Softball Wraps Up Regular Season with Four-Game Series vs. Saint Joseph's

Fordham Softball Schedule
 
Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham softball team (35-5, 16-0) wraps up the regular season this weekend with a four-game series against Saint Joseph's (23-17, 16-2) with plenty on the line for hosting purposes with next weekend's Atlantic 10 Championship.
 
All four games will be streamed on ESPN+ with all video and live stats links available via the above link.  
 
Last Time Out
The Rams swept UMass by a combined 33-8 score last weekend to complete an eight-game season sweep of the Minutewomen. In the series finale on Sunday, Devon Miller tossed her third no-hitter of the year. Head over to the team's schedule page to read each day's recap here.
 
Series History vs. Saint Joseph's
Fordham leads the all-time series with the Hawks, 38-31, since joining the Atlantic 10 in 1996. The Hawks dominated the first half of the rivalry but it's been mostly Fordham since. The Rams have won 16 of the past 20 meetings since 2015. Two years ago, Fordham swept a three-game series at home against the Hawks then fell, 3-1, in the opening game of that year's Championship  but rebounded to win 10-2 in the consolation bracket, eventually reaching the finals.
 
Fordham Sweeps Atlantic 10 Weekly Awards
For the 12^th time in program history, the Rams took home all three weekly accolades from the league office when it was announced Monday that Madie Aughinbaugh was the Player of the Week, Devon Miller the Pitcher of the Week, and Michaela Carter the Rookie of the Week. Read all about it here.
 
Nationally Speaking (as of 5/6)
The Rams are flying high right now so it should be no surprise to see the squad all over the NCAA Division I rankings. As a squad, Fordham is within the top-100 in nearly every single category and within the top-50 in half of them. The Rams' triple slash line of .321/.402/.535 sits 21^st, 20^th, and 18^th, respectively. Average and Slugging would currently be new school records, while the team's OBP would be second-highest. They also have the 7^th-best win percentage in the country (.875), are scoring the 19^th-most runs per game (6.53), have a collective ERA of 1.95, ranked 19^th overall, and have the 89^th-best fielding percentage (.965).
 
At the individual level, Devon Miller's recent performances have pushed her to fifth with just 2.84 hits allowed per seven innings and fourth with 11.5 strikeouts per seven. Her ERA of 1.11 ranks 18^th nationally, while Madie Aughinbaugh is 52^nd at 1.63 and Anne Marie Prentiss is 58^th at 1.68. Miller is also 42^nd with 146 strikeouts and 48^th with a 5.03 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
 
At the plate, Brianna Pinto is 44^th with her .427 batting average, while Rachel Hubertus' 1.27 RBIs per game ranks 13^th overall. Her 51 total RBIs lead the Atlantic 10 and sit 6^th in all of Division I and is already tied for eighth-most in a single year at Fordham. Bailey Enoch is up to 15^th with 0.39 HBPs per game, as well. On the basepaths, Pinto is 14^th with 27 stolen bases and is 20^th with 0.68 per contest, leading the league in both stats.
 
Dos Perfectos/National Pitcher of the Week
Devon Miller became just the third Ram to hurl a perfect game on April 2^nd against La Salle, the seventh in program history, striking out 12 batters over five innings then duplicated that exact same line the next day in the series finale, becoming the second Ram to toss multiple perfect games in a career and in a season, joining two-time All-American and Fordham Hall of Famer Jen Mineau. As a result, the Chadds Ford, Pa. native was named the Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week in addition to her Atlantic 10 honors, as well, becoming the second Ram, after Mineau, to garner National accolades. Read all about it here.
 
Aughinbaugh Climbing the Ranks
Madie Aughinbaugh made her 100^th career start at Stony Brook on March 30^th, becoming one of four Rams to reach the milestone. She picked up her 63^rd career win in that game and is up to 66 today. The fifth-year two-way stud is within or just outside the top-three in every single pitching category in the Fordham record book, which you can check out here.
 
Pure Thievery
Brianna Pinto and Madie Aughinbaugh continue to race each other up the all-time stolen base ranks at Fordham although the former has pulled away in the last couple months, now up into fourth all-time with 59. Aughinbaugh is eighth with 44. Pinto has been caught stealing just once in her entire career – as a freshman against St. Bonaventure and has successfully stolen a base on 44 straight attempts. She is also up to 27 stolen bases this year, third-most in a single campaign. Jessica Hughes holds the record with 36 in 2016.
 
Miller Named Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week
Sophomore Devon Miller scooped up her second A-10 Pitcher of the Week award and fourth total (two Rookie of the Week honors) after tossing two more shutouts this weekend, her third and fourth, at La Salle, striking out 16 over 14 innings to pick up her ninth and 10^th wins of the year. Read about her weekend here.
 
Miller Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week Again
The sophomore matched her career-high with 15 strikeouts against St. Bonaventure last Saturday leading to her fourth career Rookie of the Week honor, two this year and two in last year's shortened season. Read about her weekend here.
 
Pinto Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week
Senior captain Brianna Pinto earned her first career Player of the Week honor after helping lead the Rams to a 5-0 record, including a mammoth walk-off grand slam against Stony Brook, her first career home run. Read about it here.

Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll
The Rams were picked to finish second in the annual preseason head coaches poll, just one point behind George Washington despite garnering one more first-place vote. The two schools were set to meet in the Championship final in 2019 but due to a rain out, the higher seed, Fordham, moved on to NCAA Regionals despite a share of the championship. It was the Rams' seventh straight league title, eighth overall, and ninth trip to Regionals.
 
Up Next
The Rams have clinched a berth in this year's A-10 Championship, which will feature the top two seeds from each pod. They will be joined by Saint Joseph's, George Washington, and either Dayton or Saint Louis. One of the three who have already clinched a berth will end up hosting.