2025 SCHEDULE

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In the 2025 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Preseason Poll rankings, the Lesley University softball team was projected to finish fifth (six points) in the East Division, with Husson projected to finish first. Rounding out the division are UMaine Farmington (18 pts), Thomas College (17 pts), and UMaine Presque Isle (nine points). 

The Lynx will be led by new head coach Lou Proietti, who looks forward to taking over a promising Lynx program. "I am extremely excited and thankful for the chance to coach the Softball team and to join the Lesley community," said Proietti. "The future is very bright at Lesley University, and it's an honor to be able to make a positive impact both on and off the field."

WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO

• Lesley returns two of its top hitters, Kari Sorensen (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Isabella Moscoso (El Cajon, Calif.) , who finished with batting averages of .330 and .300, respectively. Sorensen was one of three Lynx to record 30 hits and was also a strong source of offense, finishing second on the team in RBIs (18). She posted six multi-hit games on the year, including a career-high 4-for-4 outing on March 24 in a 9-1 win vs. Elms with two doubles, a triple, a run scored, and four RBIs. She also was someone who found their way on-base thanks to a .403 on-base percentage (OBP). Moscoso was also equally effective at the blate as she tied for the team lead in hits with 33 and drove in nine RBIs while posting a .403 OBP. She had 10 multi-hit games on the year, including a season-high three-hit performance on April 21 vs. UMPI in a 7-4 NAC win, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored. Moscoso also caught fire towards the end of last season, where she hit safely in the final six games, posting a .450 average over that span.
• Along with Moscoso and Sorensen, the Lynx will have six others from last year's squad returning this year, including: Madison Herbert (Milford, N.H.), Emma Hodgkins (Raymond, N.H.), Lauren Martin (Lexington, Mass.), Sydney McAvoy (Billerica, Mass.), Shae Thomas (Clayton, N.C.), and Leah St. John (New Ipswich, N.H.). This year, Lesley will also see graduate student-athlete Jess O'Neill (Reading, Mass.) join the team. O'Neill played for Lesley in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, posted a career .250 batting average, and drove in 22 RBIs on 40 hits, including a career-high 24 in the 2022-23 campaign. 
• On the mound, Hodgkins and Herbert were two of the Lynx's pitchers last year and will look to continue to lead the pitching staff once again this year. In her 20 appearances on the mound, Hodgkins started in 15 contests and finished with a 5.96 ERA in 83.1 innings pitched. She finished second on the team in strikeouts with 41, highlighted by a six-strikeout outing at Salem State (May 2). She pitched eight complete games during the year and finished with four wins, two of which were complete game shutouts. She was also recognized as NAC Pitcher of the Week last April. Meanwhile, Herbert tossed 31.2 innings and made three starts in her 15 appearances. Herbert struck out a career-high five batters in her pitching debut against Eureka (Mar. 13). She also recorded her first career save in a 2-1 win versus VTSU Lyndon (May 4). 
• Lesley's schedule will include games against teams from various conferences, including the President Athletic Conference (PAC), the State of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC), the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC), the Upper Midwest Athletics Conference (UMAC), the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC), the Little East Conference (LEC), the Conference of New England (CNE), the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), and the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC). 

GAMES TO WATCH

• Lesley kicks off the 2025 campaign down south in Florida against various schools starting Monday, March 10, versus Geneva at 9:00 a.m. 
• After returning from the Sunshine State, the Lynx kick off a four-game road trip starting with a doubleheader at Rivier University on Sunday, March 23 at noon, followed by another doubleheader at Regis on Tuesday, March 25 at 5:00 p.m.
• The Lynx will play their home opener and NAC opener on Saturday, March 29, at noon, when they host VTSU Johnson in a doubleheader. 
• Later in the month of April, Lesley will have its longest homestand of the season with eight home games from April 5 to April 13. 
• Lesley will conclude the regular season with eight straight road games, including its last doubleheader of the year at Salem State on Thursday, May 1, at 4:00 p.m.