Tom Cole has resigned as the head coach at Gardner-Webb, sources confirmed to JWOS early Wednesday. The school made the departure official in an announcement on Wednesday morning. Lani Ries, a program alum and currently associate head coach, will serve as interim head coach through the remainder of the season. Cole, who spent two decades leading the Runnin’ Bulldogs, stepped down prior to Tuesday’s game against Campbell, per sources. Gardner-Webb and Campbell are playing a 3-game, midweek conference series this week. A veteran coach with more than two decades of tenure at GWU, Cole recorded over 400 career wins during…
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Ragin’ Cajuns infielder Alissa Dalton is out indefinitely with a hand injury that will require surgery. Dalton is expected to undergo surgery on Wednesday for her hand, and there is currently no timetable for her return to the field. The 2019 Sun Belt Player of the Year and 2018 conference Newcomer of the Year, Dalton has been a consistent presence in the Cajuns’ lineup since she arrived in Lafayette as a young transfer from Oklahoma. She owns a .365 lifetime batting average as a Cajun, along with eleven home runs and 106 RBIs. In 2021, Dalton ranks second on the…
San Jose State has not played since March 21, cancelling their last two scheduled series’ against Nevada and UNLV, respectively. On Monday, the Mountain West Conference determined how those cancelled games will affect the conference standings. All six games have been declared by the conference to be “forfeited” by San Jose State, but only for the purposes of the conference standings. The games will not be recorded as official wins/losses and the teams’ overall records will not be affected. In addition, the forfeited games will not be accounted for in the conference standings until the end of the season, according…
The NCAA will pre-select the hosting sites for the 2021 Regional and Super Regional rounds, JWOS confirmed on Monday. A letter was distributed from the NCAA on April 2nd that outlined the process of the hosting sites being selected. JWOS viewed a copy of the letter on Monday morning. According to the letter, more than a week of time is necessary to certify a hosting site as certified for COVID-19 testing and no less than three weeks is needed to ensure efficient functioning of the hosting site. Schools interested in hosting will submit bids; March 29th was the first day…
Kent State head coach Eric Oakley earned the 200th win of his career in a 6-5 walk-off victory over Ohio on Saturday. As the Golden Flashes’ head coach celebrates his milestone win, here are Five Fast Facts about him and his career. 1. He is in his 8th season at Kent State and 6th as full-time head coach. Oakley initially joined the Kent State coaching staff as an assistant and served in that capacity for one season. He later spent a second year as the program’s interim head coach before being named to the full-time role in 2016. 2. He…
Oklahoma State head coach Kenny Gajewski earned his 200th career win on Thursday night in a 3-1 walk-off win against conference opponent Iowa State. As the Cowgirls’ head coach celebrates his milestone victory, here are Five Fast Facts about him and his career. 1. He is in his 6th season at Oklahoma State. Hired in the summer of 2015, Gajewski is in his sixth season at the helm of the program, but reached the 200-win milestone in just five years’ worth of games. 2. He’s tied for the most wins through five seasons by an OSU head coach. Despite the…
A native of Monticello, Florida, Elizabeth Hightower grew up roughly forty minutes from Tallahassee. For the native of the panhandle, though, she knew she wanted to be a Florida Gator from the moment she set foot on the Gainesville campus. “As soon as I stepped on campus, I knew I wanted to be here,” Hightower said in a recent phone interview. “The culture of Florida softball was always the best, and you knew that if you played for Tim Walton, he was going to get and expect the best out of you. I knew if I came here [that] I…
North Georgia head coach Mike Davenport earned his 900th career win in a 12-1 victory over Newberry on Wednesday. As the Nighthawks’ veteran coach celebrates his milestone victory, here are Five Fast Facts that you should know about him and his career. 1. He is in his 21st season as the UNG head coach. Davenport took over the North Georgia softball program in 2000 and has won nearly 80% of his team’s games since that time. In 2010, Davenport’s squad recorded a 51-game winning streak, the 2nd-longest such streak in NCAA history. 2. In 2015, he became a National Champion.…
Many teams are playing a short week due to the Easter holiday, so Thursday and Friday will see more softball than in a normal week during the regular season. Conference play continues across the country, and there are some intriguing matchups coast to coast in the Power Five and amongst the mid-majors. Here are our picks for who and what to watch in Week 8. 1. Arkansas @ Auburn Thu: SEC Network Plus, 5 pm CT; Fri: SEC Network, 12 pm CT; Sat: SEC Network, 1 pm CT The Hogs are undefeated in conference play, and Auburn is floundering after…
NEWS AND NOTES Stony Brook head coach Megan Bryant recorded her 900th career win in a 10-0 victory over Binghamton on Saturday. Arkansas head coach Courtney Deifel recorded her 200th career win in a 2-0 win over Mississippi State on Friday. South Florida’s AnaMarie Bruni set the American Conference record for career stolen bases with the 82nd swiped bag of her career. Southeast Missouri star Rachel Anderson set the Redhawks program career record for total bases in a win against Morehead State on Friday. Seattle slugger Madison Cathcart set the Western Athletic Conference career record for walks with her 139th…