Laila Morales-Alves

Gabby Lantier

/ Softball

Laila Alves and Madison Knight celebrate a strikeout against Binghamton

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Lincoln
Hometown:
Lincoln, Calif.
Club Team:
L/L

Senior Year (2025): She started 46 games at catcher and played in 47 contests overall ... Morales-Alves collected 3 RBIs in a win against LEMOYNE (2/7)... Morales-Alves scored two runs and 1 RBI against LONG ISLAND (2/14)...vs TENNESSEE TECH (2/15), Moralves-Alves scored two runs … Morales-Alves hit a game-winning, one-run double against UTAH VALLEY (2/21) … She recorded her first triple this season against DELAWARE (2/28) … She provided the lone run batted in against No. 19 Stanford (3/8) … Morales-Alves set a program record by throwing out 34 potential base stealers, surpassing Jamie Grillo’s 33 … She finished the game at GEORGIA TECH (4/5) with a pair of singles, marking her ninth game this year with at least two hits … She knocked in a pair of runs for the fifth time this season against BOSTON COLLEGE (4/26) ... Morales-Alves earned Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Athletic Director's Honor Roll recognition (3.0-or-better semester grade-point-average).

Junior Year (2024): Morales-Alves appeared in 43 games, including 39 as the starting catcher ... She helped the pitching staff post a 2.87 ERA, the program's lowest mark since 2018 ... She recorded career-highs in runs scored (12), hits (36), home runs (three) and RBI (25) ... She tallied eight multi-hit games ... She had a multi-RBI game in five ACC contests ... Morales-Alves threw out six would-be base stealers ... She compiled a seven-game hitting streak (3/2-3/17) ... She scored four runs and recorded two doubles, two home runs and six RBI during the streak ... Morales-Alves went 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBI at SETON HALL (4/13) ... She had a nine-game on-base streak (4/13-4/28) ... She posted a hit in all three games against #15 VIRGINIA TECH ... Her three-run home run contributed to a victory against #14 FLORIDA STATE (5/4) ... She was named to the 2024 Softball All-ACC Academic Team (3.0 g.p.a. in the most recent semester, 3.0 cumulative g.p.a.) ... Morales-Alves was named to the 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll (3.0-or-better cumulative grade-point-average for the full academic year) ... She earned Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Sophomore Year (2023): She made 44 starts at catcher … Morales-Alves ranked second on the team in batting average and third in slugging percentage and runs driven in … She plated a career-high four runs in a 10-4 victory against NORTH FLORIDA (2/10) … She recorded a double in the 3-2 victory over CHARLESTON (2/24) … Morales-Alves brought a run home with two hits in the win against RUTGERS (2/25) … She logged a multi-hit performance and one RBI against CALIFORNIA BAPTIST (3/11) … Morales-Alves posted hit and scored a run against NOTRE DAME (3/24) … She scored and singled against NC STATE (4/6) … She blasted an RBI triple in a victory against UAlbany (4/12) … Morales-Alves roped a two-RBI double against NORTH CAROLINA (4/15) … She tallied a career-high three hits and two RBI in victory over LAFAYETTE (4/22) … Morales-Alves produced another three-hit performance in the LAFAYETTE series finale (4/23) … She tallied an RBI in back-to-back games against VIRGINIA (4/28) … She equaled her career-high with four RBI in the series finale against VIRGINIA (4/29) … She came up clutch with two RBI on three hits in the ACC Tournament win against VIRGINIA (5/10) ... Alves was selected to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Team ... She was named to the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... She earned Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2022): She started 33 of the 35 games she appeared in ... She spent most of her field time at catcher and finished with 168 putouts, the second-highest total on the team ... Alves had two hits, including a double, and scored and drove in a run when the Orange defeated NORTH CAROLINA (5/7), 6-2 ... She contributed two hits in a road tilt at LOUISVILLE (4/16) ... Alves recorded a hit in both games of a doubleheader with PITT (4/2) ... Alves blasted her first career home run, a solo shot, at GEORGIA TECH (3/26) ... In a pairing with IONA (3/18), Alves recorded two hits and both runs in a 2-1, eight-inning triumph ... She had two hits and drove in two runs when the Orange defeated COPPIN STATE (3/16), 7-3 ... Alves tallied two hits in a 5-1 triumph versus MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (3/15) ... She doubled and drove in a run against ALABAMA STATE (2/20) ... Avila plated two runs when the Orange defeated MISSOURI VALLEY STATE (2/11) ... In Syracuse's 12-4 victory against MOREHEAD STATE (2/11) in the Best on the Bayou Classic, Alves had two hits and scored two runs ... She was named to the 2022 All-ACC Academic Team ... Alves was named to the 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... She earned Spring 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

High School: Morales-Alves was a two-year captain at Lincoln High School ... She finished with a .408 batting average, 84 hits and 13 home runs ... She was First-Team All-Foothill Valley League ... Morales-Alves topped the Foothill Valley League in home runs as a senior ... She earned a spot on the 2021 Sac Joaquin All-Section Team.

Personal: Laila Angeles Morales-Alves was born August 2003 in Lincoln, Calif. ... She is the daughter of Matthew and Lydia Alves ... She has two brothers, Ryder and Rocco, and one sister, Maliah … Alves is majoring in sport management in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.