WILMINGTON, North Carolina – After winning three of its five games at the Lafayette Ford Lincoln of Fayetteville Seahawk Softball Invitational last weekend, UNCW resumes its season-long 10-game homestand on Tuesday afternoon by facing Canisius in a doubleheader at Boseman Field starting at 3 p.m.
 
Tickets for Tuesday's twinbill are available by calling the UNCW Athletics Ticket Office at 800-808-UNCW or by visiting UNCWSports.com/BuyTickets. In addition, both games can be seen via the Seahawk Digital Network at UNCWSports.com/SDN while live stats will be available at UNCWStats.com.
 
UNCW enters Tuesday's contests with a 16-12 record after last weekend's tournament, which included a 7-2 victory over the Golden Griffins. The Seahawks also won a pair of 3-0 shutout decisions against Youngstown State during the weekend, elevating their home record to 9-6 this season.
 
Senior Haley Lenderman earned Colonial Athletic Association Co-Pitcher of the Week notice on Monday after authoring a 2-1 record with an impressive 0.33 earned run average. The Rochester Hills, Mich., product earned both wins over Youngstown State and allowed just one earned run in 21.0 innings of work.
 
Canisius continues its season-opening 24-game road swing with Tuesday's doubleheader against the Seahawks. The Golden Griffins are 1-15 on the season, but earned their first win of the season last weekend with a 2-1 victory over Youngstown State in extra innings.
 
Sophomore Kara Paradowski paces the Golden Griffins offensively with a .426 average, including 20 hits and a team-high 10 runs scored. Sophomore Erin Hufford is contributing a .390 average while junior Brittany Sockwell has three home runs with 12 runs batted in.
 
Five Things to Know

1. The Seahawks rank second in the CAA with 25 home runs this season and have hit at least one home run in seven of their last 10 games.
2. UNCW has recorded 19 of its 33 stolen bases in the last eight games, including a season-high five stolen bases against La Salle on Mar. 10.
3. Junior Dominique Travers, who paces the Seahawks with seven home runs, has hit safely in five of the last seven games, including four multi-hit efforts.
4. Lenderman ranks second in the CAA with a 1.58 earned run average.
5. Freshman Jada Santiago is tied for fourth in the CAA with 25 hits while freshman Janel Gamache is tied for fifth in the circuit with 20 runs batted in.

Up Next: UNCW begins Colonial Athletic Association play this weekend by hosting Towson in a three-game series. The Seahawks and the Tigers will play a doubleheader on Saturday, Mar. 23, before closing out the set with a single game on Sunday, Mar. 24.