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Oakland Will Sharpen Play with Michigan State Showdown

ROCHESTER, Mich. – On Tuesday, April 4, Oakland University Softball will take Sacchia Stadium in East Lansing for a matchup with Michigan State at 5:00 pm on Big Ten Network+.

Oakland once again split its doubleheader with Youngstown State last Sunday to go 3-3 in #HLSB play and 7-10 in the overall column. The Golden Grizzlies are 0-1 this year when it comes to Big Ten non-conference opponents after falling to Michigan last Wednesday.

Allisa DiPrima still leads the team in batting average with .359, putting the junior fifth in the league followed by Jen Krizka in seventh with the team's second-best average of .350 and two home runs, most recently as the team's lone run in game two against the Penguins on Sunday.

Reese Ruhlman and Maci Brown follow with .319 averages, respectively, in a tie for eleventh in the #HLSB stats. Ruhlman sits second on the squad in runs batted in with eight along with DiPrima. Krizka has the most on the team with 10.

Madi Herrington still sits fifth in NCAA Division I as one of the toughest batters to strikeout in the nation with only one to her 51 at-bats. At this time, the NCAA has not recalculated division stats following the weekend.

Sydney Campbell has retaken the top spot in the conference with a 1.81 earned run average following her zero earned run outting against YSU on Sunday. Campbell is tied for second in the league with only 17 earned runs and 39 strikeouts.

SCOUTING REPORT

THE SPARTANS
The Maryland Terrapins swept MSU by two short-inning shutouts as the team dropped to 1-5 in Big Ten play, 10-17 overall after starting the season 3-0. Michigan State's solo conference win came against Wisconsin in the second game of the two's doubleheader on March 26. 

MSU is the 13th-best batting team in the Big Ten Conference with a team collective of .259with only 165 hits tagged along by 138 strikeouts. Jessica Mabrey and Macy Lee are the only Spartans batting above 300 with .347 and .321, respectively. Mabrey leads the squad with three homers and 14 RBI while doubling as a double machine with 25.

Ashley Miller has a team-best 3.55 ERA with 35 earned runs, 82 strikeouts, and 275 batters faced. Following Miller, the Spartans feature 4.15 and 7.90 ERAs from Faith Guidry and Madison Taylor.

Oakland bested Michigan State 10-5 in the two team's last meeting on April 5, 2022  with the Golden Grizzlies picking up the big win for the first time since 2011.

 


SYD JUST WINS, WINS, WINS
Redshirt junior pitcher, Sydney Campbell, secured her 49th career win in the circle for Oakland on March 22 in the first half of a doubleheader with IUPUI. Campbell bests Jessica Granger's record set from 2007-2009.

PICKED FIRST… AGAIN!
The Golden Grizzlies are slated to be first in the Horizon League for the 2023 season as voted on by the conference's Head Coaches back on February 8 with eight of the nine first-place votes.

STARTING AT 100
Head Coach Lauren Karn will start the 2023 campaign with 100 wins in her pocket as the all-time winningest head coach in Oakland Softball history. Prior to THE Spring Games on February 24, Karn sits at 100-104 in her five-year career. 

A STORM IN THE CIRCLE
Pitcher Sydney Campbell returns to play as the reigning #HLSB Pitcher of the Year following a 2.23 earned run average with only 204 hits allowed in 864 at-bats the La Grange, Ohio native has faced. Campbell's name is littered through the OU record book as she's first in-season appearances (43) and season wins (23).

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
Six freshmen join the Oakland roster in Jenna Johnston, Kayla Rodriguez, Maraina Smith, Taylor Carraway, Hailee Jenkins, and Kamryn Troyer. 
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Players Mentioned

Maci Brown

#5 Maci Brown

SS/OF
5' 7"
Junior
L/L
Sydney Campbell

#42 Sydney Campbell

RHP
5' 8"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
Allisa DiPrima

#9 Allisa DiPrima

OF
5' 7"
Junior
R/R
Madi Herrington

#7 Madi Herrington

UTL
5' 4"
Sophomore
R/R
Jen Krizka

#11 Jen Krizka

C/1B
5' 8"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
Reese Ruhlman

#14 Reese Ruhlman

SS/UTL
5' 8"
Senior
R/R
Taylor Carraway

#6 Taylor Carraway

3B/C
5' 6"
Freshman
R/R
Hailee Jenkins

#10 Hailee Jenkins

P/1B
5' 7"
Freshman
R/R
Jenna Johnston

#00 Jenna Johnston

IF
5' 7"
Freshman
R/R
Kayla Rodriguez

#2 Kayla Rodriguez

C
5' 6"
Freshman
R/R
Maraina Smith

#3 Maraina Smith

P/1B
5' 8"
Freshman
R/R
Kamryn Troyer

#24 Kamryn Troyer

OF
5' 6"
Freshman
R/R

Players Mentioned

Maci Brown

#5 Maci Brown

5' 7"
Junior
L/L
SS/OF
Sydney Campbell

#42 Sydney Campbell

5' 8"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
RHP
Allisa DiPrima

#9 Allisa DiPrima

5' 7"
Junior
R/R
OF
Madi Herrington

#7 Madi Herrington

5' 4"
Sophomore
R/R
UTL
Jen Krizka

#11 Jen Krizka

5' 8"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
C/1B
Reese Ruhlman

#14 Reese Ruhlman

5' 8"
Senior
R/R
SS/UTL
Taylor Carraway

#6 Taylor Carraway

5' 6"
Freshman
R/R
3B/C
Hailee Jenkins

#10 Hailee Jenkins

5' 7"
Freshman
R/R
P/1B
Jenna Johnston

#00 Jenna Johnston

5' 7"
Freshman
R/R
IF
Kayla Rodriguez

#2 Kayla Rodriguez

5' 6"
Freshman
R/R
C
Maraina Smith

#3 Maraina Smith

5' 8"
Freshman
R/R
P/1B
Kamryn Troyer

#24 Kamryn Troyer

5' 6"
Freshman
R/R
OF