2022 UConn Huskies softball team explained
| Mode: | softball |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Team: | UConn Huskies |
| Conference: | Big East Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big East |
| Record: | 38–18 |
| Conf Record: | 20–4 |
| Head Coach: | Laura Valentino |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Champion: | Big East regular season champion |
| Stadium: | Connecticut Softball Stadium |
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[1] |
| | 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
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Coaches
Schedule
| Legend |
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| | UConn win |
| | UConn loss |
| | Cancellation |
| Bold | UConn team member |
| Non-Conference game | |
| 2022 UConn Huskies softball game log[2] |
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| Regular season |
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| February |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | BE Record |
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| 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 * | | 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 * | | 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 | | |
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| March |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | BE Record |
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| 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | | 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 | | |
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| April |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | BE Record |
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| Apr 1 | at | | 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 * | | 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 * | | W 6–0 | Olson (4–3) | Fornwalt (3–7) | None | 58 | 29–14 | | | Apr 22 | at | | 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 * | | 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 | | |
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| May |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | BE Record |
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| 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 | |
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| Post-Season |
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| Date | Opponent | Seed | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | BET Record |
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| May 12 | (4) DePaul | (1) | | 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. | |
Notes and References
- Book: 2022 Softball Roster. December 25, 2021. UConn Huskies.
- Book: 2022 Softball Schedule. December 25, 2021. UConn Huskies.
