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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham volleyball team (7-12, 0-7) will look to snap its skid on Saturday evening against Rhode Island (6-13, 1-6) at 7 p.m. The match will not be streamed on ESPN+ but live stats are available via the above link.
 
Cancer Awareness Week
Last Friday's match against the Flyers was the team's Cancer Awareness match, sponsored by New York Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital. Although it's over, you can still make a donation to help those in need. For more information, please click here.
 
Last Time Out
The Rams fell to Dayton and Saint Louis last weekend to open up the home portion of their schedule. Redshirt junior Olivia Fairchild netted her 1,000^th career kill, the 11^th Ram to do so, but the team fell in straight sets to last year's regular season champions. Against the Billikens on Saturday, senior libero Morgan Williams became the program's all-time leader in digs, finishing the day with 1,667 during her three-plus seasons in the Bronx. Her record-setting dig came in the first set, part of an exciting come-from-behind 25-23 victory. Saint Louis regrouped, however, and took the next three frames for the win.
 
Series History
Rhody holds a 33-9 all-time advantage in the series, dating back to 1995. The Rams are 4-16 in the Bronx. Fordham last won in five sets last year at home and opened up league play this year with a close five-set loss in Kingston. Morgan Williams' 39 digs that day became the new five-set record at Fordham and were the second-most in a match ever. Read more about the match here.
 
Williams, Rams Among Nation's Digs Leaders
Senior captain and libero Morgan Williams has racked up 446 digs already this season through 19 matches, good for an average of 5.87 per set. The former stat ranks sixth in all of Division I, while the latter sits fifth. The team, as a whole, has averaged 18.05 digs per set, which ranks sixth in the country, while their 1,372 total digs sits 20^th. The Rams are also 28^th in attacks per set (37.51) and 76^th with a combined .184 opponent hit percentage. Aside from the latter, all other stats lead the Atlantic 10. Defensively, the Rams are 116^th with 162.5 total blocks and, with 2.14 per set, are 111^th.
 
Williams Smashing Records
Morgan Williams has set four school records already this year, most recently becoming the school's all-time career leader in digs. She is up to 1,667 now, most in Fordham history. She is also averaging 4.29 per set for her career, which will smash the previous record, and is up to 5.87 per frame this year alone, which would smash her previously set record from last year (4.28). Her first record this year came when she initially broke the four-set mark for digs with 33 at Georgia State during opening weekend before breaking the overall single-match record with 42 digs in four frames at Dartmouth. The team also combined for 103 digs that day, a new four-set record, as well.
 
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.
 
Fairchild Hits 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 182 kills and is now up to 1,009 for her career, becoming the 11^th Ram to reach the milestone. Fairchild is already the program's leader with 3.55 kills per set and is 10th with a .236 hit percentage. She is also seventh all-time with 126 career aces, 18 away from joining the top-five, and will soon join the top-10 for total attacks.
 
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.
 
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 will begin November by hosting Duquesne next Friday at 7 p.m. and La Salle on Sunday at 1 p.m.