Softball News

SC Softball ends season with losses to Bethany and McPherson

05/02/2008

By KCAC Sports Information Directors

Bethany 6, Sterling 3 – Bethany rallied from a 3-0 deficit with six runs in the bottom of the sixth to get a 6-3 win.

Lindsey Radcliffe was 3-for-3 at the plate for Bethany and drove in two runs. Jaime Barbosa and Samantha Gonzalez had two hits each to lead Sterling .

Kelly Spence took the loss for Sterling , giving up six runs on nine hits, while Savannah Dejmal went the distance for Bethany , giving up three runs on 11 hits.

Sterling advances to play McPherson College

McPherson 7, Sterling 3 – Sterling plated two runs in the first but McPherson rallied for three in the third to get the win over the Warriors.

Samantha Gonzalez had three hits for Sterling , and Emily Masters added two, but it was not enough as the Bulldogs pounded out 14 hits, led by Whitney Coleman who was 4-for-4, and Carrie Koch who added three more hits and drove in three runs.

Both pitchers threw complete games, with Amy Ziegler getting the win for McPherson and Gonzalez taking the loss for Sterling .

Sterling ends the season with a 19-21-1 record.

Softball draws Bethany in first round of KCAC Softball Tournament

04/30/2008

The Sterling College Softball team will be the # 7 seed in this weekend’s KCAC Softball double elimination tournament hosted by Kansas Wesleyan University. All games will be played at Bill Burke Park located in Salina, KS on Thursday and Friday.

#7 Sterling will face the #2 seed Bethany College at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday on field six. Friends University who finished first respectively has earned the automatic bid to the upcoming Region IV Softball Tournament held in McPherson May 7-9^th. The winner of the KCAC Tournament will receive the other automatic bid to the Region Tournament as well.

The winner of the Sterling/Bethany game will play the winner of the Kansas Wesleyan /McPherson at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.

For more information and brackets log onto www.kcacsports.com

Sam Gonzalez named KCAC Pitcher of the Week

04/23/2008

Sterling College junior Samantha Gonzalez was named the KCAC “Pitcher of the Week” after going 2-0 last week and giving up no earned runs in eleven innings pitched. Sterling improved to 19-17-1 overall and 5-8 in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference after earning wins over Kansas Wesleyan and the University of Saint Mary last week.

“Sam did a great job last week,” said Sterling College Head Softball Coach Hosea Bell. “She came in and got the save for us in the Saint Mary game and then pitched a complete game against KWU only giving up five hits on the day. With two games left and then the tournament I hope she can fuel the fire a bit to get us deep into the post-season.

Samantha is majoring in psychology. She originally from Houston, Texas

SC Softball postponed till Thursday

04/08/2008

The softball games at Ottawa University today have been postponed due to rain. They will be made up on Thursday at Ottawa.

For more information please call Head Coach Hosea Bell at 620-278-4317

Sterling College Softball team host clinic for local youth.

04/04/2008

The Sterling College Softball team hosted a softball clinic for 1^st -8^th graders last week at the Gleason Center on the campus of Sterling College. The clinic had to be moved from the SC softball field indoors due to the wet weather Sterling received.

Thirty-two kids were in attendance as they took instruction from the Sterling College softball coaching staff and the SC players. Participants worked on throwing, catching, pitching, base-running and hitting thru-out the clinic.

“We had a great turn-out for the clinic despite the weather,” said Head Coach Hosea Bell. “We are looking forward to watching it grow in numbers and the opportunity to help our local youth with their skills in softball.”

Each participant will receive a t-shirt for participating in the clinic.

Sterling Softball looks for consistency

04/02/2008

The Sterling College softball team looks to get to the .500 mark in KCAC play Wednesday as they travel to Bethany College. The Lady Warriors are currently ranked #7 in the NAIA Region IV poll and sixth the KCAC standings.

Sterling (13-12, 1-3) have been up and down to start the season, the Lady Warriors saw wins against Park College, Grandview College and Ottawa as they advanced to the championship game of the Mid America Nazarene Tournament before losing to Bethel (IN) 5-0. Bethel is currently ranked #13 in the country at 17-1.

The Lady Warriors went 4-2 in their own tournament held in Sterling March 14^th and 15^th earning victories against Graceland, Central Christian, McPherson and Tabor College.

In KCAC action the Lady Warriors lost their opener to McPherson College 3-12 and 3-8 to start off KCAC play. Sterling hosted Southwestern College this past Saturday and earned their first conference win of the season off a two run homer from junior Latasha Pearl to win the game 6-5. In the second game, the Lady Warriors could not repeat the effort as they fell 2-3 to the Moundbuilders.

Sterling will face Bethany College (16-7, 5-1) on Wednesday in Lindsborg, Kansas. The first game of the double-header is set to start at 5:00 PM. The Swedes are currently #3 in the NAIA Region IV.

(Photo Courtesy of Grayson Graves)

SC Softball picked to finish fourth in the KCAC

01/24/2008

The Sterling College Softball team was picked to finish fourth according to the KCAC Pre-Season coaches poll released Wednesday.

After finishing the 2007 season with an overall record of 19-20 and sixth place finish in the KCAC, the Sterling College softball team looks to improve on last years performance and compete for the KCAC title this year.

With fifteen returning letter-winners on the roster and a host of new talent present Head Coach Hosea Bell hopes to compete for a KCAC title this spring.

Sterling was picked fourth in the KCAC along with Bethany College. Kansas Wesleyan was picked third with Ottawa second. Friends University was picked to win the KCAC with six first place votes out of eight.

Sterling opens the season on February 15, 2007 as they travel to Seguin, Texas to take on Texas Lutheran and then over to Austin, Texas to face Concordia University on the 16th.