About the NEWMAC The New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) is an association of eleven selective academic institutions that are committed to providing high quality competitive athletic opportunities for student-athletes within an educational and respectful environment that embodies the NCAA Division III philosophy. The NEWMAC was established in 1998, when the former New England Women’s 8 Conference (NEW 8) voted to begin sponsoring conference play and championships for men. At this time, the conference expanded its membership to include Springfield College and the United States Coast Guard Academy. Emerson College became the 11th full-time member of the conference on July 1, 2013. The NEW 8 began play in 1985-86 as the New England Women’s 6 Conference (NEW 6). Charter members were Babson College, Brandeis University, MIT, Smith College, Wellesley College and Wheaton College. Mount Holyoke College and WPI joined in 1988 and the name was changed to the NEW 8 Conference. At the conclusion of the 1994-95 academic year, Brandeis University withdrew from the NEW 8 to join the University Athletic Association and Clark University accepted membership, keeping the NEW 8’s membership at eight.
Welcome from the NEWMAC President On behalf of the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference, it is with pride that I welcome you to the 2019 Softball Championship. We extend a warm welcome to all participants and coaches, as well as the families and friends who have supported the teams throughout the season. We are delighted to have you join us for this exciting championships competition. I’d like to express my appreciation to the staff at our host institutions for their efforts in facilitating this championship event, to NEWMAC Executive Director Patrick B. Summers for his work managing the conference office throughout the year, to Assistant Director Taylor Teixeira and Coordinator of Sports Administration and Communications Missy Kubik. Finally, I want to thank each team and our spectators for their continued commitment to positive sportsmanship during the tournament, a value strongly endorsed by the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference throughout the year. Best wishes to all for a successful and rewarding tournament! Sincerely,
Dana Harmon, NEWMAC NEWMAC President Director of Athletics WPI
Vision Statement The New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference will be a preeminent athletics conference, providing national leadership that shapes the direction of NCAA Division III. Our student-athletes will strive for excellence: compete with integrity; and display respect in all that we do.
Mission Statement The New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference is committed to academic and athletic excellence, strenghtened by the diversity of our selective institutional membership. We support student development and the educational value of athletics competition through a commitment to the NCAA Division III philosophy and our core values.
Core Values Excellence: We compete at the highest level while affirming our distinct academic missions and providing high-caliber competitive experiences. Integrity:
We act with mutual trust, placing emphasis on ethical conduct, and fair and equitble competition and programs.
Respect:
We commit to support each other and the conference through collaborations, shaing ideas of diverse institutional perspecitves and promoting these varying perspetives.
Sportsmanship Statement The NEWMAC promotes good sportsmanship by student-athletes, coaches and spectators. We request your cooperation by supporting the participants and officials in a positive manner. Profanity, derogatory comments or other intimidating actions directed at officials, student-athletes, coaches or team representatives will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site of competition. Also, consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
2019 NEWMAC SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET #1 WPI Game #3 at WPI 5/1 | 4:30 p.m.
#4 Springfield Game #1 at WPI 5/1 | 2:30 p.m.
Winner of Game #3
Winner of Game #1 Game #8 at WPI 5/3 | 4:00 p.m.
#5 Emerson
Winner of Game #8
#2 MIT #3 Babson
Game #4 at MIT 5/1 | 4:30 p.m.
Game #2 at MIT 5/1 | 2:30 p.m.
Winner of Game #2
Winner of Game #4
#6 Wellesley
Game #10 Highest Remaining Seed 5/4 | 2:00 p.m.
Loser of Game #2 Game #5 at WPI 5/3 | 10 a.m.
Winner of Game #10
NEWMAC Champions
Winner of Game #5
Loser of Game #3 Game #7 at WPI 5/3 | 2:00 p.m.
Game #11 Day 3 Site 5/5 | 1:00 p.m. (if necessary)
Winner of Game #7
Loser of Game #1 Game #6 at WPI 5/3 | 12 p.m.
