2024_Houston_Christian_Huskies_softball_team

2024 Houston Christian Huskies softball
2024 Houston Christian Huskies softball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	23–27 (9–15 Southland)
Head coach	Mary-Ellen Hall (33rd season);
Assistant coaches	Natali Duron; Heidi Jaquez;
Home stadium	Husky Field
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 Houston Christian Huskies softball team

Houston Christian University softball team

The 2024 Houston Christian Huskies softball team represented Houston Christian University during the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Huskies played their home games at Husky Field and were led by thirty-third year head coach Mary-Ellen Hall. They are members of the Southland Conference. The team compiled an 23–27 overall record and a 9–15 record in conference play finishing in a tie for sixth place. The team qualified for the SLC tournament as the seventh seed. They had a 1–2 record in tournament play. They defeated McNeese 7–2 in the first game. They fell to third seeded Nicholls 4–5 in the second game. Their season ended with a loss to top seeded McNeese 6–8.

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2024 Houston Christian Huskies softball game log

Regular season (23–27)

February (8–6)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC record
Alabama State Stinger Tournament
Feb. 9	vs. Purdue Fort Wayne*		Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, AL	11–6	Swanson, Lyndie (1-0)	Gracie Brinkerhoff (0-1)	None			1–0
Feb. 10	vs. Western Carolina*		Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, AL	5–6	Taylor Norton (1-0)	Prasifka, Addy (0-1)	None		200	1–1
Feb. 10	at Alabama State*		Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, AL	4–3	Grofman, Ronni (1-0)	Charity Bibbs (0-2)			300	2–1
Feb. 11	vs. Mississippi Valley State*		Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, AL			Cancelled
Feb. 11	vs. Austin Peay*		Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, AL			Cancelled

ACU Wildcat Invitational
Feb. 16	vs. Marist*		Poly Wells Field • Abilene, TX	8–2	Janes, Katy (0-0)	Myers, Kiley (0-0)			55	3–1
Feb. 16	at Abilene Christian*		Poly Wells Field • Abilene, TX	1–7	Neilsen, Talia (1-1)	Swanson, Lyndie (0-0)	None		130	3–2
Feb. 17	vs. Marist*		Poly Wells Field • Abilene, TX	3–6	Sidlowski, Anna (1-0)	Evans, Kynleigh (0-1)	None		28	3–3
Feb. 17	vs. New Mexico*		Poly Wells Field • Abilene, TX	3–1	Grofman, Ronni (2-0)	GUEST, McKenna (2-4)	None		51	4–3
Feb. 18	at Abilene Christian*		Poly Wells Field • Abilene, TX	6–10	Neilsen, Talia (2-1)	Janes, Katy (1-1)	None		88	4–4

Feb. 21	at Texas*	2	Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	1–14 (5 inn)	Czech, Estelle (2-0)	Grofman, Ronni (2-1)	None		1,694	4–5
Feb. 22	North Dakota*		Husky Field • Houston, TX	3–2	Janes, Katy (2-1)	Lasota, Camryn (1-5)	None		125	5–5
Husky Classic
Feb. 24	Prairie View A&M*		Husky Field • Houston, TX	6–0	Swanson, Lyndie (2-1)	Cailin Massey (1-4)			200	6–5
Feb. 24	Kansas City*		Husky Field • Houston, TX	3–13	Camryn Stickel (2-4)	Grofman, Ronni (2-2)	None		200	6–6
Feb. 25	Kansas City*		Husky Field • Houston, TX	2–1	Evans, Kynleigh (1-0)	Sheridon Wilber (0-3)	Swanson, Lyndie (1)		300	7–6

Feb. 27	Texas Southern*		Husky Field • Houston, TX	3–2	Janes, Katy (2-1)	Lasota, Camryn (1-5)	None		125	8–6

