Day one of games are completed in Utrecht, Netherlands and the first wins and losses have been recorded in the Europe/Africa Olympic Qualifier. Great Britain followed Nerissa Myers’ two home runs to a 9-2 victory over Spain. Myers, the former Louisiana-Lafayette star, gave her the team the lead with a 2-run shot in the third inning, a lead they would ultimately never relinquish. The home run got the British offense going; former Pacific Amy Moore added an RBI double before Myers’ second home run of the game started another offensive outpouring in the sixth inning that led to a mercy rule victory…
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Former Virginia Tech head coach Scot Thomas has been named the new head coach at Gulf Coast State College. Thomas built the Virginia Tech program from the ground up, spending more than two decades at the program’s helm and leading the Hokies to the only Women’s College World Series appearance in program history in 2008. During his tenure at Virginia Tech, Thomas collected a 794-568 overall record, with sixteen winning seasons and eight appearances in the NCAA tournament. The 2008 WCWS appearance was – and remains – the only time the Hokies have advanced past the NCAA regional round. The…
North Carolina A&T has named Patti Raduenz as the program’s new head coach. Raduenz has spent the last two years as the Director of Operations for the UNC-Wilmington women’s basketball program and previously spent six years as the director for Barefoot Basketball Camps, according to a school press release. Before beginning her career on the hardwood, Raduenz spent eleven seasons as the head coach at Elon. She led the Phoenix to the SoCon championship in 2010 and was named the 2002 Big South Coach of the Year. In addition to her decade-plus at Elon, Raduenz’s softball resume includes time as…
Duke has hired Jessica Bracamonte as an assistant coach. Bracamonte most recently spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Central Michigan, coaching under the legendary Margo Jonker, who retired following the 2019 season. Bracamonte served as the hitting and outfield coach at CMU, and is expected to coach the outfielders and work with the offense in her new role at Duke. During Bracamonte’s tenure at CMU, the Chippewas have seen a dozen all-conference honorees and won the Mid-American Conference regular-season title in 2017, while reaching the conference tournament in each of her six seasons on staff. Bracamonte also tutored the…
Samford has hired Ole Miss alum Kaitlin Lee as the program’s new assistant coach. Lee spent the 2019 season as a graduate assistant on staff at her alma mater, and was part of a staff that led the Rebels to forty-one wins, a #11 overall seed in the NCAA tournament, and a berth in the Tucson Super Regional. The Gulfport, Mississippi native rose to prominence during her career at Ole Miss that stretched from 2017-18, as she led the Rebels to what was then the only Super Regional berth in school history in 2017. In her pair of seasons in…
UPDATE 07/22/19: Mississippi State officially announced Ricketts as their new head coach. ORIGINAL STORY: Samantha Ricketts has been named head coach at Mississippi State, according to a report from Eric Lopez of In the Circle podcast. Sources confirmed to JWOS that an official announcement is expected imminently on Monday. Ricketts spent the last five years on the Bulldogs’ coaching staff, including the 2019 season as the program’s Associate Head Coach. Working with the program’s offense, she served as the top assistant for the program and was part of a staff that led the program to four NCAA tournament appearances. Under Ricketts’ tutelage,…
Allie Walljasper has been named the new assistant coach at North Dakota State, the school announced on Monday. Walljasper spent the 2019 season as a student assistant coach at LSU, her first career coaching role after a stellar four-year playing career with the Tigers. During her playing career with the Tigers, Walljasper was a three-time all-American and four-time all-region selection, and was named the SEC Freshman of the Year in 2015. She was twice named to the all-conference team and owns the LSU and SEC longevity record after a 19-inning win over Ole Miss in 2018 that saw her go the…
Mississippi State’s unexpected parting of ways with head coach Vann Stuedeman on Tuesday morning has taken the softball world by storm. Though late in the offseason, the Bulldogs are expected to have no shortage of candidates for their newly-open head coaching position. Let’s take a look at some of the candidates that could be in line for the job. Gerry Glasco Current job: Head coach, Louisiana-Lafayette Let’s talk about an obvious candidate first, one that’s already being fervently discussed in some circles. During his time as an assistant coach throughout the SEC, it was widely expected that Glasco would be…
Alysen Febrey of Georgia has entered her name into the NCAA’s transfer portal, sources informed JWOS on Thursday. A rising senior, Febrey finished tied for third on the Bulldogs’ roster during the 2019 season with thirty-six RBIs, while she ranked sixth on the roster in at-bats (153), fifth in batting average (.314), and tied for third on the team with nine home runs. Febrey earned all-Region honors in 2019 for the second season in a row, with her second consecutive nod to the all-Southeast Region second team. During the 2018 season, Febrey was the Bulldogs’ starting first baseman, and finished…
Texas Tech and head coach Adrian Gregory have agreed to a contract extension, the school announced late Wednesday. The new 5-year contract will run through the 2024 season; Gregory’s original deal, signed at her hiring in 2014, expired with the 2019 campaign. 2019 marked the Red Raiders’ best season under Gregory, as the squad posted a 42-16 overall record on the year and reached the Baton Rouge regional final. After starting the season on a 13-game winning streak, the Red Raiders finished the season fourth in the Big 12 standings and were ranked in the top 25 for the majority…