Championship Schedule Wednesday, May 4 No. 4 Mercy at No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas - 3:00 p.m. No. 3 Molloy at No. 2 Bridgeport - 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 6 Winner Game One vs. Winner Game Two - 10:00 a.m. Loser Game One vs. Loser Game Two - 12:30 p.m. Loser Game Three vs. Winner Game Four - 3:00 p.m. Saturday, May 7 Winner Game Three vs. Winner Game Five - 12:00 p.m. If necessary...Game Seven will start 30 minutes after Game Six
East Coast Conference Staff Robert Dranoff Melissa Reilly Casey Rafferty Commissioner Sr. Associate Commissioner Associate Commissioner rdranoff@eccsports.org mreilly@eccsports.org crafferty@eccsports.org 631.372.0332 631.372.1886 631.372.0886 The 2022 East Coast Conference Softball Championship Program was written, laid out and designed by Casey Rafferty, Asisstant Commissioner for Strategic Communications, in Adobe InDesign CS5. Cover art work was designed by Casey Rafferty. Special thanks to the editorial assistance provided by: Bob Dranoff, Melissa Reilly and the Sports Information Directors of the East Coast Conference.
2021 Softball Championship Recap May 7 - Semifinals
No. 4 Mercy d. No. 1 Bridgeport, 2-1 No. 2 Molloy d. No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas, 4-1
May 8 - Semifinals
May 14 - Final
No. 1 Bridgeport d. No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas, 3-2
No. 1 Bridgeport d. No. 4 Mercy, 3-1 (8 inn.) No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas d. No. 2 Molloy, 8-0 (6 May 15 - Final inn.) No. 1 Bridgeport d. No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas, 5-4 No. 1 Bridgeport d. No. 4 Mercy, 5-1 No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas d. No. 2 Molloy, 5-2
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Southampton Southampton C.W. Post C.W. Post Molloy Dowling Adelphi C.W. Post Queens C.W. Post
Past Champions
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Queens C.W. Post C.W. Post C.W. Post Dowling C.W. Post Dowling C.W. Post C.W. Post Dowling
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021
Molloy Molloy Molloy LIU Post Queens Molloy Mercy LIU Post Bridgeport Bridgeport
* ECC Championship was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name 1 Madison D’Amato 2 Kiana Robinson 3 Samantha Schiebe 4 Kalea Faulk 5 Kyleigh Pinell 6 Grace Derita 7 Meg McFarland 10 Taylor Yates 11 Esmee Toet 12 Hailey Kim 13 Kaira Ramon 15 Olivia Saccoccio 16 Alex Hughes 17 Kaite Burawski 19 Isabella Porcaro 20 Irene Dill 21 Missy Daigneault 23 Erin Lifrieri 25 Kim Childes 33 Keylani Velez 44 Hannah Kirk
Yr Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr.
Pos C/IF IF P/IF 1B/C UTL C/OF OF C/IF IF/P IF OF IF C/3B P IF IF OF P OF UTL OF
Ht 5-3 5-5 5-9 5-11 5-3 5-4 5-7 5-9 5-5 5-4 5-3 5-2 5-2 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-6 5-3 5-5 5-3 5-4
Hometown/Previous School Warwick, R.I./Warwick Hamden, Conn./Hamden Monroe, Conn./Masuk Corning, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post Waterford, Conn./Waterford Middletown, Conn./Middletown Monroe, Conn./Masuk Elk Grove, Calif./Elk Grove The Hauge, Netherlands/Tallahassee CC Virginia Beach, Va./Bayside Stamford, Conn. /Westhill Coventry, R.I./Coventry Joliet, Ill./Joliet West Hartley, Del./Polytech Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland Rensselear, N.Y./Herkimer CC Seymour, Conn./Seymour Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis San Lorenzo, P/R./Colegio Catolico Chino Hills, Calif./Chino Hills
Coach Dawn Stearns
Kaite Burawski
Head Coach: Dawn Stearns (13th Season) Assistant Coaches: Ray Ramelli Jr, Stephanie Dean and Caitlin Eichler Volunteer Assistant Coach: Allie Luzzi
Quick Facts Location: Bridgeport, Conn. Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 4,800 Nickname: Purple Knights
Colors: Purple and White President: Danielle Wilken Ed.D. Director of Athletics: Jay Moran
Kaira Ramon
Did You Know?
