NCAA W Softball 2012

[Twentysix]

NDSU's women open up with the Fresno State Kickoff.

We play our first 35 on the road. I would bet we will be over .500 before coming home for the first game.

NDSU bounces toledo 3-1 with 19 strike outs.

NDSU rallies to beat UC Riverside 5-4 today.

Next up Fresno St in an hour and fifteen minutes.

Sat and sunday is against Long beach state and Sac st respectivly.

[Mr. C]

Go Lady Bulldogs. My alma mater is the only school to make EVERY NCAA tournament in softball. They opened the season on Thursday with a 9-1 victory over Toledo.

[ngineer]

Lehigh's softball team, which has won 11 of the last 13 regular season championships in the PL, is picked, again, in the preseason poll.

[bonarae]

Fullerton is currently in Austin, Texas. We were shutout by the Lady Longhorns 23-0 in five innings yesterday, then today we beat Colorado State 13-10. The Titans have been struggling in recent years...

Harvard will open the season in March with trips to Florida and California. First home game doubleheader is on March 22 against Quinnipiac.

[Twentysix]

The bison fall to fresno st 1-0.

[msupokes1]

McNeese is playing in the Arizona State softball tournament. Their schedule so far has looked like this:

2/9 L #8 Arizona 8-1
2/10 W Oregon St. 3-2
2/10 W #1 Arizona St. 3-1

They play 2 games today and 2 games tomorrow.

[Twentysix]

The bison shutout longbeach st 8-0.

[bonarae]

Fullerton split Saturday's games: they nipped UTSA 5-4 and lost to Colorado State 9-3. Next game against UTSA today.

[Twentysix]

Fresno State Kickoff
Feb9 Toledo W 3-1
Feb10 UCRiverside W 5-4
Feb10 Fresno L 0-1
Feb11 LBSU W 8-0
Feb12 Sac St 11am

[Twentysix]

NDSU loses to sac st 0-1

[bonarae]

Fullerton lost to UTSA 5-3 in the final game of the Texas Classic in Austin. First home game against UCLA on Wednesday.

[darell1976]

UND is 3-1 with wins over Northern Iowa, Drake and Nebraska-Omaha and a loss to Western Illinois in the Ramada-UNI Dome Classic. UND plays Western Kentucky, Arizona, Southern Utah twice and UAB in the Arizona Hillenbrand Invitational this weekend in Tucson, AZ. UND plays their first 37 games on the road. UND's home opener is against South Dakota State April 9th. UND has only 6 home games all year.

[Twentysix]

NDSU stomps costal carolina 8-3
Then follows that up with a wooping of Mercer 7-2 just 2 hours later.

NDSU is currently 5-2 on the road. It amazes me every year when we beat these southern teams playing every game on the road.

Our first 5 games were played 1900 miles away from home.

The second 5(game 3 tomorrow at 2pm against flordia state) 1300 miles away from home.

Then we head to Tuscaloosa alabama(1300 miles) for the next 5.

And tempe arizona(1700 miles) for the 5 after that.

[bonarae]

Fullerton's home opener with UCLA was washed out; they are currently on a road trip. Yesterday's doubleheader at CS Bakersfield produced a split of 4-1 Fullerton (8) and 8-7 Bakersfield. This weekend we are in Fresno with Santa Clara and Fresno State.

[darell1976]

UND (3-4) has dropped 3 straight with losses to Western Kentucky, #16 Arizona, and Southern Utah. They play UAB this afternoon and SUU again tomorrow.

[Twentysix]

NDSU loses to florida state 1-3, and beats socon opponent western carolina 3-2.

NDSU is now 6-3 on the road, losses to fresno flordia state and sac st.

[Seawolf97]

The StonyBrook ladies are 2-2 after this weekend. They played in the UNC- Charlotte Classic beating Charlotte and Middle Tennesee St. They lost to Charlotte ans Kansas . They were scheduled to play Kansas today for the Tourney Championship but it was rained out. Kansas was declared the winner with a 4-0 record in the Tournament. Next tournament is the first weekend in March at George Washington Univ. in DC.

[McNeese75]

McNeese Ladies are 7-4 after today with wins over a #1 and two #17 teams.

[McNeese75]

Women's team is now ranked 11th in Mid-Major Poll

http://midmajorpoll.blogspot.com/

[bonarae]

Fullerton goes to Cathedral City Thursday-Saturday with a sweep of Santa Clara and was swept by Fresno State, the hosts in Fresno State's Round Robin.

Fullerton's opponents in Cathedral City: Georgia, Boise State, New Mexico, Ohio State, Fordham.

