2025 UConn Huskies softball team

2025 UConn Huskies softball
Big East tournament champion
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, 0–2
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	35–19 (18–6 Big East)
Head coach	Laura Valentino (6th season)
Home stadium	Connecticut Softball Stadium
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2025 Big East Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
St. John's  ‍†‍‍	19	–	5	–	0		.792			39	–	17	–	1		.693
UConn  ‍‍‡‍y	18	–	6	–	0		.750			35	–	19	–	0		.648
Villanova  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			27	–	26	–	1		.509
Creighton  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			30	–	25	–	0		.545
Butler  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			26	–	22	–	0		.542
Providence  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			25	–	31	–	0		.446
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			29	–	23	–	0		.558
DePaul  ‍‍‍	3	–	21	–	0		.125			16	–	32	–	0		.333
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	2	–	22	–	0		.083			11	–	32	–	0		.256
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 17, 2025 [1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2025 UConn Huskies softball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season. The Huskies were led by Laura Valentino in her 6th year as head coach, and played as part of the Big East Conference. They played their home games at Connecticut Softball Stadium.

The Huskies finished the regular season with an 18–6 record and entered the 2025 Big East Conference softball tournament as the second seed. They won the Big East tournament and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2001. ^[2] They lost to Nebraska ^[3] and host LSU to end their season. ^[4]

Previous season

UConn finished with a final record of 31–24, and finished tied for second in the Big East with a conference record of 16–8. They reached the semifinals of the Big East tournament, but fell to Creighton.

Personnel

Roster

2025 Connecticut Huskies roster [5]
	Pitchers 00 - Payton Kinney - Graduate Student 4 - Stella Kiemele - Freshman 7 - Hope Jenkins - Junior 23 - Amber Bretton - Freshman 24 - Sydnee Koosh - Sophomore Catchers 5 - Sarah Blaskiewicz - Sophomore 17 - Grace Jenkins - Junior 20 - Heidi Barber - Freshman		Outfielders 1 - Bella Cruz - Freshman 11 - Kaitlyn Breslin - Sophomore 12 - Kaitlyn Kibling - Junior 14 - Lexi Hastings - Senior 21 - Rayah Snyder - Sophomore Utility 22 - Haley Coupal - Junior		Infielders 3 - Kaiea Higa - Junior 8 - Cat Petteys - Freshman 10 - Rosie Garcia - Senior 15 - Savannah Ring - Junior 19 - Caylee De Meo - Sophomore

Coaches

2025 Connecticut Huskies softball coaching staff [5]
Laura Valentino – Head coach – 6th season Mackenzie Keyes – Assistant coach – 2nd season Giselle Juarez – Assistant coach – 1st season Ashley Buschgans – Assistant coach – 1st season

Schedule

Legend
	UConn win
	UConn loss
	Cancellation
Bold	UConn team member
*	Non-Conference game

