CULLOWHEE, N.C. – The final two games before the calendar turns to Big South territory, the Presbyterian College softball team will take a midweek trip to Western Carolina tomorrow for a doubleheader that starts at 1:00 PM.

This will conclude a seven-game road swing for the Blue Hose, who were recently in Florida for the Jacksonville Spring Break Challenge and will now prep for an opponent that they'll be playing for the sixth consecutive season.

ESPN+ will have live coverage of both contests on Tuesday, as PC aims for a momentum boost before this weekend's league opener versus Winthrop.

The Scotsmen have taken on Western Carolina nearly every year since the inaugural meeting in 2008, as the Catamounts have taken four of the last five in this series.


 
GAMEDAY INFO – TUESDAY, MARCH 10

Presbyterian (11-14) at Western Carolina (13-7)
WHERE / WHEN: Cullowhee, N.C. | 1:00 DH

WATCH (GAME 1): ESPN+
LIVE STATS (GAME 1): Stat Broadcast
WATCH (GAME 2): ESPN+
LIVE STATS (GAME 2): Stat Broadcast
 


SCOUTING THE CATAMOUNTS


- WCU is a very powerful hitting group through their first 20 games, topping the Southern Conference in home runs (21) and RBI (134).

- The Catamounts scored 41 combined runs in their first three matchups last month, currently inside the nationwide top 30 by averaging seven scores per contest.

- Maya McPherson and Sydney Dirks (who wear numbers 66 and 77, respectively) are a fierce offensive combo at the mid-major level. They have added up for 12 homers, 11 doubles, and two triples.

- Head coach Jim Clift is in the middle of year 15 at Western Carolina, guiding his club to a 3-1 mark over the weekend at a self-hosted tournament. They've won their last two over Ohio and Penn by a combined margin of 17-3.


 
LAST TIME OUT

 
- Presbyterian is navigating through a rough patch at the moment, winless in seven tries since last Tuesday. They nearly knocked off Southern Miss to close the Jacksonville invite on a high note, but surrendered a game-ending 7-0 spurt to ultimately fall 11-6.

- Western Carolina will be the fourth school from the Southern Conference that PC takes on this season, having also gone up against ETSU, Wofford, and Mercer.

- The Blue Hose battered the Bears in Macon on the first day of March, utilizing a 12-2 mercy rule which was the 150^th win at Presbyterian for eighth-year head coach David Williams.

- PC clashed with the Catamounts three times in 2025, an 8-2 setback in Cullowhee and a doubleheader split in Clinton.

- Junior Avery Robinson remains the team-leader in batting average (.411) and ERA (3.38). She holds the fewest hits allowed per seven innings of any pitcher in the Big South (five).

- Rookie second baseman Hali Duke has wasted no time in climbing up the totem pole, hitting .387 on the year with nine doubles and a pair of longballs. She has struck out only three times in 86 plate appearances.