Monmouth Hawks softball

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Monmouth Hawks
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University Monmouth University
Head coachShannon Salsburg (9th season)
Conference CAA
Location West Long Branch, NJ
Home stadiumMonmouth University Softball Park
Nickname Hawks
ColorsMidnight blue and white [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
2018, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
2018, 2019
Regular Season Conference championships
NEC: 1999 [2]
MAAC: 2018, 2019, 2021 [3]
For information on all Monmouth University sports, see Monmouth Hawks

The Monmouth Hawks softball team represents Monmouth University in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA). From 1984 until 2013, the team was a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). [4] From 2014 until 2022, the team was a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). [5] The Hawks are currently led by head coach Shannon Salsburg. The team plays its home games at Monmouth University Softball Park which is located on the college's campus. [6]

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History

Despite finishing in the top three of the Northeast Conference standings 10 times, the Hawks only managed to win the NEC regular season title once and failed win the conference tournament. [7] After moving to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 2014, Monmouth found significantly more success by winning the MAAC regular season title three times, doing so in 2018, 2019, and 2021, and winning the conference tournament twice in 2018 and 2019. [8] [9]

The Hawks qualified for the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament, the Hawks first ever appearance in the tournament. In their first game of the tournament, they were defeated by Tennessee by a score of 9–0, losing via mercy rule in five innings. [10] They were eliminated from the tournament by Ohio by a score of 4–0, failing to score a run in either game of their first NCAA tournament. [11] Monmouth qualified for their second consecutive NCAA tournament in 2019. They again failed to score a single run in the tournament, losing initially to LSU 2–0 and were eliminated from the tournament by Louisiana Tech by a score of 1–0. [12] [13] The Hawks won their final regular season title in the MAAC in the 2021 season. [14]

Monmouth officially joined the Coastal Athletic Association on July 1, 2022, after spending the last nine seasons in the MAAC. [15] [16]

Coaching history

YearsCoachRecord%
1984Rich DeFonce8–11–1.425
1985–1987Virginia Sulovski32–46.410
1988Lisa Leopold13–16.448
1989–1994Patti Adorna86–150–2.366
1995–2001Chris Wajda205–133–3.606
2002–2009Carol Sullivan179–176–2.504
2010–2015Louie Berndt147–121.549
2016–presentShannon Salsburg179–176.504 [17]

Roster

2024 Monmouth Hawks roster
 

Pitchers

  • 31 – Billie Kerwood – Junior
  • 74 – Olivia Lewis – Freshman
  • 22 – Kait Mulcahey – Senior
  • 21 – Ana Rodriguez – Senior

Catchers

  • 27 – Devin Coia – Senior
  • 10 – Savannah Simons – Sophomore
  • 35 – Abby Warner – Senior
 

Outfielders

  • 20 – Lexi Castaneda – Junior
  • 13 – Dani Dabroski – Graduate Student
  • 30 – Kiley O'Rourke – Senior
  • 33 – Tessa Thompson – Sophomore

Infielders

  • 28 – Mackenzie Bloss – Sophomore
  • 12 – Emily Churchill – Senior
  • 15 – Bri Lawson – Sophomore
  • 8 – Giana Scotti – Freshman
  • 4 – Isabella Slape – Junior

Utility

  • 14 – Kaitlynn Place – Sophomore
 
Reference: [18]

Season by season results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Monmouth Hawks (Northeast Conference)(1984–2013)
1984Rich DeFonce 8–11–1
1985Virginia Sulovski 14–7
1986Virginia Sulovski 7–16
1987Virginia Sulovski 11–23
1988Lisa Leopold 13–16
1989Patti Adorna 16–23
1990Patti Adorna 11–27–1
1991Patti Adorna 14–29
1992Patti Adorna 11–24–1
1993Patti Adorna 12–25
1994Patti Adorna 22–2210–82nd
1995Chris Wajda 37–19–111–54th
1996Chris Wajda 23–2512–42nd
1997Chris Wajda 24–278–86th
1998Chris Wajda 26–15–18–44th
1999Chris Wajda 35–1314–41st
2000Chris Wajda 32–13–116–42nd
2001Chris Wajda 28–2118–42nd
2002Carol Sullivan 18–2312–105th
2003Carol Sullivan 17–2713–94th
2004Carol Sullivan 19–2312–63rd
2005Carol Sullivan 29–2010–106th
2006Carol Sullivan 20–258–106th
2007Carol Sullivan 31–1813–5T–2nd
2008Carol Sullivan 19–22–19–85th
2009Carol Sullivan 26–18–111–73rd
2010Louie Berndt 30–1815–42nd
2011Louie Berndt 21–2110–106th
2012Louie Berndt 24–2012–84th
2013Louie Berndt 31–1615–53rd
Monmouth Hawks (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)(2014–2022)
2014Louie Berndt 22–2112–85th
2015Louie Berndt 19–2512–8T–5th
2016Shannon Salsburg 29–2113–7T–3rd
2017Shannon Salsburg 25–3111–95th
2018Shannon Salsburg 32–1619–11st NCAA Regionals
2019Shannon Salsburg 36–1816–4T–1st NCAA Regionals
2020Shannon Salsburg 11–90–0N/A

Season cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic

2021Shannon Salsburg 25–925–71st
2022Shannon Salsburg 11–386–1410th
Monmouth Hawks (Coastal Athletic Association)(2023–present)
2023Shannon Salsburg 10–348–169th
2024Shannon Salsburg 0–00–0
Total:849–829–8 (.506)

      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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