Tag: HBCU Softball

Grambling softball’s Cadashia Collins and Dacia Richard garner All-SWAC honors

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Courtesy of Curtis Ford, Grambling State Athletics The Grambling State University softball team placed two student-athletes on the 2023 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) All-Conference teams, announced by the conference on Monday night. Cadashia Collins was named the SWAC Freshman of the Year and landed on the first team, while pitcher Dacia Richardnabbed second-team honors. Collins, a freshman shortstop from Chattanooga, Tenn., had a breakout season and was one of the key contributors for Grambling State’s offense as a true freshman. She contributed a batting average of .310 with 46 RBI, 14 doubles,…

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Tuskegee ends Albany State softball season

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Courtesy of Dr. Earnest Brown, Albany State Athletics The Albany State Golden Rams softball team’s season came to an end on Wednesday evening in the 2023 SIAC Softball Tournament that is being held at the Gordon Park Sports Complex in Albany, Georgia. On Tuesday, the Golden Rams defeated the Miles College Golden Bears (11-2) in the 1stround of the SIAC Tournament.  In the 2nd round, the Golden Rams lost (3-1) to the Spring Hill College Badgers.  That defeat sent the Golden Rams into the loser’s bracket. On today, the Golden Rams played the…

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SIAC Announces 2023 Softball All-Conference Team

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Courtesy of the SIAC The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) has announced its 2023 softball all-conference awards, as voted on by the league’s coaches and sports information directors. Lane’s Millay Lambert headlines the all-conference team after being selected as the 2023 SIAC Player of the Year and Utility Player of the Year. Her teammate, Jersey Cabana was named 2023 Starting Pitcher of the Year.  Spring Hill’s Paityn Desormeaux earned this year’s Relief Pitcher of the Year honor and Fort Valley State’s Raven Webb was selected as the 2023 SIAC Freshman of the Year.  Lane’s head coach, Joel Worthington, has been named the 2023 SIAC Softball Coach of…

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Albany State softball opens up SIAC Tournament against Miles

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The Albany State University softball team finished the season with a 5-14 overall record and 16-6 within the SIAC. AS a result of their onfield exploits the GOlden Rams secured the #2seed in the upcoming SIAC Softball Tournament, for which ASU is the host school, will commence Tuesday, May 2. Albany State will take on Miles College, the Western Division’s #3 seed. The two teams last squared off May 5, 2022 , a matchup in which the Golden Rams came away with a 4-1 victory. The winner between Albany State…

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Manus has masterful performance in shutout win

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 0 Southern Ind. 16-20 3 Winner Tennessee St. 16-21-1 Team R H E Southern Ind. 0 5 0 Tennessee St. 3 4 1 W: Manus, Caitlyn (12-12) L: J. Newman (13-5) NASHVILLE, Tenn. —CaitlynManus was dealing, and the defense behind was solid on Saturday, hurling a five-hit shutout to lead the Tennessee State Tigers past the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (16-20, 9-9 OVC) 3-0 in OVC play from Tiger Field.  Manus (12-12) went the distance against the top-hitting team in the conference for Tennessee State (16-21-1, 7-8), giving up five hits, walking…

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Albany State siftball to host arch-rival Fort Valley State

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This weekend Albany State softball ( 21-13, 14-5) will host Fort Valley State ( 15-18, 9-9) in a three-game series. Saturday the two squads will square off in a doubleheader, with the first pitch scheduled for 2 pm EST. Sunday’s action will commence at 1 PM EST. The Golden Rams and the WIldcats last met on May 6 2022, with Albany State coming away with a 5-1 victory.

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Albany State softball takes a pair of loses at Georgia Southwestern

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Courtesy of Dr. Earnest Brown, Albany State Athletics The Golden Rams 3-game winning streak was snapped by the Georgia Southwestern University Hurricanes on Tuesday evening in Americus, Georgia.  With the loses, the Golden Rams fell to (21-13) overall.  The Hurricanes improved to (32-15).  In game 1, the Golden Rams were defeated (9-1) by the Hurricanes.  In the top of the 3rd inning, Keyatta Ayers hit a single to right field to score Ty’janae Brown.  The Golden Rams would maintain a (1-0) lead until the bottom of the 5th inning when the Hurricanes exploded for…

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Southern softball falls to Texas Southern 2-1

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Courtesy of Kevin Albarez, Assistant Sport Information Director, Texas Southern Athletics 2 Winner TXSOSB23 1 SU Team R H E TXSOSB23 2 9 0 SU 1 7 0 W: Jazmine Gendorf (5-5) L: Valadez, Anabella (1-10) BATON ROUGE, La. – Southern and Texas Southern flashed the leather in a tremendous defensive effort to open the Southwestern Athletic Conference play at Lady Jaguar Field on Monday afternoon. TSU would come away with a 2-1 victory. Southern dropped to 8-26 overall and 4-9 in SWAC play. Texas Southern improved to 9-17 and 6-7 in league play. Southern…

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Norfolk State takes doubleheader against Coppin State

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Courtesy of Alysse Scripter, Associate Sports Information Director Norfolk State Athletics Box Score 1 | Box Score 2NORFOLK, Va. —The Norfolk State University softball team won both games in its twinbill against the Eagles of Coppin State at NSU Softball Field in Norfolk, Va. NSU won game one 9-1 in six innings and game two 3-2.  Game one began with two solid innings of pitching and defense from both teams as neither team found the scoreboard until the third inning when the Spartans put two runs on the board in the bottom…

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SWAC Softball: Game-winning hit claims series for Bethune Cookman

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Courtesy of Bryce Hoynoski, Bethune Cookman Athletics 4 Alabama State 18-16, 7-4 SWAC 5 Winner Bethune-Cookman 10-23, 8-3 SWAC Team R H E Alabama State 4 10 0 Bethune-Cookman 5 7 0 W: Guzman, Victoria (2-9) L: Bailey Greenlee (10-7) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It took an extra inning, but the Wildcats earned the series victory after a 5-4 win over Alabama A&M, Saturday afternoon at Sunnyland Park. For the fourth straight game, the Wildcats (10-23, 8-3 SWAC) struck first as Samantha Kelley’s RBI fielder’s choice scored Haley Parks to give B-CU the 1-0 lead. The Wildcats threatened again in the…

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