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ROUTE 66 RIVALRY Southern Nazarene (10-16, 3-13 GAC) at SWOSU (6-20, 4-12 GAC) Saturday, March 19, 1:00 pm (DH) Sunday, March 20, 1:00 pm (DH) Weatherford, Okla. (SWOSU Athletic Complex) Live Stats  |  Watch Live

Setting the Stage
- SWOSU Softball is back at home this weekend, facing Route 66 Rival Southern Nazarene on Family Weekend in Weatherford
- The games have been pushed back to Saturday and Sunday due to weather, with a doubleheader starting at 1:00 pm each day
- The Bulldogs enter the series with a record of 6-20 (4-12 GAC), but they are 4-4 on their home field with a split in both prior conference series at home
 
The Opponent
Southern Nazarene (10-16, 3-13 GAC)
- One game behind SWOSU in the conference standings at 3-13, but they are on a three-game winning streak heading into the series
- Ranked eighth in the GAC in batting with a team average of .259 and they've hit 17 doubles and 18 home runs this season
- SNU's pitching staff has a combined 3.25 ERA, fifth-best in the league, and they've allowed 99 earned runs in 168.0 innings this season
 
The Coaches
SWOSU: Barbara Burnett (14-57, 2nd season)
- In her second season as the head coach at her alma mater, having taken over after four seasons as the head softball coach at Independence Community College
 
Southern Nazarene: Tere Webber (305-312, 12th season)
- Two-time conference coach of the year who has led Southern Nazarene to five 30-win seasons in 12 years at her alma mater
 
SWOSU Notes
- The Bulldogs enter the weekend with a team batting average of .253, ranking ninth in the conference, and they've hit 21 doubles, 13 home runs and scored 85 runs in 26 games
- SWOSU's batters have struck out a staggering 172 times this season, the most in the conference by 19 (153, Henderson State)
- The pitching staff for SWOSU has a combined 5.12 ERA, having allowed 126 earned runs in 172.1 innings of action in 2016
- Three different players (Alex Wilson, Tori Hawk, Taya Haney) have had a hit streak of 10 or more games this season, but the longest current hit streak on the team is four games (Kenedi Jackson)
- Haney leads the team with seen multiple hit games this year and she's the team's top pitcher with a 3-7 record and 6.46 ERA in 13 appearances
 
Looking Ahead
- The Bulldogs are on the road next weekend, going to Shawnee to face GAC-newcomer Oklahoma Baptist in a four-game conference series