The Golden Rams won in their Divison-II regional matchup.
The West Chester University softball team beat California (Pa) on Sunday to advance to the Atlantic Super Regionals. Philly.com has the full story here.
Spring-Ford softball defeated West Chester East, 1-0 on Thursday to advance to the third round of the district tournament.
The West Chester East softball team lost a heartbreaker to the Spring-Ford Rams Wednesday, 1-0. The Rams scored their sole run early. In the bottom of the first, leadoff hitter Cassie Alexy got on base with a single and advanced to second after a Liz Bauer sacrifice bunt. Marisha Bates was walked at the next at-bat and Deme Kanakis grounded out, advancing Bates and Alexy to second and third. Bri Kofer came up to the plate next and was able to drive Alexy home on an RBI-single to left. After the game, East coach Chuck Lindsay had nothing but good things to say about his players as the season came to an end. "We play good defense. That's kind of a hallmark of our team. This is a great senior class I've had. My pitcher, my catcher, my first …
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Mercyhurst scored three times in the top of the ninth to eliminate West Chester from the 2012 PSAC Tournament Wednesday afternoon.
The following is a press release from the West Chester University Athletic Department. Nicole Cruts hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh that highlighted a four-run rally and tied the game, sending it into extra innings. However, Mercyhurst scored three times in the top of the ninth to eliminate West Chester from the 2012 PSAC Tournament Wednesday afternoon. West Chester (28-25) ends its season with the two losses on Wednesday in the conference tournament. Mercyhurst (25-24) picked up its first PSAC Tournament win since joining the league and will advance in the loser’s bracket. The Lakers scored five runs in the top half of the seventh inning to come from behind and take a 6-2 lead. The Golden Rams then responded with …
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The Golden Rams earn a three seed in the PSAC tournament.
West Chester University’s women’s softball team qualified for the 2012 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) postseason softball tournament as the third seed out of the Eastern Division. It marked the third consecutive campaign in which West Chester qualified for the conference tournament. West Chester (28-23) will take on the third-seed out of the Central Division, which has yet to be determined, on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Jake Kislan Complex in Drifton, Pa. Lock Haven and Mansfield, battling for that third seed and maybe more in the Central, are scheduled to complete their seasons against one another in a doubleheader on Sunday. The Golden Rams will play again on Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. in the double-elimination …
The Golden Rams win both games in a doubleheader.
The following is a press release from the West Chester University athletic department. Kim Begley went 3-for-4 with three RBI in game one as visiting West Chester swept a non-league softball doubleheader over University of Sciences Monday afternoon. West Chester (26-23) took game one in five innings by a score of 11-1 while taking game two, 4-2. Both Begley and Kelly Anderson registered three RBI in the opener as West Chester plated four runs in each of the first two innings to jump in front 8-1. That was all starter Devon Utterback (13-11), who pitched a complete-game, four-hitter, allowing one run, one walk and striking out two. The top three hitters in the Golden Rams’ order went 6-for-9 with six RBI and six runs scored. Jillian …
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The West Chester Henderson softball team took down previously unbeaten Bishop Shanahan Friday in a contest that saw just two hits combined.
Before Friday’s game, Henderson softball coach Eric Fisher gathered his team around him and unfolded a newspaper article. The newspaper clip was about Friday’s opponent, Bishop Shanahan, and how the Eagles should have “easy sailing” on their way to an undefeated season. “I don’t know what that makes us,” Fisher told his team. “I guess we’re easy sailing. Let’s prove them wrong.” Fisher and the Warriors were anything but smooth waters for the Eagles. West Chester Henderson (7-6) handed Bishop Shanahan (12-1) its first loss of the season, 2-1, Friday in Downingtown behind freshman pitcher Lauren Butts complete-game one hitter. “Great,” Butts said of the feeling after the win. “It was nice to beat them.” While Shanahan still remains the …
Eagles pitcher Kate Poppe tossed a complete-game shut out and drove in the contest's only runs as Bishop Shanahan defeated West Chest East Friday afternoon, 2-0.
Kate Poppe was expected to do it all Friday afternoon. Unfortunately for the West Chester East Vikings softball team, Poppe did, in fact, do it all. And then some. The Bishop Shanahan star pitched a complete-game, two-hit shut out, drove in the game’s only scores on a two-run bomb over the center-field fence and lead the Eagles (7-0) to a win over East (5-2) in West Chester, 2-0. “It felt really good,” Poppe said. “But I can’t do it out there alone. I need everyone. I need them making plays, I need them hitting and I need them up cheering.” Poppe, the junior standout with a full-ride offer to Villanova University for her softball skills, came close to doing it alone Friday. Poppe provided all the offense and defense Bishop Shanahan needed …
