TALLAHASSEE, Florida – The Marist softball team is set to open NCAA Regional play on Friday. The Red Foxes will face third overall seed Florida State on Friday at 4 p.m., with the game being shown on ESPN+.
 

NCAA History

• This is Marist's fourth trip to NCAA Regionals.
• The Red Foxes previously made appearances in 2006, 2013, and 2016
• Marist is seeking its first NCAA win in program history.

 

Notes

• Marist is 29-28 overall. The Red Foxes went 12-8 in the MAAC regular season, earning the #3 seed in the MAAC Championship, and then won all four games in tournament play.
• Marist's Spring Break trip included tournaments at South Florida in back-to-back weekends and included games against Texas, Penn State, Illinois, South Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Iowa, and Lehigh. Marist went 1-9 on this trip, but the Red Foxes have won 21 of their last 31 since.
• Marist has 112 stolen bases this year. This is the Red Foxes' second highest total in program history and most in seven years. Marist is 21^st in the NCAA in stolen bases per game (1.96).
• Of Marist's 29 wins this season, 11 came by the mercy rule. The Red Foxes went 6-16 in the regular season in games decided by one or two runs but their first three games in the MAAC Championship were all victories by either one or two runs.
• Marist did not commit an error in the MAAC Championship. The four-game streak without an error is the Red Foxes' longest of the season. Catchers Shea Walsh and Isabella Manory combined to throw out five of eight potential base stealers in the championship.
• Marist scored seven runs in the seventh inning during the MAAC Championship.

 

Honorees

Graduates

• With Marist graduation set for Friday (graduate) and Saturday (undergraduate), six members of our program were honored in a special ceremony with President Kevin Weinman and four Deans on Tuesday night.
• Hannah Brock, Meghan Davis, Sam Freeland, and Shea Walsh earned Bachelor's degrees, while Calista Phippen and assistant coach Caroline Baratta earned Master's degrees.

 
MAAC awards
Maddie Pleasants – Player of the Year, First Team All-MAAC; Haley Ahr – Rookie of the Year, First Team All-MAAC, MAAC All-Rookie Team; Peyton Pusey – Second Team All-MAAC, MAAC All-Rookie Team; Sam Freeland – Second Team All-MAAC; Kiley Myers – Second Team All-MAAC
 
MAAC All-Championship Team
Kiley Myers (Most Outstanding Player), Haley Ahr, Hannah Brock, Alyssa Grupp, Maddie Pleasants
 
NFCA All-Region
Haley Ahr (Second Team), Kiley Myers (Second Team), Maddie Pleasants (Second Team), Peyton Pusey (Second Team), Sam Freeland (Third Team)
 
MAAC All-Academic Team
Haley Ahr, Hannah Brock, Sam Freeland, Alyssa Grupp, Ronni Howard, Kaitlyn Husic, Miah McDonald, Lauren Morrell, Kiley Myers, Maddie Pleasants, Calista Phippen, Shea Walsh
 
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Calista Phippen (third selection), Shea Walsh (third), Alyssa Grupp (first), Kaitlyn Husic (first), Kiley Myers (first)
 

Regional Field

• Florida State: 50-8 overall, ACC champion, #3 overall seed
• South Carolina: 37-20 overall, reached SEC championship game
• Central Florida: 39=19 overall, AAC champion

 

History vs. Field

• Marist has never faced Florida State and South Carolina.
• The Red Foxes are 0-3 all-time against Central Florida, with the previous meetings taking place in 2002, 2006, and 2014.

 

Schedule

Friday, May 19
Game One: Marist at Florida State, 4 p.m.
Game Two: Central Florida vs. South Carolina, 7 p.m.
 
Saturday, May 20
Game Three: Game One winner vs. Game Two winner, 1 p.m.
Game Four: Game One loser vs. Game Two loser, 3:30 p.m.
Game Five: Game Four winner vs. Game Three loser, 6 p.m.
 
Sunday, May 21
Game Six: Game Three winner vs. Game Five winner, 4 p.m.
Game Seven (if necessary): Game Six winner vs. Game Six loser, 6:30 p.m.