Coach Quimpo on O’Beirne, 2011-12: “Ashley O’Beirne has made the biggest strides in the offseason of our team. We expect her to do very well and she is here to step up for us. She’s been working her butt off every single day.”
Awards: She was a one-time NJAC Pitcher of the Week and ECAC Division III Pitcher of the Week on March 15, 2010 after posting a 5-0 record in seven appearances during the Gothic Knights’ trip to Orlando, FL.
2013 Highlights: (3/11 vs. Kenyon @ Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic): Struck out two and walked four against three earned runs. (3/12 vs. Dallas @ Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic): Struck out 10 batters in a masterful five-hit shutout performance. (3/12 vs. Dallas @ Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic): Tossed her second consecutive shutout, a two-hit, nine strikeout game while walking just one batter and allowing two singles. (3/13 vs. Wisconsin Lutheran @ Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic): Picked up her third win of the season (3-1), striking out two batters versus three walks while limiting WLC to four singles. (3/13 vs. Ohio Wesleyan @ Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic): Allowed two earned runs and eight hits, including six singles, with three strikeouts versus three walks. (3/14 vs. Wooster @ Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic): Improved to 4-2 on the season, striking out five Wooster batters while scattering just five hits. (3/14 vs. Franklin & Marshall @ Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic): Suffered the loss while allowing seven earned runs and 11 hits. She struck out two and walked three over 114 pitches. (3/21 vs. Baruch): Allowed four singles and struck out two en route to the shutout in game one. Suffered the loss in game two as she allowed four earned runs on 13 hits with one strikeout and two walks. (3/23 vs. Stevens): Suffered the loss in game one, allowing nine hits and three earned runs while walking six batters. In game two, she rebounded gracefully as she picked up the win by allowing two earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts and four walks. (3/26 vs. Mount Saint Vincent): Was the winning pitcher in both ends of the doubleheader - allowing five hits in the opener and six in the nightcap. (3/30 vs. Rutgers-Camden): Suffered the loss in game one as she scattered seven hits against five runs (four earned) with eight strikeouts and two walks. In game two, she had a three-hit shutout going through six innings but took the loss as she allowed five earned runs while allowing eight hits. She also struck out four and walked one batter in the nightcap. (4/2 vs. Kean): Suffered both losses in the doubleheader as she finished with eight strikeouts for the day. (4/4 vs. Staten Island): Fired a five-hit shutout in game one. (4/6 @ #17 Rowan): Suffered the loss in the opener. In 4.0 innings, she allowed nine hits, eight earned runs while finishing with three walks and two strikeouts. In game two, she suffered her second loss of the day as she allowed three earned runs and seven hits, six runs, with one strikeout and two walks in 6.0 innings. (4/16 vs. #1 Montclair State): Matched NJCU's career school record by starting the 89th and 90th games of her career. In game one, she allowed seven runs and 11 hits on 134 pitches, walking six (one hit batter) with one strikeout. In the nightcap, she allowed only four earned runs (seven total) and five hits, with five walks and three strikeouts over 127 pitches. (4/20 vs. #20 TCNJ): Allowed just one earned run in the opener with three strikeouts over 116 pitches and became NJCU's all-time leader in games started (91 and 92). ?(4/25 @ FDU-Florham): Picked up the win in game one and improved to 14-21. In 7.0 innings, she allowed just two earned runs (four total) against 10 hits with three strikeouts and one walk.
2012 Highlights: (3/13 vs. Wooster @ Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic): Struck out four (three walks) with three runs and seven hits allowed in seven innings. (3/15 vs. MCLA @ Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic): Struck out three (four walks) with one run and one hit allowed in seven innings. (3/22 vs. Baruch): Struck out one batter versus two walks in game one, whille allowing three earned runs (six total) and eight hits allowed in 7.0 innings. (3/28 @ Brooklyn): Struck out four batters versus five walks in game one, while allowing 10 hits but just three earned runs in 6.0 innings. (3/29 vs. St. Joseph's - NY): (3/29 vs. St. Joseph's - NY): Snapped a six-game personal losing streak and picked up both wins in the doubleheader. In 10.2 innings, she struck out three batters versus seven walks, but allowed only two earned runs (three total) and nine hits. In game two, she notched her first hit in nearly two years- a walkoff single over the head of the left fielder in the bottom of the seventh inning to give NJCU win, 6-5. (4/6 @ Staten Island): Suffered the loss, allowing 14 hits and eight runs (seven earned) in 6.0 innings with three walks and two strikeouts. (4/7 vs. Rutgers-Newark): Surrendered three hits the entire game and no earned runs. She walked two and struck out one for the win (6-8). (4/9 @ Kean): Took the loss (6-9), allowing 10 runs and 12 hits in 4.0 innings, with two strikeouts and two walks. (4/10 @ William Paterson): Suffered both losses in the doubleheader, falling to 6-11 on the season. In game one, she allowed five runs (four earned) in 10 hits in 2.2 innings, with two strikeouts and no walks. In game two, she pitched 5.1 innings, allowing 16 hits, 14 runs (12 earned) and walked three. (4/14 @ Rutgers-Camden): Suffered the hard-luck loss (6-12), scattering seven hits, including five singles against one run in six innings in game one. (4/17 vs. Ramapo): Suffered her 13th loss of the season (6-13), but deserved a better fate, allowing just two earned runs (four total) against eight hits. She walked three and struck out one. (4/24 vs. Richard Stockton): Pitched well in the game two defeat, allowing only three runs with two strikeouts and two walks. She gave up 10 hits, but eight were singles. ?(4/26 vs. FDU-Florham): Earned the win for NJCU, allowing five runs and 11 hits in the complete game, with three strikeouts and two walks. (4/28 vs. Rowan): Took the loss to finish the season at 7-16, allowing three hits and four runs against two walks in 2.1 innings. In game two, she allowed four earned runs (11 total) agains nine hits with three stirkeouts and six walks in the loss.