March (8–8)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC record
Mar 1	at Stephen F. Austin*		Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX	2–0 (8 inn)	Swanson, Lyndie (3-1)	A. Telford (2-6)	None	ESPN+	75	9–6
Mar 1	at Stephen F. Austin*		Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX	1–0	Grofman, Ronni (3-2)	B. Gainous (1-5)	None	ESPN+	50	10–6
Mar 2	at Stephen F. Austin*		Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX	2–0	Prasifka, Addy (1-1)	A. Brown (2-4)	None		75	11–6
Mar 5	Penn*		Husky Field • Houston, TX	11–5	Swanson, Lyndie (4-1)	Zybura, Kelly (0-1)	None		250	12–6
Mar 5	Penn*		Husky Field • Houston, TX	8–3	Janes, Katy (4-1)	Riley, Rachel (0-4)	Prasifka, Addy (1)		250	13–6
Mar 9	Lamar		Husky Field • Houston, TX	1–2	Emma Wardlaw (4-2)	R. Grofman (3-2)	None		250	13–7	0–1
Mar 9	Lamar		Husky Field • Houston, TX	3–9	Mitchell, Karyana (6-0)	Swanson, Lyndie (4-2)	None	ESPN+	250	13–8	0–2
Mar 10	Lamar		Husky Field • Houston, TX	3–4	Mitchell, Karyana (7-0)	Grofman, Ronni (3-4)	None		250	13–9	0–3
Mar 12	UT Arlington*		Husky Field • Houston, TX	1–8	Moreno, Jade (3-2)	Evans, Kynleigh (1-2)	None		250	13–10
Mar 19	at Baylor*	19	Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	4–14 (5 inn)	Kaci West (3-1)	Grofman, Ronni (4-4)	None	ESPN+	681	13–11
Mar 22	at Southeastern Louisiana		North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	1–9	Blanchard, Cera (10-1)	Swanson, Lyndie (4-3)	None	ESPN+	205	13–12	0–4
Mar 22	at Southeastern Louisiana		North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	3–2	Ronni Grofman (4-5)	Ellie DuBois (7-3)	None	ESPN+	205	14–12	1–4
Mar 23	at Southeastern Louisiana		North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	0–4	DuBois, Ellie (8-3)	Janes, Katy (4-2)	None	ESPN+	127	14–13	1–5
Mar 28	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Husky Field • Houston, TX	0–7	Aholelei, PM (12-5)	Swanson, Lyndie (4-4)	None		200	14–14	1–6
Mar 28	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Husky Field • Houston, TX	3–0	Grofman, Ronni (5-5)	Galvan, Siarah (1-2)	None		200	15–14	2–6
Mar 29	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Husky Field • Houston, TX	2–3	Aholelei, PM (13-5)	Swanson, L. (4-5)	None	ESPN+	400	15–15	2–7

April (5–9)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC record
Apr 2	at Houston*		Cougar Softball Stadium • Houston, TX	10–12	Edwards, Taylor (2-0)	Evans, Kynleigh (1-3)	None	ESPN+	259	15–16
Apr 5	at Incarnate Word		H-E-B Field • San Antonio, TX	1–9	Jacquez, L (7-4)	Grofman, Ronni (5-6)	None	ESPN+	54	15–17	2–8
Apr 6	at Incarnate Word		H-E-B Field • San Antonio, TX	0–12 (5 inn)	Samantha Portillo (6-3)	Swanson, Lyndie (4-6)	None	ESPN+	55	15–18	2–9
Apr 6	at Incarnate Word		H-E-B Field • San Antonio, TX	1–4	Bella Mitchell (5-0)	Grofman, Ronni (5-6)	None	ESPN+	65	15–19	2–10
Apr 12	Nicholls		Husky Field • Houston, TX	4–0	Swanson, Lyndie (5-6)	McNeill, Audrey (9-11)	None		300	16–19	3–10
Apr 12	Nicholls		Husky Field • Houston, TX	1–7	Paden, Averi (7-2)	Grofman, Ronni (5-8)	None		300	16–20	3–11
Apr 13	Nicholls		Husky Field • Houston, TX	5–1	Swanson, Lyndie (6-6)	Paden, Averi (7-3)	None	ESPN+	400	17–20	4–11
Apr 16	Sam Houston*		Husky Field • Houston, TX	0–3	Abigail Young (4-5)	Janes, Katy (4-3)	None		200	17–21
Apr 19	at McNeese		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	0–8 (5 inn)	Sanders, Shaelyn (15-7)	Grofman, Ronni (5-9)	None		727	17–22	4–12
Apr 19	at McNeese		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	3–6	Dibbley, Alexis (4-1)	Swanson, Lyndie (6-7)	Sanders, Shaelyn (2)	ESPN+		17–23	4–13
Apr 20	at McNeese		Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	4–5 (9 inn)	Sanders, Shaelyn (16-7)	Janes, Katy (4-4)	None	ESPN+	752	17–24	4–14
Apr 26	Northwestern State		Husky Field • Houston, TX	6–2	Swanson, Lyndie (7-7)	Darr, Maggie (6-14)	None		200	18–24	5–14
Apr 26	Northwestern State		Husky Field • Houston, TX	2–0	Grofman, Ronni (6-9)	Seely, Kenzie (8-13)	None		200	19–24	6–14
Apr 27	Northwestern State		Husky Field • Houston, TX	2–0	Janes, Katy (5-4)	Seely, Kenzie (8-14)	None	ESPN+	300	20–24	7–14

