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DUSOFT at Florida

DU Softball Heads to Florida to Start their 2025 Season

2/28/2025 7:16:00 PM

Winter Haven, Fla. The Dominican University softball team travels to Florida to kick off their 2025 campaign with 10 games in 7 days. 


Series History vs. Lebanon Valley College:
   All-Time Record / Streak/: 0-1 / DU  L1

DU in Review:
   - Dominican begins a stretch of 10 games in 7 days in Florida looking to defend their NACC championship and to make a second straight NCAA tournament berth. 


   -Last season when the Stars opened up their season in Florida they went 11-1.   

-The 2025 season marks the 18th season with Head Coach Cristina Lukas at the helm. Last season DU was 39-8 overall and 20-4 in the NACC.

 -Dominican heads into 2025 looking to make the conference tournament for the 4th straight year.  

- As a team last year, the Stars hit with a .330 batting average and held a stellar 1.74 ERA. 

Familiar Faces:
-Dominican returns senior Emma Woodhouse who can play on both sides of the ball. Woodhouse carried a 14-2 win-loss record in the circle with 58 strikeouts in 110.2 innings pitched. Not only did Woodhouse record that stellar record, she also carried a 1.96 ERA. The senior was also the team’s second-best hitter with a .398 batting average. Woodhouse had 53 hits and led the team with 29 RBIs. Emma played and started in 45 games last season. 

-Senior Liliana Santoyo will look to be back in the shortstop position this season. Santoyo carried an amazing .965 fielding percentage in her 202 chances at shortstop. Not only was the senior a huge part of the defensive success, she was also .339 hitter who had the walk-off bunt in the NACC championship game. Liliana had 41 hits in her 121 at bats. Santoyo played and started in 47 games last season. 

-Junior Ryley Davis is a two-year third baseman for the Stars and has been amazing in her short two years. Davis was a .275 hitter last season and looks to make a big jump on the offensive side things and carry her 13 doubles from the 2024 season to the 2025 season. At the hot corner, Davis carried herself with a .905 fielding percentage in her 137 chances. 

-Sophomore Kailee Diaz Randall returns to the Dominican lineup with high hopes this season. Diaz Randall was a fantastic freshman catcher last season and has only given herself the opportunity to improve even more. The Sophomore hit .282 last season with 8 doubles, and 3 triples. On the defensive side, Diaz Randall threw out five runners stealing and had a .957 fielding percentage behind home plate. 

-Senior Hanna Voegtle will return to the Dominican lineup playing left field and pitching. Voegtle threw in 14.1 innings last season and carried a 1.47 ERA, when the senior was not in the circle, she was out in left field with a .972 fielding percentage. Not only did Hanna help on the defensive side of things she was able to hit .362 last season in her 58 at-bats. 

 

Scouting Report:
   -Lebanon Valley College will open their 2025 season on March 2nd just like the Stars but will play at 9 a.m. ET vs Bethan Lutheran College. 

-The Dutchman of LVC went 35-10 last season with a 12-2 conference record and a 10-2 record on a neutral site. 

 

Series History vs. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute:

All-Time Record / Streak:  1-1, DU L1

-The Last time Dominican and RPI played each other was on March 8th in 2010 when RPI won 7-2.  

-The Stars won in 2009 10-6. 

 

Scouting Report:

-RPI will play their first games of their 2025 season on March 1st with a doubleheader against NACC opponent Benedictine University and Bethany College. 

-The Engineers went 34-7-1 last season with a 12-2 conference record an 8-2 record on a neutral field. 

 

Series History vs. Saint Mary’s University (Minn):

All-Time Record / Streak: This will be the first-ever meeting for DU and SMU Minn. 

 

Scouting Report:

-Saint Mary’s Minn. Is currently 8-0 to start off their 2025 season and are hitting .418 as a team and have scored 82 runs in 8 games. The Cardinals also currently hold a 1.98 team ERA. 

-Last season SMU went 32-11 overall with a 17-5 conference record and a 12-3 record on a neutral field. 

 

Series History vs. Wentworth Institute of Technology:

All-Time Record / Streak: This will be the first-ever meeting for DU and WIT. 

 

Scouting Report:

Wentworth will play their first game of their 2025 season on March 2nd with games against Eastern and RPI. 

-The Leopards of Wentworth went 25-19 overall last season with a 9-7 conference record and a 5-8 record on a neutral field.