2025 C2C Softball Championship Preview

• Salisbury finished the regular season with a 32-5-1, going 2-2 in C2C play after winning a pair against UMW and dropping two against CNU on Senior Day. 
• SU spent the entire season in the top 25, earning a highest ranking of 6th in the coaches' poll. At the moment, the Sea Gulls sit 10th in the NPI rankings. 
• Twice this season, the program tallied a win streak of 10 games. SU went 2-4-1 in ranked match-ups this season, picking up wins over Rochester and ending game two in a tie due to darkness against Virginia Wesleyan. 

• The No. 10 Salisbury University softball program earned six athletes on the 2025 Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Softball All-Conference Teams announced by the league on Wednesday morning. Sydney Adolfson, Carrie Jacoby, Ellen Stockman, and Emily Stockman all earned All-C2C First Team honors, while Emily Challender and Justyce Richard earned Honorable Mention honors. 
• Adolfson, the sophomore from Newtown, Conn., posted a 14-2 record in the circle this season for the Sea Gulls, which included seven complete-game shutouts. She appeared in 26 games, making 21 starts. Adolfson racked up 80 strikeouts with a 0.88 ERA and three saves. She also tallied four hits and two RBIs at the plate in 18 appearances. 
• Jacoby, the senior from Lusby, Md., posted a .449 batting average starting every game for SU this year. Jacoby led the Sea Gulls in batting average and hits and was tied for first in doubles. She posted 48 hits in 107 at-bats with 39 RBIs and eight home runs. 
• El. Stockman, the senior from Brunswick, Md., also started all 38 games for the Sea Gulls, earning a .382 batting average with 47 hits, 10 doubles, five home runs, and 31 RBIs. She set career-highs in every statistical category this season. El. Stockman also debuted in the circle this season for SU, posting nine innings in four appearances, earning one win with a 1.56 ERA. 
• Em. Stockman, the senior from Brunswick, Md., started every game behind the plate for the program, earning a .367 batting average with 44 hits, 12 doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, and 40 RBIs. She led the team in home runs, RBIs, and total bases. 
• Challender, the senior from Lumberton, N.J., also started all 38 games for the Sea Gulls as the everyday third baseman. She racked up a .375 batting average on 39 hits with seven doubles, two triples, one home run, 15 RBIs, and a team-high 22 stolen bases, which also set a career-high for her. Challender also led the Sea Gulls in on-base percentage at .528, earning 20 walks, which included 16 hit by pitch. 
• Richard, the sophomore from Columbia, Md., posted a 10-1 record in the circle for the Sea Gulls. posting an ERA of 2.57 with one shutout and 29 strikeouts in just over 65 innings of work. At the plate, she tallied a batting average of .400, earning 12 hits in 30 at-bats with four doubles, one home run, and five RBIs. She posted an on-base percentage of .513 with three walks and five hit by pitches. 

Softball – 10th | Division III Softball NPI, May 5

• Salisbury has garnered 63.697 NPI points, a sliver behind ninth-ranked Huntingdon (63.937) and ahead of 11th-ranked Texas Lutheran (63.491). East Texas Baptist (67.838) tops the poll, while conference rival CNU (66.941) slots fourth.
• The Sea Gulls completed their regular season at 32-5-1 and 2-2 in league play. SU dropped a pair of tight matches at home against CNU on Saturday, falling 4-3 in 13 innings and 3-1.
• Salisbury will head to Newport News, Va., for the single-elimination C2C Tournament on Friday. The Sea Gulls will face Mary Washington at 2 p.m., with the winner set to take on CNU in the title game at 4:30 p.m.