Highlights from the 1st weekend of Fall Ball

Lauren Quense (Tom Wasiczko)

Fordham
The Rams went 2-2 up in Binghamton to open up fall play, defeating Cornell 8-4 and Binghamton 8-5, while falling to Syracuse 2-1 and Colgate 1-0. The Rams finished the first weekend with a .960 fielding percentage and 2.38 ERA. In the circle, Patti Maloney led the way as she finished with a 0.00 ERA in 10 innings, allowing just two hits. Lauren Quense and Michele Daubman also saw action in the circle for Fordham. At the plate, Paige Ortiz led the way with a .538 BA, including 7 hits, 1 HR, and 5 RBI without recording a strikeout. Other Rams that stood out at the plate include Brianna Turgeon who hit .400 with 3 RBI, Gabby Luety hit .357, and Rachel Gillen and Michele Daubman each hit .333. Freshman Sydney Canessa showed some great potential at the plate and figures to be a key player for the Rams this year.

Kayla Lombardo connecting on a HR (Tom Wasiczko)

The Rams will be back in action this weekend at home against Dominican and Fairleigh Dickinson.

St. Bonaventure
The Bonnies went 2-2 on the weekend, as they beat Colgate 5-1 and LeMoyne, while falling to Syracuse 4-0 and Cornell in extra innings.

More info to come

Dayton
No information yet on Dayton's first games of the fall.

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2013 Fall Softball Schedule/Results

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9/14 St. Bonaventure 5 Colgate 1
9/14 Syracuse 4 St. Bonaventure 0
9/14 Syracuse 2 Fordham 1
9/14 Fordham 8 Cornell 4
9/14 Northern Kentucky at Dayton
9/14 Cedarville at Dayton

9/15 St. Bonaventure beat LeMoyne
9/15 St. Bonaventure lost to Cornell
9/15 Fordham 8 Binghamton 5
9/15 Colgate 1 Fordham 0

9/21 UMass 3 Bryant 0
9/21 UMass 3 Bryant 0 (3)
9/21 Concordia at George Mason (DH)
9/21 St. Louis vs. Southern Illinois
9/21 St. Louis vs. Murray State
9/21 St. Bonaventure vs. Nan Harvey Classic
9/21 St. Bonaventure vs. Nan Harvey Classic
9/21 Urbana at Dayton
9/21 Otterbein at Dayton

9/22 Dominican at Fordham
9/22 Fairleigh Dickinson at Fordham
9/22 UMBC at George Washington (DH)
9/22 St. Joseph's at Lehigh (DH)
9/22 St. Bonaventure vs. Nan Harvey Classic
9/22 St. Bonaventure vs. Nan Harvey Classic

9/28 St. Joseph's vs. Princeton
9/28 St. Joseph's vs. Rider
9/28 La Salle vs. Drexel
9/28 La Salle vs. Holy Family
9/28 La Salle at Penn
9/28 URI at Maine (DH)
9/28 Washington (STL) at St. Louis
9/28 Central Methodist at St. Louis
9/28 Dayton at Wright State
9/28 Dayton vs. Kentucky

9/29 Quinnipiac at UMass (DH)
9/29 St. Joseph's vs. Lafayette
9/29 Georgetown at George Washington
9/29 Mount St. Mary's at George Washington
9/29 SIU Edwardsville at St. Louis
9/29 William Woods at St. Louis

10/5 Fordham vs. Hofstra
10/5 Fordham vs. Seton Hall
10/5 Sacred Heart at UMass (DH)
10/5 URI at Bryant (DH)
10/5 St. Joseph's vs. Penn
10/5 La Salle vs. Villanova
10/5 George Washington vs. Bowie State
10/5 George Washington vs. Howard
10/5 Dayton vs. Toledo
10/5 Dayton vs. Miami

10/6 Boston College at UMass
10/6 La Salle vs. St. Joseph's
10/6 St. Joseph's vs. Drexel
10/6 La Salle vs. Drexel
10/6 George Washington vs. Howard
10/6 George Washington vs. Maryland
10/6 St. Louis at SEMO (DH)

10/12 Towson at George Mason (DH)
10/12 La Salle at Lafayette (DH)