May (2–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC record
May 3	at Texas A&M–Commerce		John Cain Family Softball Complex • Commerce, TX	1–3	Sanchez, Julia (6-13)	Prasifka, Addy (1-2)	None	ESPN+		21–25	7–15
May 3	at Texas A&M–Commerce		John Cain Family Softball Complex • Commerce, TX	7–4 (8 inn)	Swanson, Lyndie (8-7)	Muller, Maddie (3-17)	None	ESPN+	259	21–25	8–15
May 4	at Texas A&M–Commerce		John Cain Family Softball Complex • Commerce, TX	8–7 (8 inn)	Swanson, Lyndie (9-7)	Arredondo, Anissa (0-8)	None	ESPN+	183	22–25	9–15

Post-Season (1–2)

Southland Tournament (1–2)
Date	Opponent	(Seed)/Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament record
May 7	vs. (6) Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	(7)	North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	7–2	Swanson, Lyndie (10-7)	Aholelei, Primrose (15-11)	None	ESPN+	250	23–25	1–0
May 7	vs. (3) Nicholls	(7)	North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	4–5	Paden, Averi (8-4)	Swanson, Lyndie (10-8)	None	ESPN+	322	23–26	1–1
May 8	vs. (1) McNeese	(7)	North Oak Park • Hammond, LA	6–8	Schexnayder, Ryann(9-2)	Grofman, Ronni(6-10)	None	ESPN+	322	23–27	1–2

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Legend
	Houston Christian win
	Houston Christian loss
	Postponement/Cancellation
Bold	Houston Christian team member
*	Non-Conference game
†	Make-Up Game

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2024 Houston Christian Huskies softball team

Preseason

Southland Conference Coaches Poll

Preseason All-Southland team

First Team

Second Team

Roster

Schedule and results

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First Team

Second Team

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See also

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
McNeese ‍†‍‍	22	–	2	.917	40	–	20	.667
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	7	.708	47	–	15	.758
Nicholls ‍‍‍	16	–	8	.667	31	–	26	.544
Incarnate Word ‍‍‍	14	–	9	.609	34	–	17	.667
Lamar ‍‍‍	12	–	12	.500	26	–	25	.510
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	21	–	22	.488
Houston Christian ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	23	–	27	.460
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	5	–	18	.217	19	–	31	.380
Texas A&M–Commerce* ‍‍‍	2	–	22	.083	9	–	45	.167
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II^[1]

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 19, 2024^[2] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Coaches poll
1	McNeese State	128 (16)
2	Southeastern Louisiana	114 (2)
3	Nicholls	97
4	Lamar	78
5	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	72
6	Northwestern State	63
7	Houston Christian	49
8	Incarnate Word	30
9	Texas A&M–Commerce	17