[darell1976]

UND broke a 4 game losing streak with a win over Southern Utah on Sunday. UND is 4-5 and plays in the Best Western Marina Grand Islanders Classic in Corpus Christi, TX against Texas A&M-CC (2 games), Texas-San Antonio (2 games), and Texas Southern. All games are Friday-Sunday.

[Twentysix]

NDSU is leading SIUEdwardsville 3-0 in the 5th.

If we stay the course NDSU will pick up its 7th road win.

NDSU plays #2 Alabama a little later tonight.

[bonarae]

Fullerton lost to Georgia 12-5 and beat Boise State 2-1 Thursday in the Cathedral City Classic. Lone game today against New Mexico.

[Mr. C]

Around these parts, we are following Syracuse very closely this season. Our local high school program (which my oldest daughter is a part of) won the Pennsylvania 4-A championship for the second time in four years in June (after losing to the eventual state champs in the semifinals in 2010) and the star player from that squad, Julie Wambold (congrats, Julie, on getting your first college hit today) is now seeing action as a freshman infielder for the preseason top-25-ranked Orange. After going 3-2 in the Arizona State tournament, the Orange dropped their opener in the Palm Springs Cathedral Classic tournament, 5-2, to University of the Pacific on Friday. Syracuse was scheduled to play Northwestern late tonight, faces UC Davis and Arizona on Saturday and meets UCLA on Sunday. Tough early schedule.

[Mr. C]

Our favorite Syracuse player Julie Wambold was the star in Syracuse's 9-3 victory over Northwestern Friday night. The freshman hit a grand slam and a two-run homer as well, going 2-for-4 with six RBIs in her first start of the season. Somehow, I expect she will be in the starting lineup again on Saturday against UC Davis.

[Twentysix]

NDSU lost to #2 Alabama 9-4. NDSU and #2 Alabama play again in an hour and a half.

[bonarae]

New Mexico held the Titans scoreless over the final four innings and let an unearned run stand up in New Mexico's 5-4 victory over Fullerton.

[Cleets]

Is it just me...
Or has women's NCAA Softball been more exciting than MLB for at least a decade..?
Since the Steroid Performance enhancing debacle Major League Baseball is kind of a fraud sport (in my opinion of course)


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[darell1976]

UND beat Texas A&M-CC 2-0 Friday, but lost to Texas-San Antonio 6-4. Today's games against Texas A&M-CC and Texas Southern has been rained out. They play Texas-San Antonio Sunday morning. UND is 5-5.

[Twentysix]

NDSU falls to #2 Alabama 3-2 then beats SIU-e 7-3 NDSU is now 8-6 on the road.

We play ECU tommorow at 11am.

[Mr. C]

Our favorite Syracuse player Julie Wambold was the star in Syracuse's 9-3 victory over Northwestern Friday night. The freshman hit a grand slam and a two-run homer as well, going 2-for-4 with six RBIs in her first start of the season. Somehow, I expect she will be in the starting lineup again on Saturday against UC Davis.

Julie Wambold did it again for Syracuse in its game against UC Davis, hitting a walk-off, two-run bomb to beat the Aggies 5-3 after Syracuse rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the final two innings. Great start for my daughter Charlotte's "big sister" on the Hatboro-Horsham team. The six RBIs on Friday was one off the Syracuse single-game record and this kid has three HRs in her first 13 at-bats as a college player. Hopefully, the Orange can beat Arizona tonight.

It was also a great day for my alma mater Fresno State, with a 6-3 victory over UCLA in the same tournament. The Lady Dogs have been up and down of late, with a no-hitter and 17 strikeouts for Michelle Moses yesterday against Iowa State, followed by a 9-0 loss to Arizona (same pitcher who threw the no-hitter).

[bonarae]

Fullerton was blanked by Ohio State 9-0 (5 innings) and Fordham 5-hit them (final score 3-1).

I don't have trust in Gromacki anymore. She needs to go. :(

[Mr. C]

Arizona blanked Syracuse 5-0, with the Orange committing three hugh errors and wasting a bunch of offensive chances. Our favorite player, freshman Julie Wambold batted clean-up and went 1-for-3 with a walk. Syracuse had the bases loaded twice in the late innings and didn't score. The Orange close out the Cathedral Classic on Sunday against UCLA, which lost to my alma mater Fresno State, 6-3, on Saturday. First win for the Lady Dogs over their nemesis from Westwood since 2000.

