Halfway through her collegiate career, Sammie Friel ranks among the program’s all-time pitching leaders in numerous categories. She is tied for seventh in shutouts (5), is ninth in strikeouts (182), 11th in games started (36) and opponent batting average (.265), 14th in both at bats (747) and batters faced (914), 15th in appearances (39), 16th in innings pitched (189) and 18th in ERA (3.96).
As a freshman, Friel earned New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year and NJAC Second Team honors. She also has captured many academic honors during her career.
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2024-25 scholastic year…Member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2023 Fall, 2024 Spring, 2024 Fall and 2025 Spring semesters…Dean’s List student.
Softball 2025: Appeared in 17 games, making 16 starts and one relief appearance…Led the team in starts, innings (78.1) and strikeouts (75), while tying for the team lead with four complete games and one shutout…Posted a 1-14 record and a 5.72 ERA…Had a perfect fielding percentage with one putout and 18 assists in 19 chances…Worked 3.0 innings in a season-opening start against Oneonta (Feb. 25) and suffered a tough 3-0 loss despite allowing only five hit and two runs (only one earned), while walking one and striking out three…Hurled 6.1 innings in a tough 2-1 loss against Alvernia (March 11, Game 2), allowing two earned runs, walking four and striking out five…Struck out nine batters over five innings in a 6-5 loss against Wesleyan (March 15)…Earned her lone win with a dominating complete-game 3-0 shutout against Montclair State (April 5, Game 1), allowing five hits and no walks, while striking out seven…Had a complete game in a 4-1 loss against The College of New Jersey (April 9, Game 2), allowing just three earned runs while fanning her season high of 11 batters.
Softball 2024: Appeared in 22 games, starting 20…Had 11 complete games, including four shutouts…Added one save…Led the Raptors with 110-2/3 innings pitched and 107 strikeouts…Posted a 9-10 record and a 2.72 ERA…Allowed 88 hits and 59 runs, 43 of them earned…Walked 42 and hit 22 batters…Named New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year…Captured NJAC Second Team honors…Two-time NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week (April 1 and April 15)…Earned Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week (April 15)…Held righthanded hitters to a paltry .199 batting average (72-for-362)…Made her collegiate debut March 9 against the Wentworth Institute of Technology, allowing 10 hits, three walks and six earned runs in 2-1/3 innings without a decision…Earned her first win and shutout on March 10 in a 9-0 victory over Plymouth State, throwing a one-hitter with three walks and nine strikeouts…Lost a 4-0 decision March 12 against Lakeland University, allowing six hits, three walks and four runs (three earned), while striking out one…Hurled an 8-0 three-hit shutout over St. Norbert (March 15) in a five-inning game, walking one and striking out two…Lost a tough 2-0 decision in a complete game six-hitter against Alvernia (Game One, March 19), walking five and striking out 11 while allowing two earned runs…Hurled a one-hitter in a 7-3 victory over Albright (Game Two, March 21), allowing six walks, striking out seven and surrendering three unearned runs…Notched a save with two shutout, no-hit innings in a 1-0 win over Gwynedd Mercy (Game Two, March 26), walking two and striking out four…Earned a 2-1 win over New Jesey City (Game Two, March 30), allowing two hits and one earned run in a complete game, while striking out six and not allowing a walk…Beat Montclair State (Game One, April 6) with a four-hitter, allowing two walks and one earned run in a 2-1 win, while striking out six…Suffered a 3-0 loss against Ramapo (Game One, April 7), allowing four hits, two walks and two earned runs in six innings, while fanning seven…Posted a 1-0 win at The College of New Jersey (Game One, April 9), hurling a four-hit shutout with two walks and three strikeouts…Blanked Kean, 1-0, (Game One, April 13) with a one-hitter, two walks and seven strikeouts…Took the loss in a 6-2 decision against Stockton (Game One, April 16) despite allowing only one hit and one earned run in two innings, while striking out two…Beat William Paterson (Game One, April 20), 6-2, with a two-hitter, allowing two earned runs and one walk, while striking out nine…Posted a 2-1 victory in a four-hitter against Rutgers-Newark (Game One, April 27), allowing one walk and one unearned run, while striking out six…Notched her highs of three putouts against Lakeland (March 12) and four assists against New Jersey City (Game Two, March 30).
High School: Earned three varsity softball letters at Cherokee High School for Coach Mary Madgey…Captured All-Conference First Team honors during both her junior and senior seasons…Graduated in 2023.
Club Team: South Jersey Thunder
Personal: Born October 18, 2004…Enjoys hanging out with friends and family, working out, listening to music, and going to the beach…Finance major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to pursue a career in finance…Sammie is the daughter of Lynn and Jerry Friel of Marlton.
