KINGSTON, R.I. - Rhode Island returns to Atlantic 10 play with a three-game series at Fordham that begins Saturday. The teams will play a doubleheader at noon before closing out the series with a single game Sunday at 12 p.m.

The series is crucial for both teams as it pertains to the Atlantic 10 Championship. With nine games remaining in league play, Rhody (4-11) is 3.5 games behind George Mason (9-9) and Saint Louis (9-9), the teams that currently hold the final two postseason spots. Fordham (7-8) is currently 1.5 games behind George Mason and Saint Louis.

All three games this weekend are scheduled to stream on ESPN+ (links below)  

Saturday, April 18
at Fordham, 12:00 p.m. - Live Stats | ESPN+
at Fordham, 2:00 p.m. - Live Stats | ESPN+

Saturday, April 19
at Fordham, 12:00 p.m. - Live Stats | ESPN+
 

RHODE ISLAND VS. FORDHAM - SERIES NOTES 

• Fordham leads the all-time series, 40-22.
• The series has been very even over the last three seasons, with Rhode Island holding a slight 5-4 edge.
• The teams have split the last four games played at Bahosy Sports Complex. Fordham took two of three games in 2024, while Rhode Island defeated Fordham 9-6 in the Atlantic 10 Championship tournament that was held in the Bronx in 2023.
• Rhode Island enters the weekend on a season-long four-game winning streak, while Fordham has dropped its last three contests.
• Fordham has 294 hits and a team batting average of .275.
• Opponents are batting .276 with 287 hits against Fordham.
• Neleh Nogay is one of the top offensive players in the Atlantic 10. She has 51 hits and 33 runs scored through 39 games played. She has scored 22 percent of Fordham's total runs this season.

BULINSKI HAS REACHED SAFELY IN 17 STRAIGHT GAMES

• Senior Kylie Bulinski has reached base safely in each of her last 17 games.
• Over the last 17 games, Bulinski is batting .400 (18-for-45) with two home runs, six doubles, 19 walks, 11 runs scored and 11 runs batted in. She also has a .591 on-base percentage in that span.
• She enters the weekend ranked 16th in the country and first in the conference with a .566 on-base percentage.
• The URI single-season record for on-base percentage is .485, which was set by URI Athletics Hall of Famer Kellie Cookus in 1998. Last season, Bulinski had a .484 on-base percentage.
• Bulinski has reached base safely 60 times in 106 total plate appearances.
• She has 28 hits, 30 walks and has been hit by a pitch twice.
• For her career, Bulinski has a .422 on-base percentage, which is currently third in program history.
• Ahead of her on URI's all-time list are Cookus (.434 from 1996-98); and Ari Castillo (.429 from 2019-22).
• With 30 walks in 30 games played, Bulinski averages 1.0 per game. That ranks fifth in the country.
• Bulinski is Rhode Island's all-time leader with 99 career walks.
• She already has shattered the previous record set by Nicole Massoni (81 from 2009-12). 
• Last season Bulinski set the single-season program record with 37 walks.
• She is the only player in program history to reach 30 in a season two times.
• The only other Ram to top 30 walks in a season was Maura Zevnik, who had 31 in 1979.

GERRY PROVIDING SOLID WORK IN THE CIRCLE 

• Sophomore Brooke Gerry has lowered her earned-run average from 4.13 to 3.42 over her last nine outings.
• While Gerry is 3-9 overall this season, she is 3-0 with one save since the start of April.
• Since April began, she has allowed 12 earned runs on 30 hits in 28.2 innings of work.
• Gerry has 27 strikeouts and 15 walks allowed since the start of the month.
• She has thrown five complete games through 11 starts in the circle.