DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Apr. 7, 2025) – The Mercy University softball team hosts Felician University on Wednesday, April 9th at 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. before hosting Dominican University on Thursday, April 10th at 2:30 & 4:30 p.m.

Who, When and Where

Date/Time: Wednesday, April 9th 2:30 & 4:30 p.m.

Records: Mercy (11-13), Felician (9-27)

Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Date/Time: Thursday, April 10th 2:30 & 4:30 p.m.

Records: Mercy (11-13), Dominican (8-21)

Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Last Meeting vs. Felician

Mercy dropped 4-0 and 8-0 decisions to Felician on April 16, 2023.

Last Meeting vs. Dominican

Mercy earned an 8-2 win over Dominican on April 7, 2024.

Scouting the Mavericks

Mercy entered the 2025 season picked second in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 14-28 overall and 8-12 in ECC play last season, qualifying for the ECC Tournament for the fourth straight season. The Mavericks earned the No. 4 seed in the ECC Tournament last season and look to qualify for the ECC Tournament for the fifth straight season under Head Coach Jaime Lorenzo.

Leading the returners for the Mavericks is sophomore Averi Miller who hit .336 last season with 30 RBI, 24 runs, eight stolen bases and eight doubles last season. Also returning is sophomore Allison Murphy who hit .299 in 2024 with 11 RBI, seven doubles and two home runs. Murphy had a team-high 31 runs and set a single-season school record with 25 stolen bases. Sophomore Dylan Reyer is back after hitting .308 with 11 RBI, 19 stolen bases and 21 runs scored.

Senior Victoria Seppala is back after being named First Team All-ECC in 2023. She hit .328 with 15 RBI and 28 runs scored in 2023. Sophomore Julianna Coluccio also returns after hitting .300 last season before suffering a season-ending injury. She had nine RBI and nine runs scored in 60 at bats last season. Graduate student Mia Harris is back after hitting .286 a year ago before suffering a season-ending injury. Seniors Madilyn Lula and Kimberlee Childs, junior Elizabeth Stark and sophomore Onnika DeBruhl return after combining for seven RBI and 14 runs scored in 2024.

Leading the returners on the pitching staff is junior Mackayla Secoda who went 6-7 last season with a team-best 3.57 ERA in 94.0 innings with 45 strikeouts. Junior Marina Provencio also returns after pitching 25.1 innings last season with a 1-3 record and 10 strikeouts.

Lorenzo also brings in a strong recruiting class highlighted by Division I Stonehill College transfer senior Skylar Brandemarte. The senior won 21 games in three years at Stonehill with a 4.06 ERA in 431.1 innings with 230 strikeouts. Also joining the Mavericks is freshman Talia Salanto who was named All-State and All-SCC First Team at Jonathan Law High School. Freshman Keira Jantz joins the Mavericks from Islip High School and was named All-County twice. Freshman Alexis Lemus joins Mercy from South Hills High School in California where she hit .412 during her senior year. Freshman Lauren McSweeney was named All-Division, All-County three times and League Pitcher of the Year three times at Islip High School. Freshman Jessica Fox joins Mercy from Morris Knolls High School where she was named Second Team All-Conference and freshman Carly Gaffney holds the school record for strikeouts and hits at Palmerton Area High School. Freshman Mikaela Mammola joins the Mavericks from Pawling High School and was named All-Section and All-League.

Mercy is coming off 2-0 and 4-0 losses to Pace on Wednesday. The Mavericks were led by junior Mackayla Secoda and senior Skylar Brandemarte who combined to allow two earned runs. Mercy has been led at the plate by freshman Jessica Fox who is hitting .292 with 10 runs to go with 10 RBI. Sophomore Averi Miller is hitting .253 with a team-high 16 RBI with 20 hits to go with 13 runs. Senior Madilyn Lula is hitting .246 with six RBI and a home run and senior Victoria Seppala has eight RBI and a home run. Sophomore Allison Murphy is hitting a team-high .346 with 12 RBI and a team-high 14 runs scored and nine stolen bases and freshman Keira Jantz has seven RBI. Graduate student Mia Harris is hitting .298 with five RBI. Senior Skylar Brandemarte leads the pitching staff with a 5-5 record, a 1.71 ERA and 56 strikeouts in 73.2 innings pitched. Freshman Lauren McSweeney is 3-2 in the circle with a 4.75 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 28.0 innings and junior Mackayla Secoda is 3-3 with a 2.74 ERA in 38.1 innings with 31 strikeouts.  

Brandemarte and Secoda were named to the ECC Honor Roll on Monday. Brandemarte and Murphy were named to the ECC Honor Roll last week. McSweeney was named ECC Co-Rookie of the Week on March 24th and Harris, Murphy and Secoda were tabbed to the Honor Roll. Brandemarte, Miller and McSweeney were named to the ECC Honor Roll on March 17th. McSweeney was named ECC Rookie of the Week on March 10th and graduate student Mia Harris, Lula, Brandemarte and freshman Mikaela Mammola were named to the Honor Roll. Freshman Alexis Lemus was named ECC Player and Rookie of the Week on March 3rd and Secoda was tabbed Pitcher of the Week. Jantz and Brandemarte received Honor Roll recognition.

Mercy is 8-7 in their last 15 meetings against Felician and 1-4 in their last five meetings against Dominican.

Scouting the Golden Falcons

Felician is coming off 7-6 and 8-7 losses at Goldey-Beacom on Saturday. The Golden Falcons will host Bloomfield on Tuesday before playing at Mercy on Wednesday. Felician was picked fourth in the CACC Preseason Poll after going 19-30 last season, qualifying for the CACC Championship. The Golden Falcons are led by Layla Albarran who is hitting a team-high .325 with 10 RBI and two home runs. Mikayla Brown has a team-high 26 RBI, 11 doubles and four home runs and Kimberly Torres has 17 RBI and a .313 batting average. The pitching staff is led by Riley Williams who has a team-best 3.45 ERA with a 5-7 record in 77.0 innings. Skye Limardo is 2-6 with a 6.23 ERA in 48.1 innings and Jocelyn Moody is 2-9 with a 7.04 ERA in 59.2 innings.

Scouting the Chargers

Dominican is coming off 7-6 and 9-4 losses at Caldwell on Wednesday. The Chargers will host Post on Tuesday before playing at Mercy on Thursday. Dominican was picked 10th in the CACC Preseason Poll after going 12-27 last season. The Chargers have been led by Chloe McIntosh who has a team-high 13 RBI. Adriana Barnes and Giovanna Salcido both have 12 RBI and Jalaeya LaPorte has 11 RBI. Toni-Jo Lopez has a team-high .311 batting average and Emily Baxter is 7-6 in the circle with a 2.62 ERA in 88.1 innings with 91 strikeouts. Gianna Barbieri is 1-10 with a 7.81 ERA in 52.0 innings.

Next Game

Mercy plays at Staten Island on Saturday, April 12th at 12 & 2 p.m.