The Hofstra Pride softball team represents Hofstra University in NCAA Division I college softball. The team belongs to the Colonial Athletic Association and plays home games at Bill Edwards Stadium, which was named in honor of longtime coach Bill Edwards in 2015. The Pride have gone to the NCAA Tournament seventeen times, with their best finish being a Super Regionals Appearance in 2012, losing to South Florida by just one run to miss a spot in the Women's College World Series.
Year-by-year results Results are from the NCAA Database along with Hofstra's respective conferences and are as of Hofstra's start as a Division I team in 1984. Season Coach Record Notes Overall Conference Independent 1984 Joe Botti 6-10 — 1986 Marc E Fazio 9-20 — 1987 14-17 — 1988 24-11 — East Coast Conference 1989Sharon Giblin 16-22 5-9 1990 Bill Edwards 19–7–1 7-7 1991 24–13 7-5 1992 35–7–1 9-1 Independent 1993Bill Edwards 37-12 7-5NCAA Tournament East Coast Conference 1994Bill Edwards 39-16 3-0 North Atlantic Conference/ America East Conference 1995 Bill Edwards 41-21 10-1 NCAA Tournament 1996 33-18 12-0 1997 38–16 12-0 1998 39-17 9-3 1999 40-19 11-3 NCAA Tournament 2000 42-21 22-4NCAA Tournament 2001 37-26 20-6 NCAA Tournament Colonial Athletic Conference 2002 Bill Edwards 28-25 11-2 2003 39-17 12-2NCAA Tournament 2004 38-21 14-4NCAA Regional Finalists 2005 43–16–1 14-2NCAA Regional Finalists 2006 37-20 14-6NCAA Tournament 2007 41-15 17–3NCAA Tournament 2008 45-13 18-3 NCAA Tournament 2009 26-21 14-3 2010 45-12 18-2 NCAA Regional Finalists 2011 40-13 19-1 2012 42-15 19-0 NCAA Regional Champions 2013 46-13 18-2NCAA Regional Finalists 2014 34-15 11-4NCAA Tournament 2015 Larissa Anderson 38–14–1 17-3 NCAA Tournament 2016 24-22 8-10 2017 27-23 11-8 2018 41-14 17-4NCAA Tournament 2019 Jay Miller 20-27 7-13 2020 3-15 0-0† 2021 16-16 6-8 2022 Adrienne Clarke 21-27 13-6 2023 29-25 16-7NCAA Tournament202423-2617-10202522-2815-122026Susan Cassidy-Lyke31-2321-3 †NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus.
Retired Numbers Hofstra Softball has retired six numbers in the program's history with Crystal Boyd's number thirteen being the first retired in 2008.
Hofstra Pride retired numbers No.PlayerYearsRef. 1 Kayleigh Lotti 2006–09 Retired numbers - Hofstra University 2 Olivia Galati 2010–13 13 Crystal Boyd 1991–94 19 Stacy Jackson 1992–95 Ashley Lane 2004–07 23 Alicia Smith 1997–2000
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