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BRONX, N.Y. – Kicking off the 2025-26 campaign with the first of four straight home games at the historic Rose Hill Gymnasium, the 55th season of Fordham University women’s basketball opens the season Monday night hosting Adelphi.<\/p>\n
The season and home opener for the Rams will air live on ESPN+ at 7:00 p.m. with Andrew Bogusch and Andrew Posadas on the call of the action.<\/p>\n
The first 100 fans in attendance Monday will receive a free Fordham Basketball t-shirt, courtesy of Coca-Cola.<\/p>\n
2025-26 at a Glance<\/p>\n
In a world of shuffling rosters year-by-year across college athletics, the Rams return five players from last season, led by Kaila Berry<\/a>, as the Brooklyn native returns for her fourth season in her senior year on Rose Hill. Berry is joined in the senior class by Emma Wilson-Saltos<\/a>, who enters her second season with the Rams, after The Bronx native came to Fordham from Monroe College last year.<\/p>\n Amongst the other returns includes Coach Mitchell’s entire rookie class, with Karissa Antoine<\/a>, Anastasija Veljovic<\/a>, and Precious Omoshola<\/a> who all return for their sophomore campaign. Looking to build on that core with three new members of the freshmen class, with Maysen Hill<\/a> (South Kingston, R.I.), Carryn Easley<\/a> (Philadelphia, Pa.), and London Liley<\/a> (National Harbor, Md.) entering their first year of collegiate action with Fordham this season.<\/p>\n The Rams also made waves in the transfer portal, signing five players, led by a pair of grad students in Ornella Niankan<\/a> (Montreal, Quebec) from Wichita State, and Tia “T-Mo” Morgan (Chicago, Ill.) from Purdue Fort-Wayne. Fordham also welcome juniors Alexis Black<\/a> (Washington, D.C.) from Appalachian State, Ugne Sirtautaite<\/a> (Kaunas, Lithuania) from Providence, and Lakresha Edwards<\/a> (Chilliwack, British Columbia) from Miami (OH).<\/p>\n 2024-25 in Review<\/p>\n The Maroon and White in their second season under Coach Mitchell improved on their record from year one, posting an even .500 record overall and in league play (15-15, 9-9). The Rams have finished the regular season .500 or better in league play now 12 times in the last 13 years, and have ended the regular season above .500 overall in eight of the last nine seasons as well. Over her two seasons at the helm, the Rams have amassed 28 wins, the fourth most by a Fordham Women’s basketball Head Coach over their first two seasons.<\/p>\n The Rams for the second straight season avoided the opening round of the Atlantic 10 Championship in Henrico, Va. earning the No. 8 seed in the tournament, squaring off with No. 9 Duquesne for the third time that season in the Second Round of the tournament. Despite the Maroon and White claiming both matches in regular season, the Dukes got the upper hand early and never looked back to take the win.<\/p>\n Where the Rams Ranked in 2024-25<\/p>\n Fordham crashed the offensive glass all season long, leading the A-10, and sitting 15th best in the entire nation averaging 15.1 offensive rebounds per game. On top of their dominance on the offensive glass, the Rams overall pulled down 38.72 total rebounds per game, placing them second in the A-10 and 73rd in the nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n Defensively, Fordham sat 67th in the NCAA and third in the A-10 forcing 18.62 turnovers per game and\u00a0also picked 9.0 steals per game, fifth most of any team in the league and 91st in the nation. Allowing just 60.5 points per game to opponents, the Rams held the eighth best scoring defense in the A-10, good for 93rd best in Division I.<\/p>\n On the Sidelines<\/p>\n Alongside Coach Mitchell returning for her third season on Rose Hill, Andre Jurko<\/a> and KJ Jackson return for their third season at Fordham as well. John Azzinaro<\/a> enters his second season on Rose Hill, alongside Leah Metcalf<\/a> and Jared Wilson<\/a>, who were each elevated to assistant coaches for the 2025-26 campaign.<\/p>\n