[Mr. C]

Is it just me...
Or has women's NCAA Softball been more exciting than MLB for at least a decade..?
Since the Steroid Performance enhancing debacle Major League Baseball is kind of a fraud sport (in my opinion of course)


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Nice Hofstra photo there, Cleets. We had a girl from the local high school playing there a few years back, but the "Pride" (why did they ever get rid of the great Flying Dutchmen nickname?) are 0-7 this season, heading into a game with Big East favorite DePaul on Sunday in the NFCA Classic in Clearwater, FL. I guess everyone isn't playing in Palm Springs this weekend.

[Twentysix]

NDSU downs ECU 9-8 in 8 innings. Good show app st Sr. 9-6 on the road now.

We now depart Tuscaloosa traverse back to fargo and then arive in Tempe on friday for our next 5 games.

I with the trip back to fargo, the NDSU softball team will have broken 8,000 miles already. And will be nearing 12,000 at the end of next weekend.

[Mr. C]

Syracuse let one get away against UCLA on Sunday, losing 6-3 in the final two innings after our local girl, Julie Wambold had given the Orange a 3-1 lead in the fifth as a pinch-hitter. Don't know why you don't have your hottest hitter in the starting lineup, however? Wish ESPN and CBS College Sports would show more college softball on TV.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook will be in the Nations Capital for the George Washington Colonial Classic this weekend. They play Siena Friday afternoon and during the weekend will play Buffalo, Robert Morris, Army and George Washington.

[bonarae]

Maine (would you believe that Maine has restarted their baseball and softball programs?) visited Fullerton, California and handed the Titans yet another loss, this time at home. Eight-run fifth inning sealed it for the Black Bears; final score 11-3.

[Mr. C]

Here is a nice column for college softball fans from College Sports Journal:

http://www.college-sports-journal.com/index.php/78-college-sports-journal/david-coulson/180-college-softball-wambold-making-a-quick-mark-at-syracuse

It talks about the quick start of Syracuse University freshman Julie Wambold after her breakthrough performance at the Cathedral Classic last weekend. Syracuse is in Florida this week for the Citrus Classic-ESPN Rise Softball Tournament. Syracuse faces No. 24 North Carolina and No. 17 Auburn on Friday and then meets Virginia, No. 15 Michigan on Saturday and No. 11 Baylor on Sunday.

[Seawolf97]

The StonyBrook ladies got off to a good start at the George Washington U. Colonial Classic today defeating Siena 5-2. The Seawolves will play the Univ. of Buffalo Saturday morning . Stonybrook is now 3-2 on the season.

[darell1976]

UND beat CSU-Bakersfield in the U. of New Mexico Invitational 15-1. They are playing #23 New Mexico right now....UND is 6-5 and has won 3 out of the last 4 games.

[bonarae]

Harvard has opened the season on a positive note: in Tampa, we beat Toledo 2-1 and LMU 2-0. Tomorrow we face Western Michigan and Miami-Ohio.

[bonarae]

Fullerton, the host of DeMarini Invitational, swept FIU and Southern Miss on day 1 of the invitational. Oregon State is next today.

[Twentysix]

NDSU is now 11-7(with half of those losses from top 5 teams) on the road, with 12,000 miles logged.

Win against Wichita St 10-2.
Loss against #5 ASU 2-10
Win against Creighton 6-2

Somehow we manage to be very successful in softball even though we are from the frozen tundra.

We play team smurf at 430 today.

[Mr. C]

We watched Syracuse beat No. 15 Michigan 4-2 in the Citrus Classic on ESPN3 today after the Orange came from behind for a 3-1 win over Virginia in eight innings. The Orange knocked off No. 24 North Carolina 6-2 and lost 5-0 to Auburn on Friday.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook split today at the Colonial Classic. Game 1 Buffalo 3 StonyBrook 2, Game 2 StonyBrook 1 Robert Morris Univ 0. StonyBrook will play George Washington and Army on Sunday.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook finished the weekend with 12-0 beating of Army at the GWU Colonial Classic. The Seawolves are 5-3 on the season.

[bonarae]

Harvard, after winning the first two games in Tampa, lost the next three. Scores - Western Michigan 2-1, Miami Ohio - 2-1 (8), USF 4-2.

Next road trip - Northridge, California this weekend. Opponents: CS Northridge, CS Bakersfield, Oregon State, Maine.

Fullerton lost to Oregon State 5-2 last Saturday, but beat Michigan State 11-7 on Sunday. Tomorrow we face East Carolina at home.

[McNeese75]

McNeese girls are now number 9 in the Mid Major Polls


McNeese State Softball
Cowgirls Break Into Top 10 In Mid-Major Poll
LAKE CHARLES-- McNeese State’s softball team broke into the Top 10 of this week’s mid-major poll, coming in at No. 9. The Cowgirls who are 15-7 overall and are coming off a 2-1 showing at the North Florida Osprey Invitational last week. The Cowgirls have won five of their last six games and all have been shutout victories. The Cowgirls broke into the poll two weeks ago, coming in at No. 10
The Cowgirls will begin Southland Conference play this weekend when they travel to Stephen F. Austin for a single game on Friday and a single game on Saturday.

