FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern University softball team (22-11, 4-5 SSC) will look to fight off bad weather as well as the Florida Tech Panthers (15-15, 0-6 SSC) in a midweek series, March 29-30, in Melbourne, Fla.

The first game of the series is scheduled for Tuesday, March 29 at 1 p.m. The teams will conclude with a doubleheader on Wednesday, March 30 at 1 p.m., despite a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms in the forecast.

The Sharks are riding a five-game win streak into the SSC matchup, including a sweep over Eckerd this past weekend.

Senior Lexi Sarradet (Miami, Fla.) set a new career-high in strikeouts as she recorded 14 K’s in a complete game shutout. The righty earned Sunshine State Conference Pitcher of the Week for her performance.

Senior Devin Higginbotham (Palatka, Fla.) and sophomore Laura Saladrigas (Hollywood, Fla.) combined for NSU’s first no-hitter of the season to close out the series.

Overall, the Sharks’ pitching staff did not give up an earned run throughout the weekend.

NSU batted a monstrous .394 with four doubles and four triples, while outscoring the Tritons 23-2.

Junior Katie Kelton (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) seemed unstoppable as she finished the series 7-for-9 with a .778 batting average and a 1.333 slugging percentage, while notching SSC Player of the Week.

Brittany Phillips (Sr., Seminole, Fla.) earned a .500 batting average while freshman Gina Bondarenko (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) (.444) and senior Rachel Talenfeld (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) (.429) batted in the .400’s.

Talenfeld tied NSU’s all-time record with Sharks’ hall of famer Kim Easton at 94 walks with two in the last game against Eckerd.

About Florida Tech
The Panthers are coming off a 3-1 weekend after splitting with Palm Beach Atlantic (0-2, 5-4) and defeating Flagler (2-1, 3-2).

Amanda Bueno is the Panthers’ leading hitter with a .382 batting average. Brianna Barth follows at .376 while Sarah Oram is FIT’s RBI leader with 17.

The team is batting .272 on the year with 111 runs scored.

Barth also paces the team with eight wins in the circle while posting a 1.27 earned run average. Barth has tossed 110.1 innings, striking out 69.

The Series vs. Florida Tech
The Sharks own an 18-12 series lead over Florida Tech. In the three meetings last season, NSU swept the Panthers at the AD Griffin Sports Complex (10-2, 4-2, 5-0).

Live Audio (Click HERE) and live stats (Click HERE) will be available for the series. Also follow NSU Softball on Twitter through www.twitter.com/NSU_Softball.