Monmouth Hawks softball
Monmouth Hawks | |
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University | Monmouth University |
Head coach | Shannon Salsburg (9th season) |
Conference | CAA |
Location | West Long Branch, NJ |
Home stadium | Monmouth University Softball Park |
Nickname | Hawks |
Colors | Midnight blue and white[1] |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
2018, 2019 | |
Conference Tournament championships | |
2018, 2019 | |
Regular Season Conference championships | |
NEC: 1999[2] MAAC: 2018, 2019, 2021[3] |
- For information on all Monmouth University sports, see Monmouth Hawks
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).[4] From 2014 until 2022, the team was a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).[5] 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.[6]
History
[edit]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.[7] 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.[8][9]
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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12][13] The Hawks won their final regular season title in the MAAC in the 2021 season.[14]
Monmouth officially joined the Coastal Athletic Association on July 1, 2022, after spending the last nine seasons in the MAAC.[15][16]
Coaching history
[edit]Years | Coach | Record | % |
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1984 | Rich DeFonce | 8–11–1 | .425 |
1985–1987 | Virginia Sulovski | 32–46 | .410 |
1988 | Lisa Leopold | 13–16 | .448 |
1989–1994 | Patti Adorna | 86–150–2 | .366 |
1995–2001 | Chris Wajda | 205–133–3 | .606 |
2002–2009 | Carol Sullivan | 179–176–2 | .504 |
2010–2015 | Louie Berndt | 147–121 | .549 |
2016–present | Shannon Salsburg | 179–176 | .504[17] |
Roster
[edit]2024 Monmouth Hawks roster | ||||||||
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Season by season results
[edit]Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Monmouth Hawks (Northeast Conference) (1984–2013) | |||||||||
1984 | Rich DeFonce | 8–11–1 | |||||||
1985 | Virginia Sulovski | 14–7 | |||||||
1986 | Virginia Sulovski | 7–16 | |||||||
1987 | Virginia Sulovski | 11–23 | |||||||
1988 | Lisa Leopold | 13–16 | |||||||
1989 | Patti Adorna | 16–23 | |||||||
1990 | Patti Adorna | 11–27–1 | |||||||
1991 | Patti Adorna | 14–29 | |||||||
1992 | Patti Adorna | 11–24–1 | |||||||
1993 | Patti Adorna | 12–25 | |||||||
1994 | Patti Adorna | 22–22 | 10–8 | 2nd | |||||
1995 | Chris Wajda | 37–19–1 | 11–5 | 4th | |||||
1996 | Chris Wajda | 23–25 | 12–4 | 2nd | |||||
1997 | Chris Wajda | 24–27 | 8–8 | 6th | |||||
1998 | Chris Wajda | 26–15–1 | 8–4 | 4th | |||||
1999 | Chris Wajda | 35–13 | 14–4 | 1st | |||||
2000 | Chris Wajda | 32–13–1 | 16–4 | 2nd | |||||
2001 | Chris Wajda | 28–21 | 18–4 | 2nd | |||||
2002 | Carol Sullivan | 18–23 | 12–10 | 5th | |||||
2003 | Carol Sullivan | 17–27 | 13–9 | 4th | |||||
2004 | Carol Sullivan | 19–23 | 12–6 | 3rd | |||||
2005 | Carol Sullivan | 29–20 | 10–10 | 6th | |||||
2006 | Carol Sullivan | 20–25 | 8–10 | 6th | |||||
2007 | Carol Sullivan | 31–18 | 13–5 | T–2nd | |||||
2008 | Carol Sullivan | 19–22–1 | 9–8 | 5th | |||||
2009 | Carol Sullivan | 26–18–1 | 11–7 | 3rd | |||||
2010 | Louie Berndt | 30–18 | 15–4 | 2nd | |||||
2011 | Louie Berndt | 21–21 | 10–10 | 6th | |||||
2012 | Louie Berndt | 24–20 | 12–8 | 4th | |||||
2013 | Louie Berndt | 31–16 | 15–5 | 3rd | |||||
Monmouth Hawks (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2014–2022) | |||||||||
2014 | Louie Berndt | 22–21 | 12–8 | 5th | |||||
2015 | Louie Berndt | 19–25 | 12–8 | T–5th | |||||
2016 | Shannon Salsburg | 29–21 | 13–7 | T–3rd | |||||
2017 | Shannon Salsburg | 25–31 | 11–9 | 5th | |||||
2018 | Shannon Salsburg | 32–16 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2019 | Shannon Salsburg | 36–18 | 16–4 | T–1st | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2020 | Shannon Salsburg | 11–9 | 0–0 | N/A |
Season cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic | ||||
2021 | Shannon Salsburg | 25–9 | 25–7 | 1st | |||||
2022 | Shannon Salsburg | 11–38 | 6–14 | 10th | |||||
Monmouth Hawks (Coastal Athletic Association) (2023–present) | |||||||||
2023 | Shannon Salsburg | 10–34 | 8–16 | 9th | |||||
2024 | Shannon Salsburg | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Total: | 849–829–8 (.506) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Monmouth University Athletics Quick Facts". December 28, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ "Monmouth Hawks - NCAA History". sites.google.com.
- ^ "Softball Standings 1986-2022". maacsports.com.
- ^ Star-Ledger, Brendan Prunty/The (December 15, 2012). "Monmouth University accepts invite to join MAAC in 2013, leaving Northeast Conference". nj.
- ^ "CAA adding three new schools to conference". ESPN.com. January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Facilities". Monmouth University Athletics.
- ^ "NEC Softball History". northeastconference.org.
- ^ "Monmouth Wins 2018 MAAC Softball Title". maacsports.com.
- ^ "SOFTBALL WINS SECOND STRAIGHT MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP". Monmouth University Athletics. 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Monmouth vs Tennessee DI Softball Game Summary - May 18th, 2018 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
- ^ "Freshmen Lead Ohio Softball to First Ever NCAA Regional Victory". Ohio University. 19 May 2018.
- ^ Auzenne, Josh (May 18, 2019). "LSU softball shuts out Monmouth in Baton Rouge Regional". www.wafb.com.
- ^ "Monmouth vs Louisiana Tech DI Softball Game Summary - May 18th, 2019 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
- ^ "2021 MAAC Softball Championship Field Is Set". maacsports.com.
- ^ Media, Adam Zagoria | For NJ Advance (January 18, 2022). "Monmouth is leaving MAAC, Big South for Colonial Athletic Association". nj.
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- ^ a b "2023 MUSB ALMANAC (PDF)" (PDF). Monmouth University Athletics.
- ^ "2024 Softball Roster". Monmouth University Athletics.
- ^ "2023 Softball Standings". caasports.com.