DAYTON, Ohio - The first-place University of Dayton softball team heads on the road this Wednesday, March 25 for its first road Atlantic 10 conference games of the season at Saint Louis.  Game one of the doubleheader is set for 2 p.m. at the Billiken Sports Center.

Recent Action
The Flyers enter the series with an 18-9 record and are coming off a three-game series sweep of St. Bonaventure this past Saturday and Sunday at UD Softball Stadium. The first game was a close 3-1 affair, but the Flyers would control the final two games 8-3, and 8-0. The Flyers are off to the second-best start in program history in A-10 play. The best start was 7-0 in 2000 when the Flyers finished conference play 10-4. 

Saint Louis enters the game with a 17-9 record overall. They opened conference play by taking two of three from Fordham, including an 11-10 come from behind victory on Sunday.

Series Stuff
Dayton has has an all-time record of 5-16 against Saint Louis.  They last played in 2014 when the Billikens swept the season series 2-0.
 
Scouting Report
As a team, the Billikens are hitting for a .309 average while holding their opponents to a .251 mark. SLU is led by Alex Nickel, who is hitting for a .412 average with 35 hits including six doubles and three home runs.  Lindsay Friedman leads the team in RBI (26), slugging percentage (.703) and home runs (7).

The pitching staff has a combined ERA of 3.22 with 91 strikeouts in 174 innings of work. Briana Lore leads the staff with a 2.13 ERA and seven wins. She also leads in strikeouts with 62.  

Weather Report
The Wednesday weather report for St. Louis is high of 75, with a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.  WInds SSW at 10-15 MPH.

Cash Money
Freshman Manda Cash is currently the Flyers' leader in ERA (1.70), strikeouts (73), walks allowed (14), is tied for first in saves (2) and is second in victories (5).  She also ranks fourts in the A-10 (68th nationally) in ERA and is first in the conference (12th nationally) in strikeouts per seven innings (10.4).