A bombshell was dropped from Columbia, Missouri earlier today when Missouri Tigers athletics director Jim Sterk announced that head softball coach Ehren Earleywine has been relieved of his duties, effective immediately. “I met with Coach Earleywine this morning and informed him of our decision to make a change in leadership within the softball program effective immediately,” Sterk said in a statement released by the school. “We do not take action of this magnitude without careful thought and consideration, however, we have lost confidence in Coach Earleywine’s leadership to foster the type of healthy environment we expect for our student-athletes, and as…
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Former Niagara head coach Al Dirschberger was indicted by an Albany, New York grand jury on January 16th and stands accused of third-degree rape and third-degree criminal sexual acts. Dirschberger had been the Erie County (N.Y.) Commissioner of Social Services before resigning on December 28 following the uncovering of the allegations. Dirschberger had served in that role since 2015. The allegations against Dirschberger are centered around a trip to Albany, the state capital, in early December. Police say that Dirschberger raped a subordinate employee while both were in Albany to attend a conference. Dirschberger turned himself in to police on…
In a press release on Wednesday, James Madison confirmed that reigning National Player of the Year and pitcher Megan Good will miss the 2018 season due to a knee injury. Head coach Loren LaPorte and Good “jointly” made the announcement, in which it was also noted that Good will return in 2019. Good was the Dukes’ leading hitter and top pitcher in 2017, in a season that saw her earn the Colonial Athletic Association’s Player of the Year award, in addition to the National Player of the Year trophy and being named a first-team all-American. As a junior, Good hit…
Tennessee will spend 2018 without offensive star and utility player Brooke Vines, who is expected to miss the season with a lingering shoulder injury. Lady Vols co-head coach Karen Weekly revealed Vines’ injury in an interview on the In the Circle on Fastpitch News podcast last week. “We’re not sure, [but] it looks like we’re not gonna have Brooke Vines this year,” Weekly said on the podcast. “She had a shoulder injury and the rehab has not gone like we had hoped it would, so that’s going to be something that was a little bit unexpected, and she was obviously…
The Washington Huskies returned to the Women’s College World Series last season for the first time since 2013 and only the third time since their national title in 2009. Despite finishing third in the PAC-12 regular-season standings, the Huskies earned the #6 overall national seed, hosted a Super regional, and advanced to Oklahoma City. Huskies head coach Heather Tarr, a veteran of more than five hundred wins in Seattle, left the 2017 season with high praise for her team’s performance. “There was a lot of growth in our players from the start of the year to the end of the…
IUPUI pitcher Nickole Finch will not suit up for the Jaguars in 2018, JWOS has confirmed. Finch, who would have been entering her senior year, has been removed from the team’s roster online. Finch played a considerable role in the Jaguars’ regular-season Summit League championship in 2017, appearing in forty-four games and logging 194.2 innings of work in the circle. She posted a 4.89 ERA and fourteen wins for her part, leading her team in the latter category. A Valparaiso, Indiana native, Finch started three of her team’s four games in the Summit League tournament in 2017, as well as…
Who is she? Danielle Glosson, a former standout pitcher for the Southern Illinois Salukis and a former longtime assistant coach for the Western Carolina Catamounts. What is she known for? Glosson was named the Missouri Valley conference’s Pitcher of the Year in 2010 after posting a 25-14 record during the year and a 2.02 ERA in 225.2 innings of work. She earned all-conference honors in 2010 and 2011 and was named an NFCA all-region selection in her junior year of 2010. Here’s something interesting… Danielle is a certified personal trainer and received her undergraduate degree from SIU in the field of Human Nutrition and Dietectics.…
Former Auburn great and Women’s College World Series hero Emily Carosone has rejoined the Tigers’ program, now as the volunteer assistant coach on first-year head coach Mickey Dean’s staff. Carosone had previously joined Dean’s staff as a graduate assistant coach earlier this fall. The fiery second baseman was a key piece of the 2015 and 2016 Tiger squads that reached the Women’s College World Series. During her career as a Tiger, Carosone earned four all-conference awards and three all-American honors, including a nod to the First team in 2015. She is perhaps best known nationally for her game-winning grand slam…
Casey Shue, an officer for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, was shot in the leg on Thursday night by a murder suspect who opened fire on a group of officers, including Shue. According to local media reports, the shooting occurred a few minutes before 11:00 pm on Thursday night in the parking lot of the CMPD Law Enforcement Center. Shue was part of a group of approximately four to six officers who were being briefed on a case, when Jonathan Bennett, a murder suspect in another, unrelated case, allegedly drove into the lot and opened fire on the officers. Shue…
The Chicago Bandits have hired former longtime pro Lauren Lappin as an assistant coach for the club. On the Bandit coaching staff, Lappin joins fellow former US Olympian Stacey Nuveman-Deniz, who was named the team’s head coach earlier this fall. Both players starred on the mid-2000s Olympic teams for the United States. For her part, Lappin won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and a gold in the 2010 World Championship. Lappin played for five years in the NPF, last taking the field for the Pennsylvania Rebellion in 2014. She spent the majority of her professional…