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CASSIDY
NUMBER POSITION
8 C/UTL BAT/THROW R/R YEAR SENIOR HAWKS TIDBIT: Cassidy leads
the Hawks at the plate in 2022, posting a .393 on-base percentage, .280 batting average, 19 hits, eight doubles and drawing 12 walks.
2022
SCHEDULE DAY FRI. SAT. SAT. SUN. SAT. SUN. THU. SAT. FRI. WED. SAT. SAT. SUN. SUN. WED. SAT. SUN. TUE. WED. SAT. SUN. WED. FRI. SAT. TUE. SAT. SUN. THU. SAT. SUN. FRI. SAT.
DATE
2/11 2/12 2/12 2/13 2/19 2/20 3/3 3/5 3/18 3/23 3/26 3/26 3/27 3/27 3/30 4/2 4/3 4/5 4/6 4/9 4/10 4/13 4/15 4/16 4/19 4/23 4/24 4/28 4/30 5/1 5/6 5/7 5/11-5/14
OPPONENT
FIRST PITCH+/RESULT
AT NORFOLK STATE (DH) AT HAMPTON AT NORFOLK STATE AT HAMPTON AT DELAWARE STATE (DH) AT DELAWARE STATE AT MANHATTAN (DH) AT MERRIMACK (DH) MANHATTAN (DH) FAIRFIELD MAINE^ AT QUINNIPIAC MAINE^ AT QUINNIPIAC AT DREXEL (DH) AT UMASS LOWELL* (DH) AT UMASS LOWELL* HOLY CROSS (DH) AT DARTMOUTH (DH) UMBC* UMBC* (DH) AT YALE UALBANY* UALBANY* (DH) AT FAIRFIELD AT STONY BROOK* (DH) AT STONY BROOK* AT SIENNA (DH) AT BINGHAMTON* (DH) AT BINGHAMTON* MAINE* MAINE* AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP
L, 4-5 | L, 2-3 W, 6-1 L, 4-6 L, 0-13 W, 1-0 | W, 7-1 W, 12-1 W, 4-2 | W, 2-1 L, 2-3 | L, 3-4 W, 6-3 | L, 3-2 W, 5-3 L, 2-9 W, 9-4 W, 6-4 W, 4-0 L, 7-11 | L, 4-12 L, 0-8 | L, 4-9 L, 3-8 L, 3-6 | L, 1-7 L, 1-2 | L, 2-7 3 PM 11 AM | 1 PM 3 PM 3 PM 1 PM | 3 PM 2:30 PM 1 PM | 3 PM 12 PM 2 PM | 4 PM 1 PM | 3 PM 12 PM 1 PM | 3 PM 12 PM TBD
RED - HOME GAMES (HARTFORD SOFTBALL FIELD) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT | ^PLAYED AT QUINNIPIAC
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TODAY’S MATCH-UP
The Hartford softball team returns to America East play facing off with reigning conference champions UMBC in a three-game weekend set. First pitch from the Harford Softball Field on Saturday is set for 3 p.m.
INSIDE THE SERIES
series with an overall record of 17-5 and 2-1 in conference play. In the circle, Kya Matter and Courtney Coppersmith have been the leaders of the UMBC pitching staff. Coppersmith leads the team with a .59 ERA and four saves, while Matter paves the way with 10 wins, 60.0 innings pitched and 111 strikeouts. Logan Hawker has been the Retrievers main threat at the plate, slashing a team leading .391 average, three homeruns, and slugging 58.7% on the season. Sierra Pierce has been a menace on the basepaths, swiping a team leading five stolen bases.
In the all-time series between Hartford and UMBC, the Retrievers own a 34-18 advantage over the Hawks. The America East conference foes last met a season ago on April 28, 2021 at UMBC where Hartford walked away victorious by a score of 8-1. In games played between the BEHIND THE PLATE two at the Hartford Softball Field, the Retrievers hold a slight 15-11 edge Platooning catchers for the Hawks, Emma Curry and Jordan Nastos have over the Hawks. been throwing strikes across the diamond to catch runners trying to SCOUTING UMBC advance. Curry and Nastos each rank Two-time reigning America East amongst the top-10 in the league Champions UMBC entered the season as the favorite in the America for catching baserunners stealing, sending back to the bench two and East Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The three runners, respecitvely. Retrievers come in to the weekend
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IN THE ZONE
Hartford’s pitching staff of Julianna Kocenski, Caylee English, Lauren Card, and Alyssa Viscardo have combined to allow the least number of walks in the conference. The quartet have allowed only 48 free passes to first in over 180.2 innings pitched throughout the season. Card tops the America East in walks allowed, posting 10 on the year.