MID-MAJOR SOFTBALL POLL-MAR. 5, 2012
Rank School (Pts.) Record Previous
1 Hawai'i (75) 17-0 2
2 La.-Lafayette (72) 17-0 1
3 Fresno State (68) 12-7 3
4 New Mexico (65) 17-3 4
5 Tulsa (62) 14-3 9
6 BYU (61) 13-7 8
7 San Diego St. (59) 12-11 5
8 UMass (52) 7-7 6
9 McNeese State (48) 15-7 10
10 Troy (47) 16-2 13
11 New Mexico St. (44) 13-9 7
12 N. Dakota St. (39) 12-8 11
13 Boise State (36) 13-7 17
14 USC Upstate (34) 18-1 12
15 Chattanooga (25) 12-7 16
16 Houston (23) 10-9 14
17 Western Kentucky (22) 13-5 21
18 Texas State (20) 12-10 17
18 Stetson (20) 10-5 21
18 Miami-Ohio (20) 10-4 23
21 San Diego (17) 9-6 NR
22 Coastal Carolina (16) 13-4 RV
23 Ala.-Birmingham (13) 8-8 RV
24 Pacific (12) 9-8 15
25 Sacramento State (10) 8-8 25

Also receiving votes -- Eastern Kentucky (6-3) 7, Georgia State (16-5) 3, Central Florida (13-7) 2, Loyola Marymount (13-9) 2.

Dropped out -- No. 19 Fordham, No. 20 St. Joseph's, No. 24 Missouri State

[Twentysix]

McNeese girls are now number 9 in the Mid Major Polls


McNeese State Softball
Cowgirls Break Into Top 10 In Mid-Major Poll
LAKE CHARLES-- McNeese State’s softball team broke into the Top 10 of this week’s mid-major poll, coming in at No. 9. The Cowgirls who are 15-7 overall and are coming off a 2-1 showing at the North Florida Osprey Invitational last week. The Cowgirls have won five of their last six games and all have been shutout victories. The Cowgirls broke into the poll two weeks ago, coming in at No. 10
The Cowgirls will begin Southland Conference play this weekend when they travel to Stephen F. Austin for a single game on Friday and a single game on Saturday.

MID-MAJOR SOFTBALL POLL-MAR. 5, 2012
Rank School (Pts.) Record Previous
1 Hawai'i (75) 17-0 2
2 La.-Lafayette (72) 17-0 1
3 Fresno State (68) 12-7 3
4 New Mexico (65) 17-3 4
5 Tulsa (62) 14-3 9
6 BYU (61) 13-7 8
7 San Diego St. (59) 12-11 5
8 UMass (52) 7-7 6
9 McNeese State (48) 15-7 10
10 Troy (47) 16-2 13
11 New Mexico St. (44) 13-9 7
12 N. Dakota St. (39) 12-8 11
13 Boise State (36) 13-7 17
14 USC Upstate (34) 18-1 12
15 Chattanooga (25) 12-7 16
16 Houston (23) 10-9 14
17 Western Kentucky (22) 13-5 21
18 Texas State (20) 12-10 17
18 Stetson (20) 10-5 21
18 Miami-Ohio (20) 10-4 23
21 San Diego (17) 9-6 NR
22 Coastal Carolina (16) 13-4 RV
23 Ala.-Birmingham (13) 8-8 RV
24 Pacific (12) 9-8 15
25 Sacramento State (10) 8-8 25

Also receiving votes -- Eastern Kentucky (6-3) 7, Georgia State (16-5) 3, Central Florida (13-7) 2, Loyola Marymount (13-9) 2.

Dropped out -- No. 19 Fordham, No. 20 St. Joseph's, No. 24 Missouri State

I had no idea this even existed. Neat!

[bonarae]

East Carolina exploded in the late innings but still shut Fullerton out at home, 10-0.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook improved to 7-3 today with wins over Howard Univ 13-1 and St Francis of Pa 10-3. StonyBrook is playing in the FGU Spring Break Tournament in Ft Meyers. Saturday StonyBrook faces Colgate and Utah .

[bonarae]

Fullerton won 2 on day 1 of LBSU invitational: Michigan State 13-10, Charleston Southern 5-0.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook beats Colgate this afternoon 9-4. The Lady Seawolves at 8-3 will play Utah tonight.

