Rhode Island Rams softball

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Rhode Island Rams
Rhode Island Rams logo.svg
University University of Rhode Island
Head coachWhitney Goldstein (3rd season)
Conference Atlantic 10
Location Kingston, RI
Home stadiumURI Softball Complex
Nickname Rams
ColorsKeaney blue, navy blue, and white [1]
     
NCAA Tournament appearances
1983

The Rhode Island Rams softball team represents the University of Rhode Island in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The Rams are currently led by head coach Whitney Goldstein. The team plays its home games at URI Softball Complex located on the university's campus. [2]

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History

Despite making the NCAA Division I softball tournament in their first season in the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1983, the Rams have failed to return to win either a regular season or a conference tournament championship. By failing to win the latter, they have also failed to return to the NCAA tournament.

In the 1983 tournament, Rhode Island was placed in the Northeast Regional, where they were eliminated by UCLA in two games, both 1–0 extra inning losses. [3] [4] [5]

The Rams have won several awards during their stint in the Atlantic 10. In 1994, Melissa Jarrell was named A–10 Coach of the Year. [6] The program has won three A–10 Player of the Year awards, doing so in 1994 with Anne Kelsen and in 1997 and 1998 with Kellie Cookus. [7] [8] [9]

In April 2014, six former players, two then-active players, and one assistant coach came out with accusations of alleged bullying by former head coach Erin Layton. The accusers claim abuse was overlooked by University of Rhode Island administration for years, with only a brief administrative leave as punishment. Several players and assistants reported mental and physical abuse dealt out by Layton. [10] [11] [12] Despite the allegations, Layton received both a contract extension in July 2014 as well as the full support of the school, who stated that complaints were taken seriously and no wrongdoing was found to have occurred. [13] Layton left the program after the 2015 season.

Coaching history

YearsCoachRecord%
1978–1984Nancy Langham164–70–1.700
1985–1992Sue Tougas131–201–3.396
1993–1999Melissa Jarrell156–189–2.452
2000–2002Kim Staehle70–89–1.441
2003–2005Christina Sutcliffe44–88.333
2006–2008Deb Smith44–100.306
2009–2015Erin Layton87–260–2.252
2016–2021Bridget Hurlman61–167.268
2022–presentWhitney Goldstein34–66–1.342

Roster

2024 Rhode Island Rams roster
 

Pitchers

  • 28 – Ashley Arnold – Freshman
  • 20 – Ashley Hibbard – Sophomore
  • 12 – Anna Jardin – Freshman
  • 11 – Liz Lynchard – Graduate Student
  • 72 – Noelle Sterner – Junior
  • 18 – Avery Vale-Cruz – Freshman
  • 29 – Lauren Wasikowski – Sophomore
  • 16 – Cameron Whiteford – Junior
  • 22 – Katie Zaun – Junior

Catchers

  • 2 – Kylie Bulinski – Sophomore
  • 8 – Natalie Maleitzke – Freshman
  • 25 – Vicki Viaclovsky – Senior
 

Outfielders

  • 10 – Leilyn Alvarez – Junior
  • 31 – Mandi Hanewich – Sophomore
  • 34 – Hannah Hernandez – Sophomore
  • 7 – Skyler Rapuano – Graduate Student
  • 5 – Sydney Yoder – Graduate Student

Infielders

  • 17 – Riley Frickleton – Freshman
  • 9 – Elena Gonzalez – Graduate Student
  • 23 – Maddie Melice – Senior
  • 30 – Emily Power – Junior
  • 27 – Zoe Rensel – Freshman
  • 3 – Cassie Swenson – Graduate Student
  • 13 – Becca Zawistowski – Sophomore

Utility

  • 4 – Casey Miller – Sophomore
 
Reference: [14]

Season by season results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Rhode Island Rams (AIAW)(1978–1982)
1978Nancy Langham 15–7
1979Nancy Langham 24–6
1980Nancy Langham 23–7
1981Nancy Langham 26–12
1982Nancy Langham 27–14–1
Rhode Island Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference)(1983–present)
1983Nancy Langham 28–102nd NCAA Regionals
1984Nancy Langham 21–11
1985Sue Tougas 22–19–13–75th
1986Sue Tougas 27–23–16–45th
1987Sue Tougas 11–275–54th
1988Sue Tougas 16–315–75th
1989Sue Tougas 16–286–6T–4th
1990Sue Tougas 16–215–75th
1991Sue Tougas 12–28–11–96th
1992Sue Tougas 11–247–32nd
1993Melissa Jarrell 15–292–85th
1994Melissa Jarrell 27–287–32nd
1995Melissa Jarrell 23–265–54th
1996Melissa Jarrell 25–2210–63rd
1997Melissa Jarrell 25–20–17–8–16th
1998Melissa Jarrell 21–297–85th
1999Melissa Jarrell 20–35–16–106th
2000Kim Staehle 20–30–16–97th
2001Kim Staehle 30–309–115th
2002Kim Staehle 20–2913–9T–2nd
2003Christina Sutcliffe 21–228–86th
2004Christina Sutcliffe 15–312–87th
2005Christina Sutcliffe 8–353–118th
2006Deb Smith 20–278–12T–6th
2007Deb Smith 10–353–1411th
2008Deb Smith 14–384–1611th
2009Erin Layton 14–373–1711th
2010Erin Layton 19–358–12T–6th
2011Erin Layton 7–462–181th
2012Erin Layton 21–32–15–14–110th
2013Erin Layton 10–373–1811th
2014Erin Layton 13–32–16–11–18th
2015Erin Layton 3–411–2110th
2016Bridget Hurlman 12–323–1810th
2017Bridget Hurlman 11–318–138th
2018Bridget Hurlman 12–353–178th
2019Bridget Hurlman 17–296–148th
2020Bridget Hurlman 4–160–0N/A

Season cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic

2021Bridget Hurlman 5–222–128th
2022Whitney Goldstein 11–354–199th
2023Whitney Goldstein 23–31–112–136th
2024Whitney Goldstein 0–00–0
Total:791–1,230–10 (.392)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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