?            WEDNESDAY'S MATCH-UP
•The Southwest Minnesota State University softball team (11-22, 6-12 NSIC) concludes its short home season on Wednesday facing Wayne State College (15-24, 9-11 NSIC) in a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m. at Mattke Field at the Schwan Regional Event Center.
•SMSU's first 29 games were played away from Marshall with a total of 12 games being played indoors.
•SMSU?is coming off a split with Minnesota Duluth on Monday, winning 4-2 in game one, before losing 4-1 in game two. The victory in game one snapped a six-game losing streak for SMSU.
•Wednesday begins a crucial six games for SMSU as they look to qualify for the NSIC Tournament. SMSU begins play on Wednesday tied for 11th in the NSIC standings. The top 10 teams qualify for the NSIC Tournament in May.
•SMSU is more than likely going to have to win all six games to have a chance to make the 10-team field. Following Wednesday's games, SMSU will play at Bemidji State and Minnesota Crookston this Saturday and Sunday.
•WSC is in 10th place in the league standings with a mark of 9-11 and holds a 15-24 overall record.
 
            SCHWAN REGIONAL EVENT CENTER
•The six games played this week at the Schwan Regional Event Center are the first in the stadium since SMSU split a doubleheader versus Concordia-St. Paul during the 2013 season.
•SMSU also played games at the stadium in 2009 and 2011 and holds an all-time record of 8-6 at the stadium.
 
            GAME COVERAGE
•Live statistics for Wednesday's games will be available at smsumustangs.com.
•Updates can also be found by following @smsusoftball on Twitter.
 
            SERIES HISTORY
•SMSU?holds a slight 28-27 all-time advantage versus WSC?in a series that started in 1986. 
•SMSU has won the last three games, including 2-0 and 5-1 victories last season in Wayne, Nebraska.
•SMSU head coach Jamie Dunn is 4-4 all-time versus WSC.
 
            HEAD COACH
•Jamie Dunn is in her fifth season as head coach and has an overall record of 95-137-1, including 58-77-1 in conference play.
•SMSU had qualified for the NSIC Tournament the past three seasons.
 
            MUSTANG NOTABLES
•SMSU is hitting .254 with 13 home runs and 44 doubles.
•SMSU has an ERA?of 5.01 with 169 strikeouts in 211 innings.
•SMSU?has a .953 fielding percentage.
•SMSU is 4-3 in one-run games.
•SMSU is 11-1 when leading after five innings and 10-0 when leading after six innings.
•In NSIC?games only, the SMSU pitching staff has a league-leading 119 strikeouts.
•Wednesday is the final game for SMSU's lone senior, Mackenzie Clouse.
•Freshman Bailey Johnson is the team leader with a .322 batting average and has scored a team-high 18 runs.
•Johnson earlier this season had a team-long 16-game streak of reaching base.
•Junior Abbie Decker ranks third in school history with 20 hit by pitches.
•Sophomore Kali Tomlinson is third on the team with a .305 batting average with nine doubles, three home runs and leads the club with 18 RBIs. She also has team-high five multi-RBI?games.
•Senior Mackenzie Clouse is batting .298 with a team-high 11 doubles and is second on the team with 15 RBIs. Clouse ranks 10th in the NSIC with six doubles in league play.
•Sophomore Madison Krog is tied for third in the NSIC?with 12 walks.
•Sophomore Emma Grote is hitting .320 and has six stolen bases.
•Grote, Clouse, Johnson and Tomlinson all have seven multi-hit games this season to lead the team.
•Tomlinson earlier this season had a 10-game hitting streak, the longest by a Mustang this season. 
•Sophomore Megan Cull set a career-high with 11 strikeouts versus Minnesota Duluth on Monday. Cull had 10 strikeouts versus St. Cloud State on Sunday.
•Junior Athena Golling racked up a career-high 11 strikeouts in Monday's loss to Minnesota Duluth.
•Golling ranks third in the NSIC?(league games only) with 55 strikeouts and ranks fifth in opponents' batting average at .252.
•Junior Shelby Crank has a team-high five victories this season in the circle and has a team-low 4.64 ERA in 77 innings, but is currently out of the line-up with an injury.
•Crank recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts in the win over MSU Moorhead on April 6, 2018.
 
            MORE MUSTANG STATS
•For career statistics and game-highs for each Mustang player go to SMSUmustangs.com/softballcareer.
 
            MUSTANG SOFTBALL HISTORY
•Southwest Minnesota State is in its 47th season of softball and has an all-time record of 925-863-1 in 1,789 games.
•SMSU won conference championships in 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and won NSIC?Tournament championships in 1998 and 2007.
•SMSU made NCAA Tournament appearances in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
 
            UP NEXT
•Following play today, SMSU will play at Bemidji State on Saturday with a doubleheader at 1 p.m.
•SMSU concludes the regular season on Sunday with a doubleheader at Minnesota Crookston starting at 12 p.m.