The Southern Illinois University softball team has added a single game at Saint Louis University on Thursday, April 22. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
All-time vs. St. Louis
- Thursday’s meeting will mark the 53rd meeting between St. Louis and Southern Illinois University.
- SIU holds a commanding 48-4 lead in the all-time series.
- Southern has won four-straight and five of its last six meetings against Saint Louis.
- The Salukis won 24-straight games against the Billikens from 1992-2002.
- Southern shut out SLU, 6-0 in St. Louis on April 3, 2019 and outscored the Billikens, 16-0 in its two wins in 2019.
- The Billikens last win in the series came during the 2015 season.
Scouting the Billikens
- The Billikens went 8-13 in 2020 and are currently 15-22 in 2021.
- St. Louis was picked to finish fifth in the A-10 on the strength of having eight starters and three pitchers back from its 2020 team.
- Sadie Wise is leading the Atlantic 10 in batting average (.438) and ranks second in both slugging percentage (.719) and hits (28).
RPI Report
- Southern comes into the weekend with the highest RPI (39) in the Missouri Valley Conference.
- Illinois State (No. 47), UNI (No. 71) and Missouri State (No. 86) also have top-100 RPI.
