KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the list of 10 host sites for the seventh annual NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round. The event will be played May 13–15 and features 10 four-team, double elimination tournaments throughout the country. The 40 qualifiers and pairings for the Opening Rounds will be…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Southern Nazarene’s Caitlyn Curlee and Concordia Irvine’s Callie Nunes were named 2019 Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week honorees for games played April 8-14. Curlee connected on six home runs, including three in game three of a four-game Great American Conference series at Southwestern Oklahoma State. The sophomore…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two-time defending national champion Virginia Wesleyan University reclaimed the top spot in the NFCA Division III Top 25 this week after spending two weeks at No. 2. The (29-2) Marlins went 4-0 last week, and then swept Eastern Mennonite on Tuesday, to move back into the No. 1 position they had held…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – BYU’s Rylee Jensen and Virginia Tech’s Keely Rochardwere named Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division I National Player and Pitcher of the Week of the Week, respectively, for games played April 8-14. It marks the second NFCA honor this season for Rochard and the second of Jensen’s career. Jensen, an Idaho Falls, Idaho native, was nearly…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. –Twenty-five student-athletes are in the running for the 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award, announced the Association on Thursday afternoon. The winner will be presented prior to the start of the 2019 NCAA Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. This year’s finalists hail from 23…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following a road sweep of No. 11 Texas, Oklahoma ran its winning streak to 31 and maintained its hold on No. 1 in this week’s 2019 USA Today / NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Sooners (41-2) picked up 26 first-place votes and 790 points. OU opened the key Big 12 series…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Ravenne Nasser and Rhodes College’s Jill Healy claimed Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week honors on Wednesday. Senior right-hander Nasser pitched back-to-back no-hitters in a doubleheader against Clark and fanned 35 batters over 25.1 innings total for the week in the circle. Seventeen…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – West Florida was nearly the unanimous No. 1 as the top six teams remained steady in this week’s 2019 NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Argonauts (36-5) captured 15 of the 16 first-place votes and 399 points after sweeping Union in a three-game Gulf South Conference series. No. 2 Central Oklahoma…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Cedar Ridge tuned up for the Texas state playoffs with three more wins to keep the No. 1 spot in the USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll for a second straight week, while Neshoba Central rebounded from its first loss in 65 games with a pair of victories to remain…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. –Twenty-five student-athletes are in the running for the 2019 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award, announced the Association on Thursday afternoon. The winner will be presented prior to the start of the 2019 NCAA Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. This year’s finalists hail from 23…