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Issued: June 26, 2008 SOFTBALL STAFF RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION STARKVILLE, Miss. – For the first time in school history, the UW-Eau Claire softball coaching staff has been named the 2008 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year, NFCA officials announced today.
Issued: June 13, 2008 FORMER BLUGOLD SOFTBALL STARS TO FACE TEAM USA EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – NCAA Division III National Champions Casey Leisgang (Sr.-Seymour, Wis.) and Jill Janke (Sr.-Black River Falls, Wis.) will compete against the nation’s best when they take on Team USA on Tuesday in Stevens Point.
Issued: May 19, 2008 SOFTBALL CROWNED NATIONAL CHAMPION WITH WALK-OFF HOME RUN  SALEM, Va. – After being down 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh with two outs, the UW-Eau Claire softball team turned it up a notch to force extra innings, and ended up defeating UW-Whitewater 4-3 in nine innings with a walk-off home run to become the 2008 NCAA Division III Champion at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex today.
Issued: May 18, 2008 SOFTBALL ADVANCES TO CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST SALEM, Va. – Although top-seeded Louisiana College (44-6) got an early jump on the UW-Eau Claire softball team, the Blugolds turned it on in the fifth to take the lead for good, winning 2-1 at the 2008 NCAA Division III Championship at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex.
Issued: May 17, 2008 LATE RUNS BOOST SOFTBALL PAST MUSKINGUM SALEM, Va. – Down 1-0 after the first inning, the UW-Eau Claire softball team fought its way back into the game and came out on the winning end, taking a 5-1 victory over Muskingum College (Ohio) on the second day of the 2008 NCAA Division III Championship at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex.
Issued: May 16, 2008 SOFTBALL USES BIG FIRST INNING TO WIN FIRST GAME AT NATIONALS SALEM, Va. – The UW-Eau Claire women’s softball team got off to a good start at the 2008 NCAA Division III Championship, defeating Ithaca College (N.Y.) 8-0 in six innings at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex today.
Issued: May 15, 2008 LEISGANG NAMED SECOND TEAM NFCA ALL-AMERICAN SALEM, Va. – UW-Eau Claire softball second baseman Casey Leisgang (Sr.-Seymour, Wis.) has been named a second team Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III All-American at the national championship banquet here tonight.
Issued: May 13, 2008 JANKE MAKES COSIDA ALL-DISTRICT V ACADEMIC TEAM EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – UW-Eau Claire softball first baseman Jill Janke (Sr.-Black River Falls, Wis.) has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 5 Third Team College Division, CoSIDA officials recently announced.
Issued: May 12, 2008 BRACKET SET FOR NCAA SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – With all NCAA Division III Softball Regional Championships complete, the NCAA has released the bracket for the upcoming national championship that will start this Friday in Salem, Va.
Issued: May 11, 2008 SOFTBALL ADVANCES TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SHUTOUT WIN EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – With a 6-0 blanking, the sixth-seeded UW-Eau Claire softball team defeated second-seeded UW-Oshkosh to win the regional and move on to the NCAA Division III Championship in Salem, Va.
Issued: May 10, 2008 SOFTBALL TAKES DOWN ST. THOMAS IN EXTRA INNING FASHION EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The 25th-ranked UW-Eau Claire softball team won 5-4 today in the 2008 NCAA Division III Softball Regional Championship over third-ranked St. Thomas (Minn.) when Jill Janke (Sr.-Black River Falls, Wis.) hit a sac fly to center to score Katie Stalker (So.-Madison, Wis./La Follette) in the top of the eighth.
Issued: May 9, 2008 ROSS CARRIES EAU CLAIRE TO WIN OVER OSHKOSH EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Behind the pitching and hitting of Jenny Ross (Fr.-Mendota Heights, Minn./Henry Sibley), the No. 25 UW-Eau Claire softball team took home a 2-0 win over UW-Oshkosh in the eighth game of the 2008 NCAA Division III Softball Regional Championship in Eau Claire on Gelein Field this evening.
Issued: May 8, 2008 SOFTBALL READY FOR NCAA REGIONAL COMPETITION EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – This weekend UW-Eau Claire will play host to a 2008 NCAA Division III Softball Regional Championship, which is set to begin at noon on Thursday at Gelein Field in Carson Park.
Issued: May 8, 2008 SOFTBALL OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS IN NORTH CENTRAL SHUTOUT EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The 25th-ranked UW-Eau Claire softball team started off its 2008 NCAA Division III Softball Regional Championship in dominating fashion with a 10-0 win over North Central College (Ill.) in five innings.
Issued: May 7, 2008 SOFTALL REPRESENTED ON ALL-WIAC TEAM MADISON, Wis. – The 25th-ranked UW-Eau Claire softball team had five members selected to All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Team this week.
Issued: May 6, 2008 FOUR SECURE NFCA DIVISION III ALL-REGION HONORS STARKVILLE, Miss. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team has received recognition with four selections to the 2008 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Great Lakes Region team, NFCA officials announced today.
Issued: May 5, 2008 SOFTBALL HEADED TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP, SET TO HOST REGIONAL EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team has received an at-large bid to the 2008 NCAA Division III Softball Championship, NCAA Officials announced this morning.
Issued: May 4, 2008 SOFTALL ELIMINATED FROM WIAC TOURNEY STEVENS POINT, Wis. – With a 6-1 defeat at the hands of UW-River Falls, the third-seeded UW-Eau Claire softball team lost its second game of the conference tournament and was eliminated.
Issued: May 3, 2008 SOFTALL SPLITS IN OPENING DAY OF WIAC TOURNEY STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The third-seeded UW-Eau Claire softball team took its first game in the conference tournament but then lost in a rematch of last year’s championship today.
Issued: May 1, 2008 SOFTBALL LOOKS TO THREEPEAT AT WIAC TOURNEY EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The 25th-ranked UW-Eau Claire women’s softball team hopes to win its third consecutive conference tournament this weekend and clinch another spot in the national tourney.
Issued: May 1, 2008 WIAC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT POSTPONED MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Softball Tournament scheduled for Friday-Saturday, May 2-3 at Zenoff Park in Stevens Point, Wis., will be played Saturday-Sunday, May 3-4 due to the threat of inclement weather.
Issued: April 28, 2008 SOFTBALL’S FINAL REGULAR SEASON CONTEST CANCELED EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team’s final regular season doubleheader against UW-Superior has been canceled, due to the snow that fell here last night, and will not be made up.
Issued: April 27, 2008 SOFTBALL FALLS TO WHITEWATER, WARHAWKS TAKE CONFERENCE CROWN EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – With a sweep today over the 11-ranked UW-Eau Claire softball team, the UW-Whitewater Warhawks captured the regular season conference title.
Issued: April 26, 2008 BLUGOLDS SWEEP, READY FOR SHOWDOWN WITH WHITEWATER EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Matching its season-high offensive output for a doubleheader, the UW-Eau Claire softball team swept a pair of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) games from UW-Stevens Point, 10-5 and 12-4, at wind-swept Gelein Field in Carson Park Saturday afternoon.
Issued: April 25, 2008 WIAC COMPETITION COMES TO EAU CLAIRE THIS WEEKEND EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Because of the poor weather conditions Northwest Wisconsin has experienced this spring, Superior has moved its final three home games to Eau Claire this weekend. A total of 10 games with four teams competing will take place this weekend in Carson Park.
Issued: April 24, 2008 SOFTBALL WAITS TO FACE SUPERIOR AGAIN EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – For the third time this season, the UW-Eau Claire softball team’s doubleheader against UW-Superior has been postponed.
Issued: April 23, 2008 SOFTBALL IMPROVES WIAC RECORD IN SWEEP OF FALCONS RIVER FALLS, Wis. – The 11th-ranked UW-Eau Claire softball team collected its second sweep this week as it beat UW-River Falls in both games today.
Issued: April 22, 2008 SOFTBALL POSTPONED TODAY The WIAC softball doubleheader, scheduled today at Superior between UW-Eau Claire and UW-Superior, has been postponed because an overnight rain in Superior left the field unplayable.
Issued: April 21, 2008 SOFTBALL SPLITS CLOSE PAIR OF GAMES WITH EAGLES LA CROSSE, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team fell in Game One today during extra innings due to a UW-La Crosse comeback, but rebounded to grab the second game.
Issued: April 20, 2008 SOFTBALL TAKES ADVANTAGE OF EXTRA INNINGS TO SWEEP PIONEERS PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The 13th-ranked UW-Eau Claire softball team took both games against UW-Platteville today in the only games of the weekend for the squad.
Issued: April 18, 2008 SOFTBALL AT LA CROSSE POSTPONED EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team’s doubleheader at UW-La Crosse, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed due to wet field conditions. The game has been rescheduled for Monday at 4 p.m. in La Crosse.
Issued: April 17, 2008 SOFTBALL DOUBLEHEADER AT LUTHER CANCELED EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team will not play its doubleheader scheduled for Friday in Decorah, Iowa against Luther College due to wet conditions. The game will not be rescheduled.
Issued: April 15, 2008 ROSS PITCHES FIRST PERFECT GAME IN PROGRAM HISTORY, SOFTBALL SPLITS EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Jenny Ross (Fr.-Mendota Heights, Minn./Henry Sibley) did what no UW-Eau Claire softball pitcher had done before, sending down all 21 batters in Eau Claire’s first perfect game ever.
Issued: April 14, 2008 ROSS NAMED WIAC PITCHER OF THE WEEK MADISON, Wis. – For the second time this season, UW-Eau Claire softball player Jenny Ross (Fr.-Mendota Heights, Minn./Henry Sibley) has been named Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) pitcher of the week, conference spokesman Matt Stanek announced today.
Issued: April 12, 2008 SOFTBALL FACES ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team’s doubleheader against UW-Oshkosh, originally scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed due to weather conditions in Eau Claire.
Issued: April 9, 2008 SOFTBALL TAKES FIRST WIAC SWEEP IN HOME OPENER EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team saw its first conference action and first home action today, though they were at Bollinger Fields instead of Carson Park after several postponements in the past couple weeks.
Issued: April 9, 2008 SOFTBALL SET FOR WEDNESDAY HOME OPENER EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire softball will play its home-opening doubleheader today, against UW-Stout at 3 p.m. at the Bollinger Fields.
Issued: April 6, 2008 SOFTBALL SPLITS IN FIRST ACTION SINCE SPRING BREAK GREEN BAY, Wis. – After three postponements in two weeks, the eighth-ranked UW-Eau Claire softball team finally hit the diamond again against St. Norbert College and came away with a five-inning 11-1 win in the first game before losing 6-4 in the second.
Issued: March 31, 2008 SOFTBALL FACES TWO MORE POSTPONEMENTS EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team will have to wait a while longer to continue its season as two Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheaders scheduled for this week have been postponed.
Issued: March 28, 2008 SUNDAY’S SOFTBALL DOUBLEHEADER POSTPONED EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The UW-Eau Claire softball doubleheader scheduled for this Sunday against Luther College in Decorah, Iowa has been postponed due to weather conditions.
Issued: March 26, 2008 UW-EAU CLAIRE TO HOST NCAA SOFTBALL REGIONAL INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – UW-Eau Claire has been selected to serve as one of eight first-round hosts for the 2008 NCAA Division III Softball Championship, the NCAA Division III Softball Committee recently announced.
Issued: March 26, 2008 LEISGANG NAMED LOUISVILLE SLUGGER/NFCA PLAYER OF THE WEEK STARKVILLE, Miss. – UW-Eau Claire softball infielder Casey Leisgang (Sr.-Seymour, Wis.) has been named the Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Player of the Week, the association announced today.
Issued: March 25, 2008 ROSS RECEIVES WIAC PITCHER OF THE WEEK HONORS MADISON, Wis. – UW-Eau Claire softball player Jenny Ross (Fr.-Mendota Heights, Minn./Henry Sibley) has been named Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) pitcher of the week, conference spokesman Matt Stanek announced today.
Issued: March 21, 2008 SOFTBALL CLOSES TRIP WITH TWO MORE WINS TUCSON, Az. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team played its final two games at the Tucson Invitational Games, winning them both at Lincoln Regional Park today.
Issued: March 20, 2008 SOFTBALL CRUISES ON DAY SIX IN ARIZONA TUCSON, Az. – The seventh-ranked UW-Eau Claire softball team made a clean sweep today at Lincoln Regional Park, beating Midland Lutheran (Neb.) 6-1, and blanking Buena Vista (Iowa) 9-0 in five innings. The two wins improve the Blugolds’ overall record to 12-4.
Issued: March 19, 2008 SOFTBALL INFLICTS MERCY RULE ON MUSKIES TUCSON, Az. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team easily handled Lakeland College on day five of the Tucson Invitational Games by a score of 9-1 in six innings.
Issued: March 19, 2008 WIAC PREVIEW: UW-OSHKOSH RECEIVES WOMEN'S SOFTBALL PRESEASON NOD MADISON, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, the defending conference champion, is the preseason favorite to win the 2008 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) women’s softball championship, according to the league’s sports information directors.
Issued: March 18, 2008 SOFTBALL SPLITS ON FOURTH DAY OF TRIP TUCSON, Az. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team used an explosive fifth inning to beat Augsburg College (Minn.) 7-4, before dropping its second game of the day to Doane College (Neb.) by a score of 8-0 at the Tucson Invitational Games. The split brings the Blugolds overall record to 9-4 on the season.
Issued: March 17, 2008 SOFTBALL WINS TWO MORE ON SPRING BREAK TRIP TUCSON, Az. – The UW-Eau Claire softball team picked up two more wins at the Tucson Invitational Games here today, defeating Delaware Valley College, Pa. 12-8 in eight innings in game one and Marian College 3-1 in the day’s second game.
Issued: March 16, 2008 SOFTBALL TAKES TWO ON SECOND DAY OF SPRING BREAK TRIP TUCSON, Az. – After losing its last three games, the UW-Eau Claire softball team bounced back to win two in a row at the Tucson Invitational Games at Lincoln Regional Park here today.
Issued: March 15, 2008 SOFTBALL DROPS FIRST GAME ON SPRING BREAK TRIP TUCSON, Az. – The UW-Eau Claire women’s softball team played its first game today at the 2008 Tucson Invitational Games but came up short, falling to North Central College (Ill.) 8-4 at Lincoln Regional Park.
Issued: March 9, 2008 SOFTBALL DROPS DOUBLEHEADER TO ST. THOMAS ROSEMOUNT, Minn. – Although the UW-Eau Claire softball team mounted comebacks at the end of two games against St. Thomas (Minn.), the Blugolds came up short by one run in both games at the Rosemount Dome in Minnesota today.
Issued: March 8, 2008 SOFTBALL TAKES SECOND DOUBLEHEADER AT ROSEMOUNT DOME ROSEMOUNT, Minn. – After sweeping St. Mary’s University (Minn.) yesterday to start the season, the sixth-ranked UW-Eau Claire softball team took down Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) in both games again today.
Issued: March 7, 2008 SOFTBALL OVERCOMES EARLY JITTERS TO WIN SEASON OPENER ROSEMOUNT, Minn. – The sixth-ranked UW-Eau Claire softball team showed a little rust to start off the season, but quickly turned around to notch wins of 5-4 and 6-4 over St. Mary’s University (MN) this afternoon.
Issued: March 5, 2008 SOFTBALL HOPES TO REPEAT SUCCESS FROM HISTORIC 2007 SEASON EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – A year after the UW-Eau Claire softball team finished a program-record third in the national tournament and defended the conference tourney crown in extra-inning fashion, the squad hopes to make similar headlines in the 2008 campaign.
Issued: August 16, 2007 SOFTBALL STAFF HONORED WITH REGION AWARD For the second consecutive year, the UW-Eau Claire softball coaching staff has been named the Great Lakes Region Coaching Staff of the Year, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has announced.
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