Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/26/16) Dominican College softball coach, Joe Burbridge, was named the 2016 Central Atlantic College Conference (CACC) BSN Coach of the year as was announced today by CACC Commissioner, Dan Mara.  Burbridge highlighted a list of standouts who earned various all-conference and major awards following the conclusion of the regular season.

Six different members of the Lady Chargers were named to an All-Conference team.

Burbridge earned the BSN Coach-of-the-Year accolade after guiding Dominican to a 30-14-1 overall record and a 22-4 mark in the CACC, narrowly finishing one game out of the first-place spot in the regular season standings. The Lady Chargers closed out the regular season in fine fashion by winning 12 of their last 13, including a stretch of eight straight from April 13-17. Dominican enters the CACC Championship as the No. 2 seed, as last season the Chargers advanced all the way to conference championship final against Caldwell.

This is his first Coach of the Year honors.

The All-CACC First Team consisted of four Lady Chargers as Jillian Regan, Elontay Collins, Desiree Joines and Shannon Haukap* were all named to the team.

Taylor Gilligan and Emily Luzetsky both earned Second Team honors.

Regan, a sophomore shortstop from Staten Island, N.Y., makes her first appearance on the All-CACC First Team after receiving Second Team and Rookie of the Year honors in 2015.  She currently ranks second on the team and 10th in the conference in batting average, is second on the team and sixth in the CACC hits, 12th in runs batted in and is 14th in on-base percentage.

Collins, a junior outfielder from San Diego, Calif., earns her third All-Conference honor after being named to the First Team in 2014 and the Second Team last season.  She currently sits fourth on the team in batting average, while ranking 20th in the conference.  She is third in the CACC in stolen bases, fifth in hits, eighth in runs batted in, ninth in runs scored, 10th in home runs and 13th in triples.  Collins has earned one Player of the Week honors this year.

A sophomore pitcher from Stewartstown, Pa., Joines earns her first All-CACC First Team honors.  She is third in the conference in wins, saves and innings pitched, fourth in shut outs, 8th in earned run average and 10th in strikeouts.  She has earned one Pitcher of the Week honors this season.

Haukap, a senior designated player and catcher from Edmonds, Wash., makes her fourth All-Conference appearance and earns her third First Team honors.  She recorded her 200th hit this season and currently sits fourth All-Time in Lady Charger history in hits.  She leads the team and is seventh in the conference in batting average and slugging percentage, leads the team and conference in hits, is third in conference in runs scored, fourth in doubles, fifth in home runs, 12th in on-base percentage and is 16th in triples.  Haukap has also earned one Player of the Week honors and is one of this year's captains.

Gilligan, a rookie third basemen from Medford, N.J., earns her first All-CACC honors.  She is fifth in the CACC in runs batted in, seventh in hits and doubles, eighth in slugging percentage, ninth in on-base percentage,  11th in batting average, 15th in home runs and 6th in triples. She leads the team in runs batted in and is  third in batting average, hits and home runs.  She has earned one Rookie of the Week honors this season.

Luzetsky, a freshman outfielder from Bel Air, Md., also makes her first appearance on the All-CACC Second Team.  She is currently 13th in runs scored, 16th in triples and 19th in hits.  She is sixth on the team in batting average and has started all 45 games this season.  She has made 76 put outs this season with 14 assists to sport a .947 fielding percentage.

Caldwell University's Marisa Monasseri was named the Softball Player of the Year, while Samantha Esque from Post University earned the Pitcher of the Year accolades.  Zeaenna Brackett was tabbed the Rookie of the Year.

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