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Bronx, N.Y. – Fresh off its tenth Atlantic 10 Championship, the 2026 Fordham softball squad learned of their NCAA fate tonight as the Rams are headed to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to play in the Fayetteville Regional beginning on Friday.
 
The Rams, winners of four straight and six of their last seven, will open the regional on Friday at 5:30 p.m. (EDT) against the fifth-seeded Razorbacks (42-11) at Bogle Park on ESPN+. The two other teams in the regional are Washington (36-18) and South Florida (42-15).
 
The winners of Friday's contests will meet in Saturday's first game while the two losers will play in the second game. The winner of the latter will meet the loser of the former in Saturday's third game. The Regional Final will be held on Sunday.
 
This will be Fordham's eleventh appearance in the NCAA Championships, the first since 2022. The Rams have previously faced Arkansas in the NCAAs, falling to the Razorbacks twice in the 2013 Norman Regional.
 
Overall Fordham is 0-4 all-time against Arkansas, most recently falling to the Razorbacks, 4-2, in the 2018 Mary Nutter Classic in Palm Springs, Calif.
 
The Rams have also faced Washington and South Florida in the past. The Rams are 0-2 all-time versus Washington, most recently falling to the Huskies in the 2019 Seattle Regional, and 3-6 against the Bulls, the most recent matchup coming in 2018.