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2025 Softball Roster

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11 Samantha Mallen

  • Height 5-3
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Belle Mead, N.J.
  • High School Montgomery
  • Position OF

Biography

SENIOR (2025): NFCA Third Team All-American...NFCA First Team All-Region...Centennial Conference Player of the Year...All-Centennial First Team...Appeared in 42 games and made 41 starts...Led team and ranked third in the Centennial Conference with a .462 batting average (67-of-145)...Ranked second in the Centennial Conference with 67 (Led Centennial after regular season)...Ranked second in the Centennial Conference with 49 runs scored and led while ranking third in NCAA Division III with 48 stolen bases...Hit one double and tallied five RBI's...Set Ursinus single season school record with hits, runs scored, and stolen bases...Recorded 23 multi-hit contests and at least one hit in 37 of 42 games...Went 2-for-3 with three runs scored a double and a stolen base in game two against Catholic (3/1)...Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and stolen base versus Lebanon Valley (3/8)...Went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two stolen bases versus Penn State Berks (3/8)...Totaled a hit, run scored, and stolen base versus Washington & Jefferson (3/9)...Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and two stolen bases versus DeSales (3/9)...Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two stolen bases versus Westminster (3/11)...Stole three bases and scored two runs with one hit versus Loras (3/11)...Went perfect 4-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base versus Skidmore (3/12)...Stole two bases and tallied a hit versus Sage (3/14)...Went 2-for-5 in game one against Alvernia (3/20)...Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two stolen bases in game two against Moravian (3/22)...Went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and a stolen base in game one versus Immaculata (3/25)...Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two stolen bases in game two versus Immaculata (3/25)...Went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and stole two bases in game one against Elizabethtown (3/27)...Scored two runs with a hit and stolen base in game two against Elizabethtown (3/27)...Went 2-for-5 with a run scored and stolen base in game one against McDaniel (3/29)...Went 2-for-3 in game two against McDaniel (3/29)...Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and two stolen bases in game two against Haverford (4/1)...Stole two bases with a hit in game two against Gettysburg (4/5)...Tallied RBI single and stole a base in game one versus Swarthmore (4/10)...Went 2-for-3 with a stolen base in game two versus Swarthmore (4/10)...Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two stolen bases plus an RBI in game one against Dickinson (4/13)...Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in game two against Dickinson (4/13)...Went 3-for-4 with four runs scored and three stolen bases in game one against Muhlenberg (4/15)...Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored with an RBI plus stolen base in game two against Muhlenberg (4/15)...Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and stole two bases in game two against Washington College (4/19)...Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two stolen bases in game one versus Franklin & Marshall (4/22)...Went 2-for-3 with a stolen base in game one versus Salisbury (4/25)...Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored with an RBI plus stolen base versus Gettysburg (5/3)

JUNIOR (2024): All-Centennial First Team and Centennial Conference Gold Glove Winner...Appeared and started in all 38 games...Led team and ranked third in Centennial Conference with .419 batting average (57-of-136)...Ranked second in Centennial with 57 hits and led team with 36 runs scored...Led team and ranked third in Centennial with 26 stolen bases, hit two doubles, and tallied 14 RBI's...Led team with 16 multi-hit contests and stole a base in 19 games with six multi-steal contests...Stole two bases and hit a single in game one versus Catholic (2/24)...Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a stolen base in game two versus Catholic (2/24)...Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, two stolen bases, one RBI and a double versus Dominican (3/2)...Went perfect 5-for-5 from the plate with two runs scored, two stolen bases, and a RBI versus Benedictine (3/2)...Went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBI's and two stolen bases versus Penn State Berks (3/6)...Went 3-for-4 with season-high three stolen bases and scored two runs with a RBI versus Simmons (3/6)...Scored two runs while tallying a hit and stolen base versus Marian (3/8)...Eclipsed 100-career hit plateau with two hits plus a stolen base versus Plymouth State (3/8)...Hit RBI single, scored a run, and stole a base in game two versus Alvernia (3/14)...Went 2-for-3 with a stolen base in game one versus Moravian (3/16)...Went 2-for-5 with three runs scored, two stolen bases, and a RBI in game one versus Elizabethtown...Went 3-for-4 with a run scored, RBI, and stolen base in game two versus Elizabethtown (3/21)...Scored three runs and became Ursinus all-time stolen base leader in game one against Immaculata (3/26)...Went 2-for-4 with a RBI and stolen base in game two against Immaculata (3/26)...Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a double in game two against Washington College (3/30)...Went 2-for-3 with a stolen base in game one against Salisbury (4/13)...Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a stolen base in game two versus Franklin & Marshall (4/18)...Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI in game one versus Dickinson (4/20)...Registered three RBI's, two runs scored, and a hit in game two versus Dickinson (4/20)...Went 3-for-4 with a RBI and run scored in game one versus Haverford (4/23)

