BILLIKEN SOFTBALL THIS WEEK
Opponent | Date | Time	at SIUE | Wednesday, April 1 | 6 p.m. | Live Stats | ESPN+
Opponent | Date | Time	Fordham | Friday, April 3 | Noon | Live Stats | ESPN+
Opponent | Date | Time	Fordham | Friday, April 3 | 2 p.m. | Live Stats | ESPN+
Opponent | Date | Time	Fordham | Saturday, April 4 | Noon | Live Stats | ESPN+

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FOUR GAMES ON BILLIKENS' AGENDA THIS WEEK
·Saint Louis (14-19, 6-6 A-10) plays a midweek non-conference game and a crucial Atlantic 10 Conference series this week.
·The Billikens travel to SIUE (14-20) Wednesday, April 1, for a 6 p.m. first pitch. A-10 preseason favorite Fordham (13-17, 6-6 A-10) visits the Billiken Sports Center Friday (noon doubleheader) and Saturday (noon single game).
·Midway through its 24-game conference schedule, SLU is tied with Fordham, Dayton and George Washington for third place in the A-10 behind Saint Joseph's (7-2) and Loyola Chicago (6-3).
·The SLU-Fordham series is a rematch of last year's Atlantic 10 Championship final round. After dropping a 6-5 decision to Fordham in their opening game of the tournament, the Billikens won twice in the elimination bracket before defeating the Rams 3-2 (eight innings) and 4-3 on Championship Saturday to capture the league's automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
·Saint Louis and SIUE played twice earlier this season. The Billikens blanked the Cougars 3-0 in St. Louis March 18, and SIUE prevailed 8-3 at Eastern Kentucky's Colonel Classic Feb. 28.
 
COVERAGE
·Live streaming and live stats are available for all four games. See the links above. 

ABOUT THE BILLIKENS
·Saint Louis leads the A-10 with seven shutouts (22nd nationally), a 3.36 ERA (53rd nationally), 130 walks (53rd nationally), 47 doubles and 10 sacrifice flies.
·A 6-for-10 performance in last weekend's series vs. Rhode Island lifted Abby Ulsas to the top of SLU's batting average chart with a .320 mark. Ulsas is tied for second in the A-10 with 10 doubles, and her 16 RBIs are tied for the Billikens' third-highest total.
·Abby Mallo leads the team with 19 RBIs and is tied for first with five home runs. Mallo's 32 walks are second in the conference and tied for eighth in the nation.
·Anna Christ has contributed in the circle and at the plate. In her last four pitching outings, Christ is 3-1 with a 0.97 ERA and two shutouts and has allowed just five extra-base hits and 2.66 walks per seven innings. Her 2.39 season ERA ranks third in the A-10. Christ's five homers are tied for the team lead, and her 17 RBIs are tied for second.
·In her last five outings, Riley Nelson is 2-1 with a 0.78 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, a .218 opponents' batting average and two shutouts. Nelson, who leads the A-10 and is 31st nationally with three shutouts, lowered her season ERA from 4.54 to 3.13 during that stretch.
·Kate Proffitt has hit safely in six of her last nine games (8-for-25, .320) and has seven RBIs during that span, lifting her season total to 16.
·Since becoming the Bills' starting left fielder, Bella Stephens is hitting .282 with at least one hit in nine of 11 games.
·Sophia Boente has hit safely in six of her last eight games.
·Karsen Jany has contributed nine doubles and 17 RBIs.
·Ulsas (81), Boente (67) and Anna Rolla (66) are second, third and fourth, respectively, on the A-10's assists list.

HEAD COACH CHRISTY CONNOYER
·Now in her 16th season at the helm, 2023 and 2025 A-10 Coach of the Year Christy Connoyer owns 401 Saint Louis victories. The Billikens' 95 wins from 2023 to 2025 are the most during a three-year span in program history.
·In addition to last year's A-10 Championship triumph and NCAA Tournament appearance, Connoyer guided the 2023 Billikens to the program's first regular-season conference title.
 
SCOUTING SIUE
·Beginning with its 3-0 loss to Saint Louis March 18, SIUE has lost seven of its last eight games.
·SIUE's offense is led by sophomore infielder Raegan Duncan (.320, eight doubles, 13 RBIs), freshman catcher Ashley Duran (.314, 11 RBIs), freshman infielder Betsy Woodward (.302), junior outfielder Abby Harvell (.284, eight doubles) and senior outfielder Kaylin Fahy (15 RBIs).
·Sophomore right-hander Avery Arwood leads the Cougars with a 3.75 ERA and 54 strikeouts, while freshman right-hander Mia Volpert owns a team-high five wins.
·SIUE's pitching staff issues just 2.09 walks per seven innings.

SCOUTING FORDHAM
·Fordham is 4-2 in its last six conference games after starting 2-4. The Rams took two of three from George Washington last weekend.
·The Rams returned six players who earned 2025 A-10 postseason honors. Senior outfielder Neleh Nogay and senior catcher Nicki Sudall were first-team All-Conference selections; senior pitcher Holly Beeman and senior infielders Eva Koratsis and Kate McGuire made the second team; and sophomore pitcher Elizabeth Gaisior landed on the All-Rookie team.
·Fordham tops the A-10 in WHIP (1.39, 49th nationally) and fielding percentage (.971, 50th). The Rams are second in the league and 27th in the nation in double plays (16).
·Nogay leads the Fordham attack with a .350 batting average. She ranks 21st nationally in stolen bases (20) and 25th in stolen base percentage (.909, 20-of-22).
·Freshman infielder Sadira Forcucci has a team-high 22 RBIs while batting .292.
·Koratsis and Sudall have 19 and 16 RBIs, respectively.
·Beeman, who returned to the rotation last week following an absence of more than a month, is 2-1 with a 2.23 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. She leads the nation in fewest walks per seven innings (0.67) and is sixth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.33).
·Junior Olivia Simcoe was a workhorse in Beeman's absence. Simcoe is 6-8 with a 2.98 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP and a .224 opponents' batting average. She allows just 5.86 hits per seven innings.
 
UP NEXT FOR THE BILLIKENS
·SLU hosts Southeast Missouri State for a single game Wednesday, April 8, at 5 p.m.