Tag: HBCU Softball

These were the standouts from Week 3 of CIAA Softball

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Courtest of the CIAA FOOD LION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK #1 Coreena Dunham, Bowie State (So., OF- Audubon, PA) Coreena tallied a total of seven hits during the Chowan Classic last weekend. Additionally, Dunham posted two RBI against Georgian Court highlighted by a double. She was 7-11 from the plate this past weekend. FOOD LION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK #13 Aliyah Smith, Bowie State (Sr., 1B- Stafford, VA) Aliyah had 23 putouts during the Chowan Classic. Smith recorded a total of 26 catches and just one error for…

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MEAC announces softballers of the week

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title image via the MEAC Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Howard graduate student outfielder Bianca Worthy has been named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Softball Player of the Week, presented by Coca-Cola. Morgan State pitcher Ellie Bostedt was named Rookie of the Week, while Norfolk State junior Lauren Sheehan was named the Pitcher of the Week. Worthy (Gr., OF, Goodyear, Ariz.) recorded two runs on seven hits in nine at-bats with one RBI. She hit .778 on the weekend including a perfect performance at the plate (7-for-7) in Howard’s two games against Towson.  Bostedt (Fr.,…

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Tennessee State Softball defeats Hawaii in extras, goes down to Loyola Marymount

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title image via Tennessee State Softball Courtesy of Stephen Featherston, Director of Communications, Tennessee State University Box Score 1HONOLULU, O’ahu – The Tennessee State softball team (8-9) closed its trip to Hawaii by advancing to the championship game of the Spring Fling Tournament after picking up a 3-2 win over the University of Hawaii in extra innings on Saturday afternoon. TSU took on Loyola Marymount in the championship game this evening and fell 10-1. The Tigers finished their trip to the Island 2-3 and as the runner-up in the winner’s bracket.…

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Norfolk State softball drops two to Queens University

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title image via Norfolk State Softball Courtesy of Maya Dawson, Asst. Director of Sports Communications, Norfolk State Athletics Box Score 1 | Box Score 2CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Norfolk State University softball team faced the Royals of Queens University of Charlotte in a doubleheader on Saturday, losing game one, 1-0, and game two, 4-2. In game one, Maddy Morris pitched a complete game for the Spartans (0-10) only allowing one run in the first inning before pitching five consecutive scoreless innings. Morris (0-4) faced 26 batters and recorded two 1-2-3 innings in 6.0 innings of play. Emree…

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Albany State Softball gets sweep over Clark Atlanta

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Title image via Reginald Christian Courtesy of Albany State Sports Information 13 PAINRR~1 14 Winner ASU Team R H E PAINRR~1 13 8 2 ASU 14 22 4 W: MURPHY, TRISTA (2-2) L: M. Cagle (2-2)e ALBANY, Ga. – It was an afternoon that kept Lady Rams fans on the edge of softball field bleachers. Albany State put together two furious Wednesday afternoon softball comebacks and swept a pair of high-scoring contests from Paine College, 14-13 in eight innings and 9-8. In the opener, Albany State came back from giving up eight runs in Paine…

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Albany State softball splits doubleheader with Agenes Scott

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title image via Albany State Athletics Courtesy of Albany State Athletics The Albany State Golden Rams and the Agnes Scott College Scotties would split on Saturday when the teams played a doubleheader at the ASU West Campus Softball Complex.  With the split, the Golden Rams are now (2-4) overall to start the season.     In game 1, the Golden Rams were beaten (1-13) with Kaliyah Smith picking up her first loss of the season. In game 2, The Golden Rams would come back to life as the Goldens Rams would…

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Trio of Albany State players named to 2023 Minority Softball Prospects All-Star Game

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Courtesy of Dr. Earnest Brown, Albany State Athletics Three Albany State University Golden Rams softball players participated in the 2023 Minority Softball Prospects All-Star Game that was held on June 2, at Georgia Gwinnett College Softball Field.  The MSP HBCU All-Star Game featured the top 40 HBCU talent from D1, D2, NAIA, and Junior College levels.  Albany State Golden Rams Madison Hurt, Keyatta Ayers and Morgan Brown participated in the All-Star extravaganza. Madison Hurt is a sophomore from Phenix City, Alabama.  Madison had a MVP type of season for the Golden Rams.  Madison…

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Grambling softball defeats FAMU 3-1 to get first SWAC Tourney win in a decade

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Courtesy of Curtis Ford, Grambling State Athletics 1 FAMU 3 Winner GSU Team R H E FAMU 1 6 1 GSU 3 4 2 W: Richard , Dacia (11-5) L: Lauryn Peppers (7-9) Box Score  It was a defensive battle to open Grambling States trip[ to the 2023 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Tournament. Still, GSU used a three-run sixth inning to slip past Florida A&M 3-1 on Tuesday afternoon at the Gulfport Sportsplex. The victory marked the first time Grambling State (31-20-1) won a SWAC Tournament game since the Tigers beat Jackson State to…

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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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