2019 Schedule

Bronx, N.Y. – The six-time defending Atlantic 10 champion Fordham softball team and head coach Melissa Inouye announced the program's 2019 schedule on Tuesday. The schedule features games against six NCAA teams (Louisiana Lafayette, Cal, BYU, Notre Dame, Kennesaw State, Hofstra), five regular season tournaments and a 17-game home schedule. All times listed below are Eastern Standard.

"We're excited for the 2019 season as our team had a productive fall season and improved in all aspects of the game," said Inouye. "We continue to challenge our team with a competitive schedule that includes national and regional travel and games against teams from several conferences." 

The season begins at the Ragin' Cajuns Classic, hosted by Louisiana Lafayette on Thursday, February 7, at 6 p.m. Fordham plays the host Ragin' Cajuns to start the tournament, followed by games against Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Incarnate Word and California over three days.

"We look forward to being tested right away in our first game by playing in a regional type atmosphere at Louisiana-Lafayette and for the rest of our 54-game schedule," said Inouye.

The following weekend Fordham heads to Las Vegas to compete in the UNLV Marucci Classic. The Rams will face BYU and UNLV on Thursday, February 14. Fordham then plays Seattle and Hawaii the following day and wraps up the weekend with a single contest against Utah Valley on Saturday.

The next weekend, Fordham will travel to Orlando to participate in the Diamond Citrus Classic 1, held at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex. This will be the ninth straight year the Rams have competed in the annual event. Fordham will start the weekend against Morgan State and Iowa on Friday, February 22. The following day the Rams will play Notre Dame and Iowa, and then UAB on Sunday morning.

Kicking off the month of March will be the I-75 Challenge in Georgia. The Rams will open in Atlanta with a doubleheader against Georgia Tech on Friday, March 1 and remain in Atlanta for a doubleheader against Georgia State on Saturday. The Rams then conclude play at Kennesaw State at noon on Sunday.

The Rams will have one final regular season tournament as Fordham travels to Macon, Georgia for its final regular season tournament, the Mercer Bears Classic. The Rams will open with games against Cleveland State and Connecticut on Friday, March 15. They will then play Ball State and South Dakota the following night starting at 6 p.m.

Local action for the Rams begins on Wednesday, March 6 with their home-opening doubleheader against Lafayette. Other visitors to Bahoshy Field in non-conference action include Hofstra (April 17), Providence (April 24) and St. John's (May 1). Away from home, Fordham will travel to Stony Brook on March 19 and to Rutgers on March 27.

Atlantic 10 play begins for the Rams on March 23 for a three-game series at George Washington. Fordham will also travel to George Mason (March 30-31), St. Bonaventure (April 10) and UMass (April 27-28) for the rest of their road schedule.

On the home side, the Rams will host Dayton on April 6-7, Saint Louis (April 13-14), Saint Joseph's (April 19-20) and Rhode Island (May 4-5).

The Atlantic 10 Championship, hosted by UMass, begins on May 8. NCAA Regionals, which the Rams are hoping to reach for a seventh straight year, begin on May 17.