Hoos Travel To UNCG Invitational For Five-Game Weekend

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia softball team (5-5) continues to play on the road this weekend, traveling to play five games at the UNCG Invitational. Competition begins Friday (Feb. 25) with games against Towson (1-8) and Bucknell (2-6).

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Friday
vs. Towson – 12 p.m.
vs. Bucknell – 5 p.m.

Saturday
vs. Towson – 9:30 a.m.
vs. Loyola-Chicago – 12 p.m.

Sunday
vs. UNCG – 2 p.m.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats are available for all games. Sunday’s game against UNCG will be streamed on ESPN+ which is available to those who subscribe to the service at ESPN.com and through the ESPN app. Links to both the stream and live stats are available at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVASoftball).

QUICK HITS
• Sarah Coon leads the UVA offense, hitting at a .345 clip and is tied for the team lead in RBI with eight
• Coon vaulted to the lead after hitting .467 last week with two home runs and seven RBI at Charleston Southern
• Lauren VanAssche is right behind her with a .343 average and is tied for the team lead with nine runs scored
• Tori Gilbert leads in power with an .889 slug percentage with three home runs and six doubles in her nine hits
• Mikayla Houge leads in the circle with a 2.15 ERA and a 0.77 WHIP through her 26.0 innings of work
• Houge has tallied a 3-0 record with a pair of complete games to match her season total from a year ago
• Molly Grube struck out five in 2.2 innings and did not allow a run in her return to the circle last weekend
• Virginia has been efficient on the basepath, stealing successfully in 19-of-20 attempts this season
• The 19 steals is closing in on the total of 27 bases stolen a year ago by the Hoos
• Conversely, the Hoos have thrown out seven baserunners on 13 steal attempts so far this season

HOOS VS. THE UNCG TOURNAMENT FIELD
• Virginia has no new opponents in the field at UNCG this weekend, having faced each team at least once before
• UVA and Bucknell have played twice with the Hoos leading the series 2-0 after winning both games at Palmer Park in the shortened 2020 season
• Virginia leads the series with Towson 14-10 and split the two-game series in the last meeting in 2017
• The Hoos are 1-0 against Loyola-Chicago having picked up a 9-1 win in 2006 in a tournament at Fullerton
• Virginia and UNCG have met 27 times with the Hoos leading the series 19-8. UNCG has won five straight

HOOS CARRYING HIT STREAKS INTO WEEKEND
• Freshman Sarah Coon enters the weekend on a hot streak after leading the Hoos at the plate last weekend and currently holds a five-game hit streak
• Lauren VanAssche also holds a three-game hit streak coming into the tournament to match her season long

HOOS REACHING BASE SAFELY
• In addition to the hit streaks, three Hoos have reached base safely in five games or more
• On top of her three-game hit streak VanAssche has reached safely in seven straight games
• Katie Goldberg also has reached base safely in seven straight games, while Sarah Coon has her five-game streak that coincides with her hit streak