EVANSVILLE, Ind.--University of Southern Indiana Softball is set to visit Truman State University Saturday at noon for a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader in Kirksville, Missouri, before traveling to Quincy, Illinois, Sunday for a noon twinbill against Quincy University.

Live stats and GLVC Sports Network coverage for all four games can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com.

The Screaming Eagles enter the weekend with a 17-14 overall record and a 6-6 mark in GLVC play, while Truman State is currently 15-11 overall and 6-6 in league play. Quincy is currently 11-19 overall and 1-11 in the GLVC.

USI Softball Notes
• Recapping last week. USI Softball posted a 3-1 mark in GLVC play last week as it split a doubleheader with Illinois Springfield (2-1, 0-6) before sweeping a twinbill from Lewis (6-1, 3-1).

• USI shutout for first time. USI Softball suffered its first shutout of the season in its 6-0 loss to Illinois Springfield.

• Last week's leaders. Sophomore pitcher Jennifer Leonhardt led the Eagles with six RBIs, while going 2-0 in the circle with a 0.98 ERA, 13 strikeouts and a .143 opponent batting average. Senior outfielder Olivia Clark-Kittleson hit .500 with a pair of runs scored, while sophomore outfielder Allison Schubert hit .417 with two doubles and a pair of RBIs. USI also got strong pitching effort from junior Courtney Atkisson, who was 1-1 with a 1.17 ERA and a .217 opponent batting average.

• Season leaders. Schubert leads USI with a .383 batting average, eight doubles, eight home runs and 29 RBIs in 2018, while junior second baseman Claire Johnson is hitting .327 with three doubles, six triples, a home runs and 12 RBIs. Leonhardt is 8-7 with a 3.17 ERA and 104 strikeouts to lead the Eagles in the circle.

• Schubert trying to join elite club. Schubert is two home runs shy of becoming the eighth player in program history to hit 10 or more home runs in a single season. Her eight home runs this season are currently tied for the 10th on USI's single-season list.

• Leonhardt mowing down batters. Leonhardt has been posting big strikeout numbers during the GLVC season. She currently leads the GLVC with 53 strikeouts in conference-only games and is fourth throughout the entire 2018 campaign.

• Johnson racking up triples. Johnson has racked up an NCAA Division II-best six triples throughout the first 23 games, just five short of the single-season record of 11, which is held by Amber Huse (1995).

• Hitting streaks. Senior third baseman Mena Fulton saw a nine-game hitting streak come to an end in USI's game-one win over Lewis. Fulton is one of seven different players to record hitting streaks of five games or better in 2018. Clark-Kittleson has the longest current streak at five games; while Johnson's 11-game hitting streak was the longest of the year.

• Beanball. After getting plunked 17 times a year ago, Fulton is tied for fourth in the GLVC in 2018 as she has been hit a team-high five times. Senior first baseman Marleah Fossett, who was hit a league-high 21 times last year, has been hit by pitches twice in 2018.

• Record book watch. Several USI players are in the USI career record books:
–Caitlyn Bradley is fifth all-time in hit-by-pitches (15) and tied for 15th in home runs (11);
–Marleah Fossett is second all-time in hit-by-pitches (28), fourth in putouts (862) and tied for 15th in home runs (11);
–Mena Fulton is first all-time in hit-by-pitches (31);
–Claire Johnson is fourth in triples (10);
–Jennifer Leonhardt is tied for seventh in wins (37) and shutouts (13), and is eighth in strikeouts (295).