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Friday , February 18, 2022
Mount St. Mary's vs. Lehigh - 10 a.m. | Live Stats
Lehigh vs. NC State - 12:30 p.m. | Live Stats | ACCNX
Fairfield vs. NC State - 3 p.m. | Live Stats | ACCNX
Mount St. Mary's vs. Fairfield - 5:30 p.m. | Live Stats
 
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Fairfield vs. Lehigh – 10 a.m. | Live Stats
Lehigh vs. Mount St. Mary's – 12:30 p.m. | Live Stats
Fairfield vs. NC State – 3 p.m. | Live Stats | ACCNX
Mount St. Mary's vs. NC State – 5:30 p.m. | Live Stats | ACCNX
 
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Lehigh vs. Fairfield – 10 a.m. | Live Stats
Mount St. Mary's vs. NC State - 12:30 p.m. | Live Stats | ACCNX

MOUNT UPDATE:  The Mount opens the season at the Wolfpack Classic.  Last year, the Mount finished 19-25 overall and just missed a Northeast Conference playoff spot with a 11-13 league record.  Tori Bowles (.320, 5HR, 32 RBI) and Kaia Bonshock (.351, 3HR, 18 RBI) paced the Mount offense last year while Amanda Berkley went 11-10 with a 3.42 ERA to lead the pitching staff.

PRESEASON POLL:  Mount St. Mary's was picked to finish fifth in the annual Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll.  Four-time defending champion Saint Francis U was selected as the preseason favorite, followed LIU, Central Connecticut , Sacred Heart, Mount St. Mary's, Fairleigh Dickinson, Wagner, Bryant and Merrimack. 

THE WOLFPACK CLASSIC:  The Mount joins host NC State, Fairfield and Lehigh at the 2022 Wolfpack Classic.  The Mount will play five games at the tournament beginning with the season opener against Lehigh on Friday, February 18, at 10:00 a.m.  The Mount will play Lehigh twice, NC State twice and Fairfield once at the tournament.

ABOUT FAIRFIELD:  Fairfield finished the 2021 season with a 22-14 record after splitting its four games in the MAAC Championship. Fairfield posted a 20-12 mark during the MAAC regular season to earn the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament.  The Stags opened the tournament with a sweep of Siena College in the quarterfinals but dropped both games in the double-elimination round over the last two days.

ABOUT LEHIGH:  Lehigh posted a record of 18-14 in 2021, including a 14-6 mark in the Patriot League.  The Mountain Hawks advanced to the Patriot League title game where they fell to Boston University, 9-2.  Lehigh was picked to finish second in the Patriot League Preseason Poll with Carley Barjaktarovich being named the Patriot League's Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.  Jayelynn Chesson and Gabriella Nori joined Barjaktarovich on the Preseason All-Patriot League team.

ABOUT NC STATE: NC State opened the season with a 4-1 record at the River City Leadoff in Jacksonville, Fla.  The Wolfpack posted wins over Winthrop, Jacksonville, Florida A&M and North Florida before falling to Western Carolina in their final game.  Aisha Weixlmann went 3-1 with a 0.47 ERA in four appearances and two starts at the tournament.  Kaylee Lambrecht went 8-for-18 (.444) at the plate to pace the hitters.

THE ALL-TIME SERIES vs. FAIRFIELD:  The Mountaineers are 1-1 all-time against Fairfield, playing both games in 2018 at the Towson Tiger Clash.  The Mount lost the first matchup, 4-0, on March 10, 2018, before coming back for a 2-1 victory the following day.

THE ALL-TIME SERIES vs. LEHIGH:  The Mount is 1-2 all-time against Lehigh with all three games coming at a neutral site.  The last matchup in the series was an 11-8 Lehigh victory at the UMBC Softball Spring Classic on March 20, 2010.  The first two games came on March 18 and 19, 2006, at the Bash at the Beach in Delaware.  The Mount won the first-ever meeting between the two schools, 6-5, before falling to Lehigh, 3-0, the following day.

THE ALL-TIME SERIES vs. NC STATE:  This will be the first-ever meeting between the Mount and NC State.

UP NEXT:  The Mountaineers head west for the DeMarini Invitational hosted by Stanford from Feb. 25-27.  The Mountaineers will face host Stanford and California two times each at the event.  The Mount stays in California for a doubleheader at Santa Clara on March 1 before returning home.