Ncaa Softball World Series News
- Washburn completes football schedule Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:13PMWashburn rounded out its 2011 football schedule with a road game against the University of Sioux Falls.
- Midland Lady Explorers sweep Thunder Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:02AMThe 23-and-under Midland Lady Explorers made the most of their lone home appearance of the season Saturday, sweeping a doubleheader 10-0 and 8-0 from the Thunder of Pinconning at Currie Stadium.
- Softball: Still in the fight Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:30PMCourtesy photo/Nate Billings, The Oklahoman Abby Burns throws out the first pitch before game 1 of the Women's College World Series championship softball final between the University of Florida and Arizona State University at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Monday, June 6, 2011.To borrow a phrase from Abby Burns' favorite sport, the TWU softball standout is hoping she's about to ...
- What's On Tap Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:09PM18TH ANNUAL ROBERT L. DECKER
- Riverfield vs New Castle Little League. Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:19PMPhotos from the 10-12 year old little league game between Riverfield and New Castle.
- Hoosier Park to wrap up Standardbred season Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:49PMHoosier Park will close out its 2011 Standardbred meet today with athletic stars of all kinds. Tagged as Hoosier Champions, the evening will include purse money in excess of $1.2 million and offer numerous giveaways and appearances, including a meet-and-greet session with Matt Howard from Butler University’s runner-up NCAA basketball team.
- Rossville - 1961 World Series Champs Little Boys Baseball Heroes Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:11AMFifty summers ago, little boys 12-and-under – and several, not so little – came from seven states to a lofty place known for a view of seven states to play for the right to be called World Series champs. Kings on the mountain, if you will.
- Softball. 2011 Was Another Great Year For UW Softball Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:03PMWith unanswered questions to the outside world on how UW would replace Danielle Lawrie in 2011, the Husky coaches and student-athletes knew they had what it took to win another national title and that was their goal.
- Lady Explorers at home on Saturday; Line Drive Express hosting big youth tournament Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:50PMMidland Lady Explorers' manager Mike Kozuch and assistant Tom Harman keep piling up the victories. In nine years as a coaching tandem, the pair recorded their 200th victory two weekends ago, at the Mary Lou Ingalls Memorial Invitational (Petoskey).
- Belleville native, ex-Duke signs with Flames Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:02AMBelleville native and former Wellington Dukes standout Derek Smith has signed an NHL contract with the Calgary Flames. Smith, 26, was a four-year Duke and appeared in the 2003 RBC Cup in PEI. He went on to play NCAA Division 1 hockey at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste.[...]
- Running Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:33AMWichitan Tony Clark finished 21st Wednesday in the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon, an ultimate endurance test from Death Valley, Calif., to Mount Whitney, Calif.
- Gardner and Osterman looking forward to teaming up again Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:00PMGardner and Osterman looking forward to teaming up again
- Pro stars Abbott, McKinney look forward to playing at North Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:59PMMonica Abbott, one of the world's best softball players, has played the game all over the globe. But the essence of softball, she said, is in places like Davidson County.
- Former Longhorns named St. Edward's Softball coaches Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:42PMLindsay Gardner and Cat Osterman return to their college town to take over the Hilltoppers.
- South Sports: Boca Raton kids Alex Hurwitz and Nicholas Pompile named MVPs at Bucky Dent Baseball ca Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:00AMSouth Sports: Boca Raton kids Alex Hurwitz and Nicholas Pompile named MVPs at Bucky Dent Baseball ca
- 12 for 12: Big 12's world beaters Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:09AMshare: digg facebook twitter Express-News staff writer Douglas Pils examines the conference’s all-time best in the smaller sports in Part 4 of our 12-part summer series looking at the best — and sometimes worst — the Big 12 had to offer in its first 15 seasons.
- United States Women's National Team Garners Support from Across the Nation Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:34PMOn July 10, the United States Women’s National team pulled off a dramatic victory over Brazil to advance to Wednesday’s semifinal against France. The outpouring of support back here in the United States has been staggering. In the hours following the dramatic, come-from-behind win of epic proportions, social media exploded. Six of the ten trending topics were Women’s World Cup related ...
- Minority youths target of new baseball league Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:10PMLumon May, left, kneeling, and co-director Justin Pierce at the Fricker Center hope to bring the game of baseball back to prominence for disadvantaged kids in the city. Lumon May started a league this year designed for black kids to participate in.
- Greg Hansen: Derksen rises to Challenge Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:41AMTim Derksen attracted so much attention during Amphitheater's 58-5 run during his sophomore and junior basketball seasons that he drew scholarship offers from five Division I schools.
- Buck headed to CSU Bakersfield Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:13AMOregon State assistant softball coach Crissy Buck is headed to Cal State Bakersfield.
- Women in the Game Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:14AMThe traditional picture of sports television has long suggested that men dominate the top positions in anything from C-level posts, to master control producers, to those who buy and sell the games we love. The picture, thankfully, hardly holds true, as the ladies listed below prove.
- Softball coach Beth Torina eager to start living her dream at LSU Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:54AMShe has high expectations for program
- Boclair: Hoops challenge Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:15PMThe SEC continued its major-sport dominance with a recent CWS winner — but what about basketball? More
- Volleyball team continues to rank high in recruiting Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 2:15AMWhen the Missouri volleyball team closed the most successful decade in program history with consecutive absences from the NCAA Tournament, it appeared to mark the end of an era.
- MU better positioned for new Big 12 Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 11:20PMSchool has laid a foundation for better days in revamped league.
