Mandi Balduf is in her second season as head coach of the CBU softball program.
In her first year, her teams rewrote the CBU record books, tying or breaking 36 single-game records, 37 single-season records and nine career records. Among the new records were most stolen bases, runs and runs batted in for a season. Jennifer Gonzalez alone broke or tied 19 records on her way to first team All-GSC and first team NFCA All-South Region honors.
Balduf came to CBU after seven successful years at Chowan University in Murfreesboro, N.C. She compiled a 185-175 career record while guiding the Hawks through a transition from NCAA Division III to Division II. She posted a 78-8 career record in five seasons of CIAA play, winning four division championships and two conference championships, reaching the NCAA Atlantic Regional twice.
Balduf was a four-year starter at Tiffin University in Tiffin, Ohio. After graduating, she served a year in AmeriCorps in Kentucky, where she also worked as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Kentucky. She also served as a graduate assistant at South Dakota and assistant coach at Tiffin before moving to Chowan.
