The 2022 UConn Huskies softball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Huskies were led by Laura Valentino in her 3rd year as head coach, and play as part of the Big East Conference after joining the conference for the 2020–21 academic year. They played their home games at the newly rebuilt Connecticut Softball Stadium.
The Huskies claimed their first Big East regular season title in 26 years, and lost in the championship game of the 2022 Big East Conference softball tournament to .
Previous season UConn finished with a final record of 22–20, and finished third in the Big East with a conference record of 12–9. They reached the final of the Big East Tournament, but fell to Villanova.
Personnel
Roster 2022 Connecticut Huskies roster Pitchers 00 - Payton Kinney - Sophomore 13 - Delaney Nagy - Freshman 16 - Meghan O'Neil - Junior 17 - Marybeth Olson - Graduate Student 18 - Elise Sokolsky - Freshman
Catchers 4 - Lauren Benson - Sophomore 22 - Madisyn Estorga - Sophomore 33 - Erika Coreth - Graduate Student Outfielders 1 - Hollis Wivell - Senior 5 - Aziah James - Senior 14 - Lexi Hastings - Freshman 19 - Reese Guevarra - Graduate Student
Utility 2 - Giuliana Abruscato - Sophomore 15 - Sami Barnett - Senior Infielders 3 - Taylor Zatyk - Sophomore 6 - Rileigh De Weese - Sophomore 8 - Briana Marcelino - Graduate Student 9 - Olivia Sappington - Graduate Student 10 - Rosie Garcia - Freshman 11 - Mackenzie Fitzpatrick - Junior 23 - Jana Sanden - Sophomore 24 - Emily Piergustavo - Senior 31 - Makenzie Mason - Sophomore
Coaches 2022 Connecticut Huskies softball coaching staffLaura Valentino – Head coach – 3rd season Christie Novatin – Associate head coach – 3rd season Kyle Brady – Assistant coach – 1st season Nikki Cuccio – Volunteer assistant coach – 1st season
Schedule Legend UConn win UConn loss CancellationBoldUConn team member * Non-Conference game
2022 UConn Huskies softball game log Regular season February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Feb 11 vs No. 11 * Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex • Leesburg, FL(Northern Lights/Southern Nights) W 6–2 Olson (1–0) Krings (0–1) Sokolsky (1) 200 1–0 Feb 11 vs * Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex • Leesburg, FL(Northern Lights/Southern Nights) L 0–8 Williams (1–0) Sokolsky (0–1) None 1–1 Feb 12 vs * Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex • Leesburg, FL(Northern Lights/Southern Nights) L 0–6 Miller (2–0) Sokolsky (0–2) None 1–2 Feb 12 vs * Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex • Leesburg, FL(Northern Lights/Southern Nights) W 2–1 Sokolsky (1–1) Parshall (0–1) None 2–2 Feb 13 vs * Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex • Leesburg, FL(Northern Lights/Southern Nights) L 3–4 Schwartz (1–0) Olson (1–1) None 2–3 Feb 18 at * Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium • Charlotte, NC L 0–8 Wright (1–1) Olson (1–2) None 200 2–4 Feb 18 vs * Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium • Charlotte, NC W 10–2 O'Neil (1–0) Barefoot (2–1) None 75 3–4 Feb 19 vs No. 22 * Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium • Charlotte, NC L 5–9 Bermudez (1–0) O'Neil (1–1) None 182 3–5 Feb 20 vs No. 22 James Madison* Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium • Charlotte, NC L 5–11 Humphrey (1–1) O'Neil (1–2) None 102 3–6 Feb 25 vs * CofC Softball Stadium at Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC W 4–0 O'Neil (2–2) Juett (1–2) Nagy (1) 75 4–6 Feb 25 at * CofC Softball Stadium at Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC W 6–0 Olson (2–2) Lemire (0–4) None 100 5–6 Feb 26 vs Appalachian State* CofC Softball Stadium at Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC W 2–1 O'Neil (3–2) Nichols (1–1) None 75 6–6 Feb 26 vs Western Carolina* CofC Softball Stadium at Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC W 8–0 Sokolsky (2–2) Rice (3–2) None 100 7–6 Feb 27 vs Appalachian State* CofC Softball Stadium at Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC W 7–6 Sokolsy (3–2) Buckner (4–1) None 200 8–6 March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Mar 4 vs * Williams Field at Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC(UNC Tournament) L 2–6 Scott (6–3) O'Neil (3–3) None 103 8–7 Mar 5 vs No. 12 Oregon* Williams Field at Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC(UNC Tournament) L 1–9 Kliethermes (6–2) Olson (2–3) None 242 8–8 Mar 5 vs * Williams Field at Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC(UNC Tournament) W 7–1 Sokolsky (4–2) Lingenfelter (3–4) None 206 9–8 Mar 6 vs No. 12 Oregon* Williams Field at Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC(UNC Tournament) L 3–9 Hansen (3–0) Sokolsky (4–3) None 