Manhattan Jaspers softball: Difference between revisions

|university = Manhattan CollegeUniversity

|nickname = [[Manhattan Jaspers|Lady Jaspers]]

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The '''Manhattan Lady Jaspers softball''' team represents [[Manhattan CollegeUniversity]] in [[NCAA]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] [[college softball]]. The team participates in the [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]] (MAAC). The Jaspers are currently led by head coach Bridget Hurlman. The team plays its home games at Gaelic Park which is located on the college's campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gojaspers.com/facilities/gaelic-park/3|title=Facilities|website=Manhattan College Athletics}}</ref>

Manhattan has been a member of the [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]] since its inception in 1980 and has fielded a softball team each year since 1987.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://maacsports.com/sports/2017/6/29/SB_0629170649.aspx?id=2443&=|title=Softball Standings 1986-2022|website=maacsports.com}}</ref> Despite this, the Lady Jaspers have managed to win the conference regular season championship only twice in that timespan, sharing titles in both 1994 and 2009 with [[Canisius Golden Griffins softball|Canisius]] and [[Fairfield Stags softball|Fairfield]] respectively. Manhattan has won the conference tournament twice, doing so in 1999 and 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gojaspers.com/news/2021/5/15/manhattan-wins-2021-maac-softball-championship.aspx|title=Manhattan Wins 2021 MAAC Softball Championship|website=Manhattan College Athletics|date=15 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mcquad.org/2022/02/01/jaspers-recognized-for-2021-maac-softball-championship%ef%bf%bc/|title=Jaspers Recognized for 2021 MAAC Softball Championship|date=February 1, 2022|website=The Quadrangle}}</ref> In doing so, they advanced to the [[NCAA Division I softball tournament]] both years.

In the [[1999 NCAA Division I softball tournament]], the Lady Jaspers were defeated in their first game by [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball|Louisiana]] by a score of 15–0 in a game that ended via [[mercy rule]] after five innings.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.softballhistoryusa.com/category/1999/|title=1999|website=Softball History USA}}</ref> Manhattan was eliminated from the tournament after losing their second and final game of the tournament, this time in a 4–3 loss to [[LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds softball|LIU Brooklyn]] that went to extra innings.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maacsports.com/sports/2017/6/21/GEN_0621170838.aspx|title=MAAC Chronology|website=maacsports.com}}</ref>

The Lady Jaspers returned to the tournament for the first time in 22 years in [[2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament|2021]] where they faced off against sixth ranked [[Arkansas Razorbacks softball|Arkansas]] and were defeated 8–0 innings via the mercy rule.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.5newsonline.com/article/sports/arkansas-softball-takes-down-manhattan-in-first-round-of-ncaa-tournament/527-1ff280d6-b554-4e8f-ab78-ecff625e5183|title=Arkansas softball takes down Manhattan in first round of NCAA Tournament|date=May 21, 2021|website=5newsonline.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2021/may/21/haff-ua-softball-shut-out-manhattan/|title=Razorbacks shut down Manhattan in opening game of NCAA regional|website=wholehogsports.com|date=21 May 2021 }}</ref> The team was sent to the losers bracket where they were officially eliminated from the tournament by [[Stanford Cardinal softball|Stanford]], losing an 11–2 contest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stanforddaily.com/2021/05/23/softball-eliminated-from-ncaa-tournament/|title=Softball eliminated from NCAA Tournament|date=May 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/game/5843584|title=Stanford vs Manhattan DI Softball Game Summary - May 22nd, 2021 &#124; NCAA.com|website=www.ncaa.com}}</ref>

