SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Drury hits the road for the final time of the regular season as they square off with William Jewell and Rockhurst on the Kansas City loop of GLVC.
Drury has won seven of their last eight games entering the final road trip of the season. William Jewell has dropped four of their last six games. Rockhurst is one of the hottest teams in the GLVC. The Hawks have won seven straight and eight of their last ten games.
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SERIES HISTORY VS WILLIAM JEWELL
- Drury has won 12 straight against William Jewell, four of them under Brooke Gajewski.
- All-time, the Panthers are 19-14 against the Cardinals.
- The trip to Jewell will be Drury's first trip there since 2022.
SERIES HISTORY VS ROCKHURST
- Against Rockhurst, Drury is 4-1 under Gajewski. All four of those wins are the last four meetings.
- Rockhurst holds a 20-21 record against Drury.
- The last time that Drury traveled to Kansas City to play Rockhurst was in 2023, where the Hawks swept the Panthers.
STORYLINES
- Jordyn Foley is the regaining GLVC Pitcher of the Week after she threw the program's seventh no-hitter.
- Foley is now tied with Kaley Adzick with 21 career Drury wins. It is the seventh most in Drury history.
- Last week, Adzick eclipsed 300 career innings pitched and 30 career wins (totaled with her time at Webster and Drury). In her time as a Panther, Adzick is three strikeouts away from eighth in Drury history. She currently has 170 at Drury.
- Reece Anderson is two assists shy of hitting the 300 career assist mark.
- Landry Cochran enters the weekend 17 hits away from 100 career hits.
- After two triples last weekend, Cochran is fifth all-time in career triples at Drury with six.
- Jewell is 17-25 entering the weekend and 8-12 in the GLVC. In the Cardinals' last ten games, they are 4-6. The four wins came against Quincy, Truman State, and Southwest Baptist.
- Mikayla Chairez is one of the top bats in the GLVC. The senior is hitting .488 with ten homers and 26 RBIs. Chairez has an OPS of 1.413 and is slugging .853. She has been the GLVC Player of the Week twice this season.
- The pitching staff for Jewell has the third-worst ERA in the GLVC, 5.55. There is not a single pitcher for the Cardinals that has an ERA under 4.50. The lowest ERA is Olivia Wood. She holds a 4.58 with a 4-4 record, but has been used sparingly as a starter, only starting nine games and coming out of the bullpen 13 times.
- Rockhurst enters the weekend riding high. The Hawks are winners of seven straight and eight of their last ten games. Rockhurst is 25-16 overall and 12-8 in GLVC.
- The Hawks' offense is one of the top in the GLVC. Rockhurst has a .314 batting average as a team, led by Emily Berry. Berry is hitting .410 this season with ten homers and 47 RBIs. Eva Fulk has also been a consistent bat in the lineup. Fulk has reached base in the last 14 Rockhurst games. She is also a threat to steal, recording a team-high 27 this season.
- Avery Huffman has been one of the top arms in the GLVC this season. Huffman has been a GLVC Pitcher of the Week once this season. She is holding opponents to a .197 batting average. The senior is 14-8 this season.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Panthers return home for the final week of the regular season, starting with a non-conference doubleheader against Rogers State on April 29.
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