On the Cover...
olivia WOLK
NUMBER 12 POSITION OF HEIGHT 5-6
YEAR SO.
HAWKS TIDBIT: Wolk is third on the team in hitting and second in runs scored.
2023 SCHEDULE
RED - HOME GAMES (HARTFORD SOFTBALL FIELD)
* THE SPRING GAMES
H AWKSRISE DAY DATE OPPONENT TIPOFF+/RESULT FRI. 2/24 AT DELAWARE STATE (DH) W, 7-6 | W, 6-4 FRI. 3/3 AT MANHATTAN (DH) L, 3-1 | W, 7-3 SUN. 3/5 AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L, 1-0 FRI. 3/10 * VS BUCKNELL L, 4-1 FRI. 3/10 * VS IONA L, 8-0 SAT. 3/11 * VS BUCKNELL L, 11-3 SAT. 3/11 * VS UT-CHATTANOOGA L, 13-2 SUN. 3/12 * VS LAFAYETTE W, 7-5 THU. 3/16 AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE (DH) L, 4-3 | L, 3-1 FRI. 3/18 SIENA L, 8-0 SAT. 3/19 SIENA (DH) W, 3-2 | L, 5-4 SAT. 3/25 MANHATTAN (DH) NOON TUE. 3/28 FAIRFIELD 2:30 P.M. SAT. 4/1 EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE 1 P.M. SUN. 4/2 SAINT PETER’S NOON THU. 4/6 AT HOLY CROSS (DH) 2 P.M. WED. 4/12 YALE 3 P.M. SAT. 4/15 AT SIMMONS (DH) NOON SUN. 4/16 BAY PATH (DH) 11 A.M. THU. 4/20 UALBANY (DH) 2:30 P.M. TUE. 4/25 AT FAIRFIELD TBA SAT. 4/29 AT MONMOUTH (DH) 1 P.M.
SERIES HISTORY
This will mark the first time the two teams will meet in West Hartford. The only other meeting came in doubleheader on March 25, 2018. The Bulldogs walked away with the sweep.
LAST MEETING
The University of Hartford softball team fell short in a pair of heartbreakers against Bryant on Sunday afternoon in West Hartford.
BRYANT BULLDOGS (6-11)
SERIES BREAKDOWN
Freshman Danielle Rocheleau ripped her fourth homerun of the season in game one, while r Elizabeth Newkirk went 4-for-5, hitting a pair of double, driving in one and scoring once in game two.
TALE OF THE TAPE
4 HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE L1 STREAK W2 45 TOTAL RUNS 61 3.0 RUNS/GAME 3.59 .233 BATTING AVG. .261 .305 ON BASE % .339 .321 SLUGGING % .409 81 TOTAL SO 91 39 TOTAL BB 45 3.83 ERA 4.93 1.68 WHIP na .928 FIELDING % .944 285 PUTOUTS 315 103 30 ASSISTS ERRORS 106 25
HARTFORD HAWKS
(5-10) THE MATCHUP vs.
All-Time Series .......................... Bryant leads, 2-0 At Hartford ......................................................... N/A At Bryany ......................................Bryant leads, 2-0 At Neutral Venue ............................................... N/A Current Streak L2 Last Meeting................. :L, 8-7 (9 inn.) - 3/25/18
THE GAME
Hartford is in the midst of a nine-game homestand after opening the stretch with a three-game series against Sienna. This game was originally scheduled for a doubleheader, but will be played as a single game instead.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Bryant comes into the game 6-11 after sweeping a doubleheader from Manhattan Sunday.
After giving up a first-inning homer, Kylie Kenney was phenomenal with a Bryant D1 program record of 16 strikeouts. She is 5-5 on the season with a 4.43 ERA. She has 47 strikeouts over 42.2 innings. As a team, Bryant has a 4.93 ERA.
The Bulldogs have four starters hitting over .300 as the team is hitting .261.
