2020-21 Salve Regina University Softball News

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Seahawks on the Spring Academic All-Conference Team representing 10 sports (clockwise starting top left) - Jared Beniers (baseball), Mary Kate Scalzulli (track and field), Maddie Cox (ice hockey), Cameron Collins (basketball), Maddy Fluke (softball), Nicole Smith (lacrosse), Paul Boutoussov (ice hockey), Ben Resende (tennis), Marco Mongelli (lacrosse), Morgan Shuey (basketball).

Seahawks land 119 on Academic All-Conference Team

June 22, 2021

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University has landed 119 student-athletes on the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) 2021 Spring Academic All-Conference Team, announced by Commissioner Gregg M. Kaye.

2020-21 All-CCC Softball Seahawks (l to r): Maddie Capetta, Jessica Roberts, Maddy Fluke, Nikki Vanelli

Capetta, Fluke, Roberts, Vanelli earn All-CCC nods

May 12, 2021

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University placed two juniors and two freshmen on the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) 2021 Softball All-Conference Teams - Maddie Capetta (Raritan, N.J.), Maddy Fluke (Douglas, Mass.), Jessica Roberts (Dix Hills, N.Y.), and Nikki Vanelli (Quakertown, Pa.).

Salve Regina SAAC's Fans in the Stands fundraiser generated $928 for the National Alliance on Mental Illness

Smiles on faces put smiles on faces

April 30, 2021

NEWPORT, R.I. - The return to competition for spring sports brought excitement back to the faces of the Salve Regina University student-athletes, albeit hidden by the requirement of wearing masks.

Pause means no play for Seahawks

April 23, 2021

NEWPORT, R.I. (Friday, April 23, 2021) - The Salve Regina University community received the following notification on Friday afternoon:

Hawks outlast rain to sweep Seahawks

April 21, 2021

BRISTOL, R.I. (Wednesday, April 21, 2021) - A five-run fifth inning capped by a Sophia Strazza (Wilton, Conn.) bases-clearing double vaulted Salve Regina University to a 6-2 lead over Roger Williams University in Game One of a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) softball doubleheader.

Maddy Fluke (left) lets her infielders know she has the ball and is ready to pitch. (Photo by Jody Mooradian)

Salve Regina, Roger Williams split CCC twinbill at Toppa

April 18, 2021

NEWPORT, R.I. (Sunday, April 18, 2021) - Junior right hander Maddy Fluke (Douglas, Mass.) started both games at pitcher for Salve Regina University in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) softball doubleheader with Roger Williams University and allowed just two earned runs over 8.1 innings, winning the opener for the Seahawks, 4-2, before the Hawks gained revenge with a 9-3 final in the second game.

Maddy Fluke fired a five-hitter in a complete-game shutout. (Photo by Ed Habershaw)

Fluke fires five-hitter in complete-game shutout; Seahawks, Nor'easters split

April 14, 2021

NEWPORT, R.I. (Wednesday, April 14, 2021) - Salve Regina University junior Maddy Fluke (Douglas, Mass.) held the University of New England to just five hits over seven innings en route to a complete-game shutout, 4-0, in Game One of a non-league softball doubleheader between the two Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) members.

No Seahawk softball for the weekend (April 10-11).

Seahawks, Nor'easters weekend softball series cancelled

April 10, 2021

NEWPORT, R.I. (Saturday, April 10, 2021) - Due to COVID-19 concerns, the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) softball matchups between Salve Regina University and the University of New England have been cancelled for this weekend (April 10-11).

Freshman right fielder Kaitlyn Bennett banged out five hits in the doubleheader including an RBI triple in the opener that led Salve Regina to a 5-3 victory.

Bennett collects five hits to help Seahawks to split with Golden Bears

April 07, 2021

NEWPORT, R.I. (Wednesday, April 7, 2021) - Salve Regina University softball scored three times on the bottom of the sixth inning to overtake Western England University and finish with a 5-3 victory in Game One of a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) doubleheader at Toppa Field in Newport.

CCC Rookie of the Week: Maddie Capetta

April 05, 2021

NEWPORT, R.I. (Monday, April 5, 2021) - The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) has selected Salve Regina University freshman infielder Maddie Capetta (Raritan, N.J.) as its Rookie of the Week for softball (week ending April 4).

Junior righty Maddy Fluke (Douglas, Mass.) pitched 9.2 innings over two games with no earned runs allowed and earned two victories.

Vanelli's walk-off HR lifts Seahawks to sweep; Fluke picks up two victories

April 02, 2021

NEWPORT, R.I. (Friday, April 2, 2021) - Junior second baseman Nikki Vanelli (Quakertown, Pa.) drilled a 1-2 pitch from reliever Megan Beebe (Ellington, Conn.) over the left field fence for a two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Salve Regina University an 8-7 victory over Western New England University and a sweep of the doubleheader at Toppa Field in Newport, Rhode Island.

Seahawk junior Nikki Vanelli was part of a record-setting home run barrage in the fourth inning against the Colonels.

Record-setting fourth inning caps sweep for Seahawks

March 31, 2021

MILTON, Mass. (Wednesday, March 31, 2021) - Trailing 1-0 at the bottom of the fourth inning, Salve Regina University softball erupted for nine runs with a record-setting five home runs in one frame to complete a sweep of Curry College on the road.

Colonels overcome early deficits to sweep Seahawks

March 27, 2021

MLTON, Mass. (Saturday, March 27, 2021) - Salve Regina University softball freshman Christina Braid (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) and junior Nikki Vanelli (Quakertown, Pa.) both slugged first-inning home runs during the season-opening twinbill at Curry College on Saturday afternoon, but the Colonels overcame the early deficits to sweep the pair over the Seahawks, 7-6 and 9-1 (five innings).