[bonarae]

Fullerton was shut out by UNLV 3-0 in Long Beach.

This weekend, Harvard won all three games they played in: 2 against Northridge and 1 against CS Bakersfield. Tomorrow we face Oregon State and Maine. Monday we'll face Utah State.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook continutes it's wining streak defeating Utah last nigth 1-0. The Lady Seawolves play Georgetown this morning at 11:15 and Florida Gulf Coast Univ this afternoon at 3;45

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook defeated Georgetown this morning 5-4 down in Ft. Meyers Fla. The Seawolves are currently playing host Florida Gulf Coast Univ. and trailing 1-0 in the 2nd inning.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook dropped it's game against Florida Gulf Coast Univ today 1-0. The Seawolves won 5 od 6 games this weekend defeating -Howard Univ., St Francis of Pa, Colgate, Utah and Georgetown . They now return home to play Texas Tech on Wednesday and Holy Cross next weekend.

[bonarae]

Harvard continues its winning ways; they beat Oregon State and Maine 3-2 each game.

[bonarae]

Harvard beat Utah State 9-5. This weekend we're in San Diego for the SDSU Tournament.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook dropped a double header at home today to Texas Tech. Game 1 TT 4 SBU 1 , Game 2 TT 6 SBU 2. The Seawolves host Holy Cross Saturday in a double header.

[Mr. C]

McNeese girls are now number 9 in the Mid Major Polls


McNeese State Softball
Cowgirls Break Into Top 10 In Mid-Major Poll
LAKE CHARLES-- McNeese State’s softball team broke into the Top 10 of this week’s mid-major poll, coming in at No. 9. The Cowgirls who are 15-7 overall and are coming off a 2-1 showing at the North Florida Osprey Invitational last week. The Cowgirls have won five of their last six games and all have been shutout victories. The Cowgirls broke into the poll two weeks ago, coming in at No. 10
The Cowgirls will begin Southland Conference play this weekend when they travel to Stephen F. Austin for a single game on Friday and a single game on Saturday.

MID-MAJOR SOFTBALL POLL-MAR. 5, 2012
Rank School (Pts.) Record Previous
1 Hawai'i (75) 17-0 2
2 La.-Lafayette (72) 17-0 1
3 Fresno State (68) 12-7 3
4 New Mexico (65) 17-3 4
5 Tulsa (62) 14-3 9
6 BYU (61) 13-7 8
7 San Diego St. (59) 12-11 5
8 UMass (52) 7-7 6
9 McNeese State (48) 15-7 10
10 Troy (47) 16-2 13
11 New Mexico St. (44) 13-9 7
12 N. Dakota St. (39) 12-8 11
13 Boise State (36) 13-7 17
14 USC Upstate (34) 18-1 12
15 Chattanooga (25) 12-7 16
16 Houston (23) 10-9 14
17 Western Kentucky (22) 13-5 21
18 Texas State (20) 12-10 17
18 Stetson (20) 10-5 21
18 Miami-Ohio (20) 10-4 23
21 San Diego (17) 9-6 NR
22 Coastal Carolina (16) 13-4 RV
23 Ala.-Birmingham (13) 8-8 RV
24 Pacific (12) 9-8 15
25 Sacramento State (10) 8-8 25

Also receiving votes -- Eastern Kentucky (6-3) 7, Georgia State (16-5) 3, Central Florida (13-7) 2, Loyola Marymount (13-9) 2.

Dropped out -- No. 19 Fordham, No. 20 St. Joseph's, No. 24 Missouri State

Funny seeing Fresno State listed as a mid-major in softball, when you consider that the Lady Bulldog have an NCAA title (1999) and a couple of other championship-game berths in their history and are the ONLY team to have qualified for EVERY NCAA Division I softball tournament. That's not the resume of a mid-major team. I don't think of Hawaii as a mid-major, either.

[Seawolf97]

The StonyBrook Ladies improved to 13-6 on the season with a double header sweep of Holy Cross this afternoon . Game 1 SBU 7 HC 0, Game 2 SBU 10 HC 1. Next up a mid week game at Fairfield on Wednesday.

[Mr. C]

Three wins this weekend so far for Syracuse down in Boca Raton in the Florida Atlantic tourney. The Orange beat FAU 2-0 on Friday as coach Leigh Ross won her 400th game in a very young career. Syracuse beat Jacksonville 2-1 and FAU 10-2 to sweep a doubleheader on Saturday. Our local girl, Julie Wambold was 3-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and three runs scored against FAU.

[Mr. C]

Fresno State is 19-12 on the year after a pair of losses to ranked opponents this week and the Lady Bulldogs had a game with Penn State rained out on Saturday. Rain in Fresno? Back here in Pennsylvania, it is beautiful today.

