Friday, April 3
Hamden, Conn.
12:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Manhattan
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Friday, Apr. 3, 2026 | 12:00 PM/2:00 PM
Saturday, Apr. 4, 2026 | 12:00 PM
QU Softball Field | Hamden, Conn.
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HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac softball team is back home this weekend for a MAAC series against Manhattan University.
First pitches are set for 12:00 p.m & 2:00 p.m. on Friday and 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
SCOUTING MANHATTAN
To stay up-to-date with Quinnipiac Softball news, follow the Bobcats on Twitter/Instagram @QU_SOFTBALL or visit www.gobobcats.com.
Friday, Apr. 3, 2026 | 12:00 PM/2:00 PM
Saturday, Apr. 4, 2026 | 12:00 PM
QU Softball Field | Hamden, Conn.
WATCH: Click Here
LIVE STATS: Click Here
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac softball team is back home this weekend for a MAAC series against Manhattan University.
First pitches are set for 12:00 p.m & 2:00 p.m. on Friday and 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
SCOUTING MANHATTAN
- The Jaspers enter the weekend with a 8-22 overall record and 4-7 MAAC record.
- Sophia Kiseloski leads the team in various categories including batting average (0.328), OPS (0.874), doubles (8), home runs (4), and RBI (34).
- Pitcher Karissa Spring has started 27 games for Manhattan, tossing 150 innings with a 4.71 ERA. Spring has allowed 125 runs on 176 hits while recording 87 strikeouts.
- The Bobcats are currently 11-3 in conference play, their best start since being in the MAAC, although dropping their first MAAC series to Rider 2-1 last weekend.
- Sofia Vega hit 7-for-15 (.467) against Merrimack and Rider, recording a double, two triples, four RBI, and five runs scored while also drawing three walks.
- The senior has recorded six multi-hit games in her last 11.
- Vega leads the team in various categories: batting average (0.427), OPS (1.082), runs scored (19), and triples (3).
- Mary Fogg has recorded at least one hit in 19 of 25 games this season.
- Fogg was on a 10-game hitting streak between 2/20-3/14.
- Riley Potter has recorded a hit in seven of her last eight games, three being multi-hit performances.
- Four Bobcats are perfect in stolen bases this season with Aryn Bombery leading 4-for-4.
- All nine starting batters hold an average at or above 0.250 and OPS above 0.690.
- Shannon Kendall posts a 11-6 record with a 4.83 ERA. Kendall has recorded 33 strikeouts.
- The Quinnipiac Softball team was voted to 7th in the MAAC Preseason Poll after last season ended in the MAAC opening round against the Rider Broncs.
- Senior outfielder Mary Fogg was named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team.
- Fogg started 38 games and led the team in batting average (.333), hits (40), and multi-hit performances (9), while also being named Second Team All-MAAC.
- Head coach Hillary Smith named seniors Natalia Apatiga, Kennedy DeMott, and Sofia Vega captains for the 2026 season.
- All three ranked among the Bobcats' top five hitters last season.
- Quinnipiac welcomes six new faces to the 2026 roster.
- The Bobcats add sophomore transfer Caelin Kosvitch (Iona), while the first-year class features Connecticut native Griffin Paladino (Fairfield), along with Kinsley Cox (Murrieta, CA), Laney Adie (Washington, NJ), CJ Harris (Annapolis, MD), and Jasmine Kline (Gettysburg, PA).
- The Bobcats return 16 players from last year's team.
- Mary Fogg returns after a standout All-MAAC Second Team season, leading QU in various categories. Fogg was also named All-MAAC First Team and Rookie Team in 2023.
- Madison Waltke was named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team in 2025. Waltke finished conference play with the fourth best batting average on QU at .302 and the team-best OPS at .888.
- Junior catcher Riley Potter posted a 0.267 batting average, recording 31 hits and a team-high 10 doubles.
- QU is coming off its best MAAC record in the past eight seasons, finishing conference play at 14-11.
- Head Coach Hillary Smith enters her eighth season with the Bobcats after being named the eighth coach in program history.
- Assistant coach Xen Penny enters his first season with the Bobcats.
- QU Softball alum Hannah Davis also joins the coaching staff for her first season.
To stay up-to-date with Quinnipiac Softball news, follow the Bobcats on Twitter/Instagram @QU_SOFTBALL or visit www.gobobcats.com.
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