• UB women’s soccer program claimed the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship with a 1-0 win over Grand Valley St. • UB softball has won the past two ECC Championships. • The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won six of the last 10 USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Championships.
About Bridgeport
Taylor Yates
An international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs, at the University of Bridgeport, the New England’s fastest growing university, students can earn degrees in a variety of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UB is among America’s strong international universities with 25 percent of our students coming from overseas. The University’s commitment to educate students from throughout the world is recognized in the US News and World Report issue on colleges. With students from more than 80 countries who are active in student government, publications and clubs, the University of Bridgeport prides itself in being a real world experience in globalization. Through its International Programs, the University provides academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities which support the University’s commitment to promote global citizenship and a commitment to public service. There are 200 full- and part-time faculty, including Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation Fellows, Ford Fellows, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, American Council for Learned Societies Scholars and Phi Beta Kappa Scholars. Known for its competent, committed, caring faculty, the University prides itself on its student-faculty ratio of 11:1. It also takes pride in its commitment to diversity. Some 32 percent of its students are members of minorities. Committed to creating new learning venues, the University of Bridgeport’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and its Office of Distance Learning pioneered the first online graduate degree program in the State of Connecticut. A variety of online courses and certificate programs are also
MERCY COLLEGE
Coach Jaime Lorenzo
Alexi Benson
No. Name Yr 1 Mia Harris So. 3 Maddie Lula Fr. 6 Alexi Benson Jr. 8 Samantha Franck Jr. 9 Shannon Sisco So. 10 Danielle Burgos Gr. 11 Bianca Mesadieu Fr. 12 Sydney Johnston Jr. 13 Nicole Smart Jr. 14 Jessica Evans Fr. 15 Ariana Ricci Sr. 17 Sabrina Gonzalez Sr. 21 Alexandra Karavias So. 23 Angelina Oquendo Jr. 24 Victoria Seppala Fr. 26 Hailey Puglia Jr. 27 Ylannah Bowman Sr. 41 Alexis Crawford Sr.
Pos UT/P UT P/2B 1B/3B/OF OF SS/3B UT C/1B/OF SS/2B C/3B/SS OF/C P P/UT P/IF UT UT 3B/C C/OF
B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R S/R R/R R/R R/R L/R
Ht 5-3 5-10 5-9 5-8 5-4 5-3 5-5 5-3 5-6 5-10 5-6 5-2 5-8 5-7 5-5 5-2 5-4 5-7
Hometown/Previous School West Harrison, N.Y./Harrison Milford, Conn./Jonathan Law Fredericksburg, Va./Riverbend La Habra Heights, Calif./La Habra Cicero, N.Y./Mansfield University Calexico, Calif./Arizona Western College Palm Bay, Fla./Eastern Florida State College Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial Santa Clarita, Calif./Golden Valley Canastota, N.Y./Canastota Sacramento, Calif./Cosumnes Oaks Royal Palm Beach, Fla./Wellington Westbury, N.Y./WT Clarke Middle Island, N.Y./Longwood Abington, Mass./Abington Holtsville, N.Y./Assumption College Temecula, Calif./Chaparral Hemet, Calif./West Valley High
Interim Head Coach: Jaime Lorenzo (1st Season) Assistant Coaches: Tayla Gardner, Samantha Rodriguez
Alexis Crawford
Quick Facts Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Founded: 1950 Enrollment: 9,403 Nickname: Mavericks
Colors: Blue and White President: Timothy L. Hall Director of Athletics: Matt Kilcullen, Jr.
Did You Know?
• Mercy is making their second straight appearance in ECC Championship and sixth overall • Mercy is looking for their second ECC Championship and first since 2017.
