DAYTON - The University of Dayton softball team is set to host Rhode Island this weekend for a three-game Atlantic 10 set at UD Softball Stadium. Due to impending inclement weather, the first game of the series has been moved up to Friday, March 29 at 4 p.m. This weekend, the team will be promoting breast, colon and ovarian cancer awareness with pink jerseys, teal shoe laces and special wristbands.
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About Dayton
Dayton (14-16, 4-1 A-10) picked up a mid-week A-10 doubleheader sweep at Saint Louis on Wednesday, 9-3 and 7-3, and has won four of its last five games. The Flyers are led offensively by senior
Kyle Davidson with a .375 average (9th A-10), 36 hits (4th A-10) and 18 stolen bases (t-1st) while sophomore
Abby Ehrenborg has knocked out a team-best five home runs (t-4th A-10) and knocked in 25 runs (3rd A-10). Senior
Jessica Gilliam (6-7) has tallied a team-high 57 strikeouts (5th A-10) and worked 78.0 innings for UD (5th A-10).
Scouting the Rams
Rhode Island (11-15, 0-3 A-10) is currently suffering through a five-game losing streak, including its 4-1 loss at Boston University Thursday evening. The Rams opened Atlantic 10 action at Saint Joseph's March 23-24, dropping three straight to the Hawks.
Series Stuff
Dayton and Rhode Island have previously met 50 times with the Flyers holding a 29-20-1 advantage in the series. The pair met three times in Kingston, R.I., last season as UD swept the series, 2-1, 6-0, 1-0, during the final weekend of regular season play.
RPI Rankings
In the NCAA's most recent Rating Percentage Index (RPI) for the 2019 season posted on March 24, Dayton came in at 211 according to NCAA.com. Rhode Island was ranked 213.
Catch Me If You Can
As a team, Dayton is 59-for-71 in stolen bases on the season - the 59 stolen bases ranks first in the Atlantic 10 and is just four off last season's total of 63. Senior
Kyle Davidson leads the Flyers on the base paths with 18 stolen bases (t-1st A-10) on the season. Senior
Lisa Tassi has stolen 12 bases (3rd A-10) while sophomore
Briley Sidor has collected six stolen bases.
So Offensive
Four Flyers are currently hitting above .300 (min. 25 AB) and their combined number of hits account for 50 percent of the team's hits.
Kyle Davidson: .375, 36
Lisa Tassi: .364, 32
Katherine Schwartz: .360, 9
Abby Ehrenborg: .333, 28
Start Me Up
Senior
Kyle Davidson has made 143 consecutive appearances in the Flyers' starting lineup. During her career at UD, Davidson has started in 165 of the 174 games she has played.
#Winning
Dayton head coach
Cara LaPlaca tallied her 233rd career win at UD on April 15, 2017 at La Salle, surpassing former Flyer head coach Jodi Eickemeyer as Dayton's all-time winningest coach. She now has 284 wins at UD. Notable - coach LaPlaca currently has 415 career wins as a head coach.
