DAYTON - The University of Dayton softball team will host Atlantic 10 foe George Mason this weekend for a three-game conference series. The Flyers and Patriots will play a doubleheader Saturday and a single game Sunday at UD Softball Stadium. First pitch is set for 12 p.m. both days and admission is free.

SCOUTING GEORGE MASON
George Mason (13-14, 3-3 A-10) is coming off two losses at James Madison on Wednesday and Mason went 0-3 at Saint Joseph's in its last A-10 series March 19-20. On offense, the Patriots have four everyday players hitting above .300 led by Taylor Dadig (.400 - 4th A-10) with a team-high 36 hits (1st A-10), 20 runs (4th A-10) scored and 10 stolen bases (4th A-10) to go with 13 RBI. In the circle, Mason's Carly Cooper (7-4) has a 2.97 ERA (3rd A-10) over 66.0 innings pitched with 44 strikeouts (9th A-10).

ABOUT DAYTON
Dayton (9-16, 4-4 A-10) split its midweek home games against Northern Kentucky (L, 4-2) and Butler (W, 6-0) and dropped two to visiting Saint Joseph's last weekend in a weather-shortened conference series. The Flyers' have four players with 20+ hits including freshman Emma Schutter (.361 - 8th A-10) who leads the team with 30 (t-5th A-10) and a team-high 13 stolen bases (2nd A-10) while junior Grace Gressly (.404 - 3rd A-10) has collected a team-best 15 RBI on 23 hits. Senior Kelsey Gumm (4-5) leads the UD pitching staff with a 2.45 ERA (1st A-10) with 60 strikeouts (4th A-10) over 60.0 innings pitched.

SERIES STUFF
Dayton leads, 14-9
First meeting: 3/13/92 - Dayton 4, George Mason 1 (Wilmington, N.C.)
Last meeting: 4/18/21 (DH) - Dayton 1, George Mason 0 & Dayton 2, George Mason 1 (Dayton, Ohio)

LAST TIME OUT
In its Wednesday non-conference match-up against Butler, Dayton's Gumm and junior Sarah Bailitz combined for the 6-0 shutout of the Bulldogs. Gumm tallied seven strikeouts in four innings of work and three Flyers recorded multi-hit games.

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