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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). From 2014 until 2022, the team was a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). 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.
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. 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.
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. 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. 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. The Hawks won their final regular season title in the MAAC in the 2021 season.
Monmouth officially joined the Coastal Athletic Association on July 1, 2022, after spending the last nine seasons in the MAAC.
Coaching history 1984 Rich DeFonce 8–11–1 1985–1987 Virginia Sulovski 32–46 1988 Lisa Leopold 13–16 1989–1994 Patti Adorna 86–150–2 1995–2001 Chris Wajda 205–133–3 2002–2009 Carol Sullivan 179–176–2 2010–2015 Louie Berndt 147–121 2016–present Shannon Salsburg 179–176
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:
Season-by-season results
Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic
See also List of NCAA Division I softball programs
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