2025 UConn Huskies softball game log [6]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Feb 7 vs Ohio* Hunt Softball Park • Elon, NC L 14–188 Miller (2–0) Jenkins (0–1) None 145 0–1 Feb 7 at Elon* Hunt Softball Park • Elon, NC W 8–2 Koosh (1–0) McCard (0–1) None 342 1–1 Feb 8 vs UNC Greensboro* Hunt Softball Park • Elon, NC L 6–15 Byrd (1–2) Koosh (1–1) None 180 1–2 Feb 9 vs Ohio State* Hunt Softball Park • Elon, NC L 1–3 Boutte (3–0) Koosh (1–2) None 136 1–3 Feb 14 vs Middle Tennessee* UNF Softball Complex • Jacksonville, FL W 6–58 Koosh (2–2) Ammon None 100 2–3 Feb 14 at North Florida* UNF Softball Complex • Jacksonville, FL W 5–4 Koosh (3–2) Benning (2–2) None 150 3–3 Feb 15 vs Middle Tennessee* Debbie and Fred Pruitt Softball Complex • Jacksonville, FL W 4–3 Jenkins (1–1) Coffman (0–3) None 103 4–3 Feb 15 at Jacksonville* Debbie and Fred Pruitt Softball Complex • Jacksonville, FL L 1–7 Waggoner (2–1) Koosh (3–3) None 166 4–4 Feb 16 vs Cleveland State* Debbie and Fred Pruitt Softball Complex • Jacksonville, FL Canceled Feb 21 vs Jacksonville* Sikes Field • Macon, GA W 7–0 Jenkins (2–1) Wells (1–1) None 129 5–4 Feb 21 vs Middle Tennessee State* Sikes Field • Macon, GA W 6–1 Koosh (4–2) Martinez (0–2) None 109 6–4 Feb 22 vs Alabama State* Sikes Field • Macon, GA W 8–06 Kiemele (1–1) Pouson (0–3) None 115 7–4 Feb 23 vs Alabama State* Sikes Field • Macon, GA L 10–8 Pouson (1–3) Bretton (0–1) None 163 7–5 Feb 23 at Mercer* Sikes Field • Macon, GA W 2–15 Kinney (1–0) Pitts (1–2) Koosh (1) 219 8–5 Feb 28 vs Wisconsin* St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC L 1–5 Jacobson (4–1) Kinney (1–1) 'None 212 8–6 Feb 28 vs Bowling Green* St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 8–7 Jenkins (3–1) Marshall (1–2) None 259 9–6
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Mar 1 vs Bowling Green* St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 4–0 Jenkins (4–1) Marshall (1–3) None 292 10–6 Mar 1 at Coastal Carolina* St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC L 6–7 Picone (7–1) Koosh (4–4) Metzger (1) 367 10–7 Mar 2 at Coastal Carolina* St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 4–1 Kinney (2–1) Henderson (5–2) Bretton (1) 290 11–7 Mar 7 at Villanova Villanova Softball Complex • Villanova, PA L 2–10 Gallant (4–4) Kinney (2–2) None 223 11–8 0–1 Mar 8 at Villanova Villanova Softball Complex • Villanova, PA W 6–3 Koosh (5–4) Kobryn (3–6) None 289 12–8 1–1 Mar 9 at Villanova Villanova Softball Complex • Villanova, PA W 9–8 Kinney (3–2) Kobryn (3–7) None 264 13–8 2–1 Mar 14 at No. 7 Tennessee* Sherri Parker Lee Stadium • Knoxville, TN L 1–9 Pickens (8–3) Koosh (5–5) None 1,822 13–9 Mar 14 at No. 7 Tennessee* Sherri Parker Lee Stadium • Knoxville, TN L 3–4 Pickens (9–3) Koosh (5–6) None 1,954 13–10 Mar 16 at No. 7 Tennessee* Sherri Parker Lee Stadium • Knoxville, TN L 3–6 Mardjetko (8–1) Jenkins (4–2) None 2,014 13–11 Mar 21 Seton Hall Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 7–0 Kinney (4–2) Carr (8–3) None 244 14–11 3–1 Mar 22 Seton Hall Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 6–2 Jenkins (5–2) Kreuscher (4–4) None 420 15–11 4–1 Mar 23 Seton Hall Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 17–9 Kinney (5–2) Kreuscher (4–5) None 450 16–11 5–1 Mar 28 at Creighton Creighton Sports Complex • Omaha, NE L 6–7 Patchen (5–6) Koosh (5–7) None 16–12 5–2 Mar 28 at Creighton Creighton Sports Complex • Omaha, NE W 22–18 Kiemele (2–0) Shifflett (6–5) Kinney (1) 342 17–12 6–2 Mar 29 at Creighton Creighton Sports Complex • Omaha, NE W 8–0 Kinney (6–2) Patchen (4–7) None 111 18–12 7–2
