*Lafayette and Holy Cross are set for a three-game weekend series. Saturday's game is set for a 3 p.m. first pitch and Sunday's doubleheader is slated for 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. first pitches.
*This is the Patriot League opening series for both teams.
*The Leopards come into the weekend series with a 1-1 record after splitting their season opening series with Wagner on March 6-7 at Diamond Nation.
*Holy Cross comes into this weekend's series with a 0-1 record. The Crusaders dropped their season opener on Wednesday to No. 21 Boston College, 12-18.
*After one game, Nate Wolf leads the way for the Crusaders with a .750 batting average, Sam Kirkpatrick leads the way with a 1.200 slugging percentage, Kirkpatrick and Evan Blum lead the way with three runs each and Kirkpatrick leads the way with four RBIs.
*Freshman
Justin Grech leads the way for the Leopards with a .625 batting average, a 1.250 slugging percentage, five hits, 10 total bases, one triple and one homerun.
Pete Ciuffreda leads the way in RBIs for the Leopards with four, senior
Ethan Stern leads the way in doubles with three and walks with four, and junior
Justin Johnson leads the way in stolen bases with three.
*Nationally as a team the Leopards are 12
th in doubles per game (2.50), 27
th in on base percentage (0.412), 24
th in scoring (8.5), 8
th in stolen bases per game (2.50) and 12
th in triples per game (0.50).
*Individually nationally, Stern is first in base on balls per game (2.00), doubles per game (1.50), ninth in slugging percentage (1.000) and 10
th in batting average. Grech is second in batting average (0.625), fifth in hits per game (2.50), second in on base percentage (0.700), tied for third in runs per game (2.50), second in slugging percentage (1.250) and fourth in triples per game (0.50). Junior
Justin Johnson is tied for third in runs per game (2.50).
*In the Patriot League as a team the Leopards are first in home runs per games (0.50) and stolen bases per game (2.50). They are second in doubles per game (2.50), scoring (8.5) and WHIP (1.39), and are third in fielding percentage (0.974) and on base percentage (0.412).
*Individually in the Patriot League Stern is first in base on balls per game (2.00) and doubles per game (1.50). Grech is first in home runs per game (0.50) and slugging percentage (1.250) and
Jake Bloss is first in WHIP (0.67) and tied for first in saves (1).
*During the 2019 season, the Leopards and Crusaders split the regular season meetings 2-4 with Lafayette taking one games of both three-game series.
