Oklahoma slugger Jocelyn Alo has been named the JWOS Player of the Week for her performance during Week 7 of the 2021 season. Alo batted .800 (4-5) with seven walks in a conference series against Iowa State. All of her hits went for extra bases, as she helped lead her team to a series sweep. In game one of the series, Alo went 2-3 at the plate and hit two home runs in the game. She recorded five RBIs in the game, scored three runs, and earned her first walk of the weekend. Despite batting second in the lineup in…
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Also Receiving Votes: Tennessee, Liberty, South Dakota State, Wichita State Dropped Out: #22 Georgia, #23 Iowa State, #24 Wichita State New to Poll: #20 Michigan, #21 Missouri, #22 Louisiana-Lafayette
Who is she? Caitlin Blanchard, a former infielder and catcher for the Michigan Wolverines. What is she known for? Blanchard was a mainstay in the early-2010s Michigan batting order, appearing in more than 200 games during her 4-year career in Ann Arbor. After beginning her career as an all-conference catcher, Blanchard was a 2-time All-Region selection as a first baseman in her junior and senior years. Here’s something interesting… In addition to her previous and continued skills on a softball diamond, Blanchard also has a musical gift and plays the alto and tenor saxophone. She was even a member of the…
The JWOS Top 25 poll for Week 7 will be released early Tuesday morning. Here’s how the teams who were ranked in last week’s poll fared in this week’s games. (Editor’s note: The series finale of Alabama/Kentucky will be played on Monday night in Lexington.) #1 Oklahoma W 9-7 vs. Iowa State W 10-2 vs. Iowa State W 22-2 vs. Iowa State #2 UCLA DNP #3 Alabama W 5-0 vs. North Alabama W 11-6 vs. Kentucky L 4-2 vs. Kentucky MON vs. Kentucky #4 Florida L 8-6 vs. UCF W 5-0 vs. LSU W 7-4 vs. LSU W 9-3 vs.…
Stony Brook head coach Megan Bryant earned her 900th career win in her team’s 10-0 victory over Binghamton on Saturday afternoon. While the veteran coach celebrates her milestone win, here are Five Fast Facts about the Seawolves leader. 1. She has coached the Seawolves for two decades. Hired to take over the Stony Brook program in 2001, Bryant has spent the last two decades as the program’s head coach. 2. She is a 5-time conference Coach of the Year. Bryant has been named the America East Coach of the Year three times while at Stony Brook, in 2009, ’12, and…
Arkansas head coach Courtney Deifel earned the 200th win of her career in the Razorbacks’ 2-0 shutout over Mississippi State on Friday night. While the Hogs’ head coach celebrates her milestone victory, here are Five Fast Facts about her that you should know. 1. She is in her 7th season as a head coach. Deifel’s first head coaching position came at Maryland, where she spent one season before taking the Arkansas job in the summer of 2015. The 2021 season marks her sixth as the Razorbacks’ head coach. 2. She is the only Arkansas softball coach to ever reach three…
Week 7 of the Division 1 softball season officially has the most COVID-19-related game cancellations since the start of the regular season. At least sixteen teams are suffering from the cancellations in Week 7. Eight teams are beginning or are in the midst of COVID-related pauses through their programs, while those teams’ scheduled opponents this weekend are now left largely hanging without games to play. Teams affected by COVID-19 outbreaks, protocols, or related contact tracing include Army; Charlotte; Creighton; North Carolina; North Carolina A&T; Rhode Island; UCLA; and UMBC. On Tuesday, Cal Baptist cancelled a midweek matchup against San Diego…
Southern Utah already owns their highest single-season win total since 2018 – and they’ve only played twenty-two games in 2021. The Thunderbirds won five games during the shortened season a year ago and recorded just six wins in a full season the year prior. The program hasn’t reached double digits in the win column since 2017, and head coach Don Don Williams – now in her second season leading Southern Utah – was the third head coach in three years upon her hiring in the summer of 2019. A 7-15 overall record doesn’t seem like anything to write home about,…
Alabama standout freshman Bailey Dowling will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL. Crimson Tide head coach Patrick Murphy made the announcement during his weekly press conference on Tuesday. Dowling suffered the injury this weekend during the Tide’s conference series against Tennessee. “Unfortunately, her MRI was a torn ACL and MCL and, you know, she’ll be out for the rest of the year,” Murphy said. “It’s just an unfortunate thing. In sports, injuries happen and it stinks when they do. She’ll play a different role now, and she’ll be great at that role. She’ll see it from…
NEWS AND NOTES Grand Canyon head coach Ann Pierson recorded her 500th career win. Duke head coach Marissa Young recorded her 100th career win. Maddy Vermejan set the Southern Illinois career record for hit by pitches with 72. She is also the active Division 1 leader in the category. Summer Burgess set the Middle Tennessee career hits record with her 244th career base knock on Sunday. Villanova star Paige Rauch tied the Wildcats’ career home run record with the 34th longball of her tenure at VU. Including her freshman season at Fordham, Rauch owns 50 career home runs. George Washington…