[bonarae]

Harvard went 2-1 in the rain-shortened SDSU tournament. March 22 will be our home-opening doubleheader against Quinnipiac. We are currently 10-4, our best start since 1985.

[McNeese75]

McNeese Girls are now 17-7 and 2-0 in conference.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook swept the Univ of Fairfield today in a double header. Game 1 StonyBrook 6 Fairfield 5, Game two StonyBrook 2 Fairfield 0. The lady Seawolves are 14-6 and begin AE Conference play this weekend with a 4 game home series against the Univ. of Hartford.

[citdog]

i am partial to ladies pole vault



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[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook starts America East Conference play tomorrow hosting the Univ. of Hartford in a 4 game series. But rain is in the local forecast.

[Seawolf97]

The Lady Seawolves swept Hartford this afternoon Game 1 SBU 4 Hartford 0, Game 2 SBU 3 Hartford 1. The StonyBrook Ladies are 16-6 overall and 2-0 in America East Play.

[bonarae]

Harvard has finally played its first games in a week in Lehigh. They split the Saturday series with the Mountain Hawks, 3-1 Harvard and 1-0 Lehigh.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook completed the sweep of Hartford today winning 10-0. The Lady Seawolves are 17-6 and 3-0 in AE play. Next up a double header Wednesday at iona.

[bonarae]

Harvard split another DH on Sunday still in Lehigh. 2-0 Lehigh and 1-0 Harvard (9). Home opener Tuesday against Bryant.

[Mr. C]

Syracuse played at the Carrier Dome for the first time this weekend, beating Colgate and Canisius. Here is the College Sports Journal take on the weekend:

http://www.college-sports-journal.com/index.php/78-college-sports-journal/david-coulson/198-freshmen-wambold-thomas-lead-syracuse-softball-to-historic-wins

[Mr. C]

College Sports Journal will be attending the Syracuse-St. John's series this weekend in Queens as the two teams open Big East play.

[Mr. C]

I came away real impressed after watching a replay of Cal hammering Stanford 9-0 on Friday in the Pac-12 opener for the two teams. The Golden Bears have to be one of the most powerful hitting teams I've seen in some time. Cal could be one of the teams to beat in Oklahoma City at the College Softball World Series.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook spilt a double header today at Iona. Game 1 iona 6 SBU 3 , Game 2 SBU 2 Iona 0. The Seawolves are 18-7 on the season and will host America East rival Boston University this weekend.

[darell1976]

UND snapped a 9 game losing streak by sweeping Nebraska-Omaha in the GWC Softball Cluster Tournament in Farmers Branch, TX. UND then hosted Jamestown College yesterday winning 10-0 in 5 innings, and 9-2 in the second game. UND doesn't play until April 9th vs South Dakota State. UND is 12-22.

[ngineer]

Harvard split another DH on Sunday still in Lehigh. 2-0 Lehigh and 1-0 Harvard (9). Home opener Tuesday against Bryant.

Amazing tough pitching and defense in softball. Mountain Hawks now 15-13 in finishing up a tough preseason schedule. PL competition starts this week as they go for another title.

[Seawolf97]

The StonyBrook ladies continue their winning ways taking out of 3 from AE rival Boston University this weekend up in Boston.
Game 1 SBU 1 BU 0
Game2 SBU 4 BU 3
Game 3 BU 8 SBU 3.
Stonybrook is 20-8 on the season and 5-1 in America East and is tied for 1st place with Albany. The lady Seawolves play a mid week non conference game against LIU on Wednesday.

[ngineer]

Lehigh swept two weekend DHs with Laughyette. Mountain Hawks had a tough OCC preseason, but now 'back home' in the PL, the women are off with a bang toward another crown.

[Seawolf97]

In non conference play today StonyBrook topped LIU 7-0. The lady Seawolves are 21-8 and 5-1 in America East play. This Thursday they host Manhattan College.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook split a double header with Manhattan today. Game 1 StonyBrook 9- Manhattan 0 , Game 2 Manhattan 5 SBU 3. The Seawolves are 22-9 on the season. Next game is a double header on Monday at home against Rider.

