BRONX, N.Y., April 2, 2021 – The Monroe College Express softball team's second season was supposed to take place during the spring of 2020, but with opening day scheduled for March 13, the Express season was over before it could even get started. The Express get a fresh start in 2021, kicking off what will now be the program's second-ever season this Saturday, April 3, with a road doubleheader at Suffolk County Community College.
 
Due to Region 15, Monroe College and New York State COVID-19 restrictions, spectators will not be permitted to attend Monroe College home athletic events for the 2021 spring season. Despite staffing limitations, the Monroe College Department of Athletics hopes to provide live stats and video for as many home contests as possible in 2021. Each of those can be found at the following links:
Live Stats: MonroeExpress.com/SBLiveStats
Live Video: YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs (subject to change)
 
Third year head coach Connor Moriarty leads a group of student-athletes made up of six returners from either 2020, including two from the program's first year in 2019. The Express also boast eight newcomers to the roster, all hungry for their opportunity to shine this season.
 
The Express start their season on Saturday, April 3, visiting Suffolk for a 1 p.m. doubleheader. They will then play next on Tuesday, April 6, taking on their New Rochelle counterparts, the Monroe Mustangs, at Flowers Park in New Rochelle at 4 p.m. This will be followed up with an Upstate New York trip the following weekend, first with a pair of contests at Monroe Community College on Saturday, April 10, in Rochester, N.Y. The weekend wraps up at Niagara County Community College on Sunday, April 11, in Sanborn, N.Y.
 
The Express will play their first home games in New Rochelle on Thursday, April 15, against Sussex County Community College at 4 p.m. They will then welcome Orange County Community College to New Rochelle on Saturday, April 17, for a 12 p.m. twinbill. The Express and Colts will go head-to-head once again the next day, but this time in Middletown, N.Y.
 
The Express will be the home team in their second faceoff with the Mustangs on Saturday, April 24, a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Flowers Park. They then take another Upstate trip, going to Queensbury, N.Y., for a doubleheader at SUNY Adirondack on Sunday, April 25.
 
The final week of the regular season will see the Express play six contests against Region 15 foes. First, the Express host Suffolk at Flowers Park on Tuesday, April 27, at 4 p.m. They then go out to Selden, N.Y. to take on Suffolk again on Thursday, April 29. The regular season finale will see the Express host Nassau Community College on Sunday, May 2, at 12 p.m.

ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 36 teams competing across nine sports. There are 19 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as club men's and women's rugby, the Monroe College marching band, and the newly added esports program, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus, has 17 teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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