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The Rams celebrate Victoria Klimaszewski's three-run home run
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Saint Joseph's SJU 24-24
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Winner Fordham FOR 24-26
Saint Joseph's SJU
24-24
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Final
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Fordham FOR
24-26
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Joseph's SJU 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 5 1
Fordham FOR 2 1 0 0 3 1 X 7 8 2

W: Klimaszewski, Victoria (3-2) L: Jules Scogna (5-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Klimaszewski Leads Softball to Opening Day Win at Atlantic 10 Championship

Sophomore contributes at the plate and in the circle

St. Louis, Mo. – Those of a certain age remember the phrase "Did you eat your Wheaties this morning?" Today, it's most likely that Fordham sophomore Victoria Klimaszewski could answer yes to that question as she led the fourth-seeded Rams to a 7-3 win over fifth-seeded Saint Joseph's with her arm and her bat in the first game of the 2026 Betterment Atlantic 10 Championship at the Billiken Sports Complex.
 
With the win, Fordham improves to 24-26 on the season and advances to play top-seeded Loyola Chicago tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
 
Klimaszewski threw 3.2 innings of no-hit ball in relief, striking out two, and connected on a three-run home run in the fifth to break a 3-3 tie.
 
How it Happened
  • The Rams jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first as Neleh Nogay led off with a walk and came around to score on an errant throw on a double play attempt.
  • Later in the inning Eva Koratsis reached on a bases loaded fielder's choice which brought in the second run.
  • The Hawks tied it up with two in the third and one in the fourth.
  • In the Fordham fifth, Kate McGuire led off with a walk and Sophie Nesturrick followed with a double to put runners on second and third.
  • One out later, Klimaszewski sent the ball over the right-center field fence, her third round tripper of the season, to break the 3-3 tie.
  • Koratsis added a solo home run in the sixth, her seventh of the year.
  • Klimaszewski then set down Saint Joseph's in order to end the game.
Notes
  • The win is Klimaszewski's third of the year.
  • Senior outfielder Neleh Nogay has 249 career hits, fourth on the Fordham career hits list, two shy of Allison Twarowski who sits in third.
  • Nogay leads the Atlantic 10 this year with 67 hits and is tops in the conference with a .394 batting average.
  • Nogay's .374 career batting average would be a school record (current record is her .367 career average entering this year).
  • Nogay is second in the A-10 and fifth in the nation with 34 stolen bases on the year, while she ranks sixth nationally with 0.69 stolen bases per game.
  • Nogay holds the Fordham record for career stolen bases with 117 after breaking the previous mark of 85 earlier this season. She became just the sixth active player in all of Division I softball with 100 career steals, reaching triple digits against Army on Mar. 25.
  • The Ram offense leads the league with 407 hits as a team, with seven different Rams posting 30 or more hits individually, and they lead the league with a .292 team batting average.
What's Next?
  • The Rams will face top-seeded Loyola Chicago on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. (EDT) at the Billiken Sports Complex.
  • Fordham and Loyola played a three-game series last weekend with the Rans taking two of the three games.
  • The Rams lead the all-time series with the Ramblers, 7-5.
  • The two teams have met once previously at the Atlantic 10 Championship, an 8-1 win for Fordham last year.
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