LAST TIME OUT
Hartfford split a doubleheader with Siena Saturday, winning the first game in walk-off fashion.
Sarah Serrano snapped a 12-at-bat hitless streak with a walk-off double as the Hawks took the opener, 3-2.
Lauren Card, 3-1, struck out a careerhigh seven batters in hurling her second complete game of the season. She allowed two runs, one earned, while scattering seven hits.
Mara Sczecienski came up a triple shy
of the cycle, with her 4-for-4 performance as the Hawks fell short in the nightcap, 5-4. She scored two runs with three RBI.
STREAKING
Mara Sczecienski has raised her batting average more than 120 points during her current seven-game hitting streak. Buoyed by her 4-for-4 performance in the Siena nightcap, she is went from .259 to .380 over this stretch.
She began with a two-homer performance against UT-Chattanooga and has been hitting rockets ever since. During her streak, Sczecienski is 12-of-23 with three doubles, four homeruns and eight RBI.
IN THE CARDS
Senior Lauren Card has seemingly rebounded from a tough 2022 season as she is leading the team with a 2.71 ERA. Her three wins have already eclipsed her career total of two coming into the season.
Part of her success has been her ability to command the strike zone. In 38 innings last year, Card 13 walks and eight strikeouts. Thus far in 31 innings, she has four walks with 21 strikeouts.
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford welcomes Manhattan to the Hartford Softball Field for a doubleheader Noon Saturday.
HARTFORD HAWKS //
HAWKSRISE 5
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Hometown/Last School
HEAD COACH
MAIRIN DUDEK - Second Season - Ithaca ‘02
ASSISTANT COACHES
JULIE BOLDUC - First Season
# Name Yr. Pos. Ht.
1 Sarah Serrano OF So. 5-4 R/R Windsor, Conn. / Windsor 2 Azya Walker OF So. 5-5 R/R Oak Forest, Ill. / Oak Forest 3 Mikayla Gordon INF Fr. 5-4 R/R Parma, Ohio / Padua Franciscan 4 Lauren Ackerman OF Fr. 5-4 L/R Northford, Conn. / North Branford 5 Taylor Fitch C Fr. 5-3 R/R Andover, Conn. / RHAM 9 Nevaeh Terrell UTL Fr. 5-3 R/R Pennsauken, N.J. / Pennsauken 12 Olivia Wolk OF So. 5-6 R/R Sugarloaf, Pa. / Hazleton Area 14 Carly Mayhood P/INF Fr. 5-6 L/L Newton, N.J. / Newton 15 Caylee English RHP Sr. 5-8 R/R Lodi, N.J. / Immaculate Conception 18 Shailynn Williams INF So. 5-7 R/R Ledyard, Conn. / Ledyard 22 Lauren Card P Sr. 5-3 R/R North Haven, Conn. / North Haven 23 Anita Farkash UTL Jr. 5-5 R/R Seaford, N.Y. / Seaford (Adelphi) 30 Mara Sczecienski 2B Sr. 5-5 R/R Farmington Hill, Mich. / N Farmington 32 Kelsey Galevich C/1B Gr. 5-11 R/R Hillsborough, N.J. / Hillsborough 35 Emily Coffey C/INF Fr. 5-5 L/L Levittown, N.Y. / Island Trees 99 Samantha Nagel 3B Sr. 5-2 R/R Fenton, Mich. / Hartland
B/T
