BRONX, N.Y. – Beginning their quest for the 2024 Atlantic 10 Championship Wednesday afternoon, No. 4 Fordham University softball takes on No. 5 UMass at 12:00 p.m. from the friendly confines of the Bahoshy Softball Complex. Grant DelVecchio and Faith Cain will have the call of the entire slate of tournament games which will air live on ESPN+.

Top of the Order

• Following a 53-game regular season, their most games played since 2019, Fordham enters the A-10 tournament 25-27-1 on the year with a 15-11 record in conference play, taking five of nine series wins.

• The Rams earned the No. 4 seed following the final two days of regular season action, with the Rams taking the middle game of a three-game set at Loyola Chicago last weekend.

• With 55 hits in 2024, Bailey Enoch leads the Rams in hits and runs scored with 42, while drawing 24 walks, the most of any Fordham player, and enters the weekend with a slash line of .323/.593/.416.

• One of the top hitters in the nation, Sydney Wells has launched a team-best 11 home runs on the year, while leading the team and the entire A-10 with 47 RBIs, nearly double the next best mark on the team, while slashing .303/.652/.406.

• Neleh Nogay has scattered 51 hits on the year, and has come around to score 27 times, while leading the team with a .340 batting average and 22 stolen bases in 24 tries.

All-Conference Honorees

• A quartet of Rams brought home First Team All-Conference honors Tuesday afternoon, as outfielders Bailey Enoch and Neleh Nogay were selected alongside catchers Sydney Wells and Nicki Sudall, with Sudall claiming her award at the Designated Player position.

National Leaders

• Fordham enters the playoffs after tallying 90 doubles as a team, just the third time in program history the Rams have plateaued that mark, recording the fifth most doubles in all of Division I.

• Drawing 155 walks on the year, the Rams rank 81st in the nation and fourth in the A-10.

• The Rams also sit second in the A-10, and 100th in the country with a .422 slugging percentage.

• Averaging a home run just about every other game, Fordham has bashed 29 dingers on the year, sitting second in the A-10 at 0.55 per game.

• In a plethora of other categories, the Rams are fourth in the A-10 in shutouts (5), scoring (4.55 runs per game), on-base percentage (.358), and fielding percentage (.962).

Ramily Rockstars

• Wells ranks as the A-10 leader in total RBIs with 47, ranking 64th in the nation, and 35th in the country with 1.04 RBIs per game

• Sitting 98th in the country with 11 home runs and second best in the league, she also ranks second in slugging percentage at .652, and fourth in the conference with 13 doubles on the year.

• A threat to hit, walk, and steal bases, there's no avoiding the quickness of Neleh Nogay, who leads the team with 22 stolen bases in 24 attempts, third best in the A-10 and 48th best in all of Division I.

• Holding teams to just 5.73 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 third in the league in innings pitched at 146.2. 

• Miller also places second in the conference with 129 strikeouts, ranking 84th 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 fifth best out of 296 Division I schools in doubles with 90 as a team, and 10th in the nation in doubles per game, averaging 1.70 per contest.

• The Rams have now tied for the third most doubles of any team in program history, and are less than 10 away from breaking 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 three of the top four spots in the A-10 for total doubles each locked down by a Fordham Ram. 

• Gianna Sarlo leads the team and the A-10 with 17 doubles, ranked 23rd best nationally, while Enoch sits second in the league and 47th in the country with 15. Just back of them sits Wells with 13 doubles on the year, ranking 103rd in the country.

Next Stop

• The winner of Wednesday's game will take on top seeded Dayton to open the second day of action Thursday at 12:00 p.m. at Bahoshy Field. 

• The loser of the game will play in an elimination game against the loser of game two, Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. 

• For the latest updates on the Rams' playoff run, stay tuned to FordhamSports.com and the Fordham Softball social channels.