Islanders in Action Tuesday at Prairie View A&M

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PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – To conclude a six-game road trip, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi softball program will travel to Prairie View A&M for a single game at 3 p.m. at the Lady Panthers Softball Stadium.
 
The Islanders (15-18, 6-6 SLC) and the Panthers (7-9, 7-2 SWAC) were originally slated to play a doubleheader but changed their plans Monday.
 
A&M-Corpus Christi is 6-6 on the road this season.
 
In their last outing, the Islanders won the final game of the series over the weekend at Incarnate Word. It was a 1-0 victory as sophomore Beatriz Lara tossed a complete-game shutout.
 
Sophomore Ashleigh Sgambelluri has tallied a hit in 13 of the last 14 games. She leads the team with a .326 average and is the only student-athlete to start in all 33 games.
 
Sophomore Pal Egan leads the team in on-base percentage with a .455 clip. She started the year by reaching base safely in each of the first 17 games.
 
In conference games only, sophomore Sammi Thomas carries a .375 average, .487 on-base percentage and .781 slugging. She's notched 12 hits in 11 games including four doubles, three triples and a homer.
 
The Islanders have mixed and matched their lineups all year and have used 33 different batting orders in 33 contests.
 
In the circle, Lara has been the ace of the staff. She carries a 10-5 record and 2.09 ERA. She's 5-2 in conference with a 0.85 ERA. Lara has wins this year over UT Arlington, UTSA, Tarleton State, Texas Southern, Sam Houston, Lamar and Incarnate Word.
 
A&M-Corpus Christi has started and finished strong in games this season. It has outscored the opposition 22-19 in the first inning and 14-12 in the seventh.
 
Prairie View A&M is coming off a three-game road sweep at Arkansas-Pine Bluff over the weekend. The Panthers have won five of the last six games which also includes a pair of wins over Alabama A&M.
 
A&M-Corpus Christi will play its second opponent from the Southwestern Athletic Conference this season after sweeping a doubleheader over Texas Southern 5-3 and 7-1 on Feb. 24. The Islanders are 27-10 all-time against Prairie View A&M, including an 11-3 mark on the road. In the 37 total meetings, A&M-Corpus Christi averages 7.4 runs per game.
 
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