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2026 Softball Returning Roster

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29 Elizabeth Gosse

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Southern Regional
  • Hometown Manahawkin, N.J.

Biography

2025 (JUNIOR): Repeated as a Second Team All-NJAC selection … Made 20 appearances including 18 starts in the circle … Finished 9-9 with a 3.15 ERA … Tossed seven complete games with one shutout … Struck out 59 batters across 97.0 innings … Fanned five across 5.1 innings in season debut against Roanoke (2/23) … Tossed 5.2 scoreless frames in extra-inning loss to Susquehanna (3/15) … Threw a season-high seven innings against Drew, allowing two unearned runs (3/19) … Struck out eight batters across 6.1 innings against Arcadia (3/25) … Allowed one unearned run in complete-game win over Rutgers-Camden (4/9) … Fanned season-high nine batters in mercy-rule win against Montclair State (4/13) … Allowed two runs – one earned – in complete-game, upset win over #2 Rowan (4/15) … Tossed complete-game shutout and eclipsed 200 career strikeouts against Rutgers-Newark (4/22)

2024 (SOPHOMORE): Turned in another terrific season, pitching to second-team All-NJAC and third-team all-region accolades ... Two-time NJAC Pitcher of the Week ... Finished 10-7 with a 1.10 ERA in 19 games (16 starts) ... Allowed 84 hits, 18 walks, and just 15 earned runs in 95.2 innings ... Threw nine complete games and three shutouts ... Second in the NJAC and 14th in all of Division III in ERA ... Ranked 4th in the NJAC in walks per 7 (1.32), sixth in WHIP (1.07) and K/BB ratio (3.33), and seventh in wins ... Did not allow an earned run in 4.1 innings versus Oswego (3/11) and 5.0 frames against UMASS Boston (3/12) ... Struck out six in 5.0 shutout innings versus Arcadia (3/26) ... Allowed six hits and one run in complete game at Kean (4/6) ... Threw four straight complete games against RU-Camden (4/9), Montclair (4/14), Rowan (4/16), and NJCU (4/20), tossing 3-hit shutouts against both NJCU and Rowan and  allowing just one run in the first two ... Threw a 1-hitter in a 5-inning blanking of William Paterson (4/27) ... Threw 5.0 shutout frames with three hits in NJAC Tournament win at Stockton (4/30) and allowed two hits without an earned run in 5.2 innings of NJAC Tournament loss at Rowan (5/6) ... At the plate, saw two at-bats and scored first career run against Carnegie Mellon (3/16) ... Handled 29 total chances without an error in the field

2023 (FRESHMAN): Named to the NFCA First team All-Region and All-NJAC First Team...Selected as the NJAC Rookie of the Year, as well as being a finalist for the NFCA Division III Freshman of the Year award...Twice named the NJAC Pitcher of the Week and once the Rookie Pitcher of the Week...Finished with 15 wins after emerging as the team's ace, the most by a rookie pitcher since 2018...In 27 appearances and 23 starts, led the team and ranked top-five in the NJAC in every major category...Finished with a 1.54 ERA and 1.01 WHIP in 136.2 Innings Pitched, while punching out 85 batters...Recorded 11 total complete games and five shutouts...Made collegiate debut with 2.1 scoreless innings in relief against Methodist (3/11), and picked up first career win...Started first career game and struck out eight batters in 7.0 complete innings against Ithaca (3/12)...Recorded first career shutout against Drew (3/21)...Struck out career-high nine batters in 6.1 innings against SUNY Cortland (3/26)...Picked up first career save after two relief innings against Montclair State (4/22)...Pitched five scoreless innings in NJAC Championship game win against Ramapo (5/14)...Notched complete game shutout in NCAA Regionals victory against Manhattanville (5/19)

BEFORE TCNJ: Played softball and ran track for the Rams of Southern Regional High School...Four-year varsity softball player...Was named the rookie of the year, most valuable player and set new school records for wins, hits and winning percentage...Was part of a conference-winning team.

WHY TCNJ? "I decided to come to TCNJ because the second I walked onto campus I felt at home. I knew there was no other place I wanted to be."

PERSONAL: Birthday is January 14...Parents are Rick and Cathy Gosse...Has one sister, Claire...Biggest athletic thrill has been winning the NJAC championship in 2023...Can play three instruments: violin, upright bass and piano...Likes apples and peanut butter before a game and a Chipotle burrito bowl after..Favorite athlete is Caitlin Clark

AWARDS AND HONORS
  • NFCA 1st Team All-Region (2023)
  • NFCA 3rd Team All-Region (2024)
  • 1st Team All-NJAC (2023)
  • 2nd Team All-NJAC (2024, 2025)
  • NJAC Rookie of the Year (2023)
  • NFCA Freshman of the Year Finalist (2023)
  • 4-time NJAC Pitcher of the Week (4/24/23, 5/15/23, 4/22/24, 5/6/24)
  • NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week (4/10/23)
  • NJAC All-Academic Team (2024)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2023Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'10"
    29
  • 29

    2024Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'10"
    29
  • 29

    2025Junior

    Pitcher
    5'10"
    29
  • 29

    2026Senior

    Pitcher
    5'10"
    29
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