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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham volleyball team (7-10, 0-5) finally opens up the home portion of its 2019 campaign inside the newly renovated Rose Hill Gym this weekend against Dayton (12-6, 5-0) and Saint Louis (10-8, 4-1) on Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m., respectively.
 
Only Friday's contest will be streamed live on ESPN+, although there will be live stats for both matches. Fans can find all the relevant links at the Volleyball Schedule page above.
 
Cancer Awareness Week
Friday evening's match against the Flyers is the team's Cancer Awareness match, sponsored by New York Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital. For more information, please click here.
 
Last Time Out
The Rams fell at Davidson and VCU last weekend, the former in four sets and the latter in three. Fordham saw a late lead in the first frame slip away before rallying in the second, but allowed sets three and four to go the way of the hosts. Last year's regular season champion, VCU, withstood a late barrage from the Rams in the middle stanza but held on for the win.  
 
Series Histories
Dayton – The Flyers hold a 39-1 all-time series advantage since 1995. Fordham's lone win came at home in five sets in 1997. Most recently, the Rams were swept two weeks by the Flyers.
 
Saint Louis – The Billikens hold a 21-1 record all-time since 2005 against the Rams. Fordham's lone win came on the road in five sets in 2011. Most recently, Fordham fell in an extremely close five-set thriller on the road two weeks ago. Read more about it here.
 
Williams, Rams Among Nation's Digs Leaders
Senior captain and libero Morgan Williams has racked up 408 digs already this season through 17 matches, good for an average of 5.91 per set. The former stat ranks seventh in all of Division I, while the latter has moved up to third. The team, as a whole, has averaged 18.20 digs per set, which ranks sixth in the country, while their 1,256 total digs sits 18^th. The Rams are also 28^th in attacks per set (37.46) and 57^th with a combined .175 opponent hit percentage. Aside from the latter, all other stats lead the Atlantic 10. Defensively, the Rams are 111^th with 146.5 total blocks and, with 2.12 per set, are 115^th.
 
Williams Smashing Records
Williams has set three school records this year already and is closing in on her fourth. She has also received her second and third career Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week awards. Her first record came when she initially broke the four-set mark for digs with 33 at Georgia State during opening weekend but a month ago her 42 digs in four frames at Dartmouth were the most ever in program history, in any match. The team also combined for 103 digs, a new four-set record, as well. The Los Angeles native is now closing in on the career digs record, as well, and is just 36 behind Stephanie Frost's ('07) benchmark of 1,655. Williams has 1,629. Williams already holds the record for digs per set for a career, with 4.26, .8 ahead of Frost, while her current 5.91 digs per set mark this year is shattering her previously set record from last year of 4.28.
 
Though she didn't pick up any hardware for it, Williams added yet another record to her resume when she notched 39 digs at Rhode Island, breaking Maria Rodenberg's record of 38 for five-set matches, which also used to be the overall record. Williams has five matches of 30 or more digs this year already.
 
Pejouan Matches Blocks Record
At LIU, freshman Chloe Pejouan made the start and tallied 13 blocks, tying Marija Markovic's single-match record in four sets against Manhattan in 2006. She also surpassed Randi Ewing's five-set record of 12 from 2012.
 
Fairchild Approaching 1,000 Kills
The redshirt junior entered this season with 827 career kills after sitting out last year due to injury. This year, Fairchild has 166 kills and is now up to 993 for her career, and will be the 11^th Ram to reach the milestone. Fairchild is already the program's leader with 3.58 kills per set and is 10th with a .237 hit percentage. She is also seventh all-time with 126 career aces, 18 away from joining the top-five.
 
Class of 2023
The Rams welcomed five new faces to the program with freshmen Megan Brzozowski, Mallory Lipski, Aria De La Rosa, Chloe Pejouan, and Aneliesa Cartledge. Read more about the rookies and their high school careers at the links.
 
Preseason Poll
The Rams, who finished ninth last year in the Atlantic 10, have been predicted to repeat that by the league's head coaches in the annual preseason poll. Read more here.
 
Up Next
The Rams host Rhode Island next Saturday, October 26, at 7 p.m.