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2024 Softball Roster

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  • Senior
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  • La Plata, Md.
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  • 5'4
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  • La Plata
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Sydney Bales Headshot 2023
#33
Sydney Bales
OF
Position
Senior
Class
La Plata, Md.
Hometown

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2024 - SENIOR
  • Played and started in all 52 games (career-high) in left field
  • Batted .277/.331 (career-high)/.440 (career-high) with 141 at-bats (career-high) 39 hits (career-high), seven doubles (career-high), two triples (ties 2021 career-high), four home runs (career-high18 runs scored (career-high), 16 RBI (career-high), two hit by pitches (career-high), one sacrifice fly (ties 2022 & 2023 career highs) and nine stolen bases
  • Recorded a fielding percentage of .979 with 89 putouts (career-high), three assists (career-high) and two errors
  • Had 27 games with a hit, eight two-hit games and two three-hit games (all career-highs)
  • Recorded a five-game hitting streak from April 10 to April 16
  • Led the team in... Games played/started (52, tied with Marlaina Bozek & Maddy Myers), home runs (4, tied with Logan Pickford & Maddy Myers), sacrifice bunts (8)
  • Was second on the team in... Triples (2, tied with Marlaina Bozek), slugging percentage (.444), hit by pitch (2, tied with Rachel Warrens & Elyssa DeRosa), strikeouts (34), sacrifice flies (1, tied with Rachel Warrens & Maddy Myers), stolen bases (9)
  • Was third on the team in... OPS (.771), total bases (62)
  • Was fourth on the team in... Batting average (.277), hits (39), doubles (7), RBI (16), on-base percentage (.331)
  • Was fifth on the team in... At-bats (141), runs scored (18)
  • Was sixth on the team in... Walks (10)
  • Hit a two-run home run on March 24 at Loyola Chicago in Game One
  • Went 3-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI and a double on March 28 against Missouri #12/#13 Missouri
  • Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored (career-high), a triple and a home run on April 13 at UMass in Game Two

2023 - JUNIOR
  • Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion
  • Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete for the third year in a row
  • Played in 42 games with 31 starts... Started every game in the Atlantic 10 Tournament and in the NCAA Regional
  • Batted .230/.277/.310 with 87 at-bats, 20 hits, two doubles, one triple, one home run 18 runs scored (career-high), 10 RBI, five walks, one sacrifice fly and 11 stolen bases
  • Went on a four-game hitting streak during the season…Recorded only home run of the season against Dayton on April 22... Tallied only triple of the season against St. Bonaventure on April 7… Recorded only double of the season against Dayton on April 22… Made two hits in a game six times, most recently against Campbell in the NCAA Regional on May 20 (led the team in hits that game)...Recorded season-high three RBI against Dayton on April 22... Stole 11 bases on 13 attempts (both career highs)
  • Made 53 putouts and two outfield assists (ties career-high) for a fielding percentage of 1.000 (ties career-high)... Recorded career-high six putouts against Rhode Island on March 25

2022 - SOPHOMORE
  • Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete for the second year in a row
  • Played in 39 games with 36 starts in the outfield for the Patriots
  • Batted .184/.236/.276 with 18 hits, 12 runs scored, two home runs and 11 RBI... Went on a six-game hitting streak during the season (career-high)…Tallied two hits, one run, an RBI, and five putouts in a double header against Lafayette on March 6… Recorded two hits, a run, two RBI, a home run and three putouts in a win at Towson on March 13… Contributed with two hits, one run, a career-high four RBI, a home run and two putouts in a victory against MD Eastern Shore.
  • Made 62 putouts and two outfield assists for a fielding percentage of .985... Had three or more putouts in 10 games

2021 - FRESHMAN
  • Played in 30 games, 25 starts, in the outfield for Mason
  • Finished her rookie season third on the squad in batting average (.288) with the team lead in triples (2, career-high) and fourth on the roster in total hits (21). In the field, Bales tallied 36 putouts and two outfield assists with a perfect fielding percentage (1.000, career-high)
  • Earned a six-game hitting streak (May 2 - May 9) to end the season, tallying nine hits, four RBI, three runs scored and three doubles in the six-game span
  • Recorded batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage with .288 (career-high)/.316/.364
  • Notched six multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games in her rookie campaign
  • Went 1-for-3 with a run scored in a win over La Salle on May 9
  • Went 3-for-6 with two RBI and two stolen bases in a doubleheader versus La Salle on May 8
  • Went 3-for-6 at the plate with a double and a run scored in a doubleheader against Morgan State on May 5
  • Recorded two RBI doubles and a run scored at George Washington on May 2
  • Tallied two hits and two RBI at George Washington on May 1
  • Notched two hits and a run scored in a win over Saint Louis on April 10
  • Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base in a win over St. Bonaventure on April 3
  • Tallied her first collegiate RBI with an RBI triple in a win over St. Bonaventure on April 2
  • Tabbed her first career hit and triple in the same at-bat versus George Washington on March 21.

PREP:  Earned varsity letters in softball and volleyball all four years at La Plata High School… The Warriors were two-time state champions in softball… An outfielder… Named the 2017 & 2018 Best Offensive Player… 2019 MVP & SMAC MVP…  Played for Orion Hunter Elite club team… also recruited by Maryland… Volleyball 2019 Defensive player of the year… Earned principal Honor roll in all four years… National Technical Honor Society in 2018/19… National Science Honor Society last two years of high school in 2018-19 and 2019-20… National Honor Society two years (2018-19, 2019-20)… Student Government Association in 2016-17.
 
PERSONAL:  Parents are Kim Bales and Rob Chamberlain… Siblings are Corbin Bales and Jayci Chamberlain… Majoring in criminology.
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