LAST TIME OUT
On April 6, Hartford took on Dartmouth in a midweek doubleheader on the road. The Hawks dropped both games, losing game one, 2-1, before falling in game two, 7-2. In game one, English was locked in pitcher’s duel with the Big Green’s starter, Brooke Plonka. English pitched her third complete game of the season, however, she took the loss after allowing two runs on four hits while tallying one
strikeout over 6.0 innings of work. Freshman Samantha Ganaden blasted a no doubt solo shot over the right field fence in game one, marking her first career round tripper. Mara Sczecienski and Samantha Nagel were the Hawks’ main threat at the plate in game two, each going 2-for-3 at the dish.
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks return to the diamond on Wednesday at Yale to compete against the Bulldogs in a single game midweek contest. First pitch from the Yale Softball Field is set for 3 p.m.
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
OVERALL W-L PCT
AE W-L PCT
UMass Lowell
18-11
.621
3-0
1.000
UMBC
17-5
.773
2-1
.667
Stony Brook*
18-10
.643
1-1
.500
Maine
5-24
.172
1-1
.500
UAlbany
12-11
.522
1-2
.333
Binghamton
13-13
.500
0-0
.000
Hartford
11-17
.393
0-3
.000
*=Ineligible for AE Championship
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(11-17 OVERALL, 0-3 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos.
B/T
Hometown/Last School
1
Sarah Serrano
Fr.
OF
R/R
Windsor, Conn./Windsor
2
Azya Walker
Fr.
OF
R/R
Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest
3
Paige Fedak
Sr.
SS
R/R
Glen Gardner, N.J./Voorhees
4
Jordan Nastos
So.
C
L/R
Eldersberg, Md./Liberty
6
Alyssa Viscardo
Jr.
P
R/R
Malvern, Pa./Villa Maria Academy
7
Milena Wilton
Sr.
2B/3B
R/R
Red Bank, N.J./Middletown North
8
Haley Cassidy
Sr.
C/UTL
R/R
Sneads Ferry, N.C./Temescal Canyon
9
Ally Beck
Sr.
OF
R/R
Salisbury Mills, N.Y./Washingtonville
11
Samantha Ganaden
Fr.
OF
L/R
Menifee, Calif./Vista Murrieta
12
Olivia Wolk
Fr.
OF
R/R
Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazleton Area
15
Caylee English
Jr.
P
R/R
Lodi, N.J./Immaculate Conception
18
Chandler Mitchell
So.
OF
L/R
Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional
21
Lauren Card
Jr.
P
R/R
North Haven, Conn./North Haven
22
Emma Curry
Sr.
C/OF
R/R
Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Henry Hudeson Regional
23
Julianna Kocenski
Sr.
P
R/R
North Arlington, N.J./Mount Saint Dominic Academy
30
Mara Sczecienski
Jr.
2B/UTL
R/R
Farmington Hill, Mich./North Farmington
32
Kelsey Galevich
Sr.
C/1B
R/R
Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough
34
Isabella Therrien
Fr.
C/3B
R/R
Auburn, Mass./Auburn
99
Samantha Nagel
Jr.
3B/UTL
R/R
Fenton, Mich./Hartland
HEAD COACH MAIRIN DUDEK - First Season - Ithaca ‘02
ASSISTANT COACH DAN ANDERSON - First Season
UMBC RETRIEVERS (17-5 OVERALL, 2-1 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos.
B/T
Hometown/Last School
1
Bailey Bate
So.
IF/OF
R/R
Stewartstown, Pa./Kennard-Dale
2
Peyton Morehouse
Fr.
C
R/R
Baltimore, Md./Clarksburg
3
Karly Keating
Sr.
C/UTL
R/R
Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore Catholic
4
Brooke Dooley
So.
C/OF
L/R
Bear, De./The Charter School of Wilmington
5
Shanel Scott
Jr.
IF
R/R
Cumberland, Md./Allegany
6
Meghan Dempsey
Jr.