[Mr. C]

We sat through a very cold doubleheader at St. John's on Saturday as Syracuse split with the Red Storm. Syracuse won the third game of the series on a much nicer day on Sunday. Balls were flying out of that place all weekend. Kacee Cox became St. John's all-time home run leader with her 35th and 36th career shots on Saturday. My daughter's ex-teammate, Julie Wambold, had a pair of homers for Syracuse over the weekend to make it fun for us.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook swept Rider University today. Game 1 SBU 8 Rider 0 , Game 2 SBU 3 Rider1. The Seawolves are 24-9 and 5-1 in America East. We face another America Rival this weekend against UMBC

[Seawolf97]

The Seawolves continue their dominance in America East play crushing UMBC today in a double header.
Game 1 SBU 10 UMBC 1 game 2 SBU 19 UMBC 3. The Seawolves are 26-9 on the season and 7-1 in America East play. The teams wrap up the three game series Sunday at noon.

[Seawolf97]

The Seawolves completed the sweep of UMBC today winning 5-0. The Seawolves are 27-9 and 8-1 in Amerida East play. They host Rutgers on Tuesday with a double header.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook dropped both ends of a double header today at home against Rutgers.
Game 1 Rutgers 4 SBU 0 , Game 2 Rutgers 6 SBU 1.
The Seawolves are 27-11 on the seaosn and host Bryant in double header on Thursday.

[LakesBison]

NDSU #8 in mid major poll UNI behind NDSU again at #11



1. La.-Lafayette (74) 38-2 1
2. Hawai’i (73) 35-4 2
3. Tulsa (66) 29-9 3
4. Fresno State (65) 28-17 4
5. BYU (64) 28-12 5
6. UMass (63) 21-11 6
7. Houston (57) 26-16 10
8. North Dakota St. (54) 28-14 11
9. Central Florida (51) 31-12 12
10. McNeese State (43) 25-11 7
11. Northern Iowa (40) 30-10 17

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook won a double header today against Bryant.
Game 1 SBU 3 Bryant 2 , Game 2 SBU 6 Bryant 5.
The Lady Seawolves are 29-11 on the season.

[Mr. C]

NDSU #8 in mid major poll UNI behind NDSU again at #11



1. La.-Lafayette (74) 38-2 1
2. Hawai’i (73) 35-4 2
3. Tulsa (66) 29-9 3
4. Fresno State (65) 28-17 4
5. BYU (64) 28-12 5
6. UMass (63) 21-11 6
7. Houston (57) 26-16 10
8. North Dakota St. (54) 28-14 11
9. Central Florida (51) 31-12 12
10. McNeese State (43) 25-11 7
11. Northern Iowa (40) 30-10 17

Can a team like my alma mater, Fresno State, which has won an NCAA title, appeared in four title games and is the only program to have appeared in every championship tournament, really be considered a "mid-major"? I don't exactly consider Hawaii mid-major in softball either. Both are pretty big-time programs.

[Mr. C]

We sat through a very cold doubleheader at St. John's on Saturday as Syracuse split with the Red Storm. Syracuse won the third game of the series on a much nicer day on Sunday. Balls were flying out of that place all weekend. Kacee Cox became St. John's all-time home run leader with her 35th and 36th career shots on Saturday. My daughter's ex-teammate, Julie Wambold, had a pair of homers for Syracuse over the weekend to make it fun for us.

College Sports Journal is thinking of doing an All-Freshman team for NCAA softball. Would appreciate everyone's input and nominations. Wambold and Carrie-Leigh Thomas of Syracuse would be two leading candidates. Wambold leads the Big East with 11 HRs and is also first in slugging percentage as a freshman. Thomas is second on this heavy-hitting team in HRs. I was looking at the NCAA stats last weekend and saw where a girl from UTEP was leading the NCAA with 24 homers as a freshman.

[Seawolf97]

College Sports Journal is thinking of doing an All-Freshman team for NCAA softball. Would appreciate everyone's input and nominations. Wambold and Carrie-Leigh Thomas of Syracuse would be two leading candidates. Wambold leads the Big East with 11 HRs and is also first in slugging percentage as a freshman. Thomas is second on this heavy-hitting team in HRs. I was looking at the NCAA stats last weekend and saw where a girl from UTEP was leading the NCAA with 24 homers as a freshman.

For consideration I would look at StonyBrooks Allison Cukrov. Freshman pitcher earned her 12th and 13th shutouts against Maine today and has 20 wins on the season. She hails from irvine, Ca. Checkout out website.

[Seawolf97]

Stonybrook swept Maine today shutting them out in a double header 3-0, 1-0. Freshman Allison Cukrov earned shutout wins 12 and 13 and has 20 wins on the season. The lady Seawolves are 31-11 and 10-1 in America East play. They will host Maine again on Sunday weather permitting.

[Seawolf97]

Stonybrook swept a double header today against Albany. The Seawolves won 5-2 in game 1 and 3-1 in game two. The Ladies are 35-14-1 on the season and 14-2-1 America East play. Both teams play tomorrow.

