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July 15, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville University softball team didn’t have to look far for its new leader as assistant Ali Higgs has been promoted to head coach, Director of Athletics Alan Verlander announced Friday.
June 30, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Softball continued to be one of the premier sponsored sports in the Atlantic Sun Conference during the 2011 season, finishing as the 12th ranked RPI conference in the nation.
June 21, 2011
Spartanburg, S.C. – On Sunday, former USC Upstate pitcher Morgan Childers earned her first career victory, going 4 1/3 innings to earn the 3-2 win against the NPF Diamonds for the Akron Racers.
June 14, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The JU softball’s team run to the NCAA Tournament was noticed by the rest of the nation as the Dolphins received a vote in the final USA Today/NFCA Top 25 poll for the 2011 season.
June 08, 2011
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Atlantic Sun Softball Player of the Year senior Courtney Platt (Naples, Fla./Gulf Coast) garnered another postseason honor, earning a spot on 2011 Easton All-American third team.
May 21, 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Trailing by a run to start the fourth inning, UCLA scored 10 unanswered runs in the final four frames to eliminate the JU softball team, 12-4, from NCAA Tournament in Gainesville, Fla. on Saturday.
May 21, 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The JU softball team used a four-run second inning to secure a 8-0 victory (6) against Bethune-Cookman and stay alive in the Gainesville Regional of the NCAA Tournament
May 20, 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Dolphins dropped their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Softball Tournament as they fell by a 2-0 score to the defending national champions, UCLA.
May 20, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Five Atlantic Sun Conference softball student-athletes were named to the 2011 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region teams this week.
May 19, 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The JU softball team will get to face a national power to start the NCAA Tournament on Friday as they play defending national champion UCLA at 3:30 p.m. on the first day of the Gainesville Regional.
May 16, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The JU softball team’s inaugural NCAA Tournament appearance will be against the one of the nation’s best, as the Dolphins will face defending national champion UCLA.
May 14, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The top-seeded Jacksonville Dolphins utilized two Amanda Schmidt homers to down Lipscomb 7-1 in the Title Game of the 2011 Atlantic Sun Softball Championship.
May 13, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Lipscomb jumped out to a 5-0 lead after four innings and held on for a 7-2 victory over Campbell on Friday evening at Cyrill Stadium in the 2011 Atlantic Sun Softball Championship.
May 13, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Campbell starting pitcher Brittany Arnn (7-8) went the distance, allowing just two hits, two walks and struck out three as the Camels eliminated Mercer, 3-0.
May 13, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – With one out and runners on first and second in the bottom of the sixth inning, Jacksonville’s Karson Tuck sent a home run over the wall in left to give the Dolphins a 3-1 victory.
May 13, 2011
May 12, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – In the final contest on Thursday afternoon, Mercer scored two runs in the fourth inning and held on for a 3-2 win over USC Upstate at Cyrill Stadium.
May 12, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Lipscomb’s Mollie Mitchell scored the lone run of the contest in the bottom of the sixth inning, lifting the Lady Bisons to a 1-0 victory over USC Upstate on Thursday afternoon at Cyrill Stadium.
May 12, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Sarah Simon delivered a two-out two-RBI single to right field in the bottom of the second inning to lead No. 1 seed Jacksonville to a 4-1 victory over No. 5 Mercer.
May 12, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – In the first elimination game of the 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference Softball Championship, Campbell downed Kennesaw State, 7-1, on Thursday morning at Cyrill Stadium.
May 11, 2011
Spartanburg, S.C. – Lauren Quevedo hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning to break a 5-5 tie and lift third-seeded USC Upstate to a 7-5 victory over sixth-seeded Kennesaw State.
May 11, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – In the seventh inning, Mercer's Tiffany Phillips singled to center field allowing Kassie Bailey to score the game-winning run on Wednesday afternoon at Cyrill Stadium against Kennesaw State.
May 10, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Four Jacksonville Dolphins adorned the 2011 Atlantic Sun Softball All-Conference First Team, while head coach Amanda Lehotak earned an unanimous nod as the Coach of the Year.
May 09, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference Softball Championship opens up on Wednesday, May 11th at Cyrill Stadium on the campus of USC Upstate.
