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Softball Opens Home Schedule With a Doubleheader Against FDU

The Peacocks will play their first home games of the season on Tuesday

GAMES 18/19
Saint Peter's (3-14) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (5-18)
Date: Tuesday, March 19
Time: 1 p.m./3 p.m.
Location: Joseph J. Jaroschak Field - Jersey City, NJ
 
Opening Pitch:
  • The Saint Peter's softball team will play in their first home doubleheader of the season on Tuesday, March 19.
  • The team will compete against Fairleigh Dickinson starting at 1 p.m.
  • The second game will start shortly after at 3 p.m.
  • The Peacocks enters the game with a 3-14 record after finishing the Maryland Invitational this weekend going 0-4.
  • The Peacocks earned their third win of the season at Howard winning the second game in the double header 7-3.
Scout on Fairleigh Dickinson:
  • Fairleigh Dickinson currently sits at 5-18 this season.
  • The last time out the Knights traveled to Davis, California to face Marist and UC Davis this past weekend, dropping both games.
  • The Peacocks have an all-time record of 14-24 against the Knights.
  • The last time the Peacocks beat FDU was on April 6, 2006, winning 5-2. 
Welcome Back New Additions MAAC Preseason Poll
  • The Saint Peter's softball team was picked 11th in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Preseason Coaches' Poll.
Meet the Heach Coach
  • Chris Stelma will begin his third season at the helm of the Saint Peter's Softball team. Last season, 2018, the team went 7-41. 
  • They earned their first win of the season against Rider at the Coppin State Eagle Classic in Maryland.
  • In Stelma's first season (2017), the team recorded 115 runs with six wins, including four conference wins. 
  • The Peacocks earned a series sweep for the first time in three years when they swept Rider in the final two games of the season, and improved their batting average from .199 in 2016 to .247 in 2017.
  • Before Saint Peter's, Stelma served as an assistant coach at Division III, William Paterson University in New Jersey during the 2016 season. 
  • Prior to joining William Paterson, he was the owner of Fielder's Choice Baseball/Kaboom Softball in Andover, where he coordinated training, league play, tournaments and facilities, and served as the head coach of the U18 Showcase baseball and softball teams. Stelma was the baseball head coach at his alma mater, County College of Morris, during the fall of 2007.
  • Stelma earned a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Rhode Island in 2006. 
  • While at URI, Stelma was a member of the baseball team where he played two seasons at shortstop for the Rams, making 31 starts and appearing in over 40 games. 
  • Prior to transferring to URI, Stelma began his collegiate career at County College of Morris where he played for current Saint Peter's assistant coach Ed Moskal in 2003. 
  • He was named All-Region and All-Garden State Conference at County College of Morris and ranked in the top 15 among JUCO hitters in 2003.
Meet The Coaching Staff:   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Ruiz

#16 Alyssa Ruiz

P/2B
5' 1"
Senior
Alyssa Adams

#9 Alyssa Adams

OF
5' 5"
Freshman
Schieler Collins

#23 Schieler Collins

OF
5' 5"
Junior
Harley Connors

#7 Harley Connors

OF
5' 6"
Junior
Alina Guevara

#6 Alina Guevara

2B
5' 3"
Sophomore
Tiffani Lambert

#21 Tiffani Lambert

P
5' 8"
Junior
Taylor Lewis

#18 Taylor Lewis

P
5' 4"
Freshman
Theamaris Ramirez

#15 Theamaris Ramirez

IF
5' 7"
Redshirt Freshman
Sydney Ramsey

#10 Sydney Ramsey

P
5' 4"
Junior
Natasha Solano

#13 Natasha Solano

C
5' 2"
Freshman
Barbara Verrastro

#16 Barbara Verrastro

P
5' 2"
Junior
Georgia Verrastro

#5 Georgia Verrastro

C
5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Alyssa Ruiz

#16 Alyssa Ruiz

5' 1"
Senior
P/2B
Alyssa Adams

#9 Alyssa Adams

5' 5"
Freshman
OF
Schieler Collins

#23 Schieler Collins

5' 5"
Junior
OF
Harley Connors

#7 Harley Connors

5' 6"
Junior
OF
Alina Guevara

#6 Alina Guevara

5' 3"
Sophomore
2B
Tiffani Lambert

#21 Tiffani Lambert

5' 8"
Junior
P
Taylor Lewis

#18 Taylor Lewis

5' 4"
Freshman
P
Theamaris Ramirez

#15 Theamaris Ramirez

5' 7"
Redshirt Freshman
IF
Sydney Ramsey

#10 Sydney Ramsey

5' 4"
Junior
P
Natasha Solano

#13 Natasha Solano

5' 2"
Freshman
C
Barbara Verrastro

#16 Barbara Verrastro

5' 2"
Junior
P
Georgia Verrastro

#5 Georgia Verrastro

5' 6"
Sophomore
C

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