Belmont struggled in its first outing of the season. The
Bruins played in the Jacksonville State Gamecock Classic and finished the weekend
with a 1-3 mark. Belmont was unsuccessful on day one, dropping contests to South
Alabama, 12-0, and host-Jacksonville State, 7-4. BU came back to split its games
on the second day, edging USA, 9-8, and falling to JSU, 9-1. Belmont returns
to action this weekend at the Breast Cancer Strikeout Classic hosted by Middle
Tennessee State. The Bruins will see action against Morehead State, Ball State,
Tennessee State and host-MTSU over the three-day tournament.
The Bulldogs went 1-3 last week, dropping a doubleheader at
Charlotte before splitting their home opener against Big South memeber Liberty.
After GWU lost its opener, Emily Sherrill had an outstanding game at the plate
and solid pitching by Taryn Beck allowed the Bulldogs to win the game by a 9-5
score. GWU returns to action on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at noon at Georgia Tech before
traveling to the UNC-Wilmington tournament this weekend.
KSU went 3-3 last week, sweeping Army and beating Georgetown
before falling to Evansville, Miami (Ohio) and Georgia Tech in the KSU Owl Classic.
Freshman Malorie Weller led the Owls last week, batting .429 with three doubles
and seven RBI. This week the Owls host Samford on Wednesday and the KSU classic
on Friday and Saturday against Liberty and College of Charleston.
Freshman third baseman Kellie Sirus had a powerful weekend
with a grand slam, a three-run homer and a two-run homer in four games with
Coastal Carolina and Elon. The Lady Bisons shutout Coastal Carolina 4-0 Saturday,
their second shutout of the season. The Lady Bisons have opened the season 5-1
despite playing a line-up that usually includes six freshmen and one junior
college transfer. Freshman right-hander Christen Campbell recorded her first
collegiate shutout with the 4-0 win over Coastal Carolina. She is 3-0 on the
season.
The Bears grabbed their first win of the season against Army in the
consolation game of the Panther Invitational, hosted by Georgia State. Mercer
enters this week with a 1-5 record and will face Florida A&M Wednesday before
hosting the Mercer Classic Friday-Sunday.
UNF finished the week 3-2 at the College of Charleston's
tournament, losing its first two games before rebounding for three-straight
wins. After falling to the host Cougars and North Dakota State, UNF avenged
its loss to North Dakota State and took down Manhattan and James Madison to
finish third in the event. Christina Evans and Heather Hyde were both named
to the all-tournament team after each collected a home run in the event.
The Lady Ospreys will take on their second SEC opponent of the
season this week when they head to Florida for a doubleheader on Wednesday.
This weekend Stetson hosted Iowa, Marist and Howard at the
first of four Stetson softball tournaments this season. Throughout three days
the Hatters remained undefeated, beating all the teams. Sophomore Andrea Migliori
helped lead the Hatters this weekend with two homeruns, one against Howard and
the second against Iowa. In the championship game against Iowa, the Hatters
fell short from the first inning when Iowa went up 2-0. The Hatters were finally
able to get on the board in the third inning but would come up on the losing
end 4-1. The Hatters stand at 4-1 overall this season with their next game coming
up on February 21 at home in a double header against Albany starting at 4 pm.