NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. - The Assumption University softball team was selected by conference coaches on Thursday to finish third in the Northeast 10 Conference in 2026. Pace received 61 votes and three first-place tallies.
Assumption, runners-up to the NE10 Championship in 2025, returns a dynamic offensive trio this spring in outfielder
Kaitlyn Cahill and infielders
Maddy Bland and
Grace Heim, who finished last spring with an all-championship flurry in the NE10 Championship bracket. The Hounds received the second-most first-place votes from league coaches.
The 2026 season opens on Saturday, February 21
st, as Assumption takes on East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. Watch all home and conference softball games this season on
NE10 NOW on FloSports.
Full 2026 NE10 Softball Coaches' Poll results are listed below.
| Place |
Team |
Votes |
1st Place |
| 1 |
Pace |
78 |
6 |
| 2 |
SNHU |
65 |
1 |
| 3 |
Assumption |
61 |
3 |
| T4 |
Franklin Pierce |
52 |
|
| T4 |
Bentley |
52 |
|
| 6 |
Adelphi |
46 |
|
| 7 |
Saint Anselm |
37 |
|
| 8 |
Saint Michael's |
23 |
|
| 9 |
Southern Connecticut |
20 |
|
| 10 |
American International |
16 |
|
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