Samantha Franck
About Mercy:
Mercy College is a New York metropolitan area college of over 9,000 students studying at five campus locations including: Dobbs Ferry, Bronx, Manhattan, White Plains, Yorktown Heights. With over 90 undergraduate and graduate programs, 25 of which are offered online, Mercy College offers a quality liberal arts education within five schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Students may take classes during the day, evenings, weekends, and online, so that they can fit a rigorous Mercy College education into their busy lives. Mercy College also offers tremendous financial support so that the cost of college is not a barrier to success. The faculty is dedicated to the scholarship of teaching. Mercy College professors include Fulbright Scholars, published authors and national authorities in their fields. Mercy College offers a comprehensive intercollegiate NCAA Division II program that sponsors 16 varsity sports. The main campus located on the scenic banks of the Hudson River in Dobbs Ferry is just minutes from Manhattan. Mercy College students reside in the College’s on campus dormitory and within the suburban community of Dobbs Ferry. Intramural activities are also offered throughout the year for the recreational athlete. To apply to Mercy College visit www.mercy.edu or
MOLLOY COLLEGE No. Name 1 Akemi Poyer 2 Cheralyn Dusharme 3 Alex Burns 4 Karsyn Eaton 7 Emma Bachman 8 Natalie Moussa 10 Courtney Greene 12 Katie Hand 14 Amanda King 15 Milytza Perez 17 Chrissie Huhn 22 Steph Conrade 25 Myah Cepeda 28 Adriana Saab 29 Marissa Nicoletti 30 Amanda Cerretani 42 Alaina Spates 9 Penelope DiChiara
Yr Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Gr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Rs.
Pos B/T Ht Utl. S/R 5-4 Utl. R/R 5-7 OF R/R 5-5 INF R/R 5-5 OF L/L 5-3 1B/P R/R 5-4 P/Utl. L/L 5-8 INF R/R 5-6 P/Utl. R/R 5-8 P/Utl. R/R 5-7 INF L/R 5-3 OF L/R 5-7 1B L/L 5-7 OF R/R 5-6 Utl. R/R 5-4 Utl. R/R 5-2 C/3B R/R 5-7 TI
Hometown/Previous School Elmont, N.Y./Elmont Westbury, N.Y./W.T. Clarke Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin Chino Hills, Calif./Chino Hills Westampton, N.J./Rancocas Valley Chino Hills, Calif./Chino Hills East Islip, N.Y./East Islip East Meadow, N.Y./Kellenberg Guilford, Conn./Guilford Meriden, Conn./Francis T. Maloney Croydon, Penn./Harry S. Truman Franklin Square, N.Y./Kellenberg Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale Oakland, N.Y./Indian Hills Garden City South, N.Y./Carey Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa Tabernacle, N.J./Seneca Massapequa, N.Y./Team IMPACT
Coach Susan Cassidy-Lyke
Alex Burns
Head Coach: Susan Cassidy-Lyke (17th Season) Assistant Coaches: Dayna White, Ashley Melendez, Alex Russo
Quick Facts Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y. Colors: Maroon and White Founded: 1955 President: Dr. James Lentini Enrollment: 3,300 Director of Athletics: Susan Cassidy-Lyke Nickname: Lions
Steph Conrade
Did You Know?
• The Lions have won four East Coast Conference titles (2011, 2012,2013, 2016). • The maroon and white made the NCAA East Regional in 2021. The program won the region in 2010 and 2017. • Graduate student Courtney Greene was the 2021 East Coast Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
About Molloy
Courtney Greene
Molloy College is an institution of the Dominican tradition which offers students a rich, multi-dimensional educational experience in an academically challenging environment. We foster critical thinking and creative exploration while preparing students to live and work in the global world of today. Money magazine recently ranked Molloy College the #1 “Value All-Star” in the nation.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE
Coach Kristen Sullivan
Carissa Della Vecchia
No. Name 2 Nicolette MacDonald 3 Brooke Biamonte 4 Carissa Della Vecchia 5 Nevaeh Via 6 Emilee Mayer 7 Kim Astrologo 8 Nyla Sapia 9 Kaley Pederson 10 Lauren Krokondelas 11 Amanda Demmerle 14 Kaitlyn Tudico 15 Abbie Landrum 17 Athena Zak 18 Tara Hagan 20 Lindsey Thyberg 21 Emilie Olivier 22 Sarah Williams 23 Amanda Castro 24 Lauren Christensen 25 Amanda Schweitzer 30 Selena Davis 42 Rudae Gadson 77 Jailene Santiago
Yr Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Gr. Jr. Sr. Jr.
