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2025 CACC SOFTBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL RELEASED
January 29, 2025

2025 CACC SOFTBALL PRESEASON COACHES POLL RELEASED

Courtesy of CACC Athletics

 

New Haven, Conn. (1/29/25) Wilmington University has been predicted to finish in first place in the in the 2025 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference softball standings, according to the results of the sport's CACC Preseason Coaches' Poll released today by Commissioner Dan Mara.

Wilmington (46-16, 20-2 CACC in 2024) is coming off a 2024 season which saw it set a program record for victories. The Wildcats won CACC regular-season and tournament championships, then captured the NCAA Division II East Region title to advance to the D-II National Championship tournament for the second consecutive season. Wilmington is ranked No. 5 in the 2025 national preseason Division-II coaches' poll.

The Wildcats received 11 of 12 first-place votes in the CACC poll and 121 total points. The University of Bridgeport, a CACC finalist and NCAA Tournament participant a year ago, collected the other first-place vote and was chosen for second place with 111 points. Goldey-Beacom College was picked for third place with 91 points, followed closely by the 89 points of fourth-place Felician University.

The next four positions in the poll went to, respectively, Caldwell University (5th, 77 points), Holy Family University (6th, 62), Georgian Court University (7th, 59) and Bloomfield College (8th, 57). Thomas Jefferson University was slotted into the ninth position with 46 points, followed by Dominican University New York (43), Post University (23), and Chestnut Hill College (13).

The regular season begins on Friday, with Felician playing the first two of a five-game trip to Pembroke, N.C. Most league teams will have opened their season by March 2, with conference action slated to start on Saturday, March 15.

At season's end, the top eight teams in the standings will qualify for the CACC Championship tournament. The opening round will be held on Saturday, April 26, at campus sites. Bridgeport will host the four-team, double-elimination segment on May 1-3 at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn. The CACC champion will automatically qualify for the 2025 NCAA Division II East Region Championship.


2025 CACC SOFTBALL PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
(First-place votes in parentheses)

1. Wilmington University 121 pts. (11)
2. University of Bridgeport 111 (1)
3. Goldey-Beacom College 91
4. Felician University 89
5. Caldwell University 77
6. Holy Family University 62
7. Georgian Court University 59
8. Bloomfield College 57
9. Thomas Jefferson University 46
10. Dominican University New York 43
11. Post University 23
12. Chestnut Hill College 13

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.