DAYTON, Ohio - The University of Dayton softball team opens their 2015 Atlantic-10 season by hosting the St. Bonaventure Bonnies for a three-game series beginning at 12 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at UD Softball Stadium.

Recent Action
The Flyers enter the series with a 15-9 record and are coming off a two-game series sweep of Eastern Kentucky Wednesday at UD Softball Stadium. Both games were one-run affairs, with the Flyers winning 2-1 in the first game. The second game was a wild one, with the Flyers eventually prevailing 10-9 in 12 innings.

St. Bonaventure enters the game with a 4-9 record overall. They have won three of their last four games, and are returning from a trip to Honolulu, Hawaii, where they participated in the Rainbow Wahine Classic.

Series Stuff
Dayton has has an all-time record of 23-14 against St. Bonaventure.  They last played in 2014 when the Flyers split with the Bonnies in a double-header, a 5-4 loss & 3-0 victory.
 
Scouting Report
As a team, the Bonnies are hitting for a .219 average while allowing their opponents to a .322 mark. SBU is led by Emily McDonough, who is hitting for a .436 average with 11 stolen bases and seven runs scored. Katie Sinclair has the Bonnies' only home run on the year and also leads the team in RBIs with six.

The pitching staff has a combined ERA of 4.78 with 23 strikeouts and 29 walks in 82 innings of work. Josie Borysevicz leads the staff with a 3.07 ERA and four wins. Kristen Hickling has two saves on the season and a 3.82 ERA in seven appearances for SBU.  

Weather Report
The high will be 64 degrees with a 10 percent chance of precipitation.

Cash Money
Freshman Manda Cash is currently the Flyers' leader in ERA (1.81), strikeouts (69), walks allowed (14), and is second in victories (5).  She also ranks fourts in the A-10 (95th nationally) in ERA and is first in the conference (14th nationally) in strikeouts per seven innings (10.2).

Budicin Named College Sports Madness Player of the Week
Freshman infielder Kailee Budicin was been named the College Sports Madness Atlantic 10 Player of the Week for her play during the Miami Tournament March 12-15.  Budicin had a big week, starting all four games played.  She finished with a team high eight hits, including two doubles, to raise her season average from .195 to .280.  She also had a team high five RBI and is now tied for the team lead with 10 RBI on the season.