2011 Highlights: (3/9 vs. Elms College): Earned the win (1-2). (3/9 vs. Bridgewater State): Pitched the final 2.0 innings in relief to earn the win (2-2) with no hits and two strikeouts. (3/10 vs. Regis College): Improved to 3-2 on the season...Allowed one earned run and seven hits with three walks and two strikeouts. (3/18 vs. Brooklyn College): Earned the win to improve to 4-2... In 6.0 innings she allowed 2 runs and 3 hits, with 5 strikeouts and 6 walks. (4/7 vs. Baruch): In 7.0 innings over 92 pitches she allowed just three runs and seven hits,
with four strikeouts and three walks.
2010 Highlights: (3/8 vs. Wartburg College at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic in Fort Myers, FL): Struck out seven and did not allow an earned run in her collegiate debut...(3/9 vs. St. Mary's/St. Joseph's at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic in Fort Myers, FL): Earned two wins, one in relief, to improve to a 3-0 start to her collegiate career...She tossed a combined 9.1 innings between the two games, allowing five earned runs and 11 hits with three strikeouts and no walks...(3/10 vs. Olivet College): Took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, before allowing two hits and three walks for the win...(3/20 vs. Hunter College): This week’s New Jersey Athletic Conference and ECAC Metro Pitcher of the Week, took her first collegiate loss after a 5-0 start. In seven innings, she gave up six runs on eight hits, walked seven and struck out six...(4/13 vs. Ramapo College): Fell below .500 for the first time this season...Allowed 15 runs on 12 hits, with 12 walks and three strikeouts...(4/14 at Brooklyn College): Took a win, allowing three runs on eight hits, walking two and striking out three...(4/15 at Mount Saint Vincent): Pitched another win, giving up two runs on four hits, while walking one and striking out 10...(4/20 at Kean University): Took the loss on the mound, giving up seven earned runs and 11 hits with three walks and one strikeout...(4/21 at Fairleigh Dickinson): Took the loss (8-10)...She struck out five but walked five in 6.0 innings, allowing five runs and six hits...(4/24 vs. Stockton): Took the loss (8-11), allowing 14 runs and 17 hits with two walks...(4/27 at Montclair State University): Took the loss in game two (8-11), allowing nine earned runs and 10 hits...(4/29 at College of Staten Island): Threw the final 1.2 innings of game one, and despite allowing just one run and two hits, was charged with the loss (8-13)...(5/1 at TCNJ): Took the loss (8-14), allowing five earned runs and eight hits with one strikeout and two walks, NJCU committed five errors behind her, including three in the eight-run third inning...Also was was 1-for-2 with an RBI...
High School: A 2009 graduate of Immaculate Conception High School in Lodi, New Jersey. She played four seasons of varsity softball for the Blue Wolves for Coach Jeff Horohonich…Also played three seasons of varsity volleyball for Coach Maria Colon and one year of basketball for Coach Kevin Tuve….A two-time All-BPSL Conference selection, earning Second-Team honors in 2009 and Honorable Mention distinction as a junior in 2008…Voted IC’s MVP in 2008 and 2009…Led the Blue Wolves to the first round of the Bergen County tournament and the semifinals and finals of the state championship…Also played club softball for the Clifton Cobras and summer ball with the Wood-Ridge UGALS (United Girls Athletic League Suburbia), leading her team to the 2008 championship.
Personal: Ashley Catherine O’Beirne…Born June 27, 1991 in Ridgewood, NJ…Right-handed…Parents are Lisa and Vincent…Has two younger brothers, Vincent (15) and Daniel (13)…The fourth member of her family to attend NJCU…Declared major at NJCU is Psychology…Hero is pitcher Cat Osterman
High School: A June 2009 graduate of Immaculate Conception High School in Lodi, NJ…She played four seasons of varsity softball for Coach Jeff Horohonich and Joseph Azzolino…She also played three years of varsity volleyball for Coach Maria Colon and one year of basketball (Coach Kevin Tuve)…In softball, she was a two-time All-BPSL Conference selection, earning Second-Team honors in 2009 and Honorable Mention distinction as a junior in 2008, she led the Blue Wolves to the state semifinals and finals…She was her team’s MVP in 2008 and 2009…ICHS also reached the Bergen County tournament first round…She was part of a summer club team championship in 2008 with the Wood-Ridge UGALS (coaches Steve Lindner and Jim Raleigh) and also played club for the Clifton Cobras, coached by Mark Hannan.
Personal: Ashley Catherine O’Beirne…Born June 27, 1991 in Ridgewood, NJ…Nickname is ‘OB’…Bats and throws right-handed…Parents are Lisa and Vincent O’Beirne…Has two younger brothers, Vincent (17) and Daniel (15)…She is the fourth member of her family to attend NJCU (Maureen O’Beirne, `84, Sean O’Beirne, Charles O’Beirne)…Major at NJCU is Psychology…Her goal is to open her own practice…Lists Cat Osterman as her sports idol and her dad and grandfather as her heroes.
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Hero/Idol:
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Cat Osterman, (sports), father and grandfather
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New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys
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Nicki Minaj
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‘P.S. I Love You’, ‘Remember the Titans’ and “Love & Basketball’
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Taylor ham and cheese with peach Snapple.
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What do you like most about NJCU?:
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‘It’s small and all the professors know your name””
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What do you like about Coach Quimpo:?
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“She is determined to make you better. She makes it her goal to make you better on and off the field”
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