2022 Houston Baptist Huskies softball team

Houston Baptist University softball team

2022 Houston Baptist Huskies softball

Conference| Southland Conference
Record| 19–29 (4–13 Southland)
Head coach|

* Mary-Ellen Hall (31st season)

Assistant coaches|

* Natali Duron
* Heidi Jaquez

Home stadium| Husky Field

Seasons

<- 2021

2023 ->

2022 Southland Conference softball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
McNeese State ‍†‍‡‍y | 15 | - | 3 |  | .833 |  |  | 40 | - | 21 |  | .656
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 4 |  | .778 |  |  | 40 | - | 16 |  | .714
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 7 |  | .611 |  |  | 25 | - | 27 |  | .481
Northwestern State ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 8 |  | .556 |  |  | 29 | - | 22 |  | .569
Incarnate Word ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 13 |  | .278 |  |  | 15 | - | 36 |  | .294
Houston Baptist ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 13 |  | .235 |  |  | 19 | - | 29 |  | .396
Nicholls ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 14 |  | .222 |  |  | 12 | - | 38 |  | .240
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2022[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2022 Houston Baptist Huskies softball team represented Houston Baptist University during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Huskies played their home games at Husky Field and were led by thirty–first year head coach Mary-Ellen Hall. They were members of the Southland Conference.

This was the Huskies' final season as Houston Baptist. On September 21, 2022, the university announced it had adopted the new name of Houston Christian University. The Huskies nickname was not affected.[2]

## Preseason

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### Southland Conference Coaches Poll

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The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 4, 2022. Houston Baptist was picked to finish fourth in the Southland Conference with 102 votes.[3]

Coaches poll

Predicted finish  | Team  | Votes (1st place)
1 | McNeese State | 132 (12)
2 | Northwestern State | 120 (2)
3 | Southeastern Louisiana | 113
4 | Houston Baptist | 102
5 | Incarnate Word | 84
6 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 82
7 | Nicholls | 81

### Preseason All-Southland team

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#### First Team

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* Caitlyn Brockway (HBU, JR, 1st Base)
* Cayla Jones (NSU, SR, 2nd Base)
* Lindsey Rizzo (SELA, SR, 3rd Base)
* Ashleigh Sgambelluri (TAMUCC, JR, Shortstop)
* Chloe Gomez (MCNS, SO, Catcher)
* Kaylee Lopez (MCNS, JR, Designated Player)
* Jil Poullard (MCNS, SO, Outfielder)
* Audrey Greely (SELA, SO, Outfielder)
* Aeriyl Mass (SELA, SR, Outfielder)
* Pal Egan (TAMUCC, JR, Outfielder)
* Lyndie Swanson (HBU, R-FR, Pitcher)
* Whitney Tate (MCNS, SO, Pitcher)
* Jasie Roberts (HBU, R-FR, Utility)

#### Second Team

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* Haley Moore (TAMUCC, SO, 1st Base)
* Shelby Echols (HBU, SO, 2nd Base)
* Autumn Sydlik (HBU, JR, 3rd Base)
* Keely DuBois (NSU, SO, Shortstop)
* Bailey Krolczyk (SELA, SO, Catcher)
* Lexi Johnson (SELA, SO, Designated Player)
* Toni Perrin (MCNS, SR, Outfielder)
* Cam Goodman (SELA, SO, Outfielder)
* Alexandria Torres (TAMUCC, SO, Outfielder)
* Ashley Vallejo (MCNS, SO, Pitcher)
* Heather Zumo (SELA, SR, Pitcher)
* Beatriz Lara (TAMUCC, JR, Pitcher)
* Melise Gossen (NICH, JR, Utility)

## Personnel

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2022 Houston Baptist Huskies softball team

