DAYTON - The University of Dayton softball team will welcome Akron to UD Softball Stadium Wednesday for a midweek non-conference doubleheader. The Flyers and Zips will get underway at 2 p.m. April 10, admission is free and both games will be available to follow via stats on Statbroadcast.com and to watch on ESPN+.

ABOUT DAYTON
Dayton (18-14, 8-4 A-10) was at Massachusetts last weekend, claiming a 2-1 Atlantic 10 series over the Minutewomen and the Flyers are now tied for third place in league standings. UD's offense is led by junior Maddie Kapsimalis (.371) with 36 hits (8th A-10), 32 RBI (3rd A-10) and 21 walks (t-5th A-10) while two Flyers have scored 23 runs apiece (t-6th A-10) and graduate student Emily Daniel leads the two with 20 stolen bases (1st A-10). In the circle for the Flyers, sophomore Izzy Kemp (8-5) carries the team's low ERA of 2.19 (1st A-10) and has tallied 83 Ks (5th A-10) over 80.0 innings of work.

SCOUTING AKRON
Akron (16-19, 7-5 MAC) went 2-1 in a three-game MAC series at Bowling Green this past weekend and the Zips have a single game scheduled at home against Pittsburgh for Tuesday afternoon. Megan Lee (.425) leads Akron's offense with 51 hits and Brooke Sivek has scored 20 runs, drawn 20 walks and stolen 20 bases for the Zips. Macy Walters paces UA's pitching corps with a 3.56 ERA and 38 strikeouts over 20 appearances in the circle.

SERIES STUFF
Dayton leads, 13-11
While Akron dominated the first half of the series, played in the 80s and early 90s, Dayton has won three in a row and 12 of the last 13 meetings. The pair last squared off on March 8, 2020 at the EKU Invitational and the Flyers picked up a 2-1 win over the Zips.

RPI RANKINGS
In the NCAA's final Rating Percentage Index (RPI) through games on April 8, Dayton came in at 146 according to NCAA.com. Akron was ranked 217.

CAREER CRIMINALS
With two stolen bases in Dayton's first game against George Mason on March 16, graduate student Emily Daniel became the program's career stolen base leader. Daniel, who spent her freshman season (2020) at Wright State, now has 72 career stolen bases over 178 games played as a Flyer, surpassing Molly Meyer (66) who previously held the record since 2010. Junior Emma Schutter moved into Dayton's top 10 all-time stolen bases list last season as well and is only three behind Daniel in second place with 69 career stolen bases.

START ME UP
Junior Emma Schutter has made 133 consecutive appearances in the Flyers' starting lineup, every game she has played during her career at Dayton.

THREE STRIKES YOU'RE OUT
Over 234.1 career innings pitched, sophomore Izzy Kemp holds the program record for most strikeouts per seven-inning game at 8.39. For the 2024 season, her 2.19 ERA and .190 opposing batting average currently rank first in the Atlantic 10. The 2023 A-10 Rookie of the Year tallied 198 strikeouts and posted 9.0 strikeouts per seven innings last season, which ranked 24th in all of Division I.

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