Saint Peter's Peacocks softball

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Saint Peter's Peacocks
Saint Peter's Peacocks monogram.svg
University Saint Peter's University
Head coachChris Stelma (8th season)
Conference MAAC
Location Jersey City, New Jersey
Home stadium Joseph J. Jaroschak Field
Nickname Peacocks
ColorsBlue and white [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
2001
Conference Tournament championships
2001
Regular Season Conference championships
1996, 2000

The Saint Peter's Peacocks softball team represents Saint Peter's University in the NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The Peacocks are currently led by head coach Chris Stelma. The team plays its home games at Joseph J. Jaroschak Field located in Lincoln Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. [2]

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History

Since joining the conference in 1981, Saint Peter's has won the MAAC regular season championship twice, doing so in 1996 in a tie with the Canisius Golden Griffins and in 2000. The Peacocks won the MAAC tournament championship in 2001, clinching a berth in the 2001 NCAA Division I softball tournament after defeating the Marist Red Foxes 2–0. [3]

In their first appearance in the NCAA tournament, the Peacocks faced off against Arizona. The Peacocks attempted a late-game comeback, scoring two runs in the top of the seventh inning, but were defeated by a score of 4–2. [4] The Wildcats, led by star pitcher Jennie Finch, would end up winning the 2001 Women's College World Series. [5] Saint Peter's were eliminated from the tournament by Texas Tech, losing in a 3–2 contest. [6]

Coaching history

YearsCoachRecord%
1978–1984 [7] [8] Pat Longo58–54.518
1985–1986 [9] Karen Karosy12–43.218
1987–1990Patrick Ciriello27–83.245
1991–1993Janice Higgins40–67.374
1994Joe Botti1–5.167
1994Vicki Morrow5–24–1.183
1995–1997Rich Gilberto81–58–2.582
1998–2003Ron DeRogitis174–97–2.641
2003Tim Camp18–12.600
2004–2006Jeff Horohonich49–79.383
2007–2008Mike Pelegrino28–61.315
2009Donna Barrone10–24.294
2010Dan Drutz2–36.053
2011–2016Ranae Bar29–249.104
2017–present [10] Chris Stelma80–214.272

Roster

2023 Saint Peter's Peacocks roster
 

Pitchers

  • 0 – Kristen Brennan – Senior
  • 27 – Christina Colon – Senior
  • 42 – Sydney Palmer – Freshman
  • 92 – Dakota Pitts – Sophomore
  • 34 – Sydney Senerchia – Graduate Student
  • 20 – Kasidy Slusser – Sophomore
  • 19 – Sophie Wilson – Senior

Catchers

  • 99 – Brandi Feeney – Senior
  • 9 – Kourtney Ketcham – Junior
  • 14 – Maiah Skakal – Junior
 

Infielders

  • 17 – Courtney Fraher – Senior
  • 7 – Aubrey Ketcham – Senior
  • 12 – Cara McNulty – Senior
  • 26 – Kaitlynn Peters – Junior
  • 1 – Katie Sciglimpaglia – Graduate Student
  • 86 – Tai Turner – Freshman

Outfielders

  • 66 – Isabella Chugranis – Freshman
  • 31 – Anja Solveig Kane – Graduate Student
  • 23 – Kaylee Lacomb – Freshman
  • 4 – Samantha Miller – Senior

Utility

  • 24 – Jess Forte – Sophomore
 
Reference: [11]

Season by season results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Saint Peter's Peacocks (AIAW)(1978–1980)
1978Pat Longo 10–2
1979Pat Longo 12–3
1980Pat Longo 11–4
Saint Peter's Peacocks (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)(1981–present)
1981Pat Longo 14–4
1982Pat Longo 7–9
1983Pat Longo 1–16
1984Pat Longo 3–16
1985Karen Karosy 6–23
1986Karen Karosy 6–20
1987Patrick Ciriello 11–163–108th
1988Patrick Ciriello 8–227–86th
1989Patrick Ciriello 3–223–148th
1990Patrick Ciriello 5–232–1210th
1991Janice Higgins 7–263–138th
1992Janice Higgins 18–205–113rd
1993Janice Higgins 15–219–194th
1994Joe Botti/Vicki Morrow 6–29–18–16
1995Rich Gilberto 19–22–15–7
1996Rich Gilberto 30–2011–1T–1st
1997Rich Gilberto 32–16–17–4–13rd
1998Ron DeRogitis 32–12–112–3–14th
1999Ron DeRogitis 31–2012–42nd
2000Ron DeRogitis 32–19–112–41st
2001Ron DeRogitis 42–1910–64th NCAA Regionals
2002Ron DeRogitis 30–2111–53rd
2003Ron DeRogitis/Tim Camp 24–1811–5T–2nd
2004Jeff Horohonich 11–225–11T–7th
2005Jeff Horohonich 15–333–128th
2006Jeff Horohonich 23–24–15–11T–8th
2007Mike Pelegrino 22–2311–52nd
2008Mike Pelegrino 6–385–11T–7th
2009Donna Barrone 10–242–129th
2010Dan Drutz 2–340–169th
2011Ranae Bart 3–351–159th
2012Ranae Bart 5–441–159th
2013Ranae Bart 9–442–149th
2014Ranae Bart 10–424–16T–10th
2015Ranae Bart 2–401–1911th
2016Ranae Bart 1–421–1911th
2017Chris Stelma 6–344–1610th
2018Chris Stelma 7–410–2011th
2019Chris Stelma 9–472–1811th
2020Chris Stelma 4–100–0N/A

Season cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic

2021Chris Stelma 2–282–2811th
2022Chris Stelma 22–337–139th
2023Chris Stelma 30–219–11T–7th
2024Chris Stelma 0–00–0
Total:544–1009–5 (.351)

      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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