May 09, 2011
MACON, Ga. - The 2011 Capital One Academic All‐District ® Softball Teams, selected by CoSIDA, have been released and five Atlantic Sun student-athletes earned recognition
May 09, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Jacksonville pitcher Sarah Sigrest picked up three wins for Jacksonville as the Dolphins clinched the school’s first softball regular season title to win her second Atlantic Sun
May 05, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Dolphins locked up the A-Sun regular season championship with a sweep against crown-town rival UNF, 8-0 (5) & 6-1, on Wednesday night at the JU Softball Complex.
May 02, 2011
MACON, Ga. – The Atlantic Sun Player of the Week, Sara Stukes homered in the fifth inning against Kennesaw State giving Mercer a 1-0 win and the five seed in the upcoming A-Sun Softball Championship.
May 01, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Mercer's Kassie Bailey, Jenni Holtz and Kari Chambers allowed just eight hits in two games as the Mercer softball team swept Kennesaw State clinching a berth in the conference tournament.
April 28, 2011
MACON, Ga. - With only two weeks remaining until the start of the 2011 Atlantic Sun Softball Championship, seven teams remain in the hunt for the six spots in the tournament.
April 26, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - For the second straight year, the JU softball team is getting recognized nationally as they received a vote in the latest USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Softball poll.
April 26, 2011
BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Freshman Olivia Scarborough threw a complete-game no-hitter with a career-high nine strikeouts to lead Campbell's softball team to a 10-0 five inning run-shortened victory over North Carolina Central.
April 25, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb’s Whitney Kiihnl and Courtney Billington secured the Atlantic Sun Player of the Week awards with sweeps against Kennesaw State and Mercer this week.
April 18, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Kennesaw State starting pitcher Jessica Cross notched the Owls’ first no-hitter since 2008, surrendering just one walk against ETSU to win her second Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Week honor. Belmont junior
April 17, 2011
Macon, Ga. – USC Upstate pitcher Morgan Childers had a record-breaking day Saturday, earning her 109th career win to break the A-Sun's all-time wins record.
April 11, 2011
MACON, Ga. – FGCU utilized the performances of senior outfielder Courtney Platt and sophomore pitcher Stephanie Sullivan to sweep USC Upstate and ETSU and earn the duo the Atlantic Sun Softball Weekly Awards.
April 10, 2011
DeLAND, Fla. – In a career full of achievements, USC Upstate pitcher Morgan Childers earned the win in the first game of a doubleheader sweep of Stetson, tying the A-Sun career record for wins with 108.
April 07, 2011
AUBURN, Ala. – Mercer softball head coach Mike Raynor picked up his first win against a ranked opponent on Wednesday night by defeating No. 22 Auburn, 3-0 at Jane B. Moore Field.
April 04, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Jacksonville’s Olivia Kline hurled a no-hitter against ETSU and added two more victories on the week to earn the Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Week award.
March 28, 2011
MACON, Ga. – The Lady Bisons opened up their Atlantic Sun softball title defense with two road sweeps starting with ETSU and finishing with USC Upstate on Sunday.
March 24, 2011
BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell's softball team (16-15) rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat North Carolina (19-12) by a 7-4 score in the team's second game of the day at the Eakes Athletic Complex.
March 22, 2011
Spartanburg, S.C. – After inching closer to a top 25 national ranking in the previous weeks, USC Upstate secured its first-ever national ranking this week, coming in at No. 25 in the UltimateCollegeSoftball.com poll.
March 21, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Katie Hinton led Campbell to conference-opening sweep against Mercer to earn the Atlantic Sun Player of the Week award, announced Monday by the league office.
March 21, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – In a career filled with tremendous accolades and honors, USC Upstate's Morgan Childers has racked up another after being drafted in the 4th round of the NPF College Senior Draft
March 20, 2011
CLEARWATER, Fla. - UNF opened day two of the USF The Game Tournament at the Eddie C. Moore Complex with a 9-3 victory against Rutgers of the Big East Conference.
March 19, 2011
CONWAY, S.C. - Lipscomb rallied for eight runs in the seventh inning against Providence in the Chanticleer Challenge to clinch a victory over the Big East Conference opponent.
March 18, 2011
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Junior Sarah Sigrest allowed one hit in seven innings, while junior Kayla Ouellet scored twice to lead the JU softball team past No. 22 Texas A&M, 3-1.
March 14, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Mercer’s Randi Rea belted three home runs on the week including a three-run walk-off homer against Samford to earn the Atlantic Sun Conference Softball Player of the Week award.
