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Upcoming in Gray Wolves Softball: After playing 12 games in the Sunshine State, Lourdes returns home to Pacesetter Park on Sunday afternoon to entertain 18th-ranked Saint Francis (Ill.) in a doubleheader in the team's home opener.

Head Coach Jo Ann Gordon: In her sixth season on the Lourdes bench, Jo Ann Gordon has a 74-134 (.356) record at the helm of the Gray Wolves.  In her 16th season overall as a head softball coach, Gordon has a 226-422 (.349) career mark.  She is the only head coach in Lourdes program's history.

Series Notes: Saint Francis (Ill.) won the only previous meeting between the two schools on March 7, 2013.  The Saints registered an 8-0 victory over the Gray Wolves in a game played in Clermont, Fla.

Wrapping Up Last Week: Lourdes opened its Florida swing dropping five straight games.  The Gray Wolves were on the short end of decisions against Judson (3-1), Bellevue (6-3), Trinity Christian (9-0), Calumet (9-3), and Spring Arbor (8-6) before posting a victory on Tuesday against Trinity International (19-12).  After a day off, Lourdes downed Trinity Christian in a rematch 7-6 and Midway 11-7 on Thursday.  Friday saw the Gray Wolves rally for a 12-11 victory in nine innings against Hannibal-LaGrange and a 7-3 win over Saint Francis (Ind.).  On the final day of the trip, Lourdes defeated Indiana-South Bend 7-1 before falling in the bottom of the seventh to fourth-ranked Marian by the score of 2-1.

Scouting Saint Francis (Ill.): The Saints snapped a two-game losing skid with an 8-7 victory over Dickinson State last Saturday to close out their swing in Arizona.  Saint Francis is batting .359 as a team, led by Kayla Garcia's .484 average and 12 runs batted in.  The pitching staff sports a 3.32 earned run average and opponents are batting .299 against them.  Morghan Dieringer leads the way with a 1.83 ERA and a 5-2 record, striking out 55 hitters in 42 innings of work.

Lourdes In Home Openers: Lourdes is 1-4 all-time in its home openers.  The Gray Wolves defeated Northwestern Ohio 2-1 to begin the 2014 home slate for the only victory in such a game.  Last year, the Gray Wolves dropped their home opener 5-4 in eight innings against Lawrence Tech.

Record-Setting Streak: Lourdes' six-game winning streak which started with a victory over Trinity International and was ended with the 2-1 loss to Marian was the longest winning streak in program history.  Previously, the longest stretch of wins for the Gray Wolves had been four consecutive games, a feat which had occurred three times, most recently May 5-6, 2016.

Kostick Named Player of the Week: Marissa Kostick was named the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Player of the Week after hitting .450 with
15 runs batted in while scoring 14 times for the Gray Wolves in the final 10 games in Florida.  Kostick homered six times, including in five straight contests, and finished the week with a nine-game hitting streak.

Doing it in the Circle Too: Marissa Kostick also had a solid week in the circle for the Gray Wolves, sporting a 3-0 record and a 1.81 earned run average in six appearances, including four starts, in the Sunshine State.  She struck out 24 hitters in 31 innings, limiting the opposition to a .234 batting average.

Another Hot Bat: Olivia Stanton batted .412 on the southern swing, hitting three home runs while driving home 10 runs.  She had a team-leading four doubles, slugging .794 in the process.

Nice Job for the Rookie: Alyssa Ziegler hit .314 with 11 hits and 10 runs scored during her first 11 games of her collegiate career.  She tallied a pair of doubles and had two RBI while reaching base at a .342 clip.  Defensively, she was flawless in the error, not committing an error on the trip.

Using Her Wheels: Taylor Genzman stole a team-leading three bases in Florida.  She also used her speed at the plate, logging the only triple of the year for the Gray Wolves thus far.

Streaking: Lindsay George has hit safely in her last four games, and reached base in five consecutive contests for the Gray Wolves.  George is batting .400 on the year with a pair of doubles.

Multi-Hit Efforts: A total of 12 different Gray Wolves have at least one multi-hit game this season, with eight of the 12 registering two or more hits in at least a pair of games.  Marissa Kostick leads the way for Lourdes with eight such games, including a pair of three-hit contests.

Getting the Run Home: Lourdes has been successful 71.8% of the time driving home a runner on third with less than two outs.  Shylee Schmeltz has six RBI in seven such opportunities.

This and That: Marissa Kostick's six home runs match a program single season record ... the extra inning win over Hannibal-LaGrange improved Lourdes to 3-9 all-time when extending beyond regulation, and snapped a seven-game extra inning losing streak which dated back to the 2014 season ... the Gray Wolves and their opponents have both scored exactly 77 runs ... Lourdes leadoff batters are reaching base 48.8% of the time (39-of-80), the exact same percentage as its opponents.