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POSTSEASON PREVIEW: No. 1 Manhattanville College Softball Hosts Skyline Conference Double Elimination Championship Tournament

5/10/2023 1:21:00 PM

By: Haley Zemek, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville College softball team returns to action on Thursday afternoon as the double elimination round of the Skyline Conference Championship Tournament begins. The Valiants earned the No. 1 seed by going on a 30-game win streak to cap off a 34-4 regular season. Joining the Valiants in Purchase over the next three days will be St. Joseph's Brooklyn, Mount Saint Mary and the Skyline reigning champions, Farmingdale State. 
 
The fourth-seeded Knights will take on the top seeded Valiants to kick off the bracket at 1 p.m. on Thursday, as the No. 2 Rams and No. 3 Bears will go head-to-head on the diamond at 3 p.m. 
 
Softball Preview: No. 1 Manhattanville College vs No. 4 Mount Saint Mary College | No. 2 Farmingdale State College vs No. 3 St. Joseph's University Brooklyn | Skyline Conference Championship Double Elimination Finals | Video | Manhattanville – Mount Saint Mary Live Stats | Tournament Central
 
 
How We Got Here 
 
The Valiants ended their 2023 campaign on a 30-game win streak going 34-4 overall on the season and a perfect 18-0 in Skyline Conference play. They would get a first-round bye with an automatic bid to the championship tournament. 
 
Farmingdale State would earn the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye after finishing the regular season 23-10 overall and 15-3 in conference play, the three losses coming from a sweep by Manhattanville and a split with St. Joseph's Brooklyn. They will now take on the Bears in their first game of the tournament on Thursday. 
 
To make their way to the championship, No. 3 St. Joseph's Brooklyn would take on No. 6 Mount Saint Vincent on Tuesday evening in the first round after a 25-12 regular season. The Bears would come out victorious 1-0 against the Dolphins in the bottom of the ninth after reaching on a fielder's choice and advancing on a throwing error to score. 
 
Rounding out the final four teams is No. 4 Mount Saint Mary College who ended their season 20-17 with a 12-6 record in conference play. The Knights defeated Old Westbury on Tuesday evening, 2-0 and would score both runs in the sixth off an RBI double and a sacrifice fly to center field. They will now take on Manhattanville in the opening game of the Skyline Tournament.
 
The No. 1 Manhattanville College Valiants are on the prowl for a Skyline chip as the team looks to build off of a successful regular season and take that going into the postseason.
 
On the mound, Charli Shinstine (Encinitas, Calif./San Dieguito Academy) has had a phenomenal season to lead the Valiant rotation with a 0.66 ERA. Sporting a perfect 19-0 record with seven shutouts, pitching 116.2 innings and striking out 170 throughout the season, Shinstine will look to improve upon her totals as Manhattanville heads into the postseason. Emily Mottoshiski (Craryville, N.Y./Taconic Hills) has also been an asset to the Valiants on the mound, going 15-4 overall with a 2.66 ERA. She has pitched 102.2 innings striking out 65 batters and adding seven shutouts. 
 
At the plate, senior Sarah Harker (Irvine, Calif./Irvine) has been a powerhouse hitter for the Valiants, averaging .458 while getting 43 runs on 55 hits. She would total 11 doubles, seven triples, and four homeruns throughout the season as she would hold a team-high .767 slugging percentage. Rookies Juliana Parkes (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada/Belmont Secondary) and Sydni Brooks (Anaheim, Calif./Cypress) would finish the regular season with a .404 and .402 batting average, respectively. They would combine for 54 runs on 73 hits with 15 doubles and two triples with a single homerun coming from Brooks. 
 
The team has a stacked order of veterans from the likes of Jayleen Torres (Bellflower, Calif./Downey), Amaya Esparza (Descanso, Calif./Granite Hills), Samantha Walsh (Spring City, Pa./Owen J Roberts), Olivia Fasce (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown), and Melissa Lopez (Whittier, Calif./California) while adding Samantha Reyer (Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside), Isabella Tansey (San Diego, Calif./University City), and Madison Gonzales (Azusa, Calif./Sacred Heart) as freshman to the roster. Manhattanville has a few tricks up their sleeves that the Rams, Bears, and Knights better come prepared for during this weekend's tournament. 
 
Regular Season Meetings:
  • Manhattanville vs Mount Saint Mary 
    • Manhattanville swept doubleheader @ MSMC on Apr. 15: Game One – Manhattanville 7, Mount Saint Mary, 4; Game Two – Manhattanville 4, Mount Saint Mary 1   
  • Manhattanville vs Farmingdale State
    • Manhattanville swept doubleheader @ Farmingdale on May 7: Game One – Manhattanville 9, Farmingdale 0 (5 Innings); Game Two – Manhattanville 2, Farmingdale 0   
  • Manhattanville vs St. Joseph's Brooklyn 
    • Manhattanville swept doubleheader @ SJB on Apr. 22: Game One – Manhattanville 10, St. Joseph's Brooklyn 0 (5 Innings); Game Two – Manhattanville 8, St. Joseph's Brooklyn 0 (6 Innings)   
  • Farmingdale State vs St. Joseph's Brooklyn 
    • Split doubleheader @ SJB on Apr. 8: Game One – St. Joseph's Brooklyn 8, Farmingdale 5; Game Two – Farmingdale 8, St. Joseph's Brooklyn 2  
  • Farmingdale State vs Mount Saint Mary 
    • Farmingdale swept doubleheader @ Farmingdale on May 3: Game One – Farmingdale 5, Mount Saint Mary 3 (10 Innings); Farmingdale 12, Mount Saint Mary 2 (8 Innings)   
  • St. Joseph's Brooklyn vs Mount Saint Mary 
    • Mount Saint Mary swept doubleheader @ MSMC on Apr. 19: Game One – Mount Saint Mary 7, St. Joseph's Brooklyn 4; Game Two – Mount Saint Mary 7, St. Joseph's Brooklyn 3
 Team Leaders 
 
Manhattanville
 
  • Batting Average: Harker (.458), Parkes (.404), Brooks (.402), Torres (.400)
  • Runs Batted In: Harker (34), Reyer (33), Esparza (32)
  • Earned Run Average: Shinstine (0.66), Mottoshiski (2.66)
  • Strikeouts: Shinstine (170), Mottoshiski (65)
 
Farmingdale State 
 
  • Batting Average: Rivera (.430), Giliberti (.407), Stolfi (.398)
  • Runs Batted In: Stolfi (40), Walker (24), Giliberti (21)
  • Earned Run Average: Ebert (1.83),  Shorr (2.72), Stanya (3.05)
  • Strikeouts: Stanya (93), Shorr (74), Ebert (12)
 
St. Joseph's Brooklyn 
 
  • Batting Average: Oddo (.516), Van Der Kamp (.415), Heinsch (.375)
  • Runs Batted In: Logreco (23), Gomez (22), Poppett and Trani (19)
  • Earned Run Average: Horn (2.58), Mecham (2.59), Heller (2.92), Poppett (5.87)
  • Strikeouts: Horn (106), Heller (47), Poppett (38), Mecham (7)
 
Mount Saint Mary 
 
  • Batting Average: McAnally (.362), Ferara (.325), Bendig (.320)
  • Runs Batted In: Bendig (23), Ferara (19), Dentato (17)
  • Earned Run Average: Morris (2.63), MacDonald (3.48)
  • Strikeouts: Morris (154), MacDonald (79)

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