Softball Welcomes Saint Louis to the Bronx this Weekend

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Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham softball team (15-20, 8-3 A-10) will take a three-game conference win streak into this weekend's three-game series against Saint Louis (10-25, 4-6 A-10) at Bahoshy Field. Both Saturday's doubleheader and Sunday's series finale will begin at noon.
 
All three games will be on ESPN+ but have unique links. Fans can find them on the team's schedule page above.
 
Last Time Out
The Rams traveled up to Olean on Wednesday and swept their doubleheader with St. Bonaventure by a combined score of 17-4. Fordham took game one in five innings, 11-1, with Molly Roark's two-run double in the first inning providing all the offense they'd need against the Bonnies. The team hit four home runs in game one and six overall on the day, including three off the bat of Jordy Storm, two coming in game one for her second career multi-homer game. Roark added a two-run bomb in the second and Storm and Rachel Hubertus went back-to-back with solo shots in the fourth. Aughinbaugh went the distance, allowing just one run on two hits and two walks, with five strikeouts, to pick up her ninth win. The junior made the start in game two, as well, and allowed three runs to give the hosts their first lead of the day but the Rams would rally. Storm kicked off the scoring with another solo home run and Kylie Michael drew a bases-loaded walk to plate the second run. A throwing error led to the third game to tie things up and the visitors took the lead for good on a Hubertus RBI single. Makenzie McGrath picked up the win by matching her season-high of five innings, all without allowing a run to score. Storm finished the day 5-for-8 at the plate with three long balls and five runs scored to pace the offense.

Conference-Only
The Rams are 8-3 to begin league play this season, with four straight conference series wins, to sit in third place in the standings despite having the most league wins. At the dish, the team is slashing .304/.372/.464 as a team, led by three players batting over .400 – Storm, Trivelpiece, and Roark at .476, .463, and .417, respectively. Those three all hold an OPS above 1.000, as does Hubertus, with a combined 12 home runs. Storm leads the way with 20 hits, 15 runs scored, and five home runs, while sporting a .952 slugging percentage thanks to a team-high eight extra-base hits. Roark leads the way with 15 RBI, while Hubertus leads with 11 walks. In the circle, Madie Aughinbaugh does what she usually does – turns her game up a notch in conference play. The junior is 6-0 over eight starts with six complete games, one shutout, and a 2.13 ERA over 46.0 frames.
 
Having played the most contests (11), it's not surprising to see several Rams atop the conference leaderboards. Storm leads the Atlantic 10 in runs, hits, and home runs, while her average sits fifth, just ahead of Trivelpiece and Roark in sixth and ninth, respectively. Storm leads the way in slugging while Roark's .548 on-base percentage sits fourth among her peers. Aughinbaugh's six wins are two more than the next closest rival, while her 2.13 ERA sits third among pitchers with at least 20 innings. 
 
Aughinbaugh Named Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week
The junior fired two more complete games, one a shutout, to help the Rams to a pair of victories over Dayton at home this past weekend and was named the league's Pitcher of the Week as a result. Read more here.
 
Series History
The Rams hold an all-time 25-8 series lead over the Billikens since 2006, the latter's first year in the league. Fordham has won four straight and eight of the last 11, including a sweep a year ago on the road. Last year, Madie Aughinbaugh tossed a complete game with one run allowed in the series opener, while Jordy Storm provided the game-winning hit, a two-run single, in the series finale.
 
NCAA Ranks
One area the Rams have been successful in this year has been the long ball – the team ranks 41^st in the country with 1.00 round-trippers per game on the year, which tops the A-10. Molly Roark leads the way with 11 bombs, ranked 41^st in the country, and 41^st with 0.31 per game. Both marks are second in the conference behind GW's Jenna Cone. Third and fourth behind her are Storm (87^th) and Hubertus (90^th). The team is also 78^th with a .440 team slugging percentage and 86^th with a  .286 average.
 
Program Ranks
Junior tri-captain Madie Aughinbaugh continues her climb up the all-time pitching ranks. With her two starts and one win on Wednesday, the Port Tobacco, Md. native moved into solo fourth with 40 complete games, solo sixth with 43 career wins, into seventh with 418.1 innings pitched, and into a tie for seventh with 268 strikeouts. Senior Chelsea Skrepenak stole her 30^th career base two weeks ago, moving into a tie for 10^th all-time with former teammate Sydney Canessa ('18). She is on pace to join the all-time ranks for runs scored and possibly a few others. Check out the softball record book HERE.
 
Storm Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week
Senior Jordy Storm earned her first career award two weeks ago when the league named her the Player of the Week. The Walla Walla, Wash. native garnered the recognition by slashing .429/.467/1.000 at the plate over a 2-2 week for the Rams. Read more about her week here.
 
Hubertus Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week
The sophomore picked up her first career piece of hardware by being named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week in mid-February. Hubertus earned the accolade following an eight-game hitting streak and slashing .464/.483/.821 overall over nine starts at the hot corner. She is second on the team with six home runs and 14 runs, third with 25 hits, and fourth with 13 RBIs. Read more here.
 
Fordham Announces Melissa Inouye as Head Coach
Replacing 17-year head coach Bridget Orchard this summer is former assistant coach Melissa Inouye, who spent the past six seasons at nearby Iona College, taking the Gaels to one NCAA Tournament and one NISC Tournament, the latter after a MAAC regular season championship. Inouye, a two-time MAAC Coach of the Year, brings along her assistant Matt Klampert to the same position and added former Dartmouth standout and Saint Francis graduate assistant coach Katie McEachern to her staff.
 
2019 Schedule
Fordham will be home for most of the remainder of the regular season. See the entire schedule here.
 
Fordham Picked to Finish Second in Preseason Coaches' Poll
For the first time in seven years, the Rams have not been predicted by the league's coaches to finish atop the A-10 standings. Instead, Fordham has been picked to finish in a tie with Dayton for second. Read more about the annul preseason poll here.
 
Like a year ago, Fordham received nine of 10 possible first-place votes and 99 points from the league's head coaches and have thus been picked to successfully defend its Atlantic 10 championship for a sixth consecutive year. You can read more about that, here. The Rams have won five straight tournament titles and six of the last seven, plus five regular season titles, as well, in the past eight years.
 
Fordham Softball Archived Stories
Read up on Fordham's offseason turnover, season previews, game previews and recaps. Read all of the team's archived stories from this season and beyond, here.
 
Fordham Quick Facts
You can find this season's full schedule, roster, and quick facts, plus last year's season statistics, all here.
 
Up Next
The Rams host Hofstra in midweek action next week, scheduled for 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17^th, before welcoming Saint Joseph's for a three-game set on Friday and Saturday due to Easter Sunday.   
 
Continue to keep up to date with the program on social media: @FordhamSoftball on Twitter and Instagram, and here at FordhamSports.com!