BRYANT BULLDOGS
HEAD COACH
NICK FRENCH
ASSISTANT COACHES
MARY KAREN WHEAT
# Name Yr. Pos. Ht. B/T Hometown/Last School 1 Trystan Salvador Jr. UTL 5-6 L/R Mechanicsburg, PA. / Cumberland Valley 2 Hailey Aspinwall Sr. INF 5-5 R/R Doylestown, Pa. / Central Bucks East 3 Aleix Hudson Sr. INF 5-6 R/R Lawrenceville, Ga. / Peachtree Ridge 5 Ashley Kaiser Fr. OF 5-10 R/R North Kingstown, R.I. / The Prout School 6 Amira Rainer So. OF R/R Chesterfield, VA. / Monacan 7 Allison Tessman Jr. C/1B 5-8 R/R Canton, Conn. / Northwest Catholic 8 Jenna Gardner Sr. C/INF 5-6 R/R Millville, N.J. / Cumberland Regional 9 Olyvia Smith Sr. OF 5-4 L/R Smyrna, DE. / Saint Peter’s 10 Gracie Bishop Fr. C/3B 5-6 R/R Fayetteville, N.Y. / Fayetteville- Manlius 11 Alexis Clancy Jr. P 5-10 L/R Los Angeles, CA. / Notre Dame Aca 12 Faith Valenzuela Fr. SS/UTL 5-8 R/R Tuscon, AZ. / Canyon del Oro 13 Hannah Cochran Fr. 1B/3B 5-9 R/R Littleton, Mass. / Littleton 14 Erica Barley Sr. UTL 5-6 R/R Bedford, N.H. / Bedford 15 Ashley Pierce Fr. UTL 5-10 R/R Hicksville, N.Y. / Hicksville 16 Olivia Fee Sr. OF 5-8 L/R Levittown, Pa. / Neshaminy 18 Morgan Tesser So. 3B/2B 5-3 R/R Merrick, N.Y. / Bellmore John F. Kennedy 20 Courtney Paolantonio Jr. 2B 5-6 R/R Earleville, Md. / Red Lion Christian Aca. 21 Megan Skousen Sr. C/INF 5-7 R/R Murrieta, Calif. / Murrieta 22 Abby Trimble R-Fr. 1B 5-8 R/R Temecula, CA. / Great Oak High School 23 Kylie Kenney Sr. P 5-10 R/R Jamison, Pa. / Central Bucks South 24 Caroline Paolantonio Jr. P 5-7 R/R Earleville, Md. / Red Lion Christian Aca. 25 Josie Gex So. UTL 5-5 R/R Germantown, Tenn. / St Benedict 26 Brooke Tracy Fr. P 5-6 R/R Glastonbury, Conn. / Glastonbury 27 Ava Paganis Fr. SS/3B 5-6 R/R Le Grange, Ill. /28 Alyssa Garabedian So. INF 5-5 R/R Coventry, R.I. / Coventry High School 32 Megan Marcel Jr. SS 5-8 R/R Plymouth, Mass. / Archbishop Williams 42 Madison Fitzgerald So. MI 5-6 R/R Bethel, Conn. / Saint Joseph 77 McKenzie McAloon So. C/INF 5-5 R/R Taunton, Mass. / Taunton 81 Lexi Powell Fr. p 5-8 R/R Murrieta, Calif. / Vista Murrieta
8 HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE
HAWKS
HARTFORD
1 sarah SERRANO SO | R/R | OF
2 azya WALKER SO | R/R | OF
3 makayla GORDON FR | R/R | INF
4 lauren ACKERMAN FR | L/R | OF
5 taylor FITCH FR | R/R | C
9 nevaeh TERRELL FR | R/R | INF 12 olivia WOLK SO | R/R | OF 14 Carley MAYHOOD FR | L/L | P 1516 carlee ENGLISH SR | R/R | P
HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 9 HARTFORD HAWKS 18 shailynn
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30 mara SCZECIENSKI SR | R/R | INF 32 kelsey GALEVICG
| R/R | INF 35 emily COFFEY
| L/L | C 99 samantha NAGEL SR | R/R | INF HC mairin DUDEK 16 AC julie BOLDUC
WILLIAMS SO | R/R | OF
lauren CARD SR | R/R | P 23 anita FARKASH FR | R/R | INF
