Wilmington Softball Places Six on CACC All-Academic TeamEast Regional 1 Champion Wilmington University placed six student-athletes on the 2022 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Softball All-Academic Team, as announced by the conference office.
Haley Downin and Justin Brooks Take Home CACC Top XVI Awards for Academic ProwessPrior to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament Semifinals, the conference office presented the All-Conference Teams and Major Awards, along with the CACC Top XVI Awards for academic excellence. The Wildcats swept the Top XVI Award for the diamond sports as Haley Downin and Justin Brooks won for their respective sports.
A record-breaking and potentially program changing season came to a close for the Wilmington University softball team on Friday, one game away from reaching the NCAA Division II National Championships, as top seeded Adelphi worked its magic yet again to win the best-of-three Super Regional at Ficke Field.
Kylee Gunkel spun a one-hit complete game shutout as the Wilmington University softball team defeated Adelphi, 1-0, in the first game of the 2022 East Super Regional on Thursday at Janet L. Ficke Field.
The Wilmington University softball team is enjoying a season where they captured their first-ever NCAA Division II Sub Regional Championship. The Wildcats earned their way to the East Super Region by going 3-0 in the East Region #2 Bracket. The Wildcats (37-18) will travel to Garden City, New York to play a best-of-three series against No. 1 seeded Adelphi University (45-12).
Crowning an NCAA East Regional #2 Championship will have to wait until Sunday, as rains have forced the postponement of the championship between the Wilmington University softball team and Georgian Court in the middle of the game on Saturday.
A three-run sixth inning is sending the Wilmington University softball team to the Super Regionals for the first time in program history, defeating No. 2 seed and host Georgian Court, 4-1, in the resumed game from Saturday.
Renamarie Rocha and Kylee Gunkel cooled the bats of the hard-hitting Georgian Court Lions in the winner’s bracket of the NCAA Division II East Region 2 Tournament on Friday, winning, 2-1, to advance to the championship round on Saturday on the campus of Georgian Court.
The Wilmington University softball team has earned the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Division II East Regional 2 Tournament and will face No. 6 Franklin Pierce in the opening round on Thursday at Georgian Court University.
A Taylor Gillis walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh gave the third seeded Wilmington University softball team a 3-2 win over No. 6 Franklin Pierce in the opening round of the NCAA East Regional Tournament on Thursday afternoon on the campus of Georgian Court University.
The Wilmington University softball team’s season isn’t over as they were selected to participate in the NCAA Division East Region #2 bracket on Monday morning during the NCAA Selection Show.
The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) announced on Sunday morning the cancellation of the remainder of the 2022 CACC Softball Championship due to unplayable field conditions caused by inclement weather that continues to hinder the Lakewood area. Georgian Court University, which was the lone remaining undefeated team in the tournament, has been crowned the 2022 conference champions.