Winner of Game #6
Game #9 Highest Remaining
Winner of Game #9
Seed
Loser of Game #4 Loser of Game #10 Loser of Game #8
NEWMAC SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Year
Champion
Coach
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
MIT Jennifer Williams Babson College Dave Canan WPI Whitney Goldstein Wellesley College Keri O’Meara Wellesley College Keri O’Meara Springfield College Julie Perrelli Coast Guard Academy Donna Koczajowski Coast Guard Academy Donna Koczajowski Coast Guard Academy Donna Koczajowski Springfield College Kathy Mangano Springfield College Kathy Mangano Wellesley College Keri O’Meara Babson College Dave Canan Babson College Dave Canan Wheaton College Gina Loudenberg Wheaton College Gina Loudenberg Wheaton College Gina Loudenberg Wheaton College Gina Loudenberg Springfield College Kathy Mangano Wheaton College Gina Loudenberg Smith College Bonnie May Wheaton College Gina Loudenberg Wheaton College Gina Loudenberg Wheaton College Gina Loudenberg Wheaton College Gina Loudenberg Brandeis University Mary Sullivan Wheaton College Gina Loudenberg WPI Brandeis University
Runner Up Babson College Springfield MIT WPI Smith College Babson College Babson College Springfield College Springfield College Wellesley College Wellesley College Babson College Springfield College Wheaton College Coast Guard Academy Springfield College Springfield College Springfield College Wheaton College Clark University Wheaton College Clark University Clark University Babson College WPI Wheaton College MIT Brandeis University Smith College
#1 WPI ENGINEERS
NO. NAME 1 2 3 4 5 7 10 12 13 14 15 18 23 24 27 32 33 99
YR.
Hailey McCasland Fr Kylie Juarez Sr Cassie Graca Jr Abigail O’Connor Fr Stephanie Bishop Fr Renee LeClaire Sr Jess Evans Fr Kaitlyn Hess So Leila Camplese Jr Lindsay Ambrosino Fr Katie Martin So Caraline Wood Sr Gabriella Cerbo Fr Taylor Ostrum Fr Mackenzie Phillips Jr Skylar O’Connell So Marissa Gonzales So Brittany Bolster So
POS. B/T. HT. UTL OF OF P C IF P UTL C IF P IF C/IF OF P C UTL IF
L/R R/R L/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R
5-4 5-5 5-6 5-6 5-6 5-9 5-10 5-7 5-9 5-6 5-9 5-8 5-3 5-3 5-9 5-8 5-4 5-11
HOMETOWN/HIGHSCHOOL
Wrentham, Mass. / King Philip Regional Elk Grove, Calif. / Elk Grove Somerset, Mass. / Somerset-Berkley Regional Belle Mead, N.J. / Montgomery Milford, N.H. / Milford Merrimack, N.H. / Merrimack Grafton, Mass. / Grafton Milford, N.H. / Tilton School Tewksbury, Mass. / Central Catholic Chelmsford, Mass. / Chelmsford Bedford, N.H. / Bedford Averill Park, N.Y. / Averill Park Middletown, N.J. / Middletown North Tucson, Ariz. / Sabino Gill, Mass. / Turners Falls North Attleboro, Mass. / Mount Saint Charles (RI)
Oakley, Calif. / Freedom North Kingstown, R.I. / North Kingstown
Head Coach: Whitney Goldstein (6th Season) Assistant Coaches: Rick Beaulac (11th Season), Casey Wall (5th Season), Jenna Webb (1st Season) and Kelsey Saucier ‘18 (1st Season)
#2 MIT ENGINEERS
NO. NAME 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 23 24 25
Deborah Torres Julia Chatterjee Anya Chase Phoebe Li Claire Wichman Sierra Rosenzweig Madi Pickett Olivia Lucchese Erika Anderson Colleen Campbell Kassidy Peterson Ravenne Nasser Amber VanHemel Devon Goetz Sarah Von Ahn Michelle Wist
YR.
P/OF OF P INF INF OF INF OF OF P P P P INF INF C
POS. B/T. HT. Fy. Fy. Fy. So. Fy. Jr. Jr. Fy. Sr. So. Fy. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr.