SOPHOMORE (2023): Appeared and started in all 43 games...Set Centennial Conference and Ursinus single-season record with 41 stolen bases an ranked seventh in all of Division III...Stole at least one base in 28 games and stole multiple bases in 11 games...Ranked second on the team with a .380 batting average (57-of-150)...Led team in hits while ranking second in the Centennial Conference...Registered 20 multi-hit contests...Led Centennial with 39 runs scored...Added 21 RBI's and three doubles...Tallied two RBI's and scored a run in game one versus Stevens (2/26)...Went 2-of-3 from the plate with  a double plus two runs scored in game two versus Stevens (2/26)...Went 2-of-4 from the plate with a RBI, run scored, and stolen base versus Lancaster Bible (3/5)...Scored three runs, stole two bases, and drew two walks versus Penn State Altoona (3/6)...Went 2-of-4 from the plate with three runs scored and a stolen base versus Penn State Harrisburg (3/6)...Went 2-of-5 from the plate with a RBI, run scored, and stolen base against Penn State Altoona (3/8)...Went 2-of-4 from the plate with two runs scored, an RBI, and stolen base versus Cazenovia (3/8)... Stole career-high four bases while going 3-of-4 from the plate with three runs scored versus Clarks Summit (3/8)...Stole two bases and scored two runs with a hit versus Delaware Valley (3/9)...Went 2-of-4 from the plate with a run scored and three stolen bases in game one versus Gwynedd Mercy (3/21)...Went 2-of-4 from the plate with two RBI's, a stolen base, and one run scored in game two versus Gwynedd Mercy (3/21)...Went 3-of-4 from the plate with two runs scored and two stolen bases in game one versus Immaculata (3/28)...Went 2-of-3 from the plate with a RBI, run scored, and stolen base in game one against Elizabethtown (3/30)...Went 2-of-5 from the plate with two runs scored and a RBI in game two against Elizabethtown (3/30)...Went 2-of-4 from the plate with a RBI, run scored, and stolen base in game two against Franklin & Marshall (4/4)...Went 2-of-5 from the plate with two runs scored and a stolen base in game one against McDaniel (4/8)...Registered two hits and stole two bases in both games of doubleheader against Dickinson (4/22)...Recorded two hits in each game and stole three bases between doubleheader versus Gettysburg (4/27)...Went 3-of-4 from the plate with three runs scored and two stolen bases versus Dickinson (5/6)...Went 2-of-3 from the plate with two stolen bases versus Swarthmore (5/7).

FIRST-YEAR (2022): Appeared in 33 games...Posted .276 batting average (21-of-76)...Finished season with 15 runs scored, nine RBI's, and tied for third on the team with five stolen bases...Posted five multi-hit games...Scored a run and stole a base versus Capital (3/7)...Tallied a hit, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base versus Marywood (3/7)...Went perfect 3-of-3 from the plate with one RBI, a double, and one run scored versus Concordia-Chicago (3/9)...Added one hit and one run scored in game two of twinbill against Gwynedd Mercy (3/22) and Cortland (3/26)...Went 2-of-2 from the plate with one RBI and one run scored against Salisbury (3/27)...Went 2-of-3 from the plate with one run scored in game one of a doubleheader versus Elizabethtown (3/30)...Scored two runs in game two versus Elizabethtown (3/30)...Went combined 4-of-7 from the plate with three runs scored in doubleheader against Haverford (4/5)...Posted a RBI in each game of twinbill versus Dickinson (4/23)

Before Ursinus: Graduated from Montgomery High School...Member of varsity softball team...Earned First Team All-Conference three times

Personal: Born April 6th, 2002 ... Daughter of Louis and Elizabeth Mallen ... Economics major

Why Ursinus? 

I knew a friend that went here and loved it so I toured and thought it was a good fit for me

Favorite Hobby: I love to nap

Favorite Food: Lasagna

HONORS:

  • NFCA Third Team All-American (2025)
  • NFCA First Team All-Region (2025)
  • Centennial Conference Player of the Year (2025)
  • All-Centennial First Team (2024, 2025)
  • Centennial Conference Gold Glove Winner (2024)
  • Ursinus Career Hits, Runs Scored, and Stolen Base Leader 
  • Ursinus Single-Season Hits, Runs Scored, and Stolen Base Leader 
  • EAST-COMM Female Athlete of the Month (April 2025)
  • Centennial Conference Softball Player of the Week (3/11/25)
  • Academic All-Centennial (2024, 2025)
  • Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
  • PhillySIDA Academic All-Area (2025)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2022First-Year

    OF
    5'3"
    11
  • 11

    2023Sophomore

    OF
    5'3"
    11
  • 11

    2024Junior

    OF
    5'3"
    11
  • 11

    2025Senior

    OF
    5'3"
    11