The 2026 UConn Huskies softball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2026 NCAA Division I softball season. The Huskies were led by Laura Valentino in her 7th year as head coach, and competed as part of the Big East Conference. They played their home games at Connecticut Softball Stadium.

Due to expected weather conditions in North Carolina, the Elon Softball Classic was canceled and the Huskies instead entered the JoAnne Graf Classic at Florida State for the opening weekend.

The Huskies claimed a share of the regular season Big East title with an 18–6 record. They entered the Big East Tournament as the second seed, as Providence held the tiebreaker by winning the season series. UConn won their second Big East Tournament in a row with a 8–3 victory over Creighton in the winner-take-all final. They were selected to the NCAA College Station Regional, facing 15th national seeded in the first round. They won their first game in NCAA tournament play since 2001 by defeating , but were eliminated by a pair of losses to Texas A&M.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the regular season with an 18–6 record and entered the 2025 Big East Conference softball tournament as the second seed. They won the Big East tournament and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2001. They lost to and host to end their season.

Personnel

Roster 2026 Connecticut Huskies roster Pitchers 4 - Stella Kiemele - Sophomore 9 - Caprice Bohmer - Freshman 13 - Alexandra Bacher - Sophomore 23 - Amber Bretton - Sophomore 24 - Sydnee Koosh - Junior 55 - Jessica Walter - Graduate student

Catchers 5 - Alexis Juhl - Freshman 20 - Heidi Barber - Sophomore Utility 22 - Haley Coupal - Senior 31 - Emma Willers - Freshman

Outfielders 1 - Bella Cruz - Sophomore 10 - Isabella Lundquist - Freshman 11 - Kaitlyn Breslin - Junior 12 - Kaitlyn Kibling - Senior 21 - Bella Cefola - FreshmanInfielders 3 - Kaiea Higa - Senior 6 - Ava Calciano - Freshman 7 - Grace Carrington - Sophomore 8 - Cat Petteys - Sophomore 15 - Savannah Ring - Senior 19 - Caylee De Meo - Junior

Coaches 2026 Connecticut Huskies softball coaching staffLaura Valentino – Head coach – 7th season Mackenzie Keyes – Assistant coach – 3rd season Giselle Juarez-Presley – Assistant coach – 2nd season Sydney Fleming – Assistant coach – 1st season

Schedule Legend UConn win UConn loss CancellationBoldUConn team member * Non-Conference game

