Softball’s Tori Grifone and Elisa Smith Earn All-BIG EAST Second Team

PROVIDENCE, R.I.- It was announced today (May 6) that Providence College softball student-athletes Tori Grifone (Sussex, N.J.) and Elisa Smith (Glen Allen, Va.) each earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team. Grifone and Smith played key roles in helping the Friars clinch a spot in the BIG EAST Softball Championship for the first time since 2019.

Grifone, a graduate student, enters the BIG EAST Championship with 10 wins across 20 starts in the circle. She pitched a total of 110 innings pitched and posted a 3.82 ERA, while holding opponents to a .249 batting average and recording 64 strikeouts. In BIG EAST play, Grifone ranked sixth in ERA (3.43) and third in opposing batting average (.240). She tallied a season-high eight strikeouts in a win over Creighton earlier this year.

Smith, junior outfielder, led the Friars' offense with a team-best .383 batting average, 59 hits, six triples and a .466 on-base percentage. She enters the BIG EAST Tournament ranked first in the conference in triples, seventh in batting average, eighth in on-base percentage and ninth in hits.

ON DECK

The Friars enter the 2025 BIG EAST Softball Championship as the No. 6 seed. No. 6 Providence will play No. 3-seed Villanova, tomorrow, May 7 at the Villanova Softball Complex in Villanova, Pa. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. and will stream on the BIG EAST Digital Network.

-GO FRIARS!-

Cancelled Event: Softball versus Tarleton State

Completed Event: Softball versus Brown on April 30, 2025 , Loss , 1, to, 2

Completed Event: Softball at Villanova on May 2, 2025 , Loss , 0, to, 8 , (5 innings)

Completed Event: Softball at Villanova on May 3, 2025 , Loss , 4, to, 5

Completed Event: Softball at Villanova on May 4, 2025 , Loss , 5, to, 13 , (6 innings)

Completed Event: Softball versus No. 3 Villanova on May 7, 2025 , Win , 10, to, 9 , (8 innings)

Completed Event: Softball versus No. 2 Connecticut on May 8, 2025 , Loss , 4, to, 5

Completed Event: Softball versus No. 5 Butler on May 8, 2025 , Win , 7, to, 0

Completed Event: Softball versus No. 1 St. John's on May 9, 2025 , Win , 10, to, 0 , (5 innings)

Completed Event: Softball versus No. 4 Creighton on May 10, 2025 , Loss , 4, to, 5

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Softball’s Tori Grifone and Elisa Smith Earn All-BIG EAST Second Team

Players Mentioned

Tori Grifone

Elisa Smith

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