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2018 RIT Women's Softball Roster

Riley Joslin
Kelsie Redburn
Alex Busch

14 Lauren Mahar

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rotterdam, NY
  • Highschool Schalmont
  • Major Biomedical Sciences
  • B/T R/R

Biography

Career: Fifth all-time at the university with 79 appearances on the mound … sixth with 396 2/3 innings pitched, 62 games started, 26 wins and seven shutouts … seventh with 294 strikeouts.
 
2018:
Appeared in 19 games, making 13 starts … had eight complete games, one shutout and one save … recorded a 71-to-24 strikeout-to-walk ratio … fired her seventh career shutout, allowing just four hits while striking out eight batters in a win over The College of Staten Island … struck out a season-high nine batters in an extra-inning contest against Rochester … earned the save in a 6-3 win over Dubuque … threw four innings of shutout relief at Nazareth … threw a four-hit complete-game, allowing just a run against Hood … had 25 strikeouts over a three-game stretch, April 22 to April 27 … fired a five-hit complete-game win against Union … came on in relief to throw three shutout innings, as RIT rallied to defeat Skidmore, 4-2 … named to the Liberty League All-Academic team for maintaining at least a 3.30 grade-point average … finalist for RIT’s prestigious Dr. Mark Ellingson Award for Academic Excellence within the athletics program. STATS

2017: All-Liberty League second team selection … CoSIDA Academic All-District Selection … finished season with an 8-7 record, 2.33 earned run average, nine complete games and team-high three shutouts … struck out 66 batters in 96 1/3 innings over 20 appearances and held opponents to a .259 batting average … RIT Female Athlete of the Week on March 13 … won her first four decisions of the season … threw a one-hit shutout, while striking out eight batters in a 7-0 win over Gordon … allowed just two hits and an unearned run in a complete-game win, 6-1 over Bethany … picked up a save, allowing two unearned runs over the final three innings of a 12-9 win over Millikin … threw a four-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over Keuka … threw a two-hit shutout in a 3-0 win over Skidmore … opened the season with a 4-0 record and 0.59 earned run average over her first five appearances … was 3-2 with a 2.77 earned run average in six Liberty League contests … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team for maintaining a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average. STATS

2016: Appeared in 21 games on the mound … made 16 starts … fired 12 complete games … recorded six wins … struck out 84 batters in 110 2/3 innings … fired a one-hit shutout with one walk and eight strikeouts in a 7-0 win over Houghton … pitched six innings of scoreless relief to earn the win as RIT rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat St. Lawrence, 5-2 in the regular season finale and clinch a berth in the Liberty League Tournament … earned wins in back-to-back appearances against Lawrence and Kalamazoo … also earned wins over Liberty League foes Union and Clarkson … threw eight innings in two separate outings against Alfred and league champion Rochester … was 3-3 with a 3.15 earned run average, four complete games, and 26 strikeouts in 40 innings during Liberty League play … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team. STATS

2015: Appeared in 19 games on the mound, with 18 starts and 13 complete games … recorded a 9-8 overall record with 73 strikeouts in 103 2/3 innings … recorded a 3.58 earned run average and 1.49 WHIP … named the Liberty League Rookie of the Week, April 20 … RIT Female Athlete of the Week, April 20 … in the top-10 in several Liberty League pitching categories … was 3-3 with a 2.65 ERA in Liberty League play … fired two shutouts, including a three-hitter in a 5-0 win over St. Lawrence and two hitter in a 2-0 victory over Nazareth … allowed six hits and an unearned run, while striking out eight batters in a 4-1 win over Houghton … had an ERA of 2.30 over her final 16 appearances … allowed two or few earned runs against league foes Union, Skidmore, and St. Lawrence … had career-best 10 strikeouts, allowing just four-hits in extra-inning 1-0 loss to Union … won five straight starts, April 15 to April 20 … was 5-0 with a 1.60 ERA over that stretch … had one hit at the plate, a single against Union. STATS

Before RIT: Played four seasons of varsity softball at Schalmont High School … two-year team captain … two-year team MVP … earned All-New York State fifth team honors in 2014 … second team All-Area … garnered All-Colonial Council first team honors in 2013 and 2014 … second team pick in 2012, third team pick in 2011 … all-time leader at Schalmont in strikeouts (538) and shutouts (14) … led team to 2011 and 2014 Sectional semifinals … also played four years of varsity volleyball.
 
Personal: Biomedical sciences major … daughter of Patricia and David Mahar … has one brother, Brian, and one sister, Erin.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2015First Year

    Pitcher/Outfield
    5'3"
    14
  • 14

    2016Sophomore

    Pitcher/Outfield
    5'3"
    14
  • 14
    C

    2017Junior

    Pitcher/Outfield
    5'3"
    14
    C
  • 14
    C

    2018Senior

    Pitcher
    5'3"
    14
    C