2026 UConn Huskies softball game log Regular season February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Feb 5 vs * JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL(JoAnne Graf Classic) L 2–6 Turner (1–0) Walter (0–1) None 0–1 Feb 6 vs * JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL(JoAnne Graf Classic) L 1–10 Maynard (1–0) Bohmer (0–1) Veal (1) 0–2 Feb 7 vs * JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL(JoAnne Graf Classic) L 9–10 Neiss (2–0) Watler (0–2) None 0–3 Feb 8 at No. 7 * JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL(JoAnne Graf Classic) L 0–6 Gaskell (1–0) Bacher (0–1) None 476 0–4 Feb 13 vs * CSU Softball Complex • North Charleston, SC(Lowcountry Classic) W 7–2 Bohmer (1–1) Ma. Lee (0–1) None 1–4 Feb 13 at * CSU Softball Complex • North Charleston, SC(Lowcountry Classic) W 13–0 Walter (1–2) Clopton (0–4) None 155 2–4 Feb 14 vs Akron* CSU Softball Complex • North Charleston, SC(Lowcountry Classic) L 0–2 Jamrong (1–0) Koosh (0–1) None 2–5 Feb 14 at * CofC Softball Stadium at Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SC(Lowcountry Classic) L 1–12 Mathis Bohmer (1–2) None 257 2–6 Feb 15 vs * CSU Softball Complex • North Charleston, SC(Lowcountry Classic) L 1–2 Fulton Bohmer (1–3) None 162 2–7 Feb 20 vs * FGCU Softball Complex • Fort Myers, FL(Gulf Coast Classic) L 0–3 Jacobson Walter (1–3) None 2–8 Feb 20 vs * FGCU Softball Complex • Fort Myers, FL(Gulf Coast Classic) L 3–6 Russ (2–3) Koosh (0–2) None 2–9 Feb 21 vs * FGCU Softball Complex • Fort Myers, FL(Gulf Coast Classic) L 2–10 Reeves (2–0) Bohmer (1–5) None 505 2–10 Feb 21 at * FGCU Softball Complex • Fort Myers, FL(Gulf Coast Classic) W 4–3 Walter (2–2) Bacoulis (2–4) Bohmer (1) 503 3–10 Feb 22 vs Wisconsin* FGCU Softball Complex • Fort Myers, FL(Gulf Coast Classic) L 0–8 Herr (5–3) Walter (2–3) None 246 3–11 Feb 27 vs * Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium • Lynchburg, VA(Liberty Invitational) L 4–5 Veal (2–2) Bacher (0–2) None 67 3–12 Feb 27 vs Marshall* Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium • Lynchburg, VA(Liberty Invitational) L 1–3 Maynard (4–2) Bohmer (1–6) None 59 3–13 Feb 28 at * Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium • Lynchburg, VA(Liberty Invitational) W 7–1 Walter (3–3) Yoder (0–3) None 447 4–13 Feb 28 vs Radford* Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium • Lynchburg, VA(Liberty Invitational) L 2–5 Redmon (3–4) Koosh (0–3) None 67 4–14 March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Mar 1 vs Radford* Kamphuis Field at Liberty Softball Stadium • Lynchburg, VA(Liberty Invitational) L 1–5 Cooper (2–4) Walter (3–4) None 87 4–15 Mar 8 at Columbia Softball Stadium • New York, NY W 5–3 Bohmer (2–5) Serafinko (7–4) Walter (1) 75 5–15 1–0 Mar 8 at St. John's Columbia Softball Stadium • New York, NY L 10–11 Serafinko (8–4) Walter (3–5) None 75 5–16 1–1 Mar 9 at St. John's Columbia Softball Stadium • New York, NY W 4–1 Bretton (3–6) Serafinko (8–5) Walter (1) 25 6–16 2–1 Mar 10 * Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 7–3 Koosh (1–3) Sciaretto (0–2) None 215 7–16 Mar 13 at Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field • South Orange, NJ L 4–5 Dupuis (2–0) Walter (3–6) None 42 7–17 2–2 Mar 14 at Seton Hall Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field • South Orange, NJ W 8–6 Bretton (4–6) Kreuscher Walter (2) 51 8–17 3–2 Mar 15 at Seton Hall Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field • South Orange, NJ L 5–8 Dupuis (3–0) Bacher (0–3) None 112 8–18 3–3 Mar 20 at No. 10 Arkansas* Bogle Park • Fayetteville, AR L 4–12 McWhorter (2–0) Walter (3–7) None 2,530 8–19 Mar 21 at No. 10 Arkansas* Bogle Park • Fayetteville, AR L 2–10 Burnham (7–2) Koosh (1–4) None 3,088 8–20 Mar 22 at No. 10 Arkansas* Bogle Park • Fayetteville, AR L 4–9 Timmerman (5–0) Walter (3–8) None 2,468 8–21 Mar 