Players | Coaches
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1  | C | Jasie Roberts | R/R  | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | So | Pasadena, Texas
2  | INF | Baylee Chandler | R/R  | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | Fr | Liberty, Texas
3  | INF | Kaicey Hagler | R/R  | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | So | Splendora, Texas
4  | U | Avery Drake | R/L  | 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) | Fr | Belton, Texas
5  | C | Justice Palmer | R/R  | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Fr | Fairhope, Alabama
7  | RHP | Madison Cotton | R/R  | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Fr | Belton, Texas
8  | INF | Shelby Echols | R/L  | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | So | Pearland, Texas
11  | INF | Autumn Sydlik | R/R  | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | Jr | Spring, Texas
12  | OF | AB Garcia | L/L  | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) | Fr | Cypress, Texas
18  | U | Haylie Savage | R/L  | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Fr | Angleton, Texas
20  | U | Katy Janes | /  | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | So | Huffman, Texas
21  | RHP | Sarah Venker | R/R  | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | Jr | Houston, Texas
23  | C | Caitlyn Brockway | R/R  | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) | Jr | Tomball, Texas
26  | OF | Riley Martin | L/R  | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | So | Pearland, Texas
27  | U | Jackie Jessup | R/R  | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | So | Sugar Land, Texas
32  | U | Breana Herrera | R/R  | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Fr | Corpus Christi, Texas
33  | RHP | Lyndie Swanson | R/R  | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | So | Katy, Texas

Head coach

Mary-Ellen Hall (US Sports Academy)

Assistant coach(es)

Natali Duron (Houston)
Heidi Jaquez (Houston Baptist)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Current redshirt

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Roster
Last update: 28 June 2022

## Schedule and results

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Legend

| Houston Baptist win
| Houston Baptist loss
| Postponement/Cancellation
Bold | Houston Baptist team member
2022 Houston Baptist Huskies softball game log

Regular season (16–27)
| February (6–5)

Date  | Opponent  | Rank  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Win  | Loss  | Save  | TV  | Attendance  | Overall record  | SLC record
Bearkat Classic
Feb. 11 | vs. Dayton |  | Bearkat Softball Complex • Huntsville, TX | W
2–0 | Swanson
(1-0) | Gumm
(0-1) | None |  |  | 1–0 |
Feb. 11 | vs. South Dakota |  | Bearkat Softball Complex • Huntsville, TX | L
0–6 | Edwards
(1-0) | Janes
(0-1) | None |  |  | 1–1 |
Feb. 12 | vs. Wichita State |  | Bearkat Softball Complex • Huntsville, TX | L
2–106 | Schopfer
(1-0) | Swanson
(1-1) | None |  | 256 | 1–2 |
Feb. 12 | at Sam Houston State |  | Bearkat Softball Complex • Huntsville, TX | Game cancelled
Feb. 15 | Texas Southern |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | W
3–2 | Swanson
(2-1) | Gendorf
(0-2) | None | ESPN+ | 217 | 2–2 |
Southern Miss Invitational
Feb. 18 | vs. Louisiana–Monroe |  | Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS | L
7–11 | Abrams
(2-0) | Janes
(0-2) | None | CUSA.TV | 272 | 2–3 |
Feb. 18 | vs. Jacksonville State |  | Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS | L
3–7 | Androlevich
(2-1) | Cotton
(0-1) | None | CUSA.TV | 256 | 2–4 |
Feb. 19 | vs. Mississippi Valley State |  | Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS | W
2–0 | Janes
(1-2) | Wren
(0-3) | None | CUS.TV | 103 | 3–4 |
Feb. 19 | at Southern Miss |  | Southern Miss Softball Complex • Hattiesburg, MS | L
0–3 | Leinstock
(3-1) | Venker
(0-1) | None | CUSA.TV |  | 3–5 |
UH Tournament
Feb. 26 | vs. Lamar |  | Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX | W
11–8 | Janes
(2-2) | Mixon
(0-3) | None |  |  | 4–5 |
Feb. 26 | at Houston |  | Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX | Game cancelled
Feb. 27 | vs. Lamar |  | Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX | W
11–9 | Janes
(3-2) | Ruiz
(3-6) | None |  |  | 5–5 |
Feb. 27 | at Houston |  | Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX | W
7–0 | Swanson
(3-1) | Wilkey
(2-4) | None | ESPN+ | 350 | 6–5 |
| March (4–11)