[bonarae]

The field is set!

FCS Teams represented in the Road to Oklahoma City (Women's College World Series Division I 2012):

Mississippi Valley State (Lafayette Regional)
Portland State (Eugene Regional)
Georgia Southern (Athens Regional)
Coastal Carolina (Athens Regional)
Valparaiso (Louisville Regional)
UT Martin (Tuscaloosa Regional)
South Alabama (Tuscaloosa Regional)
Harvard (Seattle Regional)
Illinois State (Columbia Regional)
UMass (Columbia Regional)
Texas State (College Station Regional)
Bethune-Cookman (College Station Regional)
NDSU (Tucson Regional)
Lehigh (Norman Regional)

[LakesBison]

NDSU gets a great draw finally, last couple years has been vs the #1 seeds, 3 years ago, NDSU beat Oklahoma on way to super regionals.

2 really good pitchers for NDSU

[Mr. C]

Here is the latest column from College Sports Journal, focusing on college's all-time winningest coach, Margie Wright, and Fresno State's snubbing for the first time from the NCAA softball tournament:

http://www.college-sports-journal.com/index.php/78-college-sports-journal/david-coulson/217-bcs-politics-reaches-to-ncaa-softball-tourney-with-fresno-state-snubll

[Mr. C]

Stonybrook swept a double header today against Albany. The Seawolves won 5-2 in game 1 and 3-1 in game two. The Ladies are 35-14-1 on the season and 14-2-1 America East play. Both teams play tomorrow.

We were sad to see Albany fall short in the tournament championship game. We have a local girl from Hatboro-Horsham High School, Katie Wambold, who was a senior second baseman for Albany. The Great Danes had a great year.

[ngineer]

Lehigh's women get sent to Norman to take on the Sooners Friday night in round one. The Mountain Hawks made some noise a couple years ago with a stellar pitcher, and this year it appears the pitching is back. Flying under the radar after a slow start this year, Lehigh swept the PL Championship with three straight shutouts.

[bonarae]

FCS scores yesterday:

Georgia Southern lost to UNC 2-1
Portland State shut out Mississippi State 2-0 (1st game) :)
Georgia routed Coastal Carolina 13-3
ULL shut out Mississippi Valley State 8-0
Alabama beat UTM 5-1
Louisville beat Valpo 6-4
Mizzou shut out Illinois State 6-0
BYU shut out Portland State 2-0 (2nd game) :(
Texas A&M slaughtered Bethune-Cookman 11-0
Arizona slaughtered NDSU 11-0 xsmhx
Oklahoma routed Lehigh 19-3 xnonono2x
Washington shut out Harvard 2-0 xsmhx

The transition programs:
South Alabama beat Georgia Tech 4-3
DePaul beat UMass 3-0
LSU beat Texas State 1-0

[ngineer]

Wheels flew off the bus in all directions. errors, pitching, no-hitting. Not a good time/place to have a stinkeroo. I expect them to bounce back with a good effort and game against Oregon State.

[Twentysix]

NDSU knocks Hawaii out of the tournament. 9-7

[bonarae]

Today's scores:

Georgia Southern eliminated by Coastal Carolina 2-1
Lehigh eliminated by Oregon State 9-2
Coastal Carolina eliminated by North Carolina 5-3
UTM eliminated by Georgia Tech 9-1
Bethune-Cookman eliminated by Texas State 5-3
Valpo eliminated by Kentucky 5-4
Illinois State eliminated UMass 1-0
NDSU stays alive by beating Hawaii 9-7
Harvard stays alive by beating Maryland 3-2 (1st game)
Harvard is on to the Regional Finals by beating Texas Tech 2-0 xhurrayx
Illinois State is also on to the Regional Finals by beating DePaul 3-0
Game in progress: NDSU 1 - Notre Dame 1 top 2nd

Transition programs:
South Alabama lost to Alabama 5-2 (1st game)
South Alabama routed Georgia Tech 10-1

[bonarae]

Illinois State and Harvard are the only FCS teams still alive and have a chance to get to a Super Regional.

Harvard will face Washington at 4 pm EDT
Illinois State will face Mizzou at 3 pm EDT

(If both FCS teams win, a clincher will be held at:

Harvard/Washington: 6:30 pm
Mizzou/Illinois State: 5 pm)

[ngineer]

Way to Crimson!

[LakesBison]

Ndsu had a great night beating hawaii and beating notre dame 3-1 in 6th before running out of gas. 3 games on espnu in 2 days was sweet!

[alvinkayak6]

Harvard beating Texas Tech...could there be a more random sounding FCS/FBS match-up?