Head Coach: Stephen Genzale (5th year as head coach – total record including playoffs of 42-29 XI champs)
Assistant Coaches:
V – Stacey Spering and Ryann Bedoya
JV – Chansy Ork and Megan Nagy
MS – Ashley Eichlin and Amanda Setzer
Sport: Softball
Team Name: Nazareth Blue Eagles
League: EPC – East Division
2023 Record: 14-6 regular season and 7-1 in playoffs
Key Players Lost: (5 seniors)
Cassie Zellner
Caitlin Genzale
Sydney Harper
Avery Bartha
Alana Mercado
Key Returning Players:
Shauna McNamee – C, Junior, 5′-9″, 0.368 BA, 6 doubles, .509 slugging – Captain. Shauna handles the pitching staff incredibly well
Alina Weaver – 3B/SS, Junior, 5’5″, 0.415 BA, 4 HR, 19 RBI, 0.736 slugging – Captain. Alina is a huge threat in this lineup
Natalie Chloros – CF, Junior, 5’7″, 0.447 slugging, 14 RBI – Captain. Natalie is one of our best defensive players
Kylie Grover – P, Sophomore, 5’5″, 3-1 record, 31 SO, 3.61 ERA – Kylie was huge part of our success in playoffs
Avery Kauffman – P, Sophomore, 5’9″, 4-1 record, 57 SO, 2.98 ERA – Avery was also a huge part of our success in playoffs
Lily Moretti – OF, Sophomore, 5’4″, 0.317 BA, 8 SB, 11 RBI – Lily is one of our best baserunners and incredible athlete
Key Newcomers:
Marley Wismer – Junior, 5’5″ Infielder (V player last year)
Emma Infantino – Junior, 5’6″ Infielder (V player last year)
Hailey Mandala – Junior, 5’6″ C and IF (V player last year)
Brianna Recchia – Sophomore, 5’1″ C and OF
2024 Outlook: Our strength is in our pitching. We have a great lineup but our dominant pitching last year helped us win the EPC and District XI championships.
Our question marks are if we will be able to stay humble with all of our success last year and how will we respond if things don’t go our way.