April/May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Apr 1 at Boston College* Boston College Softball Field • Brighton, MA W 7–0 Koosh (6–7) Colleran (7–6) None 95 19–12 Apr 4 Butler Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 10–9 Kiemele (3–0) Baker (9–4) None 413 20–12 8–2 Apr 4 Butler Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT L 4–9 Baker (10–4) Koosh (6–8) None 433 20–13 8–3 Apr 6 Butler Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 5–3 Jenkins (6–2) Dyer (6–4) Kinney (2) 482 21–13 9–3 Apr 9 UMass* Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 10–4 Jenkins (7–2) Bolton (5–7) None 138 22–13 Apr 11 at Providence Glay Field • Providence, RI L 1–4 Grifone (7–7) Kinney (6–3) None 152 22–14 9–4 Apr 11 at Providence Glay Field • Providence, RI W 17–6 Jenkins (8–3) Twomey (3–9) None 227 23–14 10–4 Apr 13 at Providence Glay Field • Providence, RI W 16–0 Kinney (7–3) Grifone (7–8) None 150 24–14 11–4 Apr 15 at Boston University* Boston University Softball Field • Boston, MA Canceled Apr 16 Fairfield* Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 9–05 Jenkins (9–2) Kovar (2–6) None 297 25–14 Apr 18 at DePaul Cacciatore Stadium • Chicago, IL W 16–15 Kinney (8–3) Gusel (0–4) None 134 26–14 12–4 Apr 18 at DePaul Cacciatore Stadium • Chicago, IL W 14–5 Jenkins (10–2) Nigey (7–8) None 87 27–14 13–4 Apr 19 at DePaul Cacciatore Stadium • Chicago, IL W 10–88 Kinney (9–3) Nigey (7–9) None 187 28–14 14–4 Apr 25 Georgetown Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 2–1 Jenkins (11–2) Wissmar (1–6) None 237 29–14 15–4 Apr 26 Georgetown Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 12–45 Kinney (10–3) Dunn (5–15) None 518 30–14 16–4 Apr 27 Georgetown Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 12–35 Kinney (11–3) Wissmar (1–7) None 279 31–14 17–4 Apr 29 Boston College Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT L 5–10 Colleran (13–13) Jenkins (11–3) None 271 31–15 May 2 St. John's Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 3–0 Kinney (12–3) Serafinko (19–8) None 428 32–15 18–4 May 3 St. John's Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT L 3–4 Francia (18–6) Kinney (12–4) None 498 32–16 18–5 May 4 St. John's Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT L 5–68 Francia (19–6) Kinney (12–5) None 518 32–17 18–6
Post-Season
Big East Tournament Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BET Record May 8 (6) Providence (2) Villanova Softball Complex • Villanova, PA W 5–4 Kinney (13–5) Twomey (4–13) None 33–17 1–0 May 9 (4) Creighton (2) Villanova Softball Complex • Villanova, PA W 12–16 Kinney (14–5) Schopfer (9–7) None 34–17 2–0 May 10 (4) Creighton (2) Villanova Softball Complex • Villanova, PA W 18–45 Kinney (15–5) Schopfer (10–8) None 35–17 3–0
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record May 16 No. 19 (2) Nebraska (3) Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA L 2–106 Magee (8–4) Kinney (15–6) None 2,228 35–18 0–1 May 17 No. 11 (1) LSU (3) Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA L 0–3 Berzon (18–7) Kinney (15–7) None 2,380 35–19 0–2 Rankings from NFCA Poll, Tournament seeds in parentheses.

References

1. "2025 Softball Standings". BigEast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
2. Dom Amore (May 15, 2025). "Two sisters helped put UConn softball 'on the map.' Now Huskies face Nebraska in NCAA Tournament". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . Retrieved May 19, 2025.
3. Dom Amore (May 16, 2025). "UConn softball falls to Nebraska, 10-2, in NCAA opener; plays elimination game Saturday". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
4. "UConn softball falls to LSU in Baton Rouge Regional, ending historic season". The Bristol Press. Bristol, Connecticut. May 18, 2025. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
5. 2025 Softball Roster. UConn Huskies. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
6. 2025 Softball Schedule. UConn Huskies. Retrieved April 17, 2025.