OF
R/R
Collegeville, Pa./The Hill School
7
Courtney Coppersmith
Sr.
P/OF
L/L
York, Pa./Central York
8
Casey Turner
Sr.
IF
R/R
Baltimore, Md./Eastern Tech
9
Sierra Pierce
5th
OF
R/R
Youngstown, Ohio/Jackson-Milton
11
Logan Hawker
Sr.
C/OF
R/R
Mechanicville, Va./Lee-Davis
12
Madison O’Berg
Jr.
P/1B
R/R
Lorain, Ohio/Amherst Steele
13
Makayla Kuhnow
Sr.
IF/OF
R/R
Mechanicsville, Md./Chopitcon
15
Ashley Della Guardia
So.
IF/OF
R/R
Phoenixville, Pa./Spring-Ford
16
Zoe Russell
Fr.
IF
R/R
Roxboro, N.C./Roxboro Community School
17
Erin Behel
Fr.
OF
L/R
Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron
18
Gillian McCarthy
Sr.
P
R/L
Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional
19
Anna Lonchar
R-Sr.
IF/C
R/R
Bristow, Va./Patriot
21
Chloe Obispo
Sr.
2B/OF
R/R
Virginia Beach, Va./Landstown
22
Macy Granzow
So.
OF/UTL
L/R
Glenn Dale, Md./Elizabeth Seton
23
Julia Colton
Jr.
OF
L/R
Elkridge, Md./Howard
24
Madison Wilson
Jr.
IF
R/R
Abingdon, Md./Appalachian State
25
Madie Leach
Jr.
P
R/R
Erie, Colo./Erie
55
Kya Matter
Fr.
P/IF
R/R
Dalmatia, Pa./Line Mountain
HEAD COACH CHRIS KUHLMEYER - Fourth Season - LSU ‘99
ASSISTANT COACHES CARLA SHEPHERD DEVEREAUX - Fourth Season - Sewanee ‘07 BOBBY BAXTER - Second Season IMANI DAWSON - First Season - UMBC ‘21 HARTFORD HAWKS // #FLYHIGH
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HARTFORD HAWKS
sarah SERRANO
2
azya WALKER
3
paige FEDAK
4
jordan NASTOS
6
alyssa
7
milena WILTON
8
haley CASSIDY
9
ally BECK
1
FR | OUTFIELDER
SO | CATCHER
SR | CATCHER/UTILITY
olivia
12 WOLK
FR | OUTFIELDER
FR | OUTFIELDER
VISCARDO
JR | PITCHER
SR | SHORTSTOP
SR | SECOND/THIRD BASEMAN
samantha
SR | OUTFIELDER
caylee
15 ENGLISH
JR | PITCHER
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FR | OUTFIELDER
chandler
18 MITCHELL
SO | OUTFIELDER
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lauren
21 CARD
30
mara
JR | PITCHER
22
emma
CURRY
SR | CATCHER/OUTFIELDER
kelsey
SCZECIENSKI JR | SECOND BASEMAN/UTILITY
julianna
KOCENSKI
SR | PITCHER
isabella
32 GALEVICH SR |
23
CATCHER/FIRST BASEMAN
34 THERRIEN FR |
CATCHER/THIRD BASEMAN
samantha
99 NAGEL
JR | THIRD BASEMAN/UTILITY
MAIRIN DUDEK HEAD COACH 1st Season
DAN ANDERSON ASSISTANT COACH 1st Season
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Mara ki ns e i c e Scz
University of Hartford Baseball Overall Statistics for Hartford (as of Apr 08, 2022) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) 2-2 America East: 0-3 2022 Away: S T A7-12T INeutral: S T ICS
Record: 11-17 Player
K. Galevich Sczecienski H. Cassidy S. Ganaden C. Mitchell E. Curry S. Nagel P. Fedak O. Wolk -------------------S. Serrano J. Nastos I. Therrien J. Kocenski A. Beck M. Wilton A. Walker L. Card
avg gp-gs
.296 .292 .280 .258 .257 .241 .236 .228 .215
23-19 26-19 25-24 24-20 27-27 25-19 21-17 27-27 27-24
Home: 2-3
ab
r
h
54 65 75 66 70 54 55 57 79
8 7 11 9 15 13 3 4 13
16 19 21 17 18 13 13 13 17
5 6 8 6 3 3 4 4 5
0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
3 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 3
5 1 5 14 4 5 2 7 4 6 3 6 0 0 0 0
0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0
1 43 18 29 33 37 2 1
2b 3b hr
rbi
10 11 9 8 4 13 7 5 13
tb slg%
30 34 34 28 28 25 17 17 31
bb hp
.556 5 .523 2 .453 12 .424 1 .400 5 .463 5 .309 0 .298 8 .392 2
0 1 1.000 2 18 .419 0 5 .278 3 10 .345 5 16 .485 0 6 .162 0 0 .000 0 0 .000
0 1 1 4 3 2 0 0
2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0
