' 95 wins from 2023 to 2025 are the most during a three-year span in program history.
·In addition to last year's A-10 Championship triumph and NCAA Tournament appearance, Connoyer guided the 2023 Billikens to the program's first regular-season conference title.
 
SCOUTING BELMONT
·Belmont is in its fourth year in the Missouri Valley Conference after competing in the Ohio Valley Conference.
·The Bruins are No. 45 in the NCAA Division I Ratings Percentage Index and are receiving votes in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Top 25.
·The 2025 Bruins finished second in the MVC regular-season standings before winning the MVC Tournament and reaching the NCAA Tournament.
·Redshirt-senior left-hander Maya Johnson (24-2, 0.71 ERA), a National Fastpitch Coaches Association first-team All-American and the MVC Pitcher of the Year in 2025, is one of the nation's top hurlers. Johnson leads the nation in ERA, WHIP (0.68), strikeouts per seven innings (13.1), strikeout-to-walk ratio (11.03 to 1), shutouts (12) and complete games (26). She ranks fourth in victories – including wins over SEC teams Georgia and Mississippi State – sixth in fewest hits allowed per seven innings (3.6) and 14th in fewest walks allowed per seven innings (1.19). Also on Johnson's resume is a 1-0 loss to then-No. 1 Tennessee.
·At the plate, sophomore infielder Rylee Spindler leads an offense that carries a .298 batting average, a .469 slugging percentage and a .385 on-base percentage. Spindler's .446 batting average ranks 37th nationally, and she also leads the Bruins with 36 RBIs, 13 doubles, a .649 slugging percentage and a .503 on-base percentage.
·Other offensive leaders are senior infielder Nicole Hughes (.372/.636/.491, team-high seven home runs, 30 RBIs); sophomore outfielder Maddy Balsiger (.329, 23 RBIs); sophomore infielder Madison Dolecki (.300, six home runs, 28 RBIs); senior catcher Brenna Blume (six home runs, 27 RBIs); and freshman infielder Lydia Vanderwoude (11 doubles, six triples, four home runs).