24 * Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 17–0 Bohmer (3–6) Sullivan (2–2) None 50 9–21 Mar 24 New Haven* Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 15–8 Bacher (1–3) Rhodes (1–2) None 133 10–21 Mar 25 * BU Softball Field • Boston, MA L 1–9 Ricard (16–5) Koosh (1–4) None 57 10–22 Mar 27 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 11–3 Bohmer (4–6) Messer (6–10) None 50 11–22 4–3 Mar 28 DePaul Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 7–5 Walter (4–8) Nigey (3–5) Bohmer (2) 308 12–22 5–3 Mar 29 DePaul Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 10–1 Bohmer (5–6) Nigey (3–6) None 332 13–22 6–3 April/May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Apr 3 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 5–3 Bohmer (6–6) Kobryn (2–10) Walter (4) 275 14–22 7–3 Apr 3 Villanova Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 9–1 Koosh (2–5) King (1–4) None 275 (DH) 15–22 8–3 Apr 4 Villanova Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 2–0 Bohmer (7–6) Zych (2–3) Walter (5) 492 16–22 9–3 Apr 7 at * Harrington Athletics Village • Brighton, MA W 6–5 Koosh (3–4) Colleran (3–8) Walter (6) 17–22 Apr 10 at Butler Softball Field • Indianapolis, IN W 16–3 Bohmer (8–6) Petran (7–5) None 323 18–22 10–3 Apr 11 at Butler Butler Softball Field • Indianapolis, IN W 5–0 Koosh (4–5) Dyer (3–3) Walter (7) 407 19–22 11–3 Apr 12 at Butler Butler Softball Field • Indianapolis, IN W 2–1 Bohmer (9–6) Berger (1–5) Walter (8) 347 20–22 12–3 Apr 14 * Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 6–0 Bohmer (10–6) Tracy (2–8) None 265 21–22 Apr 17 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT L 6–7 Twomey (9–1) Bohmer (10–7) Brooks (1) 343 21–23 12–4 Apr 18 Providence Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT L 3–4 Frye (4–3) Bohmer (10–8) None 678 21–24 12–5 Apr 18 Providence Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 12–4 Koosh (5–5) Hopkins (1–4) None 626 22–24 13–5 Apr 22 * Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 11–3 Bohmer (11–8) Steppe (11–4) None 51 23–24 Apr 24 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 12–11 Bretton (3–0) Harris (4–4) Walter (9) 164 24–24 14–5 Apr 25 Creighton Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT L 5–7 Gilman (14–8) Koosh (5–6) None 430 24–25 14–6 Apr 26 Creighton Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT W 4–2 Walter (5–8) Harris (4–5) None 521 25–25 15–6 May 1 at Washington Nationals Youth Academy • Washington, D.C. W 14–6 Bohmer (11–8) Larson (5–8) None 111 26–25 16–6 May 2 at Georgetown Washington Nationals Youth Academy • Washington, D.C. W 4–0 Koosh (6–6) Egbert (5–7) Bretton (1) 219 27–25 17–6 May 3 at Georgetown Washington Nationals Youth Academy • Washington, D.C. W 15–1 Walter (6–8) Larson (7–10) None 159 28–25 18–6 Post-Season Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BET Record May 7 (3) Creighton (2) Parkway Bank Sports Complex • Rosemont, IL W 9–3 Walter (7–8) Gilman (15–9) None 563 29–25 1–0 May 8 (4) Butler (2) Parkway Bank Sports Complex • Rosemont, IL W 12–1 Bohmer (13–8) Dyer (4–5) None 30–25 2–0 May 9 (3) Creighton (2) Parkway Bank Sports Complex • Rosemont, IL L 2–5 Harris (7–6) Bohmer (13–9) None 257 30–26 2–1 May 9 (3) Creighton (2) Parkway Bank Sports Complex • Rosemont, IL W 8–3 Walter (8–8) Gilman (16–10) None 257 31–26 3–1 Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Reg Record May 15 (1) (4) Davis Diamond • College Station, TX L 3–17 Peters (15–5) Bohmer (13–10) None 1,752 31–27 0–1 May 16 (2) (4) Davis Diamond • College Station, TX W 5–1 Walter (9–8) Taylor (17–6) None 1,644 32–27 1–1 May 16 (1) Texas A&M (4) Davis Diamond • College Station, TX L 3–10 Lessentine (15–4) Koosh (6–7) None 1,656 32–28 1–2 Rankings from NFCA Poll, Tournament seeds in parentheses.

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