Harding (30-23) vs. Delta State (24-25)
Location: Cleveland, Miss.
When: Tuesday (DH), 2 p.m.
Coaches:
Harding – Phil Berry (30-23, 1st season)
Delta State – Casey Bourgoyne-Charles (6th Season)
Live Stats – Available on a link at HardingSports.com
Harding
- Harding will be playing its final regular season games on Tuesday. The Lady Bisons will have a conference bye this weekend before the Great American Conference Tournament held May 1-3.
- Harding heads into the non-conference doubleheader with a 30-23 overall record. The Lady Bisons are 6-15 on the road this season.
- Harding is coming off a GAC home series against Ouachita Baptist this past weekend. The Lady Bisons won the series 3-1. Harding dropped the first game 1-0 in nine innings but battled back to win the next three 6-1, 6-5, 9-1. Harding's ace, Amber Rollins, set a new GAC strikeout record in the opening game of the series with 15. She broke her previous record of 14 strikeouts set against Arkansas-Monticello earlier this season. Kinsey Beck led Harding at the plate hitting .471. Beck had eight hits, four doubles, four RBI and four runs scored.
- Harding has a .317 team batting average that ranks third in the GAC and 53rd in NCAA Division II. The Lady Bisons have nine players that are hitting over .300. Harding is led by Courtney Derrick who is hitting .394 which ranks ninth in the GAC.
- Courtney Derrick leads the GAC in hits with 76. She also leads the team in stolen bases with 20, ranking her fourth in the GAC. Derrick leads the team in multiple hit games with 25. In 15 games she had two hits and in 10 games she had three hits.
- Amber Rollins leads the Lady Bisons in the circle with a 2.71 ERA which ranks sixth in the GAC. Rollins ranks third in the GAC in wins with 16. She also leads the GAC and ranks 16th in NCAA Division II in strikeouts with 187.
Delta State
- Delta State is located in Cleveland, Miss., and has an enrollment of 2,756.
- The Lady Statesmen head into the doubleheader with a 24-25 overall record. Delta State is 11-7 at home this season.
- The Lady Statesmen are coming off a three game series at Shorter. Delta State was swept in the Gulf South Conference series as they scored only one run. Shorter won 9-1, 7-0 and 7-0.
- The Lady Statesmen are led by Kaitlin Moore who is batting .373 on the season. Moore leads the team in hits with 62 and doubles with 15. She also leads the team in RBI with 47.
- Delta State is led in the circle by Macie Wilde who has a 4.38 ERA and a 7-7 record. Taylor Tucker has a 4.54 ERA and a 10-11 record. Tucker leads the team in strikeouts with 54.
Series
- Tied 1-1
- When the two teams met in Searcy earlier this season, Delta State won the first game 7-5 and Harding won the second game 3-2 in eight innings. After being tied 1-1, Delta State took a 2-1 lead in the top of the eighth inning in game two. Harding answered back and tied the game on a Carolyn Clayton single. The Lady Bisons won the game when Marley Edwards singled up the middle to score Emily Jones from second who pinch ran for Clayton. Courtney Derrick led the Lady Bisons in the doubleheader with five hits, one RBI and a run scored.
