DAYTON - The University of Dayton softball team will host Saint Louis Friday and Saturday for a three-game Atlantic 10 series. The Flyers and Billikens will play a single game Friday at 4 p.m. followed by a doubleheader Saturday starting at 12 p.m. All home games are played at UD Softball Stadium and admission is free.

If you are not able to attend in person, you can follow the action via live stats on Statbroadcast.com.

PROMOTIONS
Friday: post-game autograph session
Saturday: Easter egg hunt - please arrive by 11:15 a.m., hunt will begin at 11:30 a.m.

ABOUT DAYTON
Dayton (19-12, 5-1 A-10) picked up a 4-2 win at Butler on Tuesday after senior Nicolette Papavasiliou knocked in the game-winning runs in top of the seventh with a two-RBI double. With its .833 league-game winning percentage, UD sits atop A-10 standings heading into this weekend's games. The Flyer offense is led by sophomore Maddie Kapsimalis with a .443 average (20th NCAA), 10 walks and nine doubles and sophomore Emma Schutter with a .402 average, 41 hits, 20 stolen bases (24th NCAA) and 19 runs scored while graduate student Alyssa Cacini (.352) has knocked out a team-high five home runs and tallied a team-best 24 RBI. In the circle for Dayton, three-time A-10 Rookie of the Week Izzy Kemp (8-4) holds the team's low ERA of 1.05 (13th NCAA) with 120 strikeouts (31st NCAA) over 86.2 innings pitched.

SCOUTING SAINT LOUIS
Saint Louis (14-19, 6-2 A-10) hosted Southern Illinois Wednesday, dropping a 10-2 decision to the visiting Salukis. SLU in currently in second place in league standings, just ahead of A-10 newcomer Loyola Chicago. The Billikens has six players hitting above .300 led by Gabbie Kowalik with a .437 average with 45 hits, including a team-best nine doubles, while Abby Mallo has collected a team-best 33 RBI and recorded six home runs. Saint Louis' pitching corps is paced by Chloe Wendling (12-10) with a 3.30 ERA and she has tallied 109 strikeouts with 14 complete games over 138.0 innings of work.

SERIES STUFF
Saint Louis Leads: 26-20
Last meeting: May 12, 2022
After falling to Saint Louis, 7-3, in the first game of the Atlantic 10 Championship, Dayton downed the Billikens 10-1 the following day to advance to day three of the tourney. UD has won five of its last seven meetings with SLU.

RPI RANKINGS
In the NCAA's Rating Percentage Index (RPI) for games through April 5, Dayton came in at 134 according to NCAA.com. Saint Louis was ranked 249.

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