DAYTON - The University of Dayton softball team is headed east to the nation's capital for a three-game Atlantic 10 series at George Washington this weekend. Dayton will square off against the reigning A-10 regular season and tournament champions April 9-10 at GW Softball Field.

In a rematch of the 2021 A-10 Championship finals, the Flyers and Colonials will get the series underway Saturday with a noon start for a doubleheader. On Sunday, the pair will meet again at noon for a single game. Saturday's games will be streamed via ESPN+ and all three games will be available to follow via live stats. CLICK HERE for those links.

SCOUTING GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington (19-10, 9-0) is currently enjoying a 13-game winning streak and sits atop A-10 rankings with an unblemished 9-0 mark in conference play. The Colonials picked up two mid-week wins over visiting Hampton Wednesday and collected a three-game sweep over league opponent St. Bonaventure March 25-26 in Olean, N.Y. Alessandra Ponce leads five Colonials hitting above .300 with her team-best average of .375 (6th A-10) while Alexa Williams (.372 - 7th A-10) has knocked in 29 RBI (2nd A-10). In the circle for GW, Sierra Lange (14-5) carries the team's low ERA of 3.07 (4th A-10), has worked 13 complete games and tallied a league-leading 117 strikeouts over 109.1 innings (2nd A-10).

ABOUT DAYTON
Dayton (11-17, 6-5) won its third Atlantic 10 series, 2-1, over visiting George Mason last weekend and the Flyers are in fifth place in conference standings with a 6-5 league mark. The Flyers have three players that rank among the top 10 in the conference for batting average led by junior Emily Daniel (.419 - 1st A-10) who has also collected 10 stolen bases (t-4th A-10). Freshman Emma Schutter (.370 - 8th A-10) leads the team with 34 hits (4th A-10) and 16 stolen bases (2nd A-10) while current A-10 Player of the Week senior Alyssa Cacini has knocked in a team-high 22 RBI (t-3rd A-10) and knocked out six home runs (t-3rd A-10). The Flyer pitching corps is led by current A-10 Pitcher of the Week senior Kelsey Gumm (6-5) with a 2.10 ERA (1st A-10) and 71 strikeouts (4th A-10) over 70.0 innings pitched (7th A-10).

SERIES STUFF
Dayton leads, 23-21
First Meeting: April 11, 2003 - Dayton 9, George Washington 0 (5) & UD 2, GW 0 (Washington, D.C.)
Last Meeting: May 21, 2021 - GW 2, UD 2 (9) & GW 7, UD 2 (Philadelphia, Pa.)

LAST TIME OUT
In the series finale between Dayton and George Mason on Sunday, March 3, the Flyers downed the visiting Patriots 10-0 in five innings as senior Kelsey Gumm delivered a no-hitter, the first of her career and the first for the team since Kayla English hurled a perfect game on March 29, 2015. Gumm tallied six strikeouts in her sixth complete game of the season.

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