Pos IF P P IF/OF OF IF/UTL IF/C OF IF UTL OF P/IF IF UTL P/UTL C/IF IF IF C/UTL UTL OF UTL P/IF
B/T R/R R/L L/L R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
Ht 5-5 5-7 5-4 5-4 5-10 5-5 5-5 5-4 5-4 5-3 5-7 5-7 5-10 5-7 5-7 5-4 5-2 5-5 5-9 5-4 5-4 5-6 5-6
Hometown/Previous School Riverdale, N.J./Pompton Lakes Wood-Ridge, N.J./Wood-Ridge Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville Ennis, Texas/Centennial Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac Flemington, N.J./Hunterdon Central Region Riverside, Calif./Riverside Poly Whitestone, N.Y./The Mary Louis Academy Avon, Ohio/Avon Marlboro, N.Y./Marlboro Central Buena Park, Calif./Sunny Hills Clarence, N.Y./Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart New City, N.Y./Clarkstown South Suffern, N.Y./Suffern Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester Queens, N.Y./St. Francis Prep Long Beach, Calif./Woodrow Wilson Salem, N.Y./Salem Central Stony Point, N.Y./North Rockland Englewood, N.J./Teaneck Port Jervis, N.Y./Port Jervis Albany, N.Y./Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons
Head Coach: Kristen Sullivan (8th Season) Assistant Coach: Bill Madden, Penny Roberts, Melissa Sadler, Kyle Sullivan Abbie Landrum
Quick Facts Location: Sparkill, N.Y. Founded: 1896 Enrollment: 2,000 Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Maroon and Gold President: Ken Daley Director of Athletics: Nicole Ryan
Did You Know? Emilie Olivier
• Strong pitching has been one of STAC’s major strengths this season. Della Vecchia, a senior lefthander, leads the team in wins and strikeouts and threw a no-hitter against College of Staten Island. Landrum, a freshman righthander, has pitched five shutouts. • After a slow start, STAC turned its season around by winning 12 of 14 games that included a six-game win streak. The Lady Spartans have been ranked ninth in the first two NCAA Div, II East Regional weekly polls. They’ve now reached the 20-win plateau for three straight full seasons. • STAC has received offensive contributions from a wide array of players to form one of its deepest lineups in recent memory. Emilie Olivier and Carissa Della Vecchia provide extra-base punch while Abbie Landrum and Amanda Castro have added consistent hitting and run production. In conference play, Olivier and Castro sport batting averages over .400 and Olivier leads the team in homers and RBIs.
About St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas College is a vibrant, student-centered institution located in the New York City Metropolitan area. Founded in 1952 by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill as a teaching college, we have grown to a 72-acre campus, providing a safe, welcoming place to study over 100 majors, minors, and specializations in the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business and the School of Education. Yet it’s just 15 miles north of New York City, giving you quick access to learning, cultural, internship, and career opportunities in one of the world’s most exciting cities. Our students come from around the globe and are active inside and outside of the classroom. At STAC, we are dedicated to creating a learning environment that extends beyond the classroom with various clubs and activities, 20 NCAA Division II athletic teams, 2 Varsity teams (Sprint Football and Ice Hockey), 5 Club Sports teams, study abroad opportunities, and a community where students can make lifelong friendships and “stand out” while “fitting in.” We are committed to the holistic development of our students. Our state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Bloomberg Professional Laboratory, the Innovation Center equipped with 3D printers, the Kraus Fitness Center, HD Television Studio, Digital Imaging Labs — to name a few — provide our students with top-notch technology and hands-on experience to develop their mind, body, and spirit. St. Thomas Aquinas College focuses on fostering student success. Through the support of our dedicated faculty and administration, and our career development services, our graduates join the ranks of our successful alumni, pursuing masters and doctoral degrees, as well as embarking on challenging and rewarding careers. You’ll find St. Thomas Aquinas College alumni at Fortune 500 companies, in the region’s top medical facilities, teaching tomorrow’s leaders in classrooms, or working in federal agencies, professional sport organizations, and many other professions. The College is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as Top-Tier Regional University, by Colleges of Distinction, both the NY and Catholic Editions, as a Military Friendly Institution, and by the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. These distinctions have been earned by our esteemed faculty, our highly motivated students, and our successful alumni. St. Thomas Aquinas College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education; its School of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and its School of Business is accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).