The Lady Hornets softball team will be back at the Barbara Williams Softball Complex for a three-game home stand beginning Saturday 2 p.m. in a doubleheader against Northern Kentucky. 
 
It will be Friends & Family Day as fans are expected to attend the game from near and far. 
 
The series will continue between the Norse and Lady Hornets on Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. 
 
Admission for all three games is free.
 
Live stats will be available for all the games by going to bamastatesports.com or clicking here:  http://www.sidearmstats.com/alasu/softball/.
 
Tweets will be made throughout the games @ASUBUZZ. 
 
Alabama State (5-17) will play after a five-day layoff. 
 
Wednesday's game at South Alabama was rained out.
 
The Lady Hornets last played on the weekend after wrapping up a 2-2 record in the Tiny Laster Invitational in Irondale, Ala, defeating Morgan State and Faulkner and losing to Savannah State and Tennessee State. 
 
Among ASU's hottest players is junior Alexis Johnson, who swept both the SWAC and College Sports Madness SWAC Hitter and Player of the Week honors. 
 
Johnson batted 7-for-13 with two walks, two doubles, two home runs, five runs scored, five RBI and a stolen base in the four games played in Irondale. 
 
Johnson ranks second on the team in batting average (.387) and slugging percentage (.661) and leads the team in on-base percentage (.465).
 
In the circle, Maddie Phelps (3-8) leads the Lady Hornets with a 7.28 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 57.2 innings pitched. 
 
Northern Kentucky (1-11) is coming off a split with Tennessee State in Nashville, Tenn. on Wednesday. 

The Norse defeated the Lady Tigers 10-4 in game one and followed with an 8-4 defeat. 
 
NKU's 10-run outburst in game one set a high water mark for the Norse in their Division I era of softball. 
 
The team transitioned from playing in D-II in the Great Lakes Valley Conference to D-I's Atlantic Sun Conference in 2013.
 
Katelyn Roy hit a grand slam in the win, her 15^th career home run, to place her fifth all-time in school history. 

Roy leads the team in batting average (.343) and slugging percentage (.686).  She has three home runs and eight RBI. 
 
In the circle, NKU has been led by Ashlynn Roberts who is 1-4 with a 7.30 ERA and nine strikeouts in 30.2 innings pitched. 
 
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