POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Only two years removed from the program's first-ever trip to the MAAC Championship Game, Siena Softball will look to once again pull together a postseason run. The No. 6 seed Saints (29-20, 12-11) will begin the 2024 MAAC Championship against No. 3 seed Rider (24-25, 16-7) on Wednesday, May 8 at 11 AM at the Softball Park at Gartland Athletic Complex in Poughkeepsie, New York.

The Saints will kick off the double elimination tournament at the site of its only MAAC Opening Round victory in program history (2019), with the winner facing off against No. 2 Niagara on Thursday, May 9 at 11 AM and the loser playing at 4 PM in an elimination game.

The entirety of the 2024 MAAC Softball Championship will be streamed live on ESPN+. Live stats will be available for all games, while In-game updates will be provided via the team's official twitter page @Siena_Softball. Join the conversation by using the hashtags #MarchOn, #SienaSaints, and #MAACSoftball.

The Field:
#1 Marist (36-17, 17-6) vs. Siena – Split series on April 9 (W, 2-1, L, 10-2)
#2 Niagara (27-19, 16-7) vs. Siena – Swept three-game series on April 23-24 (W, 1-0, W, 3-1, W, 9-8)
#3 Rider (24-25, 16-7)  vs. Siena – Dropped two of three games on April 13-14 (L, 6-0, L, 8-0, W, 3-1)
#4 Canisius (20-20, 14-9) vs. Siena – Swept three-game series on April 20-21 (W, 4-0, W, 6-5, W, 8-1)
#5 Iona (17-27, 14-10) vs. Siena – Did not play this season
#6 Siena (29-20, 12-11) – vs. Field: 3-7
 
Siena in the MAAC Championship:

• 15^th appearance; 7^th straight in eligible years (excl. 2020)
• Overall: 13-30
  • Siena entered the 2023 MAAC Tournament as the No. 5 seed and left as the first team eliminated following a 5-3 opening round loss to Fairfield and an extra inning 4-1 loss to Iona in the elimination game. Siena has only won multiple MAAC Tournament games in two prior tournaments, doing so in 2015 and 2022.
• Opening Round: 1-12
  • Siena will look to win a game in the MAAC Tournament's opening round for only the second time ever, with the first coming in the form of a 1-0 win over Fairfield in 2019 in Poughkeepsie.
  • In Poughkeepsie: 1-4 (2019, 2013)
  • Against Marist: 1-1 (last: 2022)
  • Against Niagara: 0-4 (last: 2019)
  • Against Rider: 1-0 (last: 2022)
  • Against Canisius: 0-2 (last: 2022)
  • Against Iona: 3-3 (last: 2023)
  • Against #1 seed: 0-4 (last: 2022)
  • Against #2 seed: 2-4 (last: 2022)
  • Against #3 seed: 1-2 (last: 2015)
  • Against #4 seed: 1-6 (last: 2023)
  • Against #5 seed: 2-5 (last: 2022)
  • As the #6 seed: 0-2 (second time - 1993)

Siena Against Possible Opponents

• Against Marist: 27-41 (MAR W1)
• Against Niagara: 30-39 (NIAG W3)
• Against Rider: 35-21 (RID W1)
• Against Canisius: 20-46 (CAN W4)
• Against Iona: 25-50 (ION W3)

Starting Lineup: Quick Hits:

• Siena will aim to advance out of the winner's bracket for what would be only the second time in program history and the second time in Poughkeepsie. The Saints enter the week having won seven of the final eight regular season contests, including a doubleheader sweep over Le Moyne, three-game weekend sweep over Saint Peter's, and two of three games at Manhattan this past weekend.
• Under the direction of fourth year head coach Casey Bump, the team is one win away from its third straight 30-win season, with the program setting and trying the single-season record for wins with 32 in both 2022 and 2023. One win would make the Saints the only team in the MAAC to record 30-win campaigns in each of the last three years.
• Of note this season, junior McKenzie Swinson broke her own single-season record for stolen bases and currently ranks second in the league with 21, while senior Isabella Pardo became just the third player in program history to eclipse the 200-hit mark on a career. At 16-8, redshirt-sophomore pitcher Alissa Eimont owns the second-most pitching wins by a Saint in a single season, and had four saves to her name as well.
• The team matched its most postseason honors since 2013 with five Saints named to All-MAAC teams following the conclusion of the regular season. Fifth year Jocelyn Ulrich earned the program's first First Team nod since 2019 as a designated player, while Pardo and Eimont earned Second Team honors in the outfield and in the circle, respectively, and freshmen Chloe Cummings and Carlie Venables landed on the MAAC All-Rookie Team.
• Siena currently leads the MAAC in fielding percentage (.972) and double plays per-game (0.35), while ranking second in shutouts (9) and team ERA (3.02).
• Individually, Ulrich is fifth nationally among qualifiers in batting average (.455) and ninth nationally in on-base percentage (.538), Eimont is 41^st nationally in ERA (1.70), junior Madi Silber is 23^rd nationally with 14 hit-by-pitches taken, and Cummings is 36^th nationally in sacrifice bunts per-game (0.21).
• Ulrich has been even better in conference play this season with .475 batting average, .623 slugging percentage, and .554 on-base percentage. Siena is 21-2 this season when holding an opponent to two runs or less, while Pardo is currently enjoying a ten-game on-base streak and Ulrich has hit safely in each of the last seven games.
• Aside from boasting records over .500 at home, on the road, and in neutral site games, the program has already set a single-season record with ten neutral site wins this season. This comes one year after winning a single-season program record 14 road contests in 2023.
• Siena has boasted MAAC weekly awards this season from different players. Graduate Student Nicole Patille earned MAAC Pitcher of the Week honors on February 1 and April 23, while Silber was the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week on February 13. Eimont took home MAAC Pitcher of the Week honors three times, and sophomore Emma Petersen took home MAAC Offensive Player of the Week on April 2.