First year head coach Lauren Rizzo and the Wilmington University softball team is proud to announce the early signings of three outstanding high school seniors who will compete for the Wildcats starting with the fall season of 2013.
Mike Shehorn, an assistant coach during the 2013 season at Wilmington University, has been named as the head softball coach of the Wildcats, as announced by Director of Athletics Linda Van Drie-Andrzjewski.
Wilmington University standout softball pitcher Katie Warrington has been chosen as the 2013 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row, announced today by the CACC Commissioner Dan Mara.
Wilmington University senior softball pitcher Katie Warrington has been selected as the 2013 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference’s (CACC) Woman of the Year as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. Warrington is now eligible for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award, which is selected by the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics.
Katie Warrington continues to add to her legacy for the Wilmington University softball program, recently becoming the first softball student-athlete to be named All-America, earning 2013 Daktronics Honorable Mention All-America status.
Senior right-handed pitcher Katie Warrington (Townsend, Del.) rounded out her outstanding athletic career on the diamond earlier this month but continues to add to her academic accomplishments by becoming the first Wilmington University student-athlete to be named Capital One Academic All-America First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Sports information directors from NCAA Division II East Region schools voted Wilmington softball’s Katie Warrington and Brook Ash to the Daktronics NCAA Division II East Region Teams, with Warrington picking up First Team honors and Ash being named Second Team.
A pair of Wilmington University softball student-athletes impressed the coaching staffs from around the NCAA Division II East Region, as Katie Warrington and Killian Stafford were voted to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-East Region Second Team for their play throughout the 2013 season.
The Wilmington University softball team defeated sixth seeded Holy Family, 10-2, in the opening round of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, but dropped to the elimination round after a tough 1-0 defeat to the hand of second seeded Caldwell in the night cap on Thursday at Georgian Court.
A quartet of student-athletes heard their names called at the annual Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference softball banquet on Wednesday night at Georgian Court University, led by Katie Warrington who was named the CACC Pitcher of the Year for the second time in her career.
For the seventh time in the past nine years, the Wilmington University softball team is heading back to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament, this time as the number three seed, tying its best ever regular season finish, after recording a program best 19-7 conference regular season record.
Closing out the regular season with a 4-2 week, Wilmington University softball players Katie Warrington and Brook Ash were honored by the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference by earning a spot on the Weekly Report on Monday afternoon.
Two wins in an afternoon is not something new to the Wilmington University softball team, but Saturday’s doubleheader sweep over Concordia, 6-1 and 6-0, meant much more to the 2013 season and the program as a whole, as records fell and the team solidified its playoff position on a historic day at Clipper Softball Field.
The Wilmington University softball team set itself up nicely heading into its final Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference regular season doubleheader on Saturday, sweeping Georgian Court, 6-5 and 6-5, with a pair of late inning rallies on Friday night at Asbury Field.
The Wilmington University softball team recorded 10 hits and left 12 runners on base but couldn’t scratch a run across as it was swept by Holy Family, 3-0 and 1-0, in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader at Helen Randle Park on Monday.
Three Wilmington University student-athletes were named in this week’s Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Reports, as women’s lacrosse Liz Case and softball’s Jillian Stafford were named CACC Players of the Week and softball’s Katie Warrington was named the CACC Pitcher of the Week, announced on Monday.
A big sixth inning in the first game and a strong pitching performance in game two helped lead the Wilmington University softball team to a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference sweep over Nyack, 8-1 and 3-0, on Senior Day at Asbury Field on Saturday afternoon.
The first NCAA East Regional rankings of the 2013 softball season were released on Wednesday and the Wilmington University team earned its first ranking since the 2007 season, sliding in at No. 10 with a 19-11 in-region record.
The first NCAA East Regional rankings of the 2013 softball season were released on Wednesday and the Wilmington University team earned its first ranking since the 2007 season, sliding in at No. 10 with a 19-11 in-region record.
Senior Jillian Stafford hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning, setting a new Wilmington University softball single season RBI record, leading the Wildcats to a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference sweep over Chestnut Hill, 14-1 and 10-0, on Tuesday at Asbury Field.
Strong pitching efforts by Chelsea Botsch and Jillian Stafford helped the Wilmington University softball team earn a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader sweep over Post University, 3-0 and 3-1, at LaMoy Field on Saturday.
The celebrations at home plate were plentiful for the Wilmington University softball team in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader against Philadelphia, scoring a run in the eighth inning of game one to win, 2-1, and scoring a run in the bottom of the fifth of game to force the mercy rule, 9-1, at Asbury Field on Wednesday.
A pair of tightly contested softball games against the best of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference has to offer did not go Wilmington University’s way, as the Wildcats fell, 7-4 and 1-0, to Caldwell College at Asbury Field on Monday afternoon.
Senior right-hander Katie Warrington didn’t allow an earned run in three games last week, earning her second Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week award of the year, announced by the conference office on Monday.
After a dominating month from inside the circle and continued success inside the classroom, Wilmington University softball senior Katie Warrington has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Student-Athlete of the Month for March, as announced Friday by CACC Commissioner Dan Mara.
The hits kept on coming for the Wilmington University softball team as it took a pair of Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference games from Bloomfield, 14-6 and 7-0, to extend its winning streak to eight straight on Saturday afternoon at Clark Pond.
Pitching once again dominated the diamond for the Wilmington University softball team on Thursday, as Chelsea Botsch and Katie Warrington led the team to a 5-2 and 3-0 sweep over Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference foe University of the Sciences at McNeil Field.
Chelsea Botsch and Katie Warrington led the Wilmington University softball team to a doubleheader sweep over cross-town rival Goldey-Beacom, 3-1 and 2-1, with game two ending in walk-off fashion at Asbury Field on Tuesday afternoon.
The Wilmington University softball team evened its season record with a doubleheader rout over visiting Washington Adventist, winning 17-0 while only allowing one hit in game one and throwing a combined no-hitter in game two with a 16-0 win at Asbury Field on Friday.
Senior transfer Skye Boris broke out at the plate this past week, helping her earn her first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Player of the Week award, announced by the conference office on Monday.