Date  | Opponent  | Rank  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Win  | Loss  | Save  | TV  | Attendance  | Overall record  | SLC record
Mar. 1 | UTSA |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
1–9 | Seith
(1-0) | Cotton
(0-2) | None | ESPN+ |  | 6–6 |
Mar. 4 | Brown |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
2–3 | Guevara
(1-1) | Janes
(3-3) | Innerst
(1) |  | 150 | 6–7 |
Mar. 4 | Prairie View A&M |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | W
2–0 | Swanson
(4-1) | Hall
(0-2) | None |  | 131 | 7–7 |
Mar. 5 | Brown |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | W
4–2 | Venker
(1-1) | Aguirre
(0-2) | None |  | 109 | 8–7 |
Mar. 5 | Prairie View A&M |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | W
9–16 | Cotton
(1-2) | Massey
(0-3) | None |  | 194 | 9–7 |
Mar. 6 | Brown |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
1–3 | Guevara
(2-1) | Venker
(1-2) | None |  | 162 | 9–8 |
Lipscomb University Tournament
Mar. 11 | vs. Pittsburgh |  | Draper Diamond • Nashville, TN | L
0–4 | Muraskin
(4-2) | Venker
(1-3) | None |  | 131 | 9–9 |
Mar. 11 | at Lipscomb |  | Draper Diamond • Nashville, TN | W
9–4 | Cotton
(2-2) | Peters
(1-3) | Venker
(1) |  | 127 | 10–9 |
Mar. 13 | vs. Bowling Green |  | Draper Diamond • Nashville, TN | L
4–7 | Hurley
(3-1) | Venker
(1-4) | Gottshall
(2) |  | 117 | 10–10 |
Mar. 13 | at Lipscomb |  | Draper Diamond • Nashville, TN | L
8–10 | Barefoot
(4-4) | Cotton
(2-3) | None |  | 187 | 10–11 |
Mar. 23 | at Texas A&M |  | Davis Diamond • College Station, TX | L
4–5 | Poynter
(2-0) | Swanson
(4-2) | None |  | 809 | 10–12 |
Mar. 25 | Northwestern State |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
1–5 | Hoover
(6-3) | Swanson
(4-3) | None | ESPN+ | 288 | 10–13 | 0–1
Mar. 25 | Northwestern State |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
2–10 | Darr
(8-2) | Cotton
(2-4) | None | ESPN+ | 288 | 10–14 | 0–2
Mar. 26 | Northwestern State |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
1–7 | Rhoden
(3-3) | Venker
(1-5) | None | ESPN+ | 279 | 10–15 | 0–3
Mar. 29 | at Lamar |  | Lamar Softball Complex • Beaumont, TX | L
1–95 | Ruiz
(5-10) | Venker
(1-6) | None |  | 400 | 10–16 |
| April (4–11)

