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Saint Peter's Peacocks softball
Saint Peter's Peacocks softball
University	Saint Peter's University
Head coach	Chris Stelma (8th season)
Conference	MAAC
Location	Jersey City, New Jersey
Home stadium	Joseph J. Jaroschak Field
Nickname	Peacocks
Colors	Blue and white;
NCAA Tournament appearances
	2001
Conference Tournament championships
	2001
Regular Season Conference championships
	1996, 2000

The Saint Peter's Peacocks softball team represents Saint Peter's University in the NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The Peacocks are currently led by head coach Chris Stelma. The team plays its home games at Joseph J. Jaroschak Field located in Lincoln Park in Jersey City, New Jersey.^[2]

History

Since joining the conference in 1981, Saint Peter's has won the MAAC regular season championship twice, doing so in 1996 in a tie with the Canisius Golden Griffins and in 2000. The Peacocks won the MAAC tournament championship in 2001, clinching a berth in the 2001 NCAA Division I softball tournament after defeating the Marist Red Foxes 2–0.^[3]

In their first appearance in the NCAA tournament, the Peacocks faced off against Arizona. The Peacocks attempted a late-game comeback, scoring two runs in the top of the seventh inning, but were defeated by a score of 4–2.^[4] The Wildcats, led by star pitcher Jennie Finch, would end up winning the 2001 Women's College World Series.^[5] Saint Peter's were eliminated from the tournament by Texas Tech, losing in a 3–2 contest.^[6]

Coaching history

Years	Coach	Record	%
1978–1984^[7]^[8]	Pat Longo	58–54	.518
1985–1986^[9]	Karen Karosy	12–43	.218
1987–1990	Patrick Ciriello	27–83	.245
1991–1993	Janice Higgins	40–67	.374
1994	Joe Botti	1–5	.167
1994	Vicki Morrow	5–24–1	.183
1995–1997	Rich Gilberto	81–58–2	.582
1998–2003	Ron DeRogitis	174–97–2	.641
2003	Tim Camp	18–12	.600
2004–2006	Jeff Horohonich	49–79	.383
2007–2008	Mike Pelegrino	28–61	.315
2009	Donna Barrone	10–24	.294
2010	Dan Drutz	2–36	.053
2011–2016	Ranae Bar	29–249	.104
2017–present^[10]	Chris Stelma	80–214	.272

Roster

2023 Saint Peter's Peacocks roster

Pitchers

0 – Kristen Brennan – Senior
27 – Christina Colon – Senior
42 – Sydney Palmer – Freshman
92 – Dakota Pitts – Sophomore
34 – Sydney Senerchia – Graduate Student
20 – Kasidy Slusser – Sophomore
19 – Sophie Wilson – Senior

Catchers

99 – Brandi Feeney – Senior
9 – Kourtney Ketcham – Junior
14 – Maiah Skakal – Junior

Infielders

17 – Courtney Fraher – Senior
7 – Aubrey Ketcham – Senior
12 – Cara McNulty – Senior
26 – Kaitlynn Peters – Junior
1 – Katie Sciglimpaglia – Graduate Student
86 – Tai Turner – Freshman

Outfielders

66 – Isabella Chugranis – Freshman
31 – Anja Solveig Kane – Graduate Student
23 – Kaylee Lacomb – Freshman
4 – Samantha Miller – Senior

Utility

24 – Jess Forte – Sophomore

Reference:^[11]

Season by season results

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Saint Peter's Peacocks (AIAW) (1978–1980)
1978	Pat Longo	10–2
1979	Pat Longo	12–3
1980	Pat Longo	11–4
Saint Peter's Peacocks (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (1981–present)
1981	Pat Longo	14–4
1982	Pat Longo	7–9
1983	Pat Longo	1–16
1984	Pat Longo	3–16
1985	Karen Karosy	6–23
1986	Karen Karosy	6–20
1987	Patrick Ciriello	11–16	3–10	8th
1988	Patrick Ciriello	8–22	7–8	6th
1989	Patrick Ciriello	3–22	3–14	8th
1990	Patrick Ciriello	5–23	2–12	10th
1991	Janice Higgins	7–26	3–13	8th
1992	Janice Higgins	18–20	5–11	3rd
1993	Janice Higgins	15–21	9–19	4th
1994	Joe Botti/Vicki Morrow	6–29–1	8–16
1995	Rich Gilberto	19–22–1	5–7
1996	Rich Gilberto	30–20	11–1	T–1st
1997	Rich Gilberto	32–16–1	7–4–1	3rd
1998	Ron DeRogitis	32–12–1	12–3–1	4th
1999	Ron DeRogitis	31–20	12–4	2nd
2000	Ron DeRogitis	32–19–1	12–4	1st
2001	Ron DeRogitis	42–19	10–6	4th	NCAA Regionals
2002	Ron DeRogitis	30–21	11–5	3rd
2003	Ron DeRogitis/Tim Camp	24–18	11–5	T–2nd
2004	Jeff Horohonich	11–22	5–11	T–7th
2005	Jeff Horohonich	15–33	3–12	8th
2006	Jeff Horohonich	23–24–1	5–11	T–8th
2007	Mike Pelegrino	22–23	11–5	2nd
2008	Mike Pelegrino	6–38	5–11	T–7th
2009	Donna Barrone	10–24	2–12	9th
2010	Dan Drutz	2–34	0–16	9th
2011	Ranae Bart	3–35	1–15	9th
2012	Ranae Bart	5–44	1–15	9th
2013	Ranae Bart	9–44	2–14	9th
2014	Ranae Bart	10–42	4–16	T–10th
2015	Ranae Bart	2–40	1–19	11th
2016	Ranae Bart	1–42	1–19	11th
2017	Chris Stelma	6–34	4–16	10th
2018	Chris Stelma	7–41	0–20	11th
2019	Chris Stelma	9–47	2–18	11th
2020	Chris Stelma	4–10	0–0	N/A	Season cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021	Chris Stelma	2–28	2–28	11th
2022	Chris Stelma	22–33	7–13	9th
2023	Chris Stelma	30–21	9–11	T–7th
2024	Chris Stelma	0–0	0–0
Total:		544–1009–5 (.351)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion