St. Louis, Mo. – Those of a sure age keep in mind the phrase “Did you eat your Wheaties this morning?” Today, it is almost definitely that Fordham sophomore Victoria Klimaszewski may reply sure to that query as she led the fourth-seeded Rams to a 7-3 win over fifth-seeded Saint Joseph’s along with her arm and her bat within the first sport of the 2026 Betterment Atlantic 10 Championship at the Billiken Sports Complex.
With the win, Fordham improves to 24-26 on the season and advances to play top-seeded Loyola Chicago tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Klimaszewski threw 3.2 innings of no-hit ball in reduction, putting out two, and related on a three-run residence run within the fifth to break a 3-3 tie.
How it Happened
- The Rams jumped out to a 2-0 lead within the first as Neleh Nogay led off with a stroll and got here round to rating on an errant throw on a double play try.
- Later within the inning Eva Koratsis reached on a bases loaded fielder’s alternative which introduced within the second run.
- The Hawks tied it up with two within the third and one within the fourth.
- In the Fordham fifth, Kate McGuire led off with a stroll and Sophie Nesturrick adopted with a double to put runners on second and third.
- One out later, Klimaszewski despatched the ball over the right-center discipline fence, her third spherical tripper of the season, to break the 3-3 tie.
- Koratsis added a solo residence run within the sixth, her seventh of the 12 months.
- Klimaszewski then set down Saint Joseph’s so as to finish the sport.
Notes
- The win is Klimaszewski’s third of the 12 months.
- Senior outfielder Neleh Nogay has 249 profession hits, fourth on the Fordham profession hits checklist, two shy of Allison Twarowski who sits in third.
- Nogay leads the Atlantic 10 this 12 months with 67 hits and is tops within the convention with a .394 batting common.
- Nogay’s .374 profession batting common could be a faculty document (present document is her .367 profession common coming into this 12 months).
- Nogay is second within the A-10 and fifth within the nation with 34 stolen bases on the 12 months, whereas she ranks sixth nationally with 0.69 stolen bases per sport.
- Nogay holds the Fordham document for profession stolen bases with 117 after breaking the earlier mark of 85 earlier this season. She turned simply the sixth lively participant in all of Division I softball with 100 profession steals, reaching triple digits in opposition to Army on Mar. 25.
- The Ram offense leads the league with 407 hits as a workforce, with seven totally different Rams posting 30 or extra hits individually, and so they lead the league with a .292 workforce batting common.
What’s Next?
- The Rams will face top-seeded Loyola Chicago on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. (EDT) at the Billiken Sports Complex.
- Fordham and Loyola performed a three-game collection final weekend with the Rans taking two of the three video games.
- The Rams lead the all-time collection with the Ramblers, 7-5.
- The two groups have met as soon as beforehand at the Atlantic 10 Championship, an 8-1 win for Fordham final 12 months.
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