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HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 10
Sarah Serrano
Overall Statistics (as of Mar 18, 2023) Overall Record: 5-10 Home: 1-2 Away: 3-4 Neutral: 1-4 All games Sorted by Batting Avg LOB: Team (80), Opp (97) D DPs Turned: Team (2), Opp (5) I IBB: Team (0), Opp (0) P Picked Off: Ackerman (1) All games Sorted by Earned Run Avg PBB: Team (2), Totals (2), Coffey (1), Fitch (1), Opp (1) P Pickoffs: Team (1), English 1, Totals , Opp (1) SBA/ATT: Totals (50-56), Fitch (1315), Coffey (12-13), Card (11-11), English (10-12), Mayhood (4-5) # Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 30 Sczecienski, Mara .380 15-15 50 11 19 5 0 4 11 36 .720 1 0 4 0 .392 0 0 2-2 33 19 2 .963 32 Galevich, Kelsey .342 15-14 38 6 13 1 1 2 4 22 .579 7 1 8 1 .457 0 0 1-1 26 1 1 .964 12 Wolk, Olivia .213 15-15 47 7 10 1 1 0 4 13 .277 4 0 3 0 .275 0 0 2-2 32 1 2 .943 2 Walker, Azya .200 13-11 30 7 6 0 0 0 0 6 .200 7 0 13 0 .351 0 0 2-4 12 0 0 1.000 23 Farkash, Anita .195 15-14 41 2 8 0 0 0 4 8 .195 2 0 11 0 .233 0 0 0-0 54 5 5 .922 99 Nagel, Samantha .184 15-14 38 2 7 1 0 0 3 8 .211 2 0 2 0 .220 1 1 0-0 12 19 3 .912 1 Serrano, Sarah .111 15-15 36 3 4 1 0 0 2 5 .139 0 0 13 0 .108 1 0 3-3 26 12 8 .826 18 Williams, Shailynn .333 7-2 6 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 .333 1 0 1 0 .429 0 0 0-0 2 1 1 .750 35 Coffey, Emily .313 11-8 16 2 5 1 0 0 1 6 .375 9 0 3 0 .560 0 0 0-0 31 3 2 .944 14 Mayhood, Carly .313 12-5 16 1 5 1 0 0 4 6 .375 3 0 4 0 .421 0 1 0-0 0 2 0 1.000 3 Gordon, Mikayla .267 10-3 15 0 4 0 0 0 3 4 .267 0 0 3 0 .267 0 0 1-1 0 1 2 .333 9 Terrell, Nevaeh .154 7-7 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .154 1 0 7 0 .214 0 1 1-1 5 8 1 .929 4 Ackerman, Lauren .133 10-5 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .133 1 0 2 0 .188 0 0 2-2 6 0 2 .750 5 Fitch, Taylor .063 11-9 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .063 1 0 7 1 .118 0 0 1-1 40 11 0 1.000 Totals 233 15-15 377 45 88 11 2 6 39 121 321 39 1 81 2 305 2 3 15-17 285 103 30 928 Opponents 320 15-15 415 80 133 24 3 3 71 172 414 27 8 69 1 368 7 9 25-28 294 108 11 973 # Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/AVG WP HP BK SFA SHA 32 Galevich, Kelsey 0.00 0-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 22 Card, Lauren 2.71 3-1 9 5 2 0-0 0 31.0 48 22 12 4 21 11 1 1 .327 1 3 0 1 3 15 English, Caylee 4.33 2-6 10 8 3 0-0 1 43.2 52 39 27 17 39 6 2 1 .287 4 5 0 2 5 14 Mayhood, Carly 4.48 0-3 6 1 0 0-0 1 20.1 33 19 13 6 9 7 0 1 .379 2 0 0 4 1 T Totals 3 83 5-10 26 15 5 0 2 95 0 133 80 52 27 69 24 3 3 320 7 8 0 7 9 Opponents 2 79 10-5 26 15 5 3 3 98 0 88 45 39 39 81 11 2 6 233 2 1 0 2 3
2023 University of Hartford Softball