Game notes

DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton softball team will have a slight schedule change again this weekend due to weather.  They will be traveling to Nashville, Tennessee to play in the Purple and Gold Challenge hosted by Lipscomb University.
 
The Flyers were scheduled to play Friday through Saturday, but due to projected inclement weather they will be playing games on Saturday and Sunday.

Dayton will face Lipscomb at 2:30 PM and Western Kentucky at 4:45 PM on Saturday.  The Flyers then face Akron at 11:00 AM and Lipscomb again at 1:15 PM on Sunday.

Series Stuff
Lipscomb – overall record 1-1, last meeting 2005
Western Kentucky – 0-2, last meeting 2013
Akron – overall record 6-10, last meeting 2013

Weather Report
The forecast for this weekend in Nashville on Saturday is a mix of sun and clouds, highs in the 40s and lows in the 30s.  On Sunday it will be mostly cloudy, highs in the 50s and lows in the upper 30s.

Rookies Shining Bright
Freshman Jaclyn Kweder was crowned the first A-10 Rookie of the Week for 2015.  Kweder had a solid collegiate start when she went 6-for-12 over four games in the Flyers' season-opening weekend.  She had one double and two RBIs. She batted .500 for the week, collecting six hits with a .583 slugging percentage and .500 on base percentage. 

Two weeks later freshman Manda Cash was credited the same accolade.  Cash made four appearances in the second weekend of play, where she pitched 11.2 innings, fanned 15, walked four, and allowed three earned runs.  She pitched her first complete game as a Flyer, leading Dayton to a 3-1 victory over Georgia Southern.  Cash struck out six, walked two, and allowed eight hits and one earned run against the Eagles.

Flyers Picked To Finish Fifth in Atlantic 10
According to the preseason poll conducted by the league's 10 head coaches, the Flyers were chosen to finish fifth in 2015.  The Flyers finished fifth in the conference in 2014.  Fordham was the unanimous selection to finish first.  The Rams were winners of three of the last four A-10 Championships.

Preseason All-Conference Recognition
Two Flyers were named to the College Sports Madness 2015 Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Team.  Senior Tiffany Ricks was also chosen as the preseason Field Player of the Year.
Kayla English-Second Team
Tiffany Ricks-First Team