THE BASICS
Wednesday, Oct. 29
5 p.m. - Rhode Island vs. Fordham | Live Stats | ESPN+

RHODE ISLAND VS. FORDHAM - SERIES NOTES

• Rhode Island leads the all time series, 38-20.
• This is the second meeting of the season between the teams.
• Fordham won 3-1 in the Bronx on Oct. 8
• In the first meeting, Erika Bracey matched her career high with 10 kills.
• Rhode Island swept Fordham the last time the teams played in Keaney Gym, which was Oct. 9 of last season.

A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT

• Fordham's lone victory in Atlantic 10 play came against Rhode Island on Oct. 8.
• The visiting Rams have dropped their last six matches.
• Audrey Brown leads Fordham with 2.62 kills per set.
• She had a match-high 16 kills in the first meeting between the teams.
• Fordham had three players in double digits in the first meeting. In addition to Brown, Zoe Talabong had 13 kills and Erynn Sweeney added 12.
• Fordham ranks eighth in the country and first in the Atlantic 10 with 2.93 blocks per set.
• Tatum Holdereid leads the country with 2.02 blocks per set.
• Holdereid has been named the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week twice this season.
• The junior enters the week with 113.0 total blocks. She had 103.0 combined in her first two seasons.  

• Junior Chloe Abuto needs just four blocks to become the ninth Rhode Island player to reach 250 for her career during the rally-point era.
• The last URI player to reach the mark was Gabrielle Shilling, who had 299 from 2018-23.
• Abuto needs seven more blocks to catch Lauren McIntosh (253 from 2007-10) for eighth place in program history in the rally-point era.
• Abuto has 214 block assists and 32 solo blocks in her career.
• She had 12 blocks in two matches last weekend at Duquesne.