Former head coach Cat Clifford departed from the program after the 2023 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riverdalepress.com/stories/jaspers-turn-over-key-personnel-after-ncaa-penalties,112933|title=Jaspers turn over key personnel after NCAA penalties|first=Gary|last=Larkin|date=June 18, 2023|website=The Riverdale Press}}</ref> On June 6, 2023, it was announced by the NCAA that the Manhattan athletic program improperly certified 26 student athletes across six sports, including softball. The Lady Jaspers' softball program was handed additional penalties after it was found that a former assistant coach improperly recruited players without completing a mandatory recruiting exam. The assistant also failed to cooperate with the investigation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.org/news/2023/6/6/media-center-manhattan-college-failed-to-monitor-eligibility-certification.aspx|title=Manhattan College failed to monitor eligibility certification|date=June 6, 2023|website=NCAA.org}}</ref> The college was hit with several penalties, which included being placed on two years of probation, a $5,000 fine, a suspension for the softball head coach for the first two non-conference games of the 2024 season, a 16 -day prohibition against all softball recruiting activities during the June/July 2023 contact period, a five year show cause penalty for the former assistant coach, and a vacation of all records in which the student athletes competed while ineligible.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/infractions/decisions/Jun2023D1INF_ManhattanPublicNR.pdf|title=NEGOTIATED RESOLUTION1 Manhattan College – Case No. 020167|website=ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com}}</ref> FormerThe [[RhodeMAAC Islandreleased Ramsa softball|Rhodestatement Island]]in headsupport coachof Bridgetthe HurlmanNCAA's wasfindings, namedwhile asalso Manhattan'smaintaining nextthey headwill coachcontinue to work with Manhattan to followingensure the departurepenalties ofare Cliffordenforced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gojaspersmaacsports.com/news/2023/76/317/hurlmangeneral-returnsmaac-tostatement-manhattanon-namedmanhattan-head-softball-coachcollege.aspx|title=MAAC Statement on Manhattan College|date=June 7, 2023|website=maacsports.com}}</ref>

| 1996–2001 || Susan Hannon || 107–160–1 || {{winpct|107|160|1}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ncaanewsarchive.s3.amazonaws.com/1996/19960930/record.html|title=The NCAA News: NCAA Record|website=ncaanewsarchive.s3.amazonaws.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gojaspers.com/news/2002/5/14/685272|title=HEAD SOFTBALL COACH SUSAN HANNON RESIGNS|website=Manhattan College Athletics|date=14 May 2002 }}</ref>

| 2003–2004 || Jennifer Fisher || 24–66 || {{winpct|24|66|0}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gojaspers.com/news/2005/1/11/686942.aspx|title=SOFTBALL ANNOUNCES 2005 SCHEDULE|website=Manhattan College Athletics|date=11 January 2005 }}</ref>

| 2005–2009 || Meaghan Asselta || 83–153 || {{winpct|83|153|0}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gojaspers.com/news/2009/5/7/3734543.aspx|title=Meaghan Asselta Named Anaconda Sports MAAC Coach of the Year|website=Manhattan College Athletics|date=7 May 2009 }}</ref>

! colspan=9 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Manhattan Jaspers}}"| 20232024 Manhattan Lady Jaspers roster

*14 – Gabi Mills – ''SophomoreJunior''

*1629 – MakaylaKarissa VenezialeSpring – ''SophomoreFreshman''

*2 – Kaitlyn Flood – ''SeniorGraduate Student''

*318 – GabriellaMegan MazzottaHedlund – ''Senior''

*213 – AnissaGabriella Villalobos–Mazzotta – ''JuniorGraduate Student''

*11 – Jamie Falotico – ''Graduate StudentSophomore''

*1830 – MeganKylie HedlundFlaherty – ''SeniorFreshman''

*2017 – MadisonCamryn IhnatO'Connor – ''SeniorFreshman''

*99 – Lauren Rende – ''SophomoreGraduate Student''

*43 – Kristyn Smith–Smith – ''Senior''

'''Utility[[Outfielder]]s'''

*508 – MarikaSophia Deemer –Kiseloski– ''SeniorSophomore''

| colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center;"|''Reference:''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gojaspers.com/sports/softball/roster?sort=position|title=20232024 Softball Roster|website=Manhattan College Athletics}}</ref>

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