Softball Heads to Jacksonville for Weekend Round Robin

TROY, Ala. – Following a brief stint at home, Troy Softball returns to the road for a five-game round-robin tournament hosted by Jacksonville and North Florida. The event was initially scheduled to be split between the two schools, but due to facility issues, the entire tournament will be played at UNF.

Troy (10-6) is in the midst of playing 17 of 18 games away from the Troy Softball Complex, with the lone home game being Wednesday night's loss to No. 19 Auburn. The Trojans opened their road stretch with a 4-2 mark last week between a mid-week contest at Mercer and tournament at Florida State.

The Trojans enter the weekend holding opponents to a .213 batting average and with a staff ERA of 2.25 behind the arms of Leanna Johnson (7-2, 1.08) and Olivia Cato (2-2, 2.66), while they are led at the plate by a trio of players hitting above .300 in Libby Baker (.382), Taylor McKinney (.357) and Anslee Finch (.351).

The key for the Trojans has been scoring early and keeping the ball in the park when in the circle. Troy is 8-1 on the year when scoring first, 8-0 when scoring three or more runs and 10-1 when it doesn't allow opponents to hit a home run; conversely, the Trojans are 0-5 when their opponent hits a homer.

Troy opens play against Jacksonville with a doubleheader Friday beginning at 10 a.m. (CT) before playing North Florida in a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 4 p.m. (CT), the Trojans end the weekend with a single game against Charleston Southern on Sunday at 11 a.m. (CT).

Jacksonville enters the weekend 8-6 on the season, while UNF is 8-4 and Charleston Southern is 6-5. Live stats will be available for all the games via TroyTrojans.com and there will be live video for Saturday's games against UNF.

Notable
• Win seven wins in the circle already this season; Leanna Johnson is just 10 wins shy of becoming Troy's all-time leader with 94 in her career; Ashlyn Williams won 93 games from 2008-11.

• Among active players in the country, Leanna Johnson ranks first in shutouts (31), innings pitched (747.3), complete games (74) and games started (119). She is third in wins (84) and second in strikeouts (935).

• Kelly Horne is sixth nationally among active players with 109 career walks and 31st with 196 career games played, while Jade Sinness ranks 49th with 122 career runs scored.

• Troy has already stolen 18 bases through the first 16 games of the season in 2023 (1.13 per game) ... the Trojans stole 29 bases all of last season (0.56 per game).

• Troy has 15 sacrifices through the first 16 games of the season -- four sac flies and 11 sac bunts -- last season, Troy had 29 sacrifices all season (8/21).

• Troy has allowed one or fewer earned runs in 9-of-16 games.

• Taylor McKinney leads Troy with five multi-hit games this season, while Jade Sinness, D'Aun Riggs and Anslee Finch each have three. Finch and McKinney lead the Trojans with three multi-RBI games each.

Softball Heads to Jacksonville for Weekend Round Robin

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Players Mentioned

Libby Baker

Olivia Cato

Anslee Finch

Kelly Horne

Leanna Johnson

Taylor McKinney

D'Aun Riggs

Jade Sinness

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