Fordham Game Notes ~ Atlantic 10 Championship 2018 Fordham Baseball Associate Sports Information Director (Baseball Contact): Scott Kwiatkowski Email: [email protected] | Office: 718-817-4219 | Cell: 914-262-5440 | Fax: 718-817-4244 Atlantic 10 Championship MEDIA INFORMATION Arlington, Va. - Tucker Field at Barcroft Park WEBCAST: Atlantic 10 Network (Free) #3 SEED FORDHAM RAMS (34-17-1, 16-8 A-10) Live Stats: May 23-26, 2018 Atlantic10.com (Free) FORDHAM IN 2018 Overall Record ..............................34-17-1 Tale of the Tape - Opening Game Atlantic 10 Record ............................. 16-8 Fordham VCU Home Record ................................... 17-10 .272 Batting Average .272 Away Record ..................................15-6-1 296 Runs 293 Neutral Record .................................... 2-1 100 Doubles 81 20 Triples 4 22 Home Runs 14 FORDHAM AT A-10’S 260 RBI 245 Championship Appearances .............. 11 164-211 SB-Att 67-87 Championships ...........................1 (1998) 3.35 ERA 3.63 Record at Championship ................. 7-18 20 Saves 20 Last Appearance ............................... 2016 514 Strikeouts 473 Last Game at Championship .................. .232 Opponent Batting Average .230 ..........L, 7-6 vs. Saint Joseph’s (5/26/16) Fordham’s Probable Starters in the Field... Follow the Rams... @FordhamBaseball (Twitter) @FordhamBaseball (Instagram) Fordham Athletics (Facebook) FordhamAthletics (Instagram) @FordhamRams (Twitter) #18 Baker #32 Godrick #7 Melendez #3 MacKenzie FORDHAM MED. GREY FORDHAM MAROON FORDHAM BLACK #10 Vazquez PANTONE BLACK 30% PANTONE 209 C PANTONE BLACK #12 Tarabek #14 Goulard #11 Bardwell Did You - Fordham is the Winningest Baseball Program in NCAA History with over 4,400 Wins - Former Fordham Head Coach Jack Coffey was a part of 1,000 wins as a player and Know? coach, while being the only major league player to play with Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. RAMS SEEDED THIRD FOR THE 2018 ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP: 2018 Fordham Schedule Behind a 16-8 conference record, the Fordham baseball team has earned the #3 seed at the 2018 Atlantic 10 Championship, which begins on Wednesday, Date Opponent Time/Result May 23rd, at George Washington’s Tucker Field at Barcroft Park in Arlington, Wofford Tournament (Spartanburg, S.C.) Feb. 16 vs. Evansville L, 9-8 (10) Virginia. Feb. 17 at Wofford W, 2-1 The Atlantic 10 Conference announced the seedings and game times Feb. 18 vs. USC Upstate T, 4-4 (10) for the Championship on Saturday with Fordham in the opening game on Feb 21 ARMY WEST POINT W, 3-2 Wednesday at 10:00 AM against sixth-seeded VCU. Feb. 23 at South Florida W, 2-0 Feb. 24 at South Florida L, 3-2 Fordham finished in a tie for second with George Mason, but George Feb. 25 at South Florida L, 13-4 Mason received the second seed due to record against the highest common Mar. 3 at James Madison (DH) W, 5-3/W, 14-6 Mar. 4 at James Madison L, 7-6 opponent tie-breaker, where the Patriots were 2-1 against Richmond, while Mar. 6 LIU BROOKLYN W, 3-2 (10) Mar. 10 vs. Coppin St. (DH) W, 10-8/W, 4-1 Fordham went 1-2. Mar. 14 WAGNER L, 10-7 (10) For the remaining seeds, Saint Louis is the top seed and receives an Mar. 17 CORNELL (DH) W, 4-3 (10)/L, 4-3 (10) Mar. 18 CORNELL W, 5-3 opening round bye. Richmond is the #4 seed and will play fifth seed Davidson Mar. 21 at Iona PPD. at 5:00 PM on Wednesday. Mar. 23 at Davidson* L, 5-4 Mar. 24 at Davidson* W, 5-2 The 1:30 game on Wednesday features George Mason against #7 seed Mar. 25 at Davidson* W, 5-4 George Washington. Mar. 27 SAINT PETER’S W, 18-0 Mar. 30 MANHATTAN W, 8-3 Mar. 31 MANHATTAN (DH) L, 2-0/W, 9-1 ATLANTIC 10 ANNOUNCES ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS & AWARD Apr. 4 SAINT PETER’S W, 29-1 Apr. 6 RHODE ISLAND* L, 6-2 WINNERS (5/22): The Atlantic 10 Conference announced its All-Conference Apr. 7 RHODE ISLAND* W, 4-0 team and major award winners on May 22nd. Among those honored was Apr. 8 RHODE ISLAND* W, 5-3 Apr. 11 SIENA (DH) W, 8-7 (8)/L, 5-3 (7) Fordham freshman infielder Jake MacKenzie, who was named the Atlantic 10 Apr. 13 at La Salle* L, 6-5 Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Atlantic 10. Apr. 14 at La Salle* (DH) W, 4-3/W, 12-8 Apr. 17 FAIRFIELD W, 4-3 MacKenzie was also selected to the All-Rookie Team with fellow Apr. 18 at Columbia L, 10-1 Apr. 20 GEORGE WASHINGTON* L, 5-3 (11) freshmen C.J. Vazquez and Joseph Quintal, while sophomore outfielder Billy Apr. 21 GEORGE WASHINGTON* W, 7-2 Godrick was named to the Academic All-Conference Team. Apr. 22 GEORGE WASHINGTON* L, 7-2 Apr. 25 at Yale W, 4-3 MacKenzie is the third Ram to receive Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year Apr. 27 at Saint Joseph’s* W, 11-1 honors, joining Tom Stein (1996) and Cory Riordan (2005). A two-time Atlan- Apr. 28 at Saint