BRONX, N.Y. – Taking to their home field one final time before the playoffs, Fordham University softball hosts Saint Louis in a weekend series at Bahoshy Field this Saturday and Sunday. The series begins with a doubleheader at 12:00 p.m. eastern against the Billikens Saturday, with senior day festivities to follow game one action. The series will conclude with a single game Sunday at noon, with all games streaming live on ESPN+.

Top of the Order

• Led by a quartet of Rams hitting over .300 this season, Fordham (23-23-1, 13-7 A-10) is coming off back to back series wins in conference play last week, sweeping Saint Joe's Wednesday at home before taking 2-of-3 on the road at St. Bonaventure this past weekend.

• Most recently the Rams played their final non-conference game of the year, falling on the road at Hofstra Wednesday afternoon, 7-6. 

• Fordham enters the midweek red hot, winning 11 of its last 15 games, with 10 of those victories coming within A-10 play.

• Continuing to climb the national charts, Fordham sits just third out of 296 Division I schools in doubles as a team with 85 on the year, needing 98 to break the single season program record.

• The Rams are also second best in the A-10 with 0.55 home runs per game, and second in slugging percentage at .429 as a team, while holding an on base percentage of .362, and third best in the league.

By The Numbers

• Though often said as a cliche, that "the team who scores first usually wins", Fordham has proven just that in 2024, holding a 19-7 record in games where the Rams have tallied the first run.

• Scoring just over 65% of their runs in the first four innings of play, the Rams are currently 17-5 when leading after four, tallying 147 runs in the early portions of games.

• A trio of Fordham hitters enter this weekend riding a seven game hitting streak, including Michaela Carter, Nicki Sudall, and Eva Koratsis, with Koratsis leading the team, reaching base safely in each of her last eight games.

• Taking advantage of their spots atop the order, Enoch leads the team with 14 multi-hit games, ahead of 14 by Nogay, and 12 by Wells, who leads the team with 13 games tallying multiple RBIs.

Ramily Rockstars

• Leading the Rams are a pair of heavy hitters, capable of doing whatever it takes with the bat to keep their team in the fight. Bailey Enoch and Sydney Wells pace the team in nearly every offensive category, while putting up impressive numbers throughout the season.

• With an even 50 hits in 2024, Bailey Enoch leads the Rams in hits and runs scored with 39, while drawing 20 walks, second most of any Fordham player, and entering the week with a slash line of .336/.604/.420.

• One of the top hitters in the nation, Sydney Wells has launched a team-best 11 home runs on the year, while reading the team with 47 RBIs, nearly double the next best mark on the team, while slashing .322/.702/.430.

• Wells also ranks as the A-10 leader in home runs, placing 73rd best in the nation, while sitting 24th in the country averaging 1.12 RBIs per game. She also ranks second in slugging percentage at .702, and third in the conference with 13 doubles on the year, placing her 62nd best in the nation.

• A threat to hit, walk, and steal bases, there's no avoiding the quickness of Neleh Nogay, who leads the team with 21 stolen bases in 23 attempts, second best in the A-10, while also placing second on the team with a .333 batting average.

• Nogay is also on fire at the dish in conference play, leading the Rams while hitting .456 in 20 A-10 games thus far, with 31 hits and 16 runs scored in those games, and going 21-for-23 on stolen base attempts.

• Holding teams to just 5.77 hits per seven innings on average, Devon Miller has lit it up from the circle once again this season, placing third in the A-10 in that category, despite being second in the league in innings pitched at 131.0. She also places second in the conference with 106 strikeouts, ranking top-100 in Division I.

Digging for Two

• All season long the Rams have raked when it comes to swinging for extra bases, and doubles in particular, as Fordham enters the week ranked third best out of 296 Division I schools in doubles with 86, and fifth in the nation in doubles per game, averaging 1.83 per contest.

• The Rams have already tallied the fourth most doubles of any team in program history, needing 90 to crack the top-three and 98 to break the all-time single season record of 97 set in 2008.

• That stat hasn't come from one source, but a diversified group that sees the top four spots in the A-10 for total doubles each locked down by a Fordham Ram. Gianna Sarlo leads the team with 15 doubles, ranked 25nd best nationally, while Enoch sits second in the league and 38th in the country with 14.

• One back of them sits Wells with 13 doubles on the year, ranking 68th in the country, while Eva Koratsis with 11 places fourth best in the A-10.

Midweek Recap

• A back-and-forth battle throughout the day Wednesday saw the home side take the lead in the bottom of sixth, as Fordham fell in a close game on the road 7-6 at Hofstra. The Rams would each tally runs in each of the first four innings, led by a 4-for-4 day by Neleh Nogay. 

• Fordham would score one more in the second and two more in the third to open a four-run advantage, but once again Hofstra countered, tallying two runs as well to keep it a two score game through three. Adding one more run in the fourth, Fordham would take a 6-3 lead before the Pride tallied one run in the fourth and a pair of home runs in the fifth tied things up at six-all, before Hofstra took its first lead of the day with a run in the bottom of the sixth. 

Billiken Beat

• Saint Louis (26-17, 13-7 A-10) are coming off a 4-3 win over SIUE on Wednesday, and have split their last six games, including two wins in conference play.

• The conference leaders in both fielding percentage and slugging percentage, the Billikens are tied for the best winning percentage in the league at .605.

• Abby Ulsas leads the Billikens and the A-10 in hits with 52 and rubens per game at 0.95.

Next Stop

• Fordham will close the 2024 regular season with a trip to the Windy City for a weekend series at Loyola Chicago. The Rams and Ramblers will take to the field for a doubleheader Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time, before the series finale Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Eastern as well, with all games streaming live on ESPN+.