- Time of the Tigers? Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 11:20PMMizzou is much better positioned for new Big 12 than it was when conference was born
- Pride sweep past Diamonds in NPF series Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 5:40AMMARION -- Among the many decorations in her legendary softball career, Cat Osterman holds the all-time NCAA record for most shutouts. So it was no surprise that with a chance to nail down a shutout Friday night at Rent One Park, the tall lefthander went after it.
- Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 13:05 Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 2:13AMTODAY Youth Baseball 5 p.m., 9-10 Tournament of Champions at Aberdeen (Failor Field). 7:30 p.m., 11-12 Tournament of Champions at Montesano (Nelson Field).
- Dooley: Special year for Florida Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 11:24AMIt was wild and crazy, successful and sometimes disappointing. It was one of the best school years for the University of Florida's athletic programs.
- Ricketts on Team USA roster for Canadian event Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:19AMNORMAN — An Oklahoma softball pitcher will join the USA Softball team at the 2011 Canadian Open Fast-Pitch International Championship in Surrey, British Columbia.
- College Sports Capsules: Washington adds F Shawn Kemp Jr. to 2011 class Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:28AMSEATTLE (AP) — Washington has added a familiar name in the Pacific Northwest to its 2011 recruiting class. The Huskies announced Thursday that Shawn Kemp Jr. has signed a scholarship agreement, becoming the sixth player for the Huskies' 2011 class.
- Column: A new Boss in town Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:35AMRoss Jones talks about his newest assistant coach as excitedly as he might about a prize recruit. Come to think of it, Tommy Boss once was a prized recruit, a pitcher signing out of Dunnellon High School with the University of Florida, where Jones was pitching coach and head recruiter for Pat McMahon.
- Sports briefs: Sunbirds tennis star collects ITA national honor Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:11AMFresno Pacific's Xavier Smith has been named to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's A
- Okla pitcher on Team USA roster for Canadian event Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:50PMNORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma softball pitcher will join the USA Softball team at the 2011 Canadian Open Fast-Pitch International Championship in Surrey, British Columbia.
- Texas announces 2011 inductees to Women's Hall of Honor Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:27PMSanya Richards-Ross and Cat Osterman are among the six athletes to be inducted this fall.
- UT Women's Athletics Hall of Honor to induct six new members Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 2:37PMTexas Women’s Athletics Hall of Honor to induct six new members Star-studded Class of 2011 to include Cat Osterman, Sanya Richards-Ross, Kelly (Wilson) Schmedes, Heather Bowie Young, Kim Basinger and Chris Plonsky.
- Women's Athletics Hall of Honor to induct six new members Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 8:57AMStar-studded Class of 2011 to include Cat Osterman, Sanya Richards-Ross, Kelly (Wilson) Schmedes, Heather Bowie Young, Kim Basinger and Chris Plonsky.
- Sugar Bowl, Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame announce award winners Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 10:20AMRon Washington, Brian Wilson, Danny Granger win pro awards
- South Sports and Rec: Two Club Beach Dig volleyball team members to represent Florida in USA champio Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:20AMSouth Sports and Rec: Two Club Beach Dig volleyball team members to represent Florida in USA champio
- Thees has tall task at Ole Miss Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:32AMOXFORD - The challenge before Windy Thees is clear, but getting from Point A to Point B will be no easy ride. Thees is tasked with making the Ole Miss softball program competitive within the SEC, something its not been in its 14-year existence.
- OSU higher in Capital One Cup Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 12:02AM
- Softball superstar Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:54PMLong before Cat Osterman graced TV screens in late July and August as a member of Team USA's softball team, the Texas native asked for pitching lessons for her 11th birthday.
- Serving Niles since 1886 Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 8:42PMCLEVELAND — For the 17th straight year, Stanford takes home the top spot in the Division I Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings with 1550.25 total points.
- Stephanie VanBrakle returns to Alabama as softball team's pitching coach Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 3:38PMTUSCALOOSA - Former Alabama All-American Stephanie VanBrakle is the new pitching coach of the Crimson Tide's softball team, coach Patrick Murphy announced today.
- It's been a summer of good news for LSU sports Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:06AMAside from the oppressive heat, the summer has been nothing but kind to the LSU athletic program.
- Morris: ESPN’s timing is off for CWS Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 9:36PMThe NCAA fixed college baseball with the implementation of new bat rules for the 2011 season. Now it is time for ESPN to fix the College World Series.
- Masuk's Jon Testani, Fairfield Warde's Stacey Dileo Connecticut Post Athletes of the Year Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 7:19PMBRIDGEPORT -- As the old saying goes, "Jack of all trades, master of none." It's a safe bet neither Jon Testani nor Stacey Dileo pay credence to that hoary old cliché.
- Timberwolves football camp underway Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 3:14AMNorman North football coach Wade Standley and the Timberwolves staff are hosting training this month at NNHS for athletes in grades third through ninth. The camps will be held Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
- Conference coaching carousel continues Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 12:13AMThe softball coaching carousel in the MIAA was sure a busy one in recent weeks.
- Sports Digest: VU players take part in summer baseball leagues Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 9:40PMSeventeen active members of Valparaiso University's baseball team are taking part in summer wooden-bat leagues. They include Chris Manning, Kevin Upp (LaPorte) and John Loeffler, who are all playing for the Terre Haute Rex of the Prospect League. Manning is hitting .400 with nine extra-base hits; Upp has a 4.96 ERA over 16 1/3 innings, and Loeffler is hitting .306 with five doubles and 10 RBIs.