138 9–9 Mar 6 at * Williams Field at Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC(UNC Tournament) L 7–8 George O'Neil (3–3) Myrtle (1) 238 9–10 Mar 11 at Red Storm Field • Queens, NY W 8–0 O'Neil (4–4) Mearns (2–7) None 101 10–10 1–0 Mar 11 at St. John's Red Storm Field • Queens, NY W 11–1 Sokolsky (5–3) Zamudio (1–7) None 75 11–10 2–0 Mar 15 at St. John's Red Storm Field • Queens, NY W 5–0 Sokolsky (6–3) Zamudio (1–8) None 73 12–10 3–0 Mar 18 at Washington Nationals Youth Academy • Washington, D.C. W 7–3 Sokolsky (7–3) Dunn (5–2) None 101 13–10 4–0 Mar 19 at Georgetown Washington Nationals Youth Academy • Washington, D.C. L 5–7 Dunn (6–2) Nagy (0–1) None 151 13–11 4–1 Mar 20 at Georgetown Washington Nationals Youth Academy • Washington, D.C. W 4–0 O'Neil (5–4) Dunn (6–3) None 79 14–11 5–1 Mar 23 * Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 5–4 Sokolsky (7–3) Farris (0–11) None 211 15–11 Mar 25 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 7–6 Sokolsky (8–3) Hocker (2–6) None 250 16–11 6–1 Mar 26 DePaul Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 7–3 Sokolsky (9–3) Lehman (4–5) None 325 17–11 7–1 Mar 27 DePaul Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 10–2 Olson (3–3) Hocker (2–7) None 220 18–11 8–1 Mar 30 * Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT L 2–5 Boaz (11–4) O'Neil (7–5) None 192 18–12 April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Apr 1 at Butler Softball Field • Indianapolis, IN L 2–6 Ricketts (9–2) O'Neil (7–6) None 151 18–13 8–2 Apr 2 at Butler Butler Softball Field • Indianapolis, IN W 5–0 Sokolsy (10–3) Griman (2–5) None 140 19–13 9–2 Apr 3 at Butler Butler Softball Field • Indianapolis, IN W 3–0 Sokolsy (11–3) Rickets (9–3) None 145 20–13 10–2 Apr 6 at * UMass Softball Complex • Amherst, MA W 15–0 Sokolsky (12–3) Bolton (5–6) None 79 21–13 Apr 8 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 5–4 Sokolsky (13–3) Mullally (4–4) Olson (1) 260 22–13 11–2 Apr 9 Creighton Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 7–3 Sokolsky (14–3) Mullally (4–5) None 350 23–13 12–2 Apr 10 Creighton Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 13–5 O'Neil (8–6) Lawrence (2–3) None 410 24–13 13–2 Apr 12 * Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 12–8 O'Neil (9–6) Lynchard (6–17) None 200 25–13 Apr 13 * Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 4–1 Olson (3–3) Rhinehart (0–4) None 270 26–13 Apr 15 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 3–1 Sokolsky (15–3) Grifone (9–7) Olson (2) 415 27–13 14–2 Apr 16 Providence Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT L 1–2 Alvarez (8–3) Sokolsky (15–4) None 420 27–14 14–3 Apr 17 Providence Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 8–0 Sokolsky (16–4) Alvarez (8–4) None 280 28–14 15–3 Apr 20 at * Martone-Mejail Field • North Andover, MA W 6–0 Olson (4–3) Fornwalt (3–7) None 58 29–14 Apr 22 at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field • South Orange, NJ W 6–1 Sokolsky (17–4) Smith (9–11) Olson (3) 193 30–14 16–3 Apr 23 at Seton Hall Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field • South Orange, NJ W 5–2 O'Neill (10–6) Smith (9–12) None 219 31–14 17–3 Apr 24 at Seton Hall Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field • South Orange, NJ W 14–5 Sokolsky (18–4) Ehrenberg (2–2) None 127 32–14 18–3 Apr 27 at * Harrington Athletics Village • Brighton, MA W 5–1 Sokolsky (19–4) Schnackenber (8–7) None 76 33–14 Apr 30 * Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT L 2–5 Siler (11–1) Sokolsy (19–5) None 380 33–15 Apr 30 St. Joseph's* Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 1–0 O'Neil (11–6) Herr (5–5) None 380 34–15 May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record May 6 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 4–3 Olson (5–3) Pellicano (3–3) None 380 35–15 19–3 May 7 Villanova Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 3–0 O'Neil (12–6) Kennedy (6–7) None 300 36–15 20–3 May 8 Villanova Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT L 2–4 White (6–6) O'Neil (12–7) None 325 36–16 20–4 Post-Season Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BET Record May 12 (4) DePaul (1) Cacciatore Stadium • Chicago, IL L 2–6 Lehman (15–5) Sokolsky (19–6) None 36–17 0–1 May 12 (2) Butler (1) Cacciatore Stadium • Chicago, IL W 4–1 Sokolsky (20–6) Ricketts (14–6) None 1,214 37–17 1–1 May 13 (4) DePaul (1) Cacciatore Stadium • Chicago, IL W 6–2 O'Neil (13–7) Hocker (7–10) None 38–17 2–1 May 14 (3) Villanova (1) Cacciatore Stadium • Chicago, IL L 0–3 Rauch (17–6) O'Neil (13–8) Kennedy (3) 195 38–18 2–2 Rankings from NFCA Poll, Tournament seeds in parentheses.
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