DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Embry-Riddle Head Coach Kelsi Dunne announced a pair of scheduling changes on Monday afternoon. ERAU will be completing its doubleheader against St. Thomas tomorrow, April 14, at STU. The venue change was necessitated due to the poor weather forecast in the Daytona Beach area for the remainder of the week. As a result, the Eagles' doubleheader at Rollins schedule for April 14 has been canceled and will not be made up.

The game will be resumed from the point at which it was suspended, with Embry-Riddle leading 9-0 in the bottom of the second inning.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Embry-Riddle (17-17, 2-6) vs. St. Thomas (2-18, 0-8)
DATE: Tuesday, April 14, 2015
CITY: Miami Gardens, Fla.
VENUE: Bobcat Softball Field 
FIRST PITCH: 2 p.m. EDT
LIVE STATS: ERAU Gameday Network

ABOUT EMBRY-RIDDLE
Raquelli Bianco tossed a three-hitter and Taylor Cowan went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored to lead the Embry-Riddle softball team to a 3-1 game two victory at Southeastern on Thursday afternoon, giving the Eagles a doubleheader split. The Fire took game one by a 4-0 score. The day's results put ERAU's season record at 17-17 and conference mark at 2-6.

ERAU is hitting .255 as a team with an on-base percentage of .343 and a slugging percentage of .355. The Eagles have hit 11 home runs and are 44-for-45 in the stolen base department. Embry-Riddle's pitchers have a 3.50 ERA with 142 strikeouts in 214 innings of work.

Anna Battison, who is likely out for the season after suffering an injury on April 2, leads the team in batting average (.363), hits (33), on-base percentage (.458), runs scored (20) and stolen bases (22). Kailah Rain ranks behind Battison in batting average (.330), hits (31) and stolen bases (6), while Robi Zimmerman leads the team with four home runs and 21 RBIs.

In the circle, Taylor Cowan has been effective in six relief appearances, tossing 17 innings with a 1-0 record and a 3.29 ERA, while Raquelli Bianco is 10-7 with a 3.62 ERA and five shutouts in 17 starts and Zimmerman is 6-10 with a 3.42 ERA in 17 starts.

ABOUT ST. THOMAS
The Bobcats are 2-18 on the season and 0-8 in conference play. STU owns an 0-8 record in true road games and hasn't won a game since a 5-0 defeat of Madonna on March 5, losing 12 straight since then.

As a team, St. Thomas is hitting .240, slugging .271 and has an on-base percentage of .282. STU has not hit any home runs and is 21-for-29 in stolen bases. The Bobcat pitching staff has a 5.35 ERA with 38 strikeouts in 121.2 innings pitched.

Christina Horton leads the team in batting average (.323), hits (21) and runs scored (10), while Cristina Sacramento has a .295 batting average and a team-leading seven RBIs. Jessica Matias leads the team with 10 stolen bases, having been caught just once.

Cristina Sacramento leads the pitching staff with a 4.29 ERA and holds an 0-7 record. Carson Catasus is 1-5 with a 4.58 ERA and a team-high 17 strikeouts.

SENIOR DAY
Prior to game one, Embry-Riddle will be honoring its lone senior, Talia Barraco. A native of Fort Myers, Barraco came to Embry-Riddle last year after spending two years at St. Petersburg College. Since joining the Eagles, Barraco has been a fixture in the lineup, starting 74 of the team's 75 games over the last two years.

NEW FACES, NEW PLACES
The 2015 edition of the Embry-Riddle softball team will look much different than the previous two seasons. ERAU has a new head coach in Kelsi Dunne, a new assistant coach in Monique White, and six of the 13 players are brand new this year. Besides the new faces, the Eagles will be playing all of their home games at Daytona State College while the new baseball/softball facilities are completed.

CANADIAN THIEF
Sophomore catcher Anna Battison, a native of Tsawwassen, B.C., has made the most of her move to the leadoff spot this season. After going 5-for-10 on the basepaths in 2014, Battison has been impossible to throw out this season, with 22 steals in 22 attempts. Her 22 steals are the 13th-most by a player in the NAIA this season.

On March 18, Battison surpassed Sarah Huey's record of 15 steals to become the single-season record-holder in the stolen base department. Just over two weeks later on April 2, Battison registered the 27th steal of her career, tying her with Huey for the program's all-time mark.

Battison's 22 stolen bases are a major of part of ERAU's 44 steals as a team, which ranks 39th in the NAIA.

SOLID AS A ROCK
Talia Barraco, the team's lone senior, was one of the most reliable players on the team in her first season at Embry-Riddle in 2014, earning her the nickname "Rock." This season, Barraco leads the team with nine doubles to go along with 17 RBIs and 17 runs scored.

DUAL THREATS
Robi Zimmerman has contributed at the plate and in the circle in each of her two seasons at Embry-Riddle. This season, Zimmerman is hitting .244 with four home runs and 21 RBIs, while also owning a 3.42 ERA and leading the staff with 69 strikeouts.

The Blue and Gold have another dual-threat athlete this year in Raquelli Bianco who will split time between the pitching circle and first base. This year, Bianco has registered 24 hits, including seven doubles, three triples and three home runs, and has 18 RBIs, while holding a 10-7 record with a 3.62 ERA and five shutouts.

Taylor Cowan has developed into a third dual threat for ERAU, leading the team batting average against (.238) with a 3.29 ERA in 17 innings of relief work while collecting 18 hits and 11 RBIs at the plate.

DEFENDING THE NEST
The Eagles have been tough to beat at home in the program's first two years of existence, compiling a 9-3 mark in 2013 and a 13-8 record in 2014. The Blue and Gold have continued that winning tradition in 2015 at the Daytona State College Softball Complex, Embry-Riddle softball's temporary home field. The Blue and Gold are 13-7 at the DSC field and 1-1 at the Port Orange City Center Sports Complex, making ERAU's overall program record at home 36-19, good for a .655 winning percentage.

RECORD-SETTING ROBI
Robi Zimmerman is putting her name at the top of a number of the program's all-time leader lists. As a three-year starter at first base and pitcher, Zimmerman is among the top 10 in the following categories:

Games
Games played - 114 (1st)
Games started - 110 (1st)

Hitting
Home runs - 10 (1st)
Runs batted in - 69 (1st)
Walks - 35 (1st)
At-bats - 319 (T-1st)
Doubles - 21 (2nd)
Total bases - 141 (2nd)
Sacrifice flies - 4 (T-2nd)
Hits - 90 (4th)
Slugging percentage - .442 (4th)
Hit by pitch - 3 (T-5th)
On-base percentage - .355 (6th)
Runs scored - 31 (6th)
Batting average - .282 (9th)
Sacrifice bunts - 8 (9th)

Pitching
Saves - 3 (1st)
Appearances - 70 (1st)
Starts - 59 (1st)
Complete games - 36 (1st)
Innings pitched - 337.2 (1st)
Strikeouts - 183 (2nd)
Opponents' batting average - .309 (2nd)
Wins - 21 (2nd)
ERA - 4.00 (3rd)
Walks/7 inn. - 2.61 (3rd)
Strikeouts/7 inn. - 3.79 (3rd)
Shutouts - 1 (3rd)

Fielding
Assists - 126 (2nd)
Fielding percentage - .970 (4th)
Putouts - 163 (6th)

EAGLES FOURTH IN PRESEASON POLL
After winning The Sun Conference regular season championship in 2014, the Eagles have been picked to finish fourth in the league in 2015 in a preseason poll voted on by all nine TSC softball coaches. Prior to winning the regular season title last season, the Blue and Gold were picked to finish third in the preseason poll.