10/13 URI at Brown (DH)

10/14 Georgetown at George Mason (DH)

10/19 George Mason at UMBC (DH)

Quick hits

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Quick Hits:

Coaching News
-Ona Halladay has left St. Bonaventure to become the new head coach and SWA at D'Youville College.
-Fordham alum Chelsea Plimpton is now an assistant coach at Towson.
-UMass alum Kristi Stefanoni has been named the interim head coach at UMass and fellow alum and former All-American Danielle Henderson has returned as the associate head coach.
-UMass alum KJ Kelley is the new head coach at the University of Mary in North Dakota. Kelley had previously been in an assistant/co-head coach role at Toledo.
-UMass alum Sara Plourde is now an assistant at Lafayette College.
-UMass alum Katie Bettencourt is joining fellow alum Whitney Mollica-Goldstein's staff at WPI.
-UMass-Boston alum Kara Willis was hired as the pitching coach at URI.
-Mizzou alums Ashley Fleming and Chelsea Thomas have been hired as assistant coaches at St. Louis.

Roster notes
-Jessica Van Nostrand is no longer listed on the St. Louis roster.

Transfers
-Outfielder Katelyn Gibson has transferred to Dayton from Emory University.
-Pitcher Taylor Pirone has transferred to Hofstra from Fordham.

Recruiting
-2015 outfielder Erin Stacevicz of the Delco Chaos has verballed to UMass. Stacevicz has had two older sisters play D1 college softball for Delaware.
-2014 catcher Madison Housel of the NJ Pride Gold has verballed to Rhode Island. She is the first reported 2014 verbal for the Rams.

Scheduling
2/6-2/8 Beach Invitational-Long Beach State, George Washington, Cal State Fullerton, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Loyola, Pittsburgh, Kent State
2/14-2/16 Charleston Southern Tournament-Charleston Southern, St. Bonaventure
2/14-2/16 FAU Strikeout Cancer Tournament-FAU, UMass, Mississippi State, Maryland, Long Island, Providence
2/14-2/16 LSU Tournament-LSU, George Washington, Northwestern
2/15-2/16 Longwood Tournament-Longwood, St. Joseph's, Bucknell, Georgetown
2/20-2/23 Mary Nutter Classic-Arizona, Baylor, Boise State, BYU, California, Fordham, Fresno State, Cal State Fullerton, Kentucky, Long Beach State, Long Island, LSU, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Northwestern, Cal State Northridge, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Pacific, San Diego State, Southern Miss, Stanford, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, UC Davis, UCLA, Virginia, Washington
2/21-2/23 Charlotte Tournament-Charlotte, St. Bonaventure
2/25 St. Bonaventure at NC State
2/28-3/2 USF Tournament-USF, St. Bonaventure, Georgia State, Oakland, Quinnipiac, Central Connecticut, Mount St. Mary's, Central Arkansas, Campbell, FAU, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, Quinnipiac, Toledo, Southern Illinois, Villanova, Western Michigan, Yale
2/28-3/2 George Washington Tournament-George Washington, Akron, Drexel, Providence
3/3-3/7 Rebel Games-La Salle, Bucknell, Creighton, Howard, Indiana State, Niagara, Sacred Heart, St. Francis, Buffalo, Akron, UMass-Lowell, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Utah Valley
3/7-3/9 USF Tournament-USF
3/7-3/9 George Washington Tournament-George Washington, Binghamton, Howard
3/7-3/9 Hampton Tournament-Hampton, St. Bonaventure
3/11 St. Louis at UT Martin
3/14-3/16 USF Tournament-USF, St. Joseph's, Miami, UConn, Boston University, Seton Hall, Maine, Wisconsin-Green Bay,
3/14-3/16 Dayton Tournament-Dayton, Oakland, IUPUI, Eastern Michigan
3/14-3/16 Dawg Pound Invitational-UMBC, Rhode Island, Drexel, Niagara, Hampton
3/14-3/16 George Washington Tournament-George Washington, Brown, Manhattan, St. Francis
3/19 St. Joseph's at Delaware (DH)
4/9 La Salle at Villanova
4/22 George Washington at Georgetown
5/1 St. Joseph's at Villanova