KINGSTON, R.I. - Rhode Island wraps up an 11-game homestand with a doubleheader against New Haven Tuesday afternoon. It will be the first time the teams are playing each other since 1994. It also is the first of back-to-back midweek doubleheaders for the Rams this week. URI travels to Sacred Heart Wednesday for two games. All four games over the next two days will be streamed on ESPN+ (links below).

Tuesday, April 14
vs. New Haven, 2:00 p.m. - Live Stats | ESPN+
vs. New Haven, 4:00 p.m. - Live Stats | ESPN+

Wednesday, April 15
at Sacred Heart, 2:00 p.m. - Live Stats | ESPN+
at Sacred Heart, 4:00 p.m. - Live Stats | ESPN+

RHODE ISLAND VS. NEW HAVEN - SERIES NOTES 

• Rhode Island leads the all-time series, 10-3.
• The teams have not played each other since 1994.
• New Haven is visiting Kingston for the first time since 1985.
• Rhode Island is 9-0 all time at home against the Chargers.
• New Haven is a member of the Northeast Conference and is in its first seasons transitioning to NCAA Division I.
• The Chargers will become eligible for NCAA Division I postseason play for the first time in the 2028-29 season. 
• Opponents have outscored New Haven 230-87 this season.
• New Haven has been shutout 10 times in 33 games.
• By comparison, Rhode Island has been blanked six times in 32 games.

• On Wednesday, the Rams will head to Sacred Heart for a doubleheader.
• Rhode Island leads that all-time series, 7-4.
• It will be the first meeting between URI and the Pioneers in a decade.
• Rhode Island defeated Sacred Heart 3-0 at the Liberty Softball Classic in 2016.
• The only other time Rhode Island has played at Sacred Heart was a doubleheader in 2002.
• The Rams swept those two games by scores of 6-0 and 6-1.
• Sacred Heart competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. 

GERRY PROVIDING SOLID WORK IN THE CIRCLE 

• Sophomore Brooke Gerry has lowered her earned-run average from 4.13 to 3.76 over her last seven outings.
• In those last seven appearances, Gerry is 2-2 with 12 earned runs allowed over 28.1 innings of work.
• She also has 30 strikeouts and 16 walks allowed in that span.
• As a freshman, Gerry was 1-6 with a 5.97 ERA and 53 strikeouts over 65.2 innings of work.
• This season, she already has thrown 65.2 innings, but she has lowered her ERA to 3.62 while going 2-9 and striking out 65 batters.
• After giving up 96 hits in 65.2 innings last season, she has allowed 74 in 65.2 innings this season.
• She had a career-high 10 strikeouts in a complete-game victory over UMass Lowell on April 7.
• Gerry has recorded four complete games in 10 starts this season.
• As a freshman she had three complete games in six starts.

FAIRBANKS MAKES HER PRESENCE FELT

• After missing eight games while dealing with an injury, freshman Brooke Fairbanks returned to the lineup, starting two of the three games against Loyola Chicago.
• In the series finale against the Ramblers, Fairbanks had two of Rhode Island's three hits, including the first home run of her career.
• The East Greenwich, R.I. native leads the team with a .422 batting average.
• In 19 games played, she has 19 hits and five walks for a strong .471 on-base percentage.