Joseph’s* W, 8-7 (11) Apr. 29 at Saint Joseph’s* W, 4-1 tic 10 Rookie of the Week, he registered a team-best 15 multi-hit games and May 1 HOFSTRA W, 1-0 (11) 11 multi-RBI contests. He also finished the regular season as the Rams’ team May 4 DAYTON* L, 4-1 May 5 DAYTON* W, 10-3 leader in runs scored (45), hits (54), triples (6), home runs (8), RBI (42), slugging May 6 DAYTON* W, 3-1 percentage (.527), and stolen bases (34), while being third in batting average May 11 at Massachusetts* W, 3-0 May 12 at Massachusetts* W, 4-1 (.287). He was the Atlantic 10 leader in stolen bases and ranked third in the May 13 at Massachusetts* W, 10-8 May 17 RICHMOND* (DH) W, 11-0/L, 1-0 (10) May 18 RICHMOND* L, 8-2 Fordham at the A-10 Championship Atlantic 10 Championship May 23 vs. #6 VCU 10:00 AM - Fordham has appeared in nine previous Atlantic 10 Championship tournaments. The Rams have won the title once in 1998, and appeared in the championship game twice in *- Atlantic 10 contest 1998 and 2007. Overall, Fordham is 7-18 in the Atlantic 10 Championship. All Times Eastern. Dates & Times Subject to Change. Date Location Result 5/15/1997 Boyertown, Pa. Xavier 6, Fordham 1 5/16/1997 Boyertown, Pa. Massachusetts 14, Fordham 6 Fordham Quick Facts 5/12/1998 Philadelphia, Pa. Fordham 14, George Washington 5 5/12/1998 Philadelphia, Pa. Fordham 3, Virginia Tech 1 City/Zip: ............................................Bronx, NY 10458 Founded: ................................................................. 1841 5/26/2004 Norwich, Conn. St. Bonaventure 5, Fordham 4 Enrollment(Undergraduate): .............................. 8,855 5/26/2004 Norwich, Conn. Fordham 4, Duquesne 3 Nickname: ..............................................................Rams 5/27/2004 Norwich, Conn. George Washington 6, Fordham 4 School Colors: ...............................Maroon and White 5/25/2005 Dayton, Ohio Richmond 4, Fordham 1 (13) Home Field: ..............................Houlihan Park (1,000) 5/25/2005 Dayton, Ohio Duquesne 9, Fordham 4 Dimensions: ........................... L - 339, C - 399, R - 325 5/24/2007 Dayton, Ohio Fordham 3, Richmond 1 Conference: .................................................. Atlantic 10 5/25/2007 Dayton, Ohio #20 Charlotte 15, Fordham 2 President: ������������������������������������Joseph McShane, S.J. 5/25/2007 Dayton, Ohio Fordham 11, Richmond 9 Dir. of Athletics: ......................................David Roach 5/26/2007 Dayton, Ohio #20 Charlotte 18, Fordham 6 Athletic Dept. Phone: ............................718/817-4300 5/20/2009 Dayton, Ohio Massachusetts 5, Fordham 4 5/20/2009 Dayton, Ohio Charlotte 13, Fordham 10 BASEBALL COACHING STAFF 5/26/2010 Camden, N.J. Saint Louis 16, Fordham 11 Head Coach: ........................................Kevin Leighton 5/26/2010 Camden, N.J. La Salle 10, Fordham 8 : ............................................Seton Hall ‘01 Alma Mater 5/21/2014 St. Louis, Mo. Saint Joseph’s 9, Fordham 4 Record at School (yrs): ............................ 180-199-1 (7) 5/22/2014 St. Louis, Mo. Fordham 4, Dayton 3 (10) Overall Record (yrs): ............................. 380-317-2 (13) Office Phone: ...........................................718/817-4292 5/22/2014 St. Louis, Mo. Saint Louis 10, Fordham 2 Associate Head Coach: ...........................Rob DiToma 5/20/2015 Arlington, Va. Rhode Island 7, Fordham 3 Pitching Coach: ..........................................Pete Larson 5/20/2015 Arlington, Va. George Washington 11, Fordham 5 Vol. Assistant Coach: ...................................Pat Porter 5/25/2016 Bronx, N.Y. Fordham, 9, Saint Louis 7 Ath. Trainer (Baseball): ...................Duncan Graham 5/26/2016 Bronx, N.Y. Rhode Island 10, Fordham 1 Baseball/Exec. Secretary: ...........................Jill Shapiro 5/26/2016 Bronx, N.Y. Saint Joseph’s 7, Fordham 6 NCAA. In league action, he batted .287 with 22 runs scored, Commissioner’s Honor Roll, he served as the Rams’ starting five home runs, 18 RBI, and 16 stolen bases. centerfielder this season, ranking among the NCAA leaders Along with MacKenzie on the All-Rookie Team are in stolen bases and hit by pitch. He tied the Fordham single Vazquez and Quintal, who both earned Atlantic 10 Rookie season record for hit by pitch at 21, which is eighth in the of the Week honors once this season. With their selection, nation, while ending the regular season with 27 stolen bases Fordham has had at least one All-Rookie Team award win- which rates 20th in the country. Overall this season, he hit ner in each of the past eight seasons. .263 with 37 runs scored, 11 doubles, five home runs, and 25 Vazquez served as the Rams’ primary third base- RBI. man this season, appearing in 48 games. He hit .269 overall, with 20 runs scored, seven doubles, 19 RBI, a team-high 26 LAST TIME OUT: Richmond’s Justin Cook had three hits, walks, and six stolen bases.