[3] Orchard immediately turned the program around, providing the school with its first ever winning season in 1998.
[5] In a similar situation to what she had faced at Cabrini, Fordham had failed to achieve a single winning season prior to her hiring.
[9] On June 1, 2018, Orchard resigned from her position of head coach at Fordham.
[10][11] On the same day of her resignation at Fordham, Orchard was hired at her alma mater, Villanova, as head coach.
[12][13] In 2021, the Wildcats won the Big East Conference softball tournament for the first time in program history, defeating UConn in two straight games.