BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -- Senior third baseman
Lauren Moore (Frederick, Md./Tuscarora/Trevecca Nazarene), sophomore pitcher
Madelayne Ruffner (Charles Town, W.Va./Washington), and sophomore utility player
Madelyn Chambers (Stafford, Va./Brooke Point) of the Shepherd University softball team have been named to the 2025 D2CCA All-Atlantic Region Team as announced on Monday. The trio gained first team honors.
Moore tops the Rams with a .416 batting average with a team-best 74 hits in 178 at-bats. She drove in a team-best 51 runs and scored 31. She topped the team in doubles (19) and home runs (12). Moore also led the team in slugging percentage (.725) and OPS (1.187).
Ruffner led the Rams in the circle with a 20-5 mark with two saves with a 0.83 ERA. She fanned a Shepherd single-season record 316 and walked 30. She currently ranks first in the NCAA II rankings in strikeouts per seven innings, second in WHIP, third in strikeouts, strikeouts-to-walk ratio, and ERA, and fourth in hits allowed per seven innings.
Chambers was second on the team with a .390 batting average with 67 hits in 172 at-bats. She drove in 23 runs and scored a team-best 41. She added 10 doubles, a team-best six triples, and a home run. One of the team's top base-stealing threats, Chambers was successful in 7-of-8 stolen base attempts.
Shepherd completed the 2025 season with a 28-24-1 overall mark. The squad became the seventh team in program history to make an NCAA II Regional appearance (2007, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021).