THE RECORDS
Linfield enters the week at 23-5 overall and sits in first place with a 15-1 Northwest Conference record. Pacific Lutheran is in third place at 18-10 overall and 10-6 in NWC play.
 
LINFIELD AT A GLANCE
The Wildcats dropped both ends of a doubleheader against La Verne last week before bouncing back to sweep Lewis & Clark on Tuesday. They went 17-4 in the month of March and lead the NWC in batting average (.334), hits (264), ERA (2.31) and batters struck out (179).
 
Kamryn Mobley leads the team with a .402 batting average, 30 runs, four home runs and 28 RBI. She is tied for the team lead in hits with Katie Phillips with 37. Mobley went off against Lewis & Clark, collecting five hits to go with five runs and four RBI. She hit a homer in each game. Phillips has 11 doubles and 20 RBI on the year while Claire Seats is batting .344 with 26 RBI. Every qualified batter for the 'Cats is batting over .300 on the season.
 
Tayah Kelley is 15-2 in the circle with 14 complete games, five shutouts and an NWC-leading 143 strikeouts. She also leads the conference with a 0.94 ERA and a .157 opposing batting average.
 
PACIFIC LUTHERAN AT A GLANCE
The Lutes are outscoring their opponents 196-162. They are batting .331 as a team and own a 6.93 ERA. Mari Foster has started in all 28 games and leads the team with a .384 batting average, 38 hits and eight doubles. Casey Wright is batting .373 with 31 hits. Erin McGrath has slugged eight home runs to go with a team-leading 31 RBI.
 
Cassidy Conrad has seen the most action in the circle with 55 innings pitched. She's 4-1 on the season with 32 Ks and a 5.89 ERA. Emma Ware is 5-1 with a team-leading 4.55 ERA.
 
THE SERIES
Linfield and Pacific Lutheran have met 110 times. The 'Cats lead the series with a 63-47 record against the Lutes. The 'Cats own a 28-23 record against PLU in away games and are riding a 14-game win streak. Linfield won six meetings with PLU in 2021, all six games taking place in McMinnville.