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PITMAN, N.J. – Marissa Lucca added one final honor to her historic senior season on Sunday, when the TCNJ women's lacrosse star was honored as the NJAC Female Athlete of the Year at the conference's annual awards brunch.]]>Lucca NJAC AOTYMon, 8 Jun 2026 12:36:00 EST1418003https://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/27/softball-knasiak-tabbed-nfca-first-team-all-american.aspxhttps://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/27/softball-knasiak-tabbed-nfca-first-team-all-american.aspxSoftball

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - TCNJ softball's Maya Knasiak capped off her historic junior season with a selection to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America First Team, as announced by the organization this afternoon. The junior is the first Lion pitcher to be named an NFCA All-American since 2000, and joins Donna O'Connell (1987) and Jennifer LoPresti (1991) as just the third First-Team honoree in program history.]]>Maya KnasiakWed, 27 May 2026 14:35:00 EST1918000https://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/26/softball-quartet-garners-academic-all-district-honors.aspxhttps://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/26/softball-quartet-garners-academic-all-district-honors.aspxSoftball

EWING, N.J. - TCNJ Softball's Gianna Vazquez, Morgan Estelow, Maya Knasiak and Grace Brouillard were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team, as announced by the organization this afternoon.]]>SB AAD 2026Tue, 26 May 2026 12:02:00 EST1917998https://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/15/softball-knasiak-named-to-nfca-all-region-iv-first-team.aspxhttps://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/15/softball-knasiak-named-to-nfca-all-region-iv-first-team.aspxSoftball

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - TCNJ Softball's Maya Knasiak continues to pile up postseason accolades following a stellar junior campaign on both sides of the field, pairing her NJAC Pitcher of the Year selection with a spot on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's (NFCA) All-Region IV First Team.]]>Knasiak All-RegionFri, 15 May 2026 14:05:00 EST1917985https://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/3/softball-falls-in-njac-championship-rubber-match.aspxhttps://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/3/softball-falls-in-njac-championship-rubber-match.aspxSoftball

GLASSBORO, N.J. - The TCNJ softball team left it all on the field in Game 3 of its NJAC Championship series against Rowan Sunday afternoon, but despite outhitting the hosts 9-6, the Lions saw their season come to a close with an 8-4 loss to the 17th-ranked Profs.]]>TCNJ Softball HuddleSun, 3 May 2026 17:36:00 EST1917963https://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/2/softball-splits-day-1-of-njac-championship-series.aspxhttps://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/2/softball-splits-day-1-of-njac-championship-series.aspxSoftball

GLASSBORO, N.J. - The TCNJ softball team split a pair of extra-inning grudge matches on Day 1 of its NJAC Championship series against 17th-ranked Rowan Saturday afternoon, taking Game 1, 3-2, before dropping Game 2 to force a winner-take-all Game 3 tomorrow.]]>Morgan Leonhauser CelebrationSat, 2 May 2026 21:20:00 EST1917960https://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/1/knasiak-headlines-softballs-five-all-conference-selections.aspxhttps://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/5/1/knasiak-headlines-softballs-five-all-conference-selections.aspxSoftball

EWING, N.J. - Following a stellar junior campaign on both sides of the field, TCNJ softball's Maya Knasiak has been named the NJAC's Pitcher of the Year. The junior – also a First Team honoree for the second straight season – is joined on the All-Conference list by Second Teamers Elizabeth Gosse, Morgan Leonhauser and Gianna Vazquez, as well as Honorable Mentionee Morgan Estelow.]]>SB All-NJAC 2026Fri, 1 May 2026 11:00:00 EST1917957https://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/4/30/softball-upsets-top-seeded-stockton-advances-to-njac-championship-series.aspxhttps://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/4/30/softball-upsets-top-seeded-stockton-advances-to-njac-championship-series.aspxSoftball

GALLOWAY, N.J. - The TCNJ softball team got redemption in its NJAC semifinal matchup against Stockton Thursday afternoon, capitalizing on smart baserunning and a complete game in the circle from Maya Knasiak to upset the top-seeded Ospreys, 2-1, and advance to Saturday's NJAC Championship series.]]>Softball CelebrationThu, 30 Apr 2026 18:06:00 EST1917956https://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/4/29/seven-lions-recognized-in-final-edition-of-njac-weekly-awards.aspxhttps://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/4/29/seven-lions-recognized-in-final-edition-of-njac-weekly-awards.aspxMen's Track & Field, Lacrosse, Softball, Women's Tennis, Women's Track & Field

PITMAN, N.J. – Seven TCNJ student-athletes received weekly NJAC recognition, as released by the conference this morning. This will be the final edition of the conference's weekly awards in 2025-26 with postseason play officially underway for all spring sports beginning this weekend.]]>njac weekly awards graphicWed, 29 Apr 2026 09:25:00 EST1717951https://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/4/28/kitchins-100th-career-hit-leads-softball-past-montclair-state-into-njac-semifinals.aspxhttps://tcnjathletics.com/news/2026/4/28/kitchins-100th-career-hit-leads-softball-past-montclair-state-into-njac-semifinals.aspxSoftball

EWING, N.J. - The TCNJ softball team hosted Montclair State in the first round of the NJAC Tournament Tuesday afternoon, battling through a pitcher's duel before getting back-to-back RBI doubles from Camryn Kitchin and Emily Evans to beat the Red Hawks 2-0 and advance to Thursday's semifinal. Kitchin's sixth-inning hit was not only the decider in another low-scoring game between the teams, but also served as the 100th hit of her career – 20 of which have been doubles.]]>SB Bracket CelebrationTue, 28 Apr 2026 18:27:00 EST1917950