Softball Heads Down South for UNCG Invitational

UNCG Invitational
Game No. 5
Canisius (3-1) vs. Kent State (5-4)
Date | Time: Feb.20 | 12:30 p.m.
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Game No. 6
Canisius at UNCG (5-5)
Date | Time: Feb.20 | 5:30 p.m.
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Game No. 7
Canisius vs. Bucknell (1-4)
Date | Time: Feb.21 | 12:30 p.m.
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Game No. 8
Canisius at UNCG
Date | Time: Feb.21 | 5:30 p.m.
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Game No. 9
Canisius vs. Bucknell
Date | Time: Feb.22 | 10 a.m.
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After starting the 2026 season with three wins last weekend, the Canisius softball team returns to action Feb. 20-22 at the UNCG Invitational in Greensboro, N.C. The Golden Griffins' 3-1 record serves as the program's best four-game start to a season since 2023.

BATTING PRACTICE
• After falling to Ohio in the first game of the 2026 season Feb. 13, Canisius has won three straight, including a 5-1 win over host Chattanooga in the final game of the 2026 Chattanooga Challenge.
• The team's 3-2 win over Middle Tennessee on Feb. 13 was the program's first under new head coach Joe Gierlak.
• Junior Ella Johel hit .500 (5-for-10) on the opening weekend of the season and she scored six of the Griffs' 14 runs to date. She has reached base safely in all four games this season.
• Two of senior Bailey Alatorre's first three hits to start the 2026 campaign have been doubles.
• Senior Sofia Escoto leads the squad with four RBI.
• Junior pitcher Olivia Manchester has two of the Griffs' three wins in the circle this season. She has a 1.27 ERA and nine strikeouts through her first 11.0 innings of work this season.
• Freshman Brooke Bodewes has a win and a save to her credit after her first weekend as a Griff. Her six-out save in the 3-2 win over Middle Tennessee on Feb. 13 made her the first pitcher in program history to earn a save in her first collegiate appearance.

UP NEXT
Canisius will return to the road March 6-8 when the team plays in the Marshall March Madness event in Huntington, W.Va.

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Players Mentioned

#77 Bailey Alatorre: INF; 5' 5"; Junior; R/R

#32 Sofia Escoto: INF; 5' 7"; Junior; R/R

#10 Ella Johel: OF; 5' 5"; Sophomore; L/R

#28 Olivia Manchester: P; 5' 6"; Sophomore; L/L

#8 Brooke Bodewes: P; 5' 9"; Freshman; L/L

Players Mentioned

#77 Bailey Alatorre
: 5' 5"; Junior; R/R
: INF

#32 Sofia Escoto
: 5' 7"; Junior; R/R
: INF

#10 Ella Johel
: 5' 5"; Sophomore; L/R
: OF

#28 Olivia Manchester
: 5' 6"; Sophomore; L/L
: P

#8 Brooke Bodewes
: 5' 9"; Freshman; L/L
: P