Biography
2024:
- Second Team All-MAAC selection
- CSC Academic All-District honoree
- MAAC All-Academic Team and MAAC Academic Honor Roll recipient
- Started all 48 games played between second base, shortstop, outfield and pitcher
- Hit a team-high .365 out of the leadoff spot, scoring 22 runs, good for second on the team
- Added seven doubles and a triple
- Posted a team-best 2.33 ERA in the circle, going 4-4 with 61 strikeouts in 63.0 innings pitched
- Hurled three complete games, including a one-hit shutout over a 6.0-inning mercy-rule-shortened contest against Mount St. Mary’s (Apr. 23)
- Had a team-high 18 multi-hit games, including seven with three hits
- Compiled three hits in three-straight games late in the season at Niagara (Apr. 26) and Quinnipiac (May 3, 4)
2023:
- All-MAAC First Team at Utility
- Extra Innings Softball Top 15 Two-Way Players (Preseason)
- Academic All-District selection
- MAAC All-Academic Team honoree
- Hit a team-best .333 with 32 runs, eight stolen bases and a .413 on-base percentage
- Average and on-base swelled to .433 and .493, respectively, in league games
- Also led the Broncs with a 3.19 ERA, 10 wins and 118 strikeouts in 118.1 innings pitched, limiting opponents to a .242 batting average
- Had a team-high 14 multi-hit games and tied with Maddie Luedtke, Gianna Epps and Laneya Wright for the longest hitting streak on the team at eight games to end the season (May 1-6)
- Six of her 14 multi-hit games consisted of three hits
- Went 3-for-3 with a double, two RBI’s and a run scored vs. Wagner (Feb. 25)
- Made it consecutive three-hit games with a 3-for-4 effort vs. Campbell (Feb. 25)
- Drove in two in another win over Wagner (Feb. 26)
- Went 2-for-5 with three runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base in a win over Cleveland State (Mar. 10)
- Also earned the win against Cleveland State, striking out seven in 4.0 innings of relief
- Singled, walked, scored a run and struck out seven in a complete-game effort to defeat Delaware (Mar. 22)
- Struck out a career-high 13 batters in a 6.0-inning, mercy-rule-shortened victory over Morgan State (Apr. 11), while also going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored at the plate
- Took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, before settling for a complete-game, one-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts in a win over Manhattan (Apr. 16)
- Went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored, while also earning the win in the circle to defeat Marist in Game 1 (Apr. 22)
- Added three-hit games against Siena (Apr. 23), Saint Peter’s (Apr. 25), Quinnipiac (May 1) and Niagara (May 6)
- Had multi-hit games in both ends of the doubleheader at Niagara (May 6), combining to go 5-for-9 with a double and a run scored, while also pitching 6.0, two-hit, shutout innings for the Game 1 win
- Struck out 11 in 6.0 innings of Game 1 at Mount St. Mary’s (May 2)
- Stole two bases twice – vs. Monmouth (Apr. 13) and Saint Peter’s (Apr. 25)
2022:
- NFCA All-Northeast Region First Team at utility
- All-ECAC
- All-MAAC First Team
- The only Bronc to start all 54 games and one of two (Grace Stansfield) to play in every game
- Earned MAAC Pitcher of the Week after pitching Rider’s first no hitter in nearly a decade (Rachael Matreale – Apr. 7, 2012) vs. Fairfield (Apr. 2)
- Hit .359 with a team-high .419 on-base percentage and 34 runs scored for the year
- Her 66 hits ranked 68th in the nation
- Had six doubles and drove in 16
- Walked a team-high 16 times
- Had a team-high 19 multi-hit games, including seven games with three hits and one with four
- Compiled a team-best 14-game hitting streak (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)
- Posted a team-best 2.09 ERA in the circle
- Compiled a 7-6 record in 24 appearances, including 14 starts, with seven complete games, three shutouts and a save
- Struck out a team-high 127 batters while limiting the opposition to a team-best .210 batting average
- Her 8.9 strikeouts per seven innings ranked 41st in the nation
- Picked up her first win of the season with five shutout innings at East Carolina (Mar. 14), striking out nine
- Pitched a five-inning complete-game, two-hit shutout to defeat Fairleigh Dickinson (Apr. 13)
- Struck out a season-high 10 batters twice, with the first coming in a complete-game, one-run effect at Quinnipiac to earn the win
- Also struck out 10 in seven innings pitched in a win at Marist
- Pitched two scoreless innings to earn the save vs. Lafayette (Mar. 30)
2021:
- Played in 31 games, including 28 starts, contributing at second base and in the circle
- Made 11 appearances in the circle, posting a 3.82 ERA in 18.1 innings pitched with a 2-1 record and a save
- Picked up the win in her pitching debut against Niagara (Mar. 26), going 3.0 scoreless innings, while scattering two hits and two walks
- Earned her first save against Saint Peter’s (May 5)
- Struck out a season-high four batters against Monmouth (Apr. 20)
- Had six multi-hit games, including two of her first three games played against Quinnipiac (Mar. 20-21)
- Drove in a run in each of her first four games, all against Quinnipiac (Mar. 20-21)
- Had a season-high three hits in a 3-for-4 effort with a pair of RBI’s against Saint Peter’s (May 5)
Before Rider:
A strong two-way player who earned All-Region Player of the Year at Mountain View High School… 2018-19 All-Region First Team… Also earned Second Team in 2016-17…. Selected to the 5a Futures All-Star Team in 2018-19… All-Southern Arizona Freshman Team honors in 2016-17… Posted a 2.98 career ERA with 268 strikeouts in 202 innings pitched, including 123 punchouts in 72 innings in her junior season… Offensively, she batted .392 for her high school career… Three-time All-Academic Team honoree… Also played club softball for the Desert Thunder Fowler.
Personal:
The daughter of Mandy and Brian Niegocki… Has an older brother, James and a younger sister, JoLynn… a health sciences major.
