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Ram Round-Up
Bronx, N.Y. – After two months and 30 games away from home, the Fordham softball team (11-19, 4-2 A-10) returns to Bahoshy Field this weekend for its home-opening series against Dayton (17-16, 5-1 A-10). Both Saturday's doubleheader and Sunday's series finale will begin at noon.
Fans can follow along via the links above. All three games will be shown live on ESPN+.
Last Time Out
The Rams took a second consecutive road series to begin Atlantic 10 play last weekend at George Mason. Fordham swept Saturday's doubleheader by a combined score of 8-5 but fell in game three, 6-5, after rallying to tie the game in the seventh. Junior
Madie Aughinbaugh was the star of game one, firing her 37
th career complete game, 10
th this year, with just one run allowed for her 40
th career victory. Aughinbaugh also provided the game-winning hit with a third-inning RBI single. Game two featured the pitching debut of senior
Maria Trivelpiece, who allowed zero hits but five walks over two frames before
Makenzie McGrath came on in relief to throw a season-high five innings and pick up her third win. The offense was quiet until a five-run fifth that was capped by
Molly Roark's ninth home run of the season, which proved to be the difference in the game. Held to just one run over the first six innings on Sunday, the Rams erupted for four runs in the seventh on a series of hits, an error, and a sac fly. The Patriots walked off against McGrath in the bottom of the frame, however.
Aughinbaugh led the way at t he plate last week, hitting .467 with a pair of runs batted in.
Molly Roark was next with a .417 average and then both
Jordy Storm and Trivelpiece, each at .385. Aughinbaugh also enjoyed a 1.91 ERA over two starts.
Conference-Only
The Rams are 4-2 in league play to begin the year.
Madie Aughinbaugh is again enjoying another stellar conference season, leading the squad with a .409 average and a 2.52 ERA and a perfect 3-0 record over four starts. The junior is joined by
Jordy Storm, who is also batting .409 but has a team-high .727 slugging percentage, as well, with a team-high four extra-base hits.
Maria Trivelpiece,
Molly Roark, and
Rachel Hubertus are all batting above .300, as well, each with at least six hits and two extra-base hits. Hubertus has drawn a team-high five walks, as well, and leads the squad with a pair of home runs.
Storm Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week
Senior
Jordy Storm earned her first career award last Monday 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.
Series History
The hotly contested Fordham-Dayton rivalry stands in favor of the Rams, 28-25, since 1996. The Flyers enjoyed the large part of the success in the early years of the series, winning 15 of the first 16 contests before the Rams began to improve, going 27-10 since, including six straight wins the last two seasons. Fordham holds an all-time 14-11 record at Bahoshy Field against Dayton.
Madie Aughinbaugh earned the win in all three games last year as the Rams offense got to Jessicas Gilliam and Weaver, Dayton's top two pitchers this year, for a combined 22 runs over two games. Aughinbaugh also got a win in her lone start as a freshman in 2017.
Atlantic 10 Ranks
The Rams offense has them ranked highly among their conference contemporaries. Fordham ranks second with 26 long balls, 345 total bases, and a .417 slugging percentage. The Rams are third with 63 extra-base hits and fourth with 227 hits and 125 runs. Roark and Hubertus rank second and third, respectively, with nine and seven home runs, while Storm is right behind tied for eighth. In the circle, Aughinbaugh has made the fifth-most appearances and is joint-third with 10 complete games.
NCAA Ranks
One area the Rams have been successful in this year has been the long ball – the team ranks 63
rd in the country with 0.87 round-trippers per game on the year, which tops the A-10.
Molly Roark leads the way with nine bombs, ranked just outside the top 50 in the nation, but 54
th with 0.30 per game. Both marks are second in the conference behind GW's Jenna Cone. The team is also 122
nd with a 1.68 strikeout-to-walk ratio and 116
th with a .417 team slugging percentage. The squad is also 138
th in Division I with a .274 batting average.
Program Ranks
Junior tri-captain
Madie Aughinbaugh continues her climb up the all-time pitching ranks. Over the weekend, the Port Tobacco, Md. native picked up her 40
th career victory, tied with
Chelsea Plimpton ('11) for seventh all-time, and tied former teammate
Lauren Quense ('18) with her 37
th complete game, good for fifth all-time. She ranks ninth with 86 appearances, seventh with 63 starts, and ninth with 255 strikeouts, as well. 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.
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 travel up to St. Bonaventure for a doubleheader next Wednesday, beginning at 2 p.m., before returning home to host Saint Louis for three games next weekend.
Continue to keep up to date with the program on social media: @FordhamSoftball on Twitter and Instagram, and here at FordhamSports.com!
