2017 Softball News

Cromwell To Lead Fontbonne Softball
Cromwell To Lead Fontbonne Softball

June 17, 2017

Fontbonne University Director of Athletics Maria Buckel has announced that Casey Cromwell will join the Griffin family. Cromwell will become the seventh head coach in Fontbonne softball history.

Blue Jays Place 13 On NFCA Scholar-Athlete List
Blue Jays Place 13 On NFCA Scholar-Athlete List

June 06, 2017

The Westminster College softball team had 13 players named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete list.

Webster's Cardenas Selected For Career In Sports Forum
Webster's Cardenas Selected For Career In Sports Forum

May 30, 2017

Webster University's Karissa Cardenas has been selected to attend the NCAA Career In Sports Forum.

Five Named NFCA All-Region
Five Named NFCA All-Region

May 15, 2017

Five players from across the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference have earned 2017 National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region honors.

Panther Softball Season Comes To An End Against Hope
Panther Softball Season Comes To An End Against Hope

May 13, 2017

The softball team was one out away from Greenville College's first win in NCAA tournament play, but a two-out rally by Hope in the bottom of the seventh lifted them to a 6-5 victory over Greenville.

Greenville To Face Trine In Opening Round
Greenville To Face Trine In Opening Round

May 09, 2017

The Greenville softball team has been placed in the NCAA regional hosted by Wisconsin-Whitewater. The Lady Panthers qualified for their second straight NCAA national tournament by winning the championship of the SLIAC tournament.

Panthers, Back to Back SLIAC Softball Champions
Panthers, Back to Back SLIAC Softball Champions

May 07, 2017

One year after becoming the first #4 seed to win the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Softball Tournament, Greenville College took an easier path this spring; picking up back-to-back titles by winning all three games played in the 2017 tournament.

Westminster Takes All Four Major Awards
Westminster Takes All Four Major Awards

May 04, 2017

Westminster College became the first team in St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference history to take home all four major individual softball conference awards to the same trophy room. The Blue Jays received Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, and Coach of the Year honors for the 2017 season.

2017 SLIAC Softball Tournament Preview
2017 SLIAC Softball Tournament Preview

May 03, 2017

This weekend's St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Softball Tournament will be all about newness. For the first time since 2012 the tournament will be played somewhere other than Elsah, Illinois. The tournament field will also include several "new" programs looking to leave their mark.

SLIAC Softball Players of the Week - May 1
SLIAC Softball Players of the Week - May 1

April 30, 2017

This week's St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Softball Players of the Week are Katlyn Garza, from Webster University and Morgan Mansur, from Webster University.

Blue Jays Flying High After Securing Regular Season Title
Blue Jays Flying High After Securing Regular Season Title

April 29, 2017

Westminster softball swept Greenville to claim the SLIAC regular season title as well as earn the No. 1 seed for the SLIAC Tournament next weekend.

Feature Friday with Brittany Hodge
Feature Friday with Brittany Hodge

April 28, 2017

This week's SLIAC Feature Friday is with Westminster College senior softball player Brittany Hodge. Listen as she looks back on her four years and talks about super powers and Clay Matthews.

100! For Eureka's Neff
100! For Eureka's Neff

April 26, 2017

Fifth-year Eureka College softball head coach Debi Neff recorded a milestone win Tuesday night at Knox, earning her 99th and 100th victories as head coach of the Red Devils in EC's non-conference doubleheader sweep in Galesburg, Ill. Eureka won the opener in five innings, 12-4, and also won game two in five innings, 9-0.

Hampton Wins 600th For Tigers
Hampton Wins 600th For Tigers

April 24, 2017

Iowa Wesleyan played a non-conference double header against Saint Louis College of Pharmacy yesterday afternoon. The Tigers entered the day with head coach Mike Hampton one win away from his 600th career win. Hampton reached the milestone with a 9-2 victory in the first game of the day. IW won the second game of the day by a score of 7-1.

SLIAC Softball Players of the Week - April 24
SLIAC Softball Players of the Week - April 24

April 24, 2017

This week's SLIAC Players of the Week are Kali George, from Eureka College and Krysten Wallace, from Eureka College.

Tepen Tops Pair of Blue Jay Records
Tepen Tops Pair of Blue Jay Records

April 20, 2017

Amber Tepen put herself atop the record books by earning her 86th RBI and 32nd double in the Westminster softball sweep of Iowa Wesleyan, breaking the career records.