March 12, 2011
SEATTLE – Lauren Quevedo connected on a two-run home run in the the seventh inning to lift USC Upstate to a 2-1 victory against Oregon State - the first ever win for any Upstate team over a Pac 10 school
March 07, 2011
MACON, Ga. – FGCU’s Emily Lanier and Jacksonville’s Sarah Sigrest earned the Atlantic Sun Conference softball weekly awards, announced Monday by the league office.
February 28, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Sharon Swanson’s bat surged Kennesaw State past No. 22 Georgia Tech and Mississippi State as the sophomore belted a grand slam against the Yellow Jackets and two-run bomb against the Bulldogs.
February 27, 2011
WOODSTOCK, Ga. – Kennesaw State's successful second day at the Third Annual Phyllis Rafter Memorial featured a 3-2 downing of the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Sharon Swanson hit a go-ahead home run
February 26, 2011
BIRMINGHAM Ala. - Lipscomb's Whitney Kiihnl threw her first no-hitter of the year blanking Samford, 10-0. Kiihn pitched only six innings due to the run-rule lead. She struck out 17 out of 19 batters she faced
February 26, 2011
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Jacksonville used a four-run first inning en route to downing Connecticut 10-0 in five innings, during the first day of the FAU Tournament in Boca Raton, Fla.
February 26, 2011
WOODSTOCK, Ga. – Mercer picked up a pair of wins on the first day of the Phyllis Rafter Memorial, defeating Mississippi State and Tennessee State, 6-5 and 6-1 respectively.
February 24, 2011
KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State Owls used solid pitching by Jessica Cross and a momentous grand slam by Sharon Swanson to take down No. 22 Georgia Tech, 4-1 at Bailey Park in their 2011 home opener.
February 22, 2011
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Off to its best start in the Division I era, USC Upstate has received its first national recognition, receiving votes in a pair of Top 25 polls
February 21, 2011
MACON, Ga. – Morgan Childers and Ericka Harris led USC Upstate to a second-consecutive undefeated week to push the team’s record to 10-0 and earn the duo the Atlantic Sun Conference Softball weekly honors.
February 19, 2011
FORT MYERS, Fla. - FGCU opened the Homewood Suites/Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Tournament with a 10-0 triumph against Georgetown behind the three-RBI perfomance by Jessica Barnes
February 17, 2011
Spartanburg, S.C. – USC Upstate hurler Morgan Childers received her highest national honor after being selected as one of 30 softball players in the nation to be named to the national list for the Lowes Senior CLASS Award.
February 14, 2011
MACON, Ga. – USC Upstate’s starting hurler Morgan Childers started the 2011 season the best way possible by tossing her fifth career no-hitter in an 8-0 blowout of Charleston Southern.
February 14, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Katie Zauner belted a two-run home run and accounted for all three of USC Upstate's runs as the Spartans claimed a 3-2 victory vs South Carolina to win the Palmetto State Showdown
February 13, 2011
DeLand, Fla. - Stetson earned its first win of the 2011 season to wrap up the Stetson Lead-off Classic, defeating Boston College 6-2. Sophomore Camille Czarnecki threw five scoreless innings to earn her first career victory.
February 12, 2011
BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell started the 2011 season with a win against Virginia, 7-2. Sophomore lefty Brittany Arnn earned the opening game start and was steady with four innings and three strikeouts.
February 11, 2011
ATHENS, Ga. - The Lipscomb Lady Bisons softball team opened the 2011 season in style with a 5-4 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference at the UGA Red & Black Showcase.
February 10, 2011
MACON, Ga. – The 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference softball season gets under way this weekend as all 11 teams are set for first pitch over the span of the next five days.
February 04, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Amateur Softball Association of America, the National Governing Body of Softball in the U.S., has selected its initial Watch List for the 10th Annual USA National Collegiate Player of the Year Award.
February 03, 2011
MACON, Ga. – After advancing to the finals of the NCAA Softball Regional last season, Lipscomb returns as the Atlantic Sun Conference favorite after picking up eight first-place votes in the coaches’ preseason poll.
January 25, 2011
MACON, Ga. - The Lipscomb Lady Bisons' softball team earned eight points in the 2011 Preseason USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll after finishing last season at 50-13.
September 30, 2010
Spartanburg, S.C. – While the USC Upstate softball team was playing its way to a 41-win season and an appearance in the championship game of the A-Sun Tournament in 2010, it also excelled in the classroom.
July 08, 2010
DeLAND, Fla. - Stetson's Carolyn Boyd will take a spot on the national NCAA Division I SAAC. As part of the national group, Boyd will have a voice in shaping NCAA policy as it relates to all student-athlete issues.
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