On the Cover...
NUMBER 30
mara SCZECIENSKI
POSITION 2B
HEIGHT 5-5
YEAR SR
HAWKS TIDBIT: Sczecienski comes into the game on an eightgame hitting streak
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 WED. 3/22 BRYANT L, 5-0 SAT. 3/26 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.
HARTFORD
SERIES HISTORY
While Manhattan leads the overall series, 17-12, Hartford has claimed seven of the last eight contests between the two teams. It’s only the fourth trip to West Harford for Manhattan. The Hawks are 4-2 in home games against the Jaspers.
LAST MEETING
The University of Hartford softball team secured the doubleheader split with a 7-3 win in the nightcap on March 5.
MANHATTAN JSAPERS (3-16)
SERIES BREAKDOWN
The combination of Lauren Card and Caylee English limited the Jaspers’ bats to just four hits over seven innings. Card allowing two earned runs on three hits over four innings, while English picked up the save.
TALE OF THE TAPE
4 HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE L2 STREAK L7 45 TOTAL RUNS 56 3.0 RUNS/GAME 3.1 .228 BATTING AVG. .215 .303 ON BASE % .282 .310 SLUGGING % .333 87 TOTAL SO 106 42 TOTAL BB 38 3.84 ERA 6.49 1.71 WHIP 2.11 .930 FIELDING % .961 306 PUTOUTS 356 107 ASSISTS 111 31 ERRORS 19
HAWKS (5-11) THE MATCHUP vs.
All-Time Series ................ Manhattan leads, 17-12 At Hartford ............................. Hartford leads, 4-2 At Manhattan .....................Manhattan leads, 12-5 At Neutral Venue .......................... Series tied, 3-3 Current Streak W1 Last Meeting.................................. W, 7-3 - 3/5/23
THE GAME
Hartford is in the midst of a nine-game homestand, hosting Manhattan. It’s the second time these two squads have met this season, splitting a doubleheader on March 3.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Manhattan is on a seven-game losing streak after a 7-6 loss to Columbia Wednesday. The Jaspers allowed five runs in the top of the seventh inning for the crushing loss.
Marika Deemer is the lone player hitting over .300 for Manhattan, posting a slash number of .358/.469/.623 with five doubles, three home runs, and a team-high nine RBI.
Opponents are hitting .365 against Manhattan pitching as the Jaspers have a 6.49 ERA on the season.
LAST TIME OUT
The University of Hartford softball team managed four hits Wednesday in falling to Bryant, 5-0, at the Hartford Softball Field.
Mara Sczecienski extended her hitting streak to eight games with her fifth multi-hit game of the season. The second baseman was 2-for-4 on the day, accounting for half of the Hawks’ knocks.
Olivia Wolk and Samantha Nagel were responsible for the other two Hartford hits.e as the Hawks fell short in the nightcap, 5-4. She scored two runs with three RBI. English was clutch in the circle, striking out half of the 14 batters she faced over three
innings. The senior allowed one earned run on one hit with seven strikeouts and three walks in her outing. Lauren Card, 3-2, took the loss – allowing four runs, three earned –on six hits over four innings. She had three strikeouts and four walks.
STREAKING
Mara Sczecienski has raised her batting average more than 120 points during her current eight-game hitting streak. Buoyed by her 4-for-4 performance in the Siena nightcap, she is went from .259 to .389 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 14-of-27 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 3.00 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 35 innings, she has eight walks with 24 strikeouts.
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford welcomes Fairfield to the Hartford Softball Field 2:30 p.m. Tuesday for a seven-inning game.
HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 5
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
HEAD
MANHATTAN JASPERS
SLIMP # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. B/T Hometown/Last School 00 Kaitlyn Holly Jr. OF 5-4 R/R Hopkinton, Mass. / Hopkinton 2 Kaitlyn Flood Sr. C/INF 5-6 R/R Southbury, Conn. / Pomperaug 3 Gabriella Mazzotta Sr. C/UTL 5-5 R/R Somers, N.Y. / Somers 4 Bella Cahueque Fr. INF 5-2 R/R Upland, Calif. / Upland 5 Lindsey Hoag So. OF 5-6 R/R New City, N.Y. / Clarkstown South 7 Tajiana Pickett So. 1B/3B 5-7 R/R Perrysburg, Ohio / Perrysburg 8 Sophia Kiseloski Fr. UTL - R/R Livingston, N.J. / Mount Saint Dominic Aca. 9 Ava Metzger So. RHP/OF 5-5 R/R Freehold, N.J. / Colts Neck 11 Jamie Falotico Fr. INF 5-6 R/R Ridgewood, N.J. / Emerson Junior Senior 13 Mollie Charest Jr. RHP 5-6 R/R Chatham, Mass. / Monomoy Regional 14 Gabi Mills So. RHP/3B 5-7 R/R Wenonah, N.J. / Gloucester County Institute 16 Makayla Veneziale So. P 5-8 R/R Berlin, N.J. / Saint Joseph Aca./Lipscomb 18 Megan Hedlund Jr. INF 5-9 R/R Phoenix, Ariz. / Boulder Creek 20 Madison Ihnat Sr. INF 5-3 R/R Boca Raton, Fla. / Boca Raton Comm 21 Anissa Villalobos So. C/UTL 5-2 R/R Rialto, Calif. / Aquinas 22 Maddy Weir Fr. C/INF 5-7 R/R Pompton Plains, N.J. / Immaculate Conc. 24 Grace Ware Jr. C/UTL 5-7 R/R New Fairfield, Conn. / New Fairfield 25 Lily Fish Jr. INF 5-8 R/R Manlius, N.Y. / Fayetteville-Manlius 43 Kristyn Smith Jr. INF 5-4 R/R South Plainfield, N.J. / Mt. St. Dominic Aca. 50 Marika Deemer Sr. UTL/RHP 5-9 R/R Perrysburg, Ohio / Perrysburg 99 Lauren Rende Sr. INF 5-5 R/R Ardsley, N.Y. / Ardsley
COACH CAT CLIFFORD ASSISTANT COACHES TANYA
8 HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE
HARTFORD HAWKS
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
30 mara SCZECIENSKI
INF 32 kelsey GALEVICG
35 emily
L/L | C 99 samantha NAGEL SR | R/R | INF HC mairin DUDEK 16 AC julie BOLDUC
shailynn WILLIAMS SO | R/R | OF 22 lauren CARD SR | R/R | P 23 anita FARKASH FR | R/R | INF
SR | R/R |
GR | R/R | INF
COFFEY FR |
Mara Sczecienski
2023 University of Hartford Softball
HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 10
Overall Statistics (as of Mar 22, 2023) Overall Record: 5-11 Home: 1-3 Away: 3-4 Neutral: 1-4 All games Sorted by Batting Avg LOB: Team (89), Opp (108) 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 PB: Team (2), Totals (2), Coffey (1), Fitch (1), Opp (1) P Pickoffs: Team (1), English 1, Totals , Opp (1) SBA/ATT: Totals (52-58), Coffey (13-14), Fitch (13-15), Card (12-12), 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 .389 16-16 54 11 21 5 0 4 11 38 .704 1 0 4 0 .400 0 0 2-2 35 19 2 .964 32 Galevich, Kelsey .317 16-15 41 6 13 1 1 2 4 22 .537 7 1 9 1 .429 0 0 1-1 26 1 1 .964 35 Coffey, Emily .263 12-9 19 2 5 1 0 0 1 6 .316 10 0 4 0 .517 0 0 0-0 38 3 2 .953 12 Wolk, Olivia .220 16-16 50 7 11 1 1 0 4 14 .280 5 0 3 0 .291 0 0 2-2 33 1 2 .944 99 Nagel, Samantha .195 16-15 41 2 8 1 0 0 3 9 .220 2 0 2 0 .227 1 1 0-0 13 20 3 .917 2 Walker, Azya .188 14-12 32 7 6 0 0 0 0 6 .188 7 1 13 0 .350 0 0 2-4 12 0 0 1.000 23 Farkash, Anita .182 16-15 44 2 8 0 0 0 4 8 .182 2 0 12 0 .217 0 0 0-0 59 5 5 .928 1 Serrano, Sarah .105 16-16 38 3 4 1 0 0 2 5 .132 0 0 14 0 .103 1 0 3-3 27 12 8 .830 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 14 Mayhood, Carly .313 13-5 16 1 5 1 0 0 4 6 .375 4 0 4 0 .450 0 1 0-0 0 2 0 1.000 3 Gordon, Mikayla .250 11-3 16 0 4 0 0 0 3 4 .250 0 0 4 0 .250 0 0 1-1 0 1 2 .333 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 9 Terrell, Nevaeh .133 8-8 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .133 1 0 8 0 .188 0 1 1-1 6 10 1 .941 5 Fitch, Taylor .063 12-9 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .063 1 0 7 1 .118 0 0 1-1 43 11 1 .982 Totals 228 16-16 403 45 92 11 2 6 39 125 310 42 2 87 2 303 2 3 15-17 306 107 31 930 Opponents 316 16-16 443 85 140 26 3 3 76 181 409 34 9 79 1 371 7 10 26-29 315 113 12 973 # 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 3.00 3-2 10 6 2 0-0 0 35.0 54 26 15 8 24 13 1 1 .327 1 3 0 1 4 15 English, Caylee 4.20 2-6 11 8 3 0-0 1 46.2 53 40 28 20 46 6 2 1 .277 4 6 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 84 5-11 28 16 5 0 2 102 0 140 85 56 34 79 26 3 3 316 7 9 0 7 10 Opponents 2 60 11-5 30 16 5 4 3 105 0 92 45 39 42 87 11 2 6 228 4 2 0 2 3