so gdp
ob% sf sh sb-att
po
a
e fld%
15 9 15 9 22 12 10 11 15
.377 .313 .393 .286 .307 .323 .232 .338 .229
0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2
0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3
0-0 0-0 5-7 2-4 7-7 3-4 0-1 2-2 5-5
10
0
0 1.000
21
31
4 .929
187
5
3 .985
0 1.000 0 .333 0 .316 0 .333 0 .243 0 .225 0 .000 0 .000
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0-1 4-5 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
0 0 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 15 1 4 0 0 0 0
0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
28
1
2 .935
31
1
4 .889
62
8
1 .986
15
53
5 .932
39
57
11 .897
27
2
1 .967 0 .000
1.000
12-0
.326 .278 .241 .182 .162 .000 .000
22-12
Totals
.252
28
739 106 186
49
4 19
90 300
.406
51 11 147
5
.307
8
9 29-37
Opponents
.313
28
767 136 240
47
4 17 125 346
.451
48 13
5
.360
7 10 28-33
567 196
32 .960
15-10 13-10 17-14 15-13 3-2 1-0
87
0
0
38
5
2 .956
14
16
3 .909
22
17
0 1.000
21
0
2 .913
23
17
3 .930
0
0
0 .000
1
9
0 1.000
541 241
41 .950
LOB - Team (149), Opp (172). DPs turned - Team (7), Opp (8). Picked off - A. Beck 1.
(All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player
J. Kocenski C. English L. Card -------------------A. Viscardo
era
w-l
app gs
cg
sho
sv
4.60 4.81 9.10
6-8 5-4 0-5
19 10 14 10 14 6
5 3 0
2/0 0/0 0/0
0 0 0
0.00
0-0
1
h
r
er
bb
so
2b
3b
86.0 109 63.2 73 28.2 56
ip
51 44 39
44 34 29
21 16 10
52 28 7
20 13 13
3 1 0
hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha
9 5 3
.305 .283 .394
1 0 2
4 5 4
0 0 0
4 2 1
0
4 4 2
0
0
0/0
0
2.0
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
.200
0
0
0
0
Totals
5.34
11-17
28 28
8
2/0
0
180.1
240
136
107
48
87
47
4
17
.313
3 13
0
7
10
Opponents
4.19
17-11
28 28
8
2/0
2
189.0
186
106
88
51
147
49
4
19
.252
12 11
0
8
9
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PB - Team (2), E. Curry 2, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (1). SBA/ATT - E. Curry (16-19), J. Kocenski (11-15), J. Nastos (12-14), C. English (9-10), L. Card (8-8).
mairin
DUDEK
Mairin Dudek enters her first season as the head coach of the University of Hartford softball team. Before arriving at the University of Hartford, Dudek most recently spent time as an Assistant Coach with Amherst College from 2020-2021. Prior to her time at Amherst, she served as the second head softball coach for the American International Colleges 43-year-old softball program. In her time with AIC, she coached 38 NFCA Academic AllAmericans, 11 NE10 All-Conference players, the 2018 NE10 Defensive Player of the Year Alexa DiLeo, and both 2013 and 2018 All-Conference selections. Before her tenure at AIC, Dudek was an assistant coach at UAlbany. In 2011, she was recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) as the Northeast Regions Coaching Staff of the Year. Dudek began her coaching career as the head coach at Wheelock College in 2005, before being named Assistant Director of Athletics and head softball coach at Fisher College. Dudek was a four-year member and two-year captain of the Ithaca College softball team, where she helped lead the Bombers to four consecutive NCAA Division III Championship appearances from 1999-2002. Dudek recorded the gamewinning hit for the 2002 national title and was named to both the 2001 and 2002 Northeast Regional All-Tournament teams.
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