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6/19/2009

99 Fordham Student-Athletes Named to 2009 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade today announced the Commissioner's Honor Roll for the Spring 2009 semester, honoring each student-athlete in the Atlantic 10 with a 3.5 grade point average or better. Included on the list were 99 Fordham student-athletes, including seven from the softball program. [Full Story]

5/15/2009

Fordham's Samantha Pellechio Named to Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region First Team

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) announced the 2009 All-Region teams this afternoon, with Fordham sophomore shortstop Samantha Pellechio (Lebanon, N.J./North Hunterdon) earning First Team All-Mid-Atlantic honors. [Full Story]

5/8/2009

Fordham Softball Season Ends with 7-3 Loss to Saint Joseph's at A-10 Championship

It's hard to beat a team four times in one year as the Fordham Univeristy Rams found out on Friday at the 2009 Atlantic 10 Championship. Facing a team they had beaten three times already in 2009, including once in the championship, Saint Joseph University used a six-run third inning to defeat the Rams, 7-3, and eliminate Fordham from the championship. [Full Story]

  • 05/08/2009
  • Fordham's Mary Beth Puccio Named First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District

  • Fordham University senior designated player Mary Beth Puccio was named First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District for softball for the second straight year in a voting among the district's Sports Information Directors it was announced today. She will now be placed on the national ballot for Academic All-American® consideration, an award she won last year by being named First Team Academic All-American®.[Full Story]

  • 05/07/2009
  • Softball Falls to UMass in Second Round of 2009 Atlantic 10 Championship

  • The fourth-seeded Rams fell to top-seeded Massachusetts, 5-1, on day two of the 2009 Atlantic 10 Softball Championship on Fordham's Bahoshy Field.[Full Story]

  • 05/06/2009
  • Softball Beats Saint Joseph's to Open A-10 Championship

  • In the first game of the day at the 2009 Atlantic 10 Softball Championship at Fordham's Bahoshy Field, the Rams fell behind Saint Joseph's quickly as the Hawks picked up two in the first and one in the second but the home team came back to advance in the winner's bracket, tying the game with a three-run fourth and then taking the lead for good with a pair in the fifth, for a 5-3 victory.[Full Story]

  • 05/05/2009
  • Six Fordham Softball Players Earn All-Atlantic 10 Accoldes

  • The Atlantic 10 Conference announced the 2009 Softball All-Conference teams and award winners this afternoon, with Fordham having six players earn accolades. Senior designated player Mary Beth Puccio (Brightwaters, N.Y./Bay Shore) led all the award winners, as she was selected as the 2009 Atlantic 10 Softball Student-Athlete of the Year, in a vote of the conference's sports information directors.[Full Story]

  • 05/04/2009
  • Fordham's Lindsey Kay Bright Named Atlantic 10 Softball Rookie of the Week

  • Fordham University freshman Lindsey Kay Bright (Federal Way, Wash./Decatur) was named Atlantic 10 Softball Rookie of the Week, it was announced today by the conference in its final set of weekly softball awards. This is Bright's second weekly honor this season.[Full Story]

  • 05/03/2009
  • Softball Pulls Out First Ever Win at #24/19 Massachusetts

  • In a long line of Fordham firsts this season, the Fordham softball team earned a split of games at #24/19 Massachusetts on Sunday, getting their first ever win in Amherst, as the Rams took the nightcap, 5-4, while dropping game one by a 4-0 count. The win also snapped UMass' regular season home winning streak at 54 games.[Full Story]