Irondale, AL – After losing its first game on opening day of the SWAC Championship tournament, Alcorn State posted five straight wins over the next three days to claim the 2010 softball title with a 6-3 win over Mississippi Valley State on Sunday. The Lady Braves started the day with an 11-2 rout over Grambling [...]
IRONDALE, AL – With a win over Alabama State on Saturday, Mississippi Valley State clinched a spot in the Championship game for the seventh consecutive year. Alcorn State went 2-0 on Saturday and will play Grambling State for a third time in the tournament on Sunday to see who gets a place in the Championship [...]
Southern’s Steamer and Jenkins clinch top honors BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2010 all-conference softball honors Wednesday, with Southern’s Shawntall Steamer and Lanaya Jenkins claiming top honors. The teams were voted on by the schools’ coaches and sports information departments. Steamer – a 5-foot-4 freshman shortstop – has been named the 2010 [...]
BIRMINGHAM – The stage is set for the 2010 Southwestern Athletic Conference Softball Championship as the tournament is scheduled to get underway this week, Thursday, April 29 through Sunday, May 2. The top four teams from the Eastern and Western Divisions will be heading to the Shea Brothers Softball Complex in Irondale, AL to vie [...]
PLAYER Misti Cosby, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; 5-10, JR; Lindale, TX Cosby went 6-for-9 (.667) with six RBI’s, a double, and three homers while scoring five runs as the Lady Lions swept a three-game series versus Prairie View A&M last week. In her best game of the week, Cosby was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, three RBI’s [...]
PLAYER Wendi Reed, Jackson State; 5-7, SO; Little Rock, AR Reed had an outstanding week for the Lady Tigers, going 13-for-17 (.764) with 9 RBI’s, four doubles, a triple and a homer while scoring 10 runs as J-State went 3-2 for the week. The sophomore slugger went 4-for-4 against both Texas Southern and [...]
DEVILETTES WIN SECOND GAME IN A ROW Errors Costly for Southeastern ITTA BENA, Miss. — The Miss. Valley State Devilettes won their second consecutive game as they downed Southeastern Louisiana 2-1 Tuesday afternoon at the MVSU Softball Complex. Southeastern Louisiana pitchers Katelyn Thomason and freshman Kati Morse combined for a two-hitter, but two errors led [...]
Mississippi Valley Sweeps Weekly Honor PLAYER OF Ashley Hobbs, Mississippi Valley State; 5-5, SO; Freeport, TX In 14 at bats, Hobbs produced five hits including two doubles and an RBI as the Devilettes went 1-3 last week. In her best game of the week, Hobbs went 2-for-3 with an RBI and an extra base [...]
Mississippi Valley State Sweeps Weekly Honors PLAYER Angelica Wade, Mississippi Valley State; 5-5, JR; Murfreesboro, TN Wade boasted a .368 batting average last week including going 3-for-3 in a win over Samford, as the Devilettes went 3-3 in their opening week of play. For the week, Wade tabulated four runs off of seven hits while [...]
ITTA BENA, Mississippi – The Mississippi Valley State Devilette softball team opened its 2010 season with a 6-4 home victory over the visitng Samford Bulldogs. For MVSU (1-0), Tiana Parks went 1-for-3 driving in two runs while Shanika Randle went 1-2 scoring a run and driving in another. Angelia Jones finished the game 2-of-3 with [...]
This Week in SWAC Softball •What’s Up for Week #2: Heading into the second week of the SWAC softball season, all ten teams will see action over the next seven days including the debut of the defending champions Mississippi Valley State on Thursday. •Last Week’s Action: Despite inclement weather hitting the southern region last weekend [...]
BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2010 preseason softball honors Thursday, with Southern’s Audrey Phillips and Mississippi Valley State’s Lisa Jansen claiming top honors. The teams were voted on by the schools’ coaches and sports information departments. Phillips – a 5-foot-4 sophomore shortstop – has been named the 2010 Preseason Player of the [...]
Mississippi Valley State assistant softball coach Trena Peel will spend her summer playing professional fast-pitch softball as a member of the Philadelphia Force of the National Pro Fastpitch League. Peel, whose on-field responsibilities and additional off-the-field duties were important to the Devilettes capturing their sixth consecutive SWAC softball title, will join her team tonight as [...]
HATTIESBURG, MS – Mississippi Valley State breezed through Southern 16-5 in five innings to capture its sixth straight SWAC Softball Championship title. After a scoreless first inning, the Devilettes exploded in the second with eight runs off of eight hits. Both Ta’Niya Wallace and Tiana Parks tripled in the inning while Angelia Jones ripped a [...]
HATTIESBURG, MS – After three days and 13 games, the 2009 SWAC Softball Championship game is set. Commencing at 12 noon on Sunday, April 26, the title game will see the Devilettes of Mississippi Valley State and the Lady Jaguars of Southern University. The Devilettes came into the tournament as the #1 seed from the [...]
Hattiesburg, MS – The semifinal rounds have now been set as the top two seeds from each division are still alive heading into Saturday’s action. Five-time defending champion and the #1 East seed, Mississippi Valley State will square off against the #1 seed from the West, Southern. Both teams are 2-0 in the tournament and [...]
HATTIESBURG, MS – The 2009 Softball Championship tournament began Thursday and the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its All-Conference and All-Academic honors for the 2009 softball season. Top honors went to Alabama A&M’s Re’Quincia Mack, who was voted the 2009 Player of the Year. The senior outfielder from Huntsville, AL led the SWAC in nearly every [...]
Game #1 – Mississippi Valley State Blanks Prairie View A&M 10-0 Lisa Jansen threw seven strike-outs while the Devilettes totaled 11 hits to breeze past Prairie View A&M, 10-0 in the first round of the 2009 softball championship. A Tiana Parks double in the bottom of the first brought a runner home and put the [...]
Below is the ammended release for the SWAC Softball Tournament Seedings and bracket. Apparently, Texas Southern is not eligible for post season play. Therefore Prairie View A&M is the #4 seed from the West and will take on Mississippi Valley State in the first round.
BIRMINGHAM, AL – With the softball regular season officially coming to a close, the stage is set for the 2009 SWAC Softball Championship this week. The top four teams from both the Eastern and Western divisions will be heading to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to compete in the tournament scheduled for April 23 – 26. Out of [...]