Date  | Opponent  | Rank  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Win  | Loss  | Save  | TV  | Attendance  | Overall record  | SLC record
Apr. 3 | at McNeese State |  | Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA | L
1–96 | Sanders
(6-0) | Cotton
(2-5) | None |  |  | 10–17 | 0–4
Apr. 3 | at McNeese State |  | Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA | L
1–95 | Vallejo
(8-6) | Swanson
(4-3) | None |  | 411 | 10–18 | 0–5
Apr. 5 | at Prairie View A&M |  | Lady Panther Softball Field • Prairie View, TX | Game cancelled
Apr. 8 | at Incarnate Word |  | H-E-B Field • San Antonio, TX | W
3–0 | Swanson
(5-4) | Floyd
(2-4) | None |  | 106 | 11–18 | 1–5
Apr. 8 | at Incarnate Word |  | H-E-B Field • San Antonio, TX | L
4–5 | Trapp
(4-6) | Cotton
(2-6) | Gunther
(2) |  | 106 | 11–19 | 1–6
Apr. 9 | at Incarnate Word |  | H-E-B Field • San Antonio, TX | W
7–4 | Swanson
(6-4) | Gunther
(2-4) | None |  | 117 | 12–19 | 2–6
Apr. 13 | Sam Houston State |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
1–5 | Wasik
(4-2) | Cotton
(2-7) | Dunn
(1) | ESPN+ | 130 | 12–20 |
Apr. 15 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
0–1 | Gilbert
(4-8) | Swanson
(6-5) | None | ESPN+ | 211 | 12–21 | 2–7
Apr. 15 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
0–7 | Galvan
(2-0) | Cotton
(2-8) | None | ESPN+ | 256 | 12–22 | 2–8
Apr. 16 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
0–2 | Gilbert
(5-8) | Swanson
(6-6) | None | ESPN+ | 194 | 12–23 | 2–9
Apr. 22 | at Southeastern Louisiana |  | North Oak Park • Hammond, LA | L
0–5 | Zumo
(15-3) | Swanson
(6-7) | None | ESPN+ | 115 | 12–24 | 2–10
Apr. 22 | at Southeastern Louisiana |  | North Oak Park • Hammond, LA | L
6–146 | Ladner
(6-2) | Cotton
(2-9) | None | ESPN+ | 115 | 12–25 | 2–11
Apr. 23 | at Southeastern Louisiana |  | North Oak Park • Hammond, LA | L
1–2 | Zumo
(16-3) | Venker
(1-7) | None | ESPN+ | 225 | 12–26 | 2–12
Apr. 27 | at UTSA |  | Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX | Game cancelled
Apr. 29 | Nicholls |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | W
1–0 | Swanson
(7-7) | Turner
(6-14) | None |  | 241 | 13–26 | 3–12
Apr. 29 | Nicholls |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | W
6–5 | Cotton
(3-9) | Lehman
(5-13) | Swanson
(1) |  | 208 | 14–26 | 4–12
Apr. 30 | Nicholls |  | Husky Field • Houston, TX | L
0–1 | Turner
(7-14) | Venker
(1-8) | Lehman
(1) |  | 226 | 14–27 | 4–13
| May (2–0)

Date  | Opponent  | Rank  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Win  | Loss  | Save  | TV  | Attendance  | Overall record  | SLC record
May 7 | at Tarleton State |  | Tarleton Softball Complex • Stephenville, TX | W
9–7 | Swanson
(8-7) | Bridges
(11-11) | Venker
(2) |  | 450 | 15–27 |
May 7 | at Tarleton State |  | Tarleton Softball Complex • Stephenville, TX | W
6–3 | Cotton
(4-9) | Chism
(7-5) | None |  | 455 | 16–27 |
Post-Season (3–2)
| Southland Tournament (3–2)

Date  | Opponent  | (Seed)/Rank  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Win  | Loss  | Save  | TV  | Attendance  | Overall record  | Tournament record
May 10 | vs. (3) Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | (6) | North Oak Park • Hammond, LA | W
5–48 | Cotton
(5-9) | Galvan
(5-1) | None | ESPN+ | 225 | 17–27 | 1–0
May 11 | vs. (2) Southeastern Louisiana | (6) | North Oak Park • Hammond, LA | L
5–8 | Zumo
(20-4) | Cotton
(5-10) | None | ESPN+ | 361 | 17–28 | 1–1
May 11 | vs. (5) Incarnate Word | (6) | North Oak Park • Hammond, LA | W
8–4 | Swanson
(9-7) | Garcia
(2-12) | None | ESPN+ | 250 | 18–28 | 2–1
May 12 | vs. (3) Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | (6) | North Oak Park • Hammond, LA | W
5–3 | Cotton
(6-10) | Galvan
(5-2) | Swanson
(2) | ESPN+ | 231 | 19–28 | 3–1
May 12 | vs. (2) Southeastern Louisiana | (6) | North Oak Park • Hammond, LA | L
1–9 | Ladner
(8-3) | Swanson
(9-8) | None | ESPN+ | 258 | 19–29 | 3–2

Schedule Source:[5]*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.

## References

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1. ^ "2022 Softball Standings". southland.org. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
2. ^ "Houston Baptist University Changes Name to Houston Christian University" (Press release). Houston Christian University. September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
3. ^ "Cowgirls Voted to Top Spot in 2022 Softball Preseason Poll". www.southland.org. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
4. ^ "2022 Softball Preseason All-Conference Teams Announced". www.southland.org. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
5. ^ "2022 Softball Schedule". Houston Baptist University Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2022.

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