MSU softball season still alive with bid to NISC
Armed with comeback spirit in the Big Ten Tournament, MSU softball turned heads all week with its performance.
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Armed with comeback spirit in the Big Ten Tournament, MSU softball turned heads all week with its performance.
All seemed lost for MSU softball. The No. 7-seeded Spartans had held an early two-run lead against their in-state rival, the No. 2-seeded Michigan Wolverines, but the home Wolverines had scored four straight runs unanswered.
It took a four-run sixth inning for the Spartans, but MSU will live to fight another day in the Big Ten Tournament.
The MSU softball team took on Eastern Michigan Tuesday in its last home game of the regular season.
The Spartans had their chances, and against an All-American, it’s all the green and white could hope for. But it was too little too late for MSU, as the Alumni Field crowd came to its feet celebrating the Wolverine victory, 3-1.
MSU softball concluded its first home series of the season as the Spartans faced Maryland Sunday afternoon. Third baseman Kaitlyn Eveland recorded two runs and a hit in one at-bat as the Spartans won and swept the Terrapins, 6-2.
After kicking off Big Ten play in a three-game series versus the University of Maryland, MSU softball is focused on becoming a better team and building the program.
MSU softball edged out Maryland in the second game in a three-game series on fan appreciation day at Secchia Stadium, 2-0.
When it rains it pours.
MSU softball kicked off an 11-game home stand with its home opener and a 7-2 win against Western Michigan University.
After recording a .625 batting average in MSU softball's three-game sweep on the road against Loyola Marymount, junior outfielder Lea Foerster was named the Big Ten Player of the Week.
Just four games into the 2016-17 regular season, MSU softball pitcher and outfielder Celeste Wood is already making herself known among the best in the Big Ten.
MSU softball will be traveling to Boca Raton, Fla. to compete in the FAU Kickoff Classic from Feb. 10-12 for its first tournament of the season. There, the Spartans' first opponent will be Boston University. In the following three days, MSU will also be playing Florida Atlantic University, Troy University and North Carolina State University. In 2016 the Spartans finished off their regular conference play with an 8-16 record, which ranked No. 10 in the Big Ten.
While the MSU softball team pulls talent locally and nationwide, three Spartans share the same home state of Georgia. These three players — junior Bridgette Rainey, sophomore Ebonee Echols and freshman Jordan Watson, also competed for the same club team back home — the Atlanta Vipers.
Last week, MSU softball freshman Ebonee Echols was named one of 25 finalists for the NCAA National Freshman of the Year award. This is the latest in a series of honors for Echols, who leads the Spartans in batting average, slugging percentage, stolen bases and triples.
The MSU softball team (20-20 overall, 2-8 Big Ten) was defeated by No. 2 University of Michigan (30-4 overall, 8-2 Big Ten) on Wednesday, 3-0. A pitcher’s duel was broken up by a fifth-inning U-M rally.
An offensive explosion helped the MSU softball team (18-14, 1-2 Big Ten) achieve a 12-2 win in an in-state rivalry game against the Western Michigan University Broncos (10-15, 1-2 MAC) on Tuesday afternoon. The game was called off after four and a half innings because of the collegiate mercy rule.
The mercy rule was invoked in the middle of the fifth inning of MSU’s 12-2 win over Western Michigan University on Tuesday, in part because of the pitching performance of sophomore Bridgette Rainey. After giving up two earned runs and three hits in the first inning, Rainey held the Broncos scoreless during her final four innings.
The Big Ten Network is set to increase televised coverage for baseball and softball games throughout the course of this season, according to a press release.
The university investigation into the MSU softball program has found no misconduct on behalf of head coach Jacquie Joseph and her coaching staff.