2010 Softball News

Season
Marah Robinson Named to NFCA Division III All-Region Team

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Defiance College standout outfielder, Marah Robinson, has been named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Div. III Central Region Second Team.

May 20, 2010

HCAC Names Six Jackets to Spring All-Sportsmanship Team

GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced its 2010 All-Sportsmanship Team for the spring sports on Wednesday.

May 19, 2010

DC Spring Sports Add 13 to HCAC All-Academic Team

GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced its spring honorees for the Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC Team.

May 19, 2010

Stucke, Robinson and Schnipke Earn All-HCAC Honors

GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference released its list of 2010 softball award winners on Wednesday, with three Yellow Jackets receiving recognition.

May 12, 2010

Bowers Honored by HCAC as Pitcher of the Week

GREENWOOD, Ind. – DC’s Shauna Bowers wrapped up her sophomore campaign by earning her first career HCAC Pitcher-of-the-Week award.

May 03, 2010

Yellow Jackets End the Season in Dramatic Fashion

DEFIANCE, Ohio – With two outs and a runner on second base in the bottom of the ninth inning, Tasha Stucke ripped a walk-off double to the right field wall, giving the Yellow Jackets a 4-3 victory over Manchester College, and their seventh-straight season to finish with at least a .500 overall record.

May 01, 2010

Jackets Keep Tourney Hopes Alive with Split at Rose-Hulman

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Defiance College softball team kept its postseason hopes alive by splitting a doubleheader with Rose-Hulman on Tuesday evening.

April 27, 2010

Schnipke Tabbed as HCAC Pitcher of the Week

GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference named Kelly Schnipke the Pitcher of the Week for April 18-24, after she posted a 2-0 record and allowed no earned runs on the week in DC’s wins over Adrian College and Mount St. Joseph.

April 26, 2010

DC Softball Splits Pair with Adrian

DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Defiance College softball team got seven shutout innings from Kelly Schnipke to take a 7-0 victory over Adrian in the first of two games on Thursday.

April 22, 2010

Softball Splits Doubleheader at Mount St. Joseph

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Defiance College softball team, who has been a fixture in the HCAC tournament since joining the conference in 2000, greatly jeopardized its chances of making this year’s tournament by splitting a doubleheader against Mount St. Joseph on Saturday, April 17.

April 17, 2010

Yellow Jackets Drop Doubleheader to First-Place Pioneers

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Defiance College softball team dropped to 4-6 in conference play with a pair of losses at league-leading Transylvania on Friday, April 16.

April 16, 2010

Yellow Jackets Drop Doubleheader Against Denison

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Yellow Jackets’ softball team fell to 14-12 on the season Tuesday night, with back-to-back losses to Denison University (17-11). Defiance dropped the first game, 8-7, in extra innings, before suffering a 10-5 loss in the nightcap.

April 13, 2010

Offense Powers DC to a Pair of Wins Over Hanover

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The DC softball team came up with two crucial wins against Hanover College on Friday evening, beating the Panthers 9-5 in the first contest and 7-1 in the nightcap.

April 09, 2010

Yellow Jackets Edged Out by No. Five Ohio Northern

ADA, Ohio – The DC softball team gave No. five Ohio Northern (21-1) all they could handle on Wednesday, April 7, losing 7-4 in the first game before dropping a nail-biter, 6-5, in the nightcap. Defiance, who remains in fifth-place in the HCAC, drops to 12-10 on the season.

April 07, 2010

Jackets Go One and One Against the Grizzlies

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College softball team suffered an exhausting one-run loss in extra innings against Franklin in the first game of a doubleheader, before bouncing back to win by one run against the Grizzlies in game two. With the split, DC moves to 2-4 in conference competition.

April 02, 2010

Offensive Woes Against Bluffton Derail the Jackets

DEFIANCE, Ohio – An unproductive offensive effort doomed the Yellow Jackets in their doubleheader against Bluffton on Tuesday, as they lost 6-1 in the first game before falling, 8-0, in the second contest to drop to 1-3 against conference competition this season.

March 30, 2010