Manhattan Lady Jaspers softball

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Manhattan Jaspers
Manhattan Jaspers logo.svg
University Manhattan College
Head coachBridget Hurlman (1st season)
Conference MAAC
Location Bronx, NY
Home stadiumGaelic Park
Nickname Lady Jaspers
ColorsGreen and white [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
1999, 2021
Conference Tournament championships
1999, 2021
Regular Season Conference championships
1994, 2009
For information on all Manhattan College sports, see Manhattan Jaspers

The Manhattan Lady Jaspers softball team represents Manhattan College in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The Jaspers are currently led by head coach Bridget Hurlman. The team plays its home games at Gaelic Park which is located on the college's campus. [2]

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History

Manhattan has been a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference since its inception in 1980 and has fielded a softball team each year since 1987. [3] Despite this, the Lady Jaspers have managed to win the conference regular season championship only twice in that timespan, sharing titles in both 1994 and 2009 with Canisius and Fairfield respectively. Manhattan has won the conference tournament twice, doing so in 1999 and 2021. [4] [5] In doing so, they advanced to the NCAA Division I softball tournament both years.

In the 1999 NCAA Division I softball tournament, the Lady Jaspers were defeated in their first game by Louisiana by a score of 15–0 in a game that ended via mercy rule after five innings. [6] Manhattan was eliminated from the tournament after losing their second and final game of the tournament, this time in a 4–3 loss to LIU Brooklyn that went to extra innings. [6] [7]

The Lady Jaspers returned to the tournament for the first time in 22 years in 2021 where they faced off against sixth ranked Arkansas and were defeated 8–0 innings via the mercy rule. [8] [9] The team was sent to the losers bracket where they were officially eliminated from the tournament by Stanford, losing an 11–2 contest. [10] [11]

Former head coach Cat Clifford departed from the program after the 2023 season. [12] On June 6, 2023, it was announced by the NCAA that the Manhattan athletic program improperly certified 26 student athletes across six sports, including softball. The Lady Jaspers' softball program was handed additional penalties after it was found that a former assistant coach improperly recruited players without completing a mandatory recruiting exam. The assistant also failed to cooperate with the investigation. [13] The college was hit with several penalties, which included being placed on two years of probation, a $5,000 fine, a suspension for the softball head coach for the first two non-conference games of the 2024 season, a 16-day prohibition against all softball recruiting activities during the June/July 2023 contact period, a five year show cause penalty for the former assistant coach, and a vacation of all records in which the student athletes competed while ineligible. [14] The MAAC released a statement in support of the NCAA's findings, while also maintaining they will continue to work with Manhattan to ensure the penalties are enforced. [15]

Former Rhode Island head coach Bridget Hurlman was named as Manhattan's next head coach following the departure of Clifford. [16]

Coaching history

YearsCoachRecord%
1989–1995 [17] Paul MazzeiN/AN/A
1996–2001Susan Hannon107–160–1.401 [18] [19]
2002Lois J. Kahl15–27.357 [20]
2003–2004Jennifer Fisher24–66.267 [21]
2005–2009Meaghan Asselta83–153.352 [22]
2010–2021Tom Pardalis275–274–1.501
2022–2023Cat Clifford26–67.280
2024–presentBridget Hurlman0–0–

Roster

2023 Manhattan Lady Jaspers roster
 

Pitchers

  • 13 – Mollie Charest – Senior
  • 9 – Ava Metzger – Junior
  • 14 – Gabi Mills – Junior
  • 16 – Makayla Veneziale – Junior

Catchers

  • 2 – Kaitlyn Flood – Graduate Student
  • 3 – Gabriella Mazzotta – Graduate Student
  • 21 – Anissa Villalobos– Junior
  • 24 – Grace Ware – Senior
  • 22 – Maddy Weir – Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 5 – Lindsey Hoag – Junior
  • 00 – Kaitlyn Holly – Senior
 

Infielders

  • 4 – Bella Cahueque – Sophomore
  • 11 – Jamie Falotico – Sophomore
  • 25 – Lily Fish – Senior
  • 18 – Megan Hedlund – Senior
  • 99 – Lauren Rende – Graduate Student
  • 43 – Kristyn Smith– Senior

Utility

  • 8 – Sophia Kiseloski– Sophomore
 
Reference: [23]

Season by season results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Manhattan Lady Jaspers (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)(1987–present)
1987N/A [N 1] N/AN/A7th [3]
1988N/A N/AN/A8th [3]
1989Paul Mazzei N/AN/A6th
1990Paul Mazzei N/AN/A9th
1991Paul Mazzei N/AN/A4th
1992Paul Mazzei N/AN/AN/A
1993Paul Mazzei 34–17N/A3rd
1994Paul Mazzei N/AN/AT–1st
1995Paul Mazzei N/AN/A2nd
1996Susan Hannon N/AN/A4th
1997Susan Hannon N/AN/AN/A
1998Susan Hannon N/AN/AN/A
1999Susan Hannon 23–258–84th NCAA Regionals
2000Susan Hannon 21–317–9T–6th
2001Susan Hannon 17–267–9T–5th
2002Lois J. Kahl 15–276–196th
2003Jennifer Fisher 8–333–139th
2004Jennifer Fisher 16–339–7T–3rd
2005Meaghan Asselta 22–259–7T–4th
2006Meaghan Asselta 26–246–10T–6th
2007Meaghan Asselta 4–423–139th
2008Meaghan Asselta 11–356–106th
2009Meaghan Asselta 20–2711–5T–1st
2010Tom Pardalis 25–23–19–74th
2011Tom Pardalis 25–2312–4T–2nd
2012Tom Pardalis 11–366–108th
2013Tom Pardalis 21–259–7T–4th
2014Tom Pardalis 26–2910–106th
2015Tom Pardalis 26–2013–7T–3rd
2016Tom Pardalis 30–2114–62nd
2017Tom Pardalis 34–2113–7T–3rd
2018Tom Pardalis 28–2510–105th
2019Tom Pardalis 20–30 [N 2] 7–13 [N 2] 7th
2020Tom Pardalis 6–6 [N 2] 0–0N/A

Season cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic

2021Tom Pardalis 22–16 [N 2] 17–13 [N 2] 6th NCAA Regionals
2022Cat Clifford 13–30 [N 2] 7–11 [N 2] 8th
2023Cat Clifford 13–358–129th
Total:517–685–2 (.437) [N 3]

      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

Notes

  1. ↑ Coach names are unavailable for 1987 and 1988, although MAAC records indicate a team was fielded in those years.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Records vacated due to ineligible player.
  3. ↑ Overall records are unavailable from 1987 to 1992, and from 1994 to 1998. Conference records are unavailable from 1987 to 1998. Conference finishing position in 1992, 1997, and 1998 is unavailable. All other finishing positions are available via MAAC record book. [3]

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