D 3 softball

[7express]

My sister went to school with Mag Dargon.  I think her senior year in high school she like 10 no hitters including 3 in a 4 game stretch.  Western is off to a 3-1 start down in Florida so far, only loss to Luther who's ranked #4 in the nation.  Mag Dargon is 2-0 so far, she'll definatly carry the staff this year.

[ECSUalum]

ECSU now 6-0, with Molly Rathbun dominating so far!!!.

Rathbun perfect game spoiled 

For the second consecutive year in Clermont, Bowdoin  (4-5) leftfielder Caroline Dewar broke up Rathbun's bid for a perfect game by legging out an infield single to Eastern third baseman Arielle Cooper (Mystic) with one out in the seventh inning.

[7express]

Western 4-2.  Losses to #4 Luther (4-0) and Williams in the final inning (3-2).  They have 2 more days in Florida before comming back to Danbury.

[WLCALUM83]

Here's the latest NFCA D3 Top 25 Poll:

http://nfca.org/top25/index.php?cat_id=3

Biggest upward mover? UT-Tyler,

here's why:

http://www.uttylerpatriots.com/softball/news/18/2092/

(Before Louisiana College got a split with the Patriots yesterday, the Patriots had won 16 games in a row per UT-Tyler site).

[whm_54]

I see the NFCA has recognized Central's Kiley Lythberg as player of the week for March 15-22. Congrats to her for her fine performance for the week which includes a 4-0 record with a .84 ERA while giving up just 3 runs and 12 hits with 23 strikeouts in 25 innings.

Another pitcher who had a pretty good week is Messiah junior Jessica Rhoads. So far this year she is 6-0 with an ERA of 0.00 having given up 1 hit and 0 runs so far in 29.2 innings with 57 strikeouts including a complete game no-hitter against NFCA #13 Wisconsin-Whitewater and a perfect game against Albright. Past history from the last 2 years would indicate that there is no reason to expect the NFCA will give her the recognition she deserves so I will post updates from time to time to keep you informed.

[D O.C.]

Silly me...I went to this link
http://www.lcwildcats.net/news/2011/2/25/SB_0225114931.aspx
thinking it was LINFIELD.

[Kelly Boggs]

Three ASC East teams in the top 10. Tough conference!
#3 Louisiana College - Go Cats!
#7 UT-Tyler
#8 East Texas Baptist

Miss. College, another ASC East team, is receiving votes and knocking on the door of the top 25.

[Pat Coleman]

Hey -- just a heads-up. If you think there's a softball story of national importance that should go on D3sports.com, can you drop me a line?

Email me at info@d3sports.com.

[7express]

Western goes back north with an 8-2 record.  Their first game back north is a double header at Westfield state Tuesday and their first home game is a double header with Springfield College next Friday night.

[WLCALUM83]

Final just in-- Salisbury 4, Mary Washington 3  (Game 1)

Mary Washington puts up a 3-spot in the 6th, then the Gulls plate 2 in the last of the 7th to pull it out, per Salisbury stats 

[Kohawk Krazy]

Congrats to Coe Head Coach Bob Timmons on his 800th win!

[7express]

Western sweeps Westfield state yesterday and improves to 10-2 on the season.  Up next is a double header Friday vs. Springfield game times slated for 3:30 & 5:30.

[Kelly Boggs]

Louisiana College sweeps defending national champion and ASC East rival ETBU to improve to 22-4.
http://www.lcwildcats.net/news/2011/3/29/SB_0329110522.aspx

[ECSