EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Softball heads to St. Louis, Missouri, this weekend to take on Maryville University in a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader Saturday at noon. The Screaming Eagles also visit the University of Missouri-St. Louis for a conference twinbill Sunday at noon.

All four games are currently scheduled to be aired live on 95.7 The Spin and on the GLVC Sports Network, while live stats audio and video can be accessed at GoUSIEagles.com.

USI (16-10, 4-0 GLVC) enters this weekend's games on a five-game winning streak after sweeping the opening weekend of GLVC play, while Maryville is 18-9 overall after posting a 3-1 mark to open league play last weekend. Missouri-St. Louis (9-11, 1-3 GLVC) dropped three of its first four conference games a week ago.

USI Softball Notes
• Eagles start conference play on positive note. USI Softball began the GLVC season with four wins this past weekend. The Eagles snared a doubleheader sweep of McKendree on Saturday before taking both games of a doubleheader from Illinois Springfield.

• Last week's leaders. Freshman catcher Courtney Schoolcraft led the Eagles at the plate against McKendree and Illinois Springfield, going 4-of-7 (.571) with a home run and four RBIs. Junior pitcher Jennifer Leonhardt hit .556 (5-9) with two doubles, three runs, four sacrifices and six RBIs, while senior second baseman Claire Johnson hit .545 (6-11) with six runs scored, two doubles and four RBIs.

• Leonhardt named GLVC Pitcher of Week. Junior pitcher Jennifer Leonhardt was named the GLVC Pitcher of the Week after going 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA, .152 opponent batting average and 16 strikeouts in USI's wins over McKendree and Illinois Springfield. Leonhardt has not allowed a run in the last 30.1 innings of work and not issued a walk in the last 35 innings.

• Schoolcraft steps up in big way. After coming in for an injured Lindsey Barr in game two against McKendree, Schoolcraft recorded an RBI single and hit a three-run home run as USI rallied from a 6-2 deficit to defeat the Bearcats.

• Webb ties record. Sophomore outfielder Alicia Webb tied a school record for triples in a game (2) when she had back-to-back triples in the first and second innings of USI's 7-0 game-one win over Illinois Springfield Sunday.

• Johnson named GLVC Player of Week. Johnson was named the GLVC Player of the Week for her efforts last week. In addition to her .538 batting average, Johnson had a .613 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging percentage. She drew five walks and struck out just two times.

• Leonhardt keeps flirting with no-no. Leonhardt continues to flirt with no-hitters this year as she has taken a no-no into the sixth inning in three of her last four starts.

• NFCA Top 25. The University of Indianapolis (No. 20) is the only team from the GLVC that is in this week's Top 25, while No. 8 Grand Valley State (GLIAC) and No. 15 Wayne State (GLIAC) are the only other Midwest Region teams inside the Top 25. Cedarville (GMAC) and Ashland (GLIAC) are receiving votes outside the Top 25.

• Offensive leaders. Johnson leads the Eagles in batting average (.427), triples (5), on-base percentage (.515), runs scored (27) and RBIs (19). Leonhardt is hitting .390 with a team-best 10 sacrifices, while Barr is hitting .300 with a team-high four home runs and 15 RBIs.

Junior outfielder Allison Schubert (Nicholasville, Kentucky) is hitting .299 with a team-high six doubles and 16 RBIs, while senior outfielder/pitcher Caitlyn Bradley has a .286 batting average with five doubles, three triples and 15 RBIs.

• Leonhardt leading Eagles in circle. Leonhardt leads the Eagles with a 10-3 record, 1.66 ERA, a .187 opponent batting average and 95 strikeouts.

• Leonhardt closing in on strikeout record. Leonhardt begins the week needing just 79 strikeouts match Brooke Harmening's all-time school record of 642.

• Rematch. USI Softball's doubleheader against Missouri-St. Louis is a rematch of last year's GLVC Tournament Championship.

• Hitting streaks. Johnson currently leads USI with an eight-game hitting streak, while Webb and sophomore first baseman Haley Shouse each have five-game hitting streaks. Johnson's eight-game hitting streak matches junior shortstop Taylor Ricketts for the season high.

Record book watch
Several USI players are in the USI career record books:
–Lindsey Barr is tied for fifth in triples (5);
–Caitlyn Bradley is fourth all-time in hit-by-pitches (18), 11th in RBIs (103) and tied for 16th in home runs (13);
–Claire Johnson is first in walks (87), second in triples (16), fifth in runs scored (135), 16th in RBIs (87) and tied for 21st in home runs (10);
–Jennifer Leonhardt is second in strikeouts (563), third in shutouts (24), fourth in wins (65), fifth in innings pitched (545.2), sixth in complete games (61) and is tied for 11th in triples (5);
–Allison Schubert is tied for 12th in home runs (15).