L/L L/R L/L R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R
5-7 5-3 5-7 5-7 5-5 5-2 5-10 5-5 5-9 5-9 5-10 5-9 5-7 5-5 5-4 5-7
HOMETOWN/HIGHSCHOOL
Portage, Mich. / Portage Northern Hinsdale, Ill. / Hinsdale Central Wells, Maine / Wells Morganville, N.J. / High Technology Omaha, Neb. / Elkhorn Anchorage, Alaska / East Anchorage Santa Barbara, Calif. / Dos Pueblos Camarillo, Calif. / Oaks Christian School Carlsbad, Calif. / Carlsbad Snoqualmie, Wash. / Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Whitehouse Station, N.J. / Pingry School Methuen, Mass. / Phillips Academy Andover Coconut Creek, Fla. / North Broward Preparatory
Rockville, Md. / Richard Montgomery West Linn, Ore. / West Linn Cypress, Texas / Cy-Fair
Head Coach: Brooke Kalman (Gettysburg ‘14) - First Season Assistant Coaches: Chris Lewis, Sarah Goodman, Ellie Fodor
#3 BABSON COLLEGE BEAVERS
NO. NAME 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 23 24 25
YR.
Marlee Hamor Fy. Alex Corrigan Sr. Tori Roche Jr. Elizabeth D’Agostino So. Josephine Mares Sr. Kayla Schinik Jr. Abrianna Natoli Fy. Annie Mitchell Jr. Katie Gademsky Jr. Jamie Hoffman So. Isabel Aguilar Fy. Ashley Tango Sr. Brooke Stock Jr. Victoria Casey Jr. Cara Harnick Fy. Allison King Sr. Logan MacDonald Fy. Alicia Bagan So. Charlie Guscott Jr. Jacqueline Paul Jr.
POS. B/T. HOMETOWN/HIGHSCHOOL OF IF C IF UT OF IF IF P OF IF IF P OF OF IF P UT C IF
R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
Beverly, Mass. / Beverly
Middletown, N.J. / Middletown South / Fairfield University
Andover, Mass. / Andover Newton, Mass. / Newton North Houston, Texas / Duchesne Watchung, N.J. / Watchung Hills Fairfield, Conn. / Fairfield Warde Rehoboth, Mass. / LaSalle Academy Hillsborough, N.J. / Hillsborough Manhattan Beach, Calif. / Mira Costa Avon, Conn. / Avon Reading, Mass. / Reading Memorial Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas Emerson, N.J. / Immaculate Heart Academy Sammamish, Wash. / Skyline Kennebunk, Maine / Kennebunk Wilmington, Mass. / Austin Prep Winnetka, Ill. / New Trier / University of Rochester Milton, Mass. / Milton Academy Burlington, N.J. / The Lawrenceville School
Head Coach: Dave Canan (20th season) Associate Head Coach: Michelle Littlefield (8th season) Assistant Coaches: Shannon Torosian (8th season), Amber White (4th season)
#4 SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE PRIDE
NO. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 24 25
NAME Ava Fernandez Allie Wheeler Marisa Valenti Gillian Kane Hannah Salvietti Christina D’Ambro Alexyss Conley Taylor Mancinone Natalie Stoner Jen Slane Sara Mulligan Shelby Allen Jessie Storch Gabrielle Alfieri Kayla Stvan Meghan Sastram Yaixsa Vargas Abbi Conley
YR. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. So. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So.
POS. OF P/OF P P/UT INF C INF P OF UT OF P INF C C INF INF UT
B/T. R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R
HT. 5-4 5-6 5-3 5-7 5-3 5-1 5-6 5-8 5-4 5-7 5-6 5-8 5-5 5-4 5-1 5-7 5-4 6-0
HOMETOWN/HIGHSCHOOL Cedar Grove, N.J. / Cedar Grove Agawam, Mass. / Agawam Trumbull, Conn. / Trumbull New Canaan, Conn. / New Canaan Cheshire, Conn. / Cheshire New Hartford, N.Y. / New Hartford Senior Bloomingburg, N.Y / Pine Bush Watertown, Conn. / Watertown Wynantskill, N.Y. / Troy Tolland, Conn. / Tolland Cheshire, Conn. / Cheshire Oakland, N.J. / Indian Hills Granby, Conn. / Granby Memorial Cornwall, N.Y. / Cornwall Central Parlin, N.J. / Sayreville War Memorial Oxford, Conn. / Oxford Waterbury, Conn. / J.F. Kennedy Plymouth, Mass. / Plymouth South
Diane L. Potter ‘57 Head Softball Coach at Springfield College: Kate Bowen (3rd Season) Assistant Coaches: Alyssa Hancock, Talia Loda Strength and Conditioning Coach: Nika Ouellette
#5 EMERSON COLLEGE LIONS
NO. NAME
POS. YR. HT.
HOMETOWN/HIGHSCHOOL
1 2 3 4 5 7 8 11 12 15 18 19 20 22 23 25
SS Jr. IN Fr. OF Fr. 1B Fr. P Fr. OF Sr. P So. OF So. UTIL So. SS/OF Sr. P/ INF Fr. C Fr. C/1B/3B Sr. OF Fr. P Fr. P/OF Fr.
White House Station, NJ / Hunterdon Central Regional Riverton, Utah / Herriman High School Litchfield, N.H. / Campbell High School
Micaela Dix Morgan Mitchell Mary Kuczkowski Lexi Semanchik Karagan Knowles Marisa DeFranco Neely Eddleston Maddie Tomich Lindsey Lowe Alena Jones Katelyn Torlincasi Rebekah Czukoski Kallista Leonardos Mallory Shofi Myranda Bourque Calli Pratt
Head Coach: Phil McElroy
5’2 5’3 5’4 5’9 5’7 5’8 5’4 5’9 5’4 5’7 5’6 5’7 5’7 5’8 5’2 5’6
Flemington, N.J. / Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Tuscon, Ariz. / Ironwood Ridge Falls Church, VA / Wakefield West Wareham, Mass. / Wareham High School Lithia, Fla. / Newsome High School Porter Ranch, Calif. / Chatsworth High School Woodinville, Wash. / Woodinville High School Bayport, N.Y. / Bayport Blue Point High School South Orange, N.J. / Columbia High School El Granada, Calif. / Half Moon Bay Ridgefield, Conn. / Ridgefield High School El Cajon Calif. / Granite Hills Dighton, Mass. / Dighton-Rehobeth Regional High School
#6 WELLESLEY COLLEGE BLUE
NO. NAME
YR.
POS. B/T
HT.
HOMETOWN/HIGHSCHOOL
1 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 17 18 21 22 24 25
So. So. Fy. Fy. Jr. So. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Fy. Jr. Fy. Fy. Fy.
P R/R C/INF R/R P R/R UTL R/R INF R/R OF R/R OF R/R C/INF R/R P R/R INF R/R C/INF R/R OF R/R OF R/R P/OF R/R INF R/R P R/R
5’1” 5’3” 5’3” 5’6” 5’8” 5’4” 5’5” 5’6” 5’8” 5’9” 5’10” 5’9” 5’4” 5’5” 5’6” 5’4”
Tucson, Ariz. / Canyon Del Oro Kirkland, Wash. / Juanita
Thyme Morton Tatum Kawabata Caitlin Gordon Holly Chin Alyssa Hana Gen Brittingham Lucy Cheskin Kalei Oliver Sydney Hopper Julianne Griffin Autumn Brown Jill O’Shea Kendall Smith Haley McMorrow Marisa Hensch Hayley Moniz
Head Coach: Keri O’Meara (15th Season) Assistant Coach: Kara Wong ‘08 Pitching Coach: Ashley Besse
North Vancouver, BC, Canada / Collingwood School
Newton, Mass. / Newton North La Mirada, Calif. / La Mirada Aliso Viejo, Calif. / Aliso Niguel Mountain View, Calif. / Mountain View Vista, Calif. / Rancho Buena Vista Newcastle, Wash. / Liberty Blue Bell, Pa. / Wissahickon Marshfield, Mass. / Homeschooled Moseley, Va. / Cosby Turlock, Calif. / Central Catholic Carlisle, Mass. / Concord-Carlisle Carlsbad, Calif. / Carlsbad Westfield, Mass. / Westfield