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Softball Looks to Stay Atop A-10, Visits UMass
3/21/2025 10:37:00 AM | Softball
WASHINGTON - The George Washington University softball team is heading to Amherst, Mass., this weekend for the second A-10 series of the season. The Revolutionaries and Minutewomen will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 12:00 p.m. before playing the series finale Sunday at 12:00 p.m., and all three games this weekend will be streamed on ESPN+.
AROUND THE A-10
The Revolutionaries are one of four teams that started A-10 play at 3-0 last weekend, including Dayton, Saint Joseph's and Fordham. George Mason took two of three games from Rhode Island, while Saint Louis, UMass, Loyola Chicago and St. Bonaventure are still searching for their first conference win.
DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE
The Revolutionaries are in the midst of an eight-game error-free streak, which dates back to the first game of the GW Invitational. GW ranks second in the A-10 and 52nd in the country in fielding percentage (.972), averaging less than an error per game to this point.  Â
ABOUT UMASS | SCHEDULE | ROSTER | STATS
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5-18 overall, including an 0-3 start in A-10 play last weekend at Saint Joseph's
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Coming off a 3-1 midweek loss at UMass Lowell, the team's 10th loss in a row
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Ranked 210 in RPI, fifth in the A-10
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Comes in with the lowest batting average in the A-10 at .207
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Riain Keefe leads team with a .291 AVG, while Sopiha Thormeyer has team's best OBP at .356Â
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Hannah Streicher is team's ERA leader at 3.50, but Julianne Bolton (3.79 ERA) leads team in innings pitched (51.2) and wins (3-4)
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Head coach Danielle Henderson leads the Minutewomen in her fourth season
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GW trails the all-time series vs. UMass, 37-11. The Revolutionaries were swept by the Minutewomen last April in Washington, D.C.
