Tag: Kean Softball

By Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Heart breaking. That is the only word to describe the 1-0 loss that the Kean University softball team suffered at the hands of Susquehanna Saturday. The Crusaders put one run on the board in the top of the seventh inning to win the game. A Briana Murphy sacrifice fly scored Amanda Neveroski with the bases loaded […]

By Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Down but not out seems to be the mantra for the Kean University softball team in the postseason. With one loss against them already in the NCAA Tournament, the Cougars are fighting to stay alive and had to play the College of Staten Island in an elimination game Friday morning. A huge first inning for the […]

By Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Most college seniors Thursday were celebrating one of their last day of classes, the Kean University softball team was entering its first round game in the NCAA Tournament against DeSales. Both teams were riding a bit of a momentum wave coming into the game. Sophomore Courtney Yard had the hot hand striking out six Bulldogs in […]

By Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports The Kean University softball team is meeting a familiar foe Thursday afternoon in DeSales University as the Cougars get set to play its first round game at Montclair State. The Cougars and DeSales met March 24 as the Cougars traveled to DeSales University. The Cougars swept the Bulldogs 7-1, 14-5 with Courtney Yard and Casey Glatts […]

By Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Making it to the finals of the New Jersey Athletic Conference must have left a big impression on the NCAA Selection Committee because the Kean University softball team received an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA Softball Tournament. The Cougars will play in the Montclair Regional and will take on DeSales University in the first round […]

By Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports There is not one bad thing you can say after the Kean University softball team’s effort in the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament this week. The team was a No. 6 seed coming into the tournament and made the finals after a rocky road that included a win Saturday against Rowan. However, the Cougars fell just […]

By Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Top-seeded Rowan, a team that the Kean University softball team already lost to earlier in the week, was ousted twice Saturday. First to Monclair State and then to the Cougars, who eliminated them from the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament with an 8-3 victory. The weather was hot and the Cougars’ bats were even hotter. Meghan […]

By Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports The Kean University softball team staved off elimination Friday and will have to do it again Saturday as the Cougars return to Rowan University to take on The College of New Jersey. Kean eliminated William Paterson Friday afternoon by the score of 5-1 after another clutch performance from Courtney Yard and a good offensive showing from […]

By Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Down to its final game, the Kean University softball team desperately needed a win against William Paterson Saturday to stay alive in the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament. Sophomore pitcher Courtney Yard was up to the challenge. Yard threw a one-hitter and only allowed one run as the Cougars defeated the Pioneers at Rowan University 5-1. […]