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ELON, N.C. – The Elon University softball team returns home to East Field on Friday and Saturday, April 22-23, this week for a three-game series with the Western Carolina Catamounts. The two teams will open up the series on Friday with game one at 4 p.m. before playing a doubleheader on Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m.

THE SERIES: Elon and Western Carolina have met 12 times on the diamond prior to this weekend’s series, with the Phoenix holding a 9-3 advantage in the all-time series. Elon dominated last year’s series against WCU after averaging 15 runs per game in a three-game sweep of the Catamounts. The Phoenix outscored the Catamounts 46-3 last year. The last time Elon lost to WCU was on May 7, 2009 in the Southern Conference Tournament.

ON DECK: Following this weekend’s series, Elon travels to Greenville, S.C. for its final SoCon road series of the year on Wednesday-Thursday, April 27-28, when the Phoenix takes on Furman. Elon returns home on April 30 for a doubleheader against Radford.

THE RADUENZ FILE: Elon head coach Patti Raduenz is in her 11th season at Elon and enters Friday’s series opener with a career record of 267-320-2. Raduenz is only three wins shy of passing former Elon head coach Sue Leonard for the most victories in school history.

ELON IN APRIL: Since 1992, Elon is 161-175-1 in the month of April. Last season, the Phoenix went 11-7 in the third month of play, while the team’s best performance came in 1997 when Elon went 13-4.

THE ROAD TO STATESBORO: The Elon softball team will look to defend its Southern Conference title from a year ago this season in Statesboro, Ga., as the 2011 Southern Conference Tournament is set for May 11-14. All nine SoCon teams will participate at Eagle Field on the campus of Georgia Southern, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA Regional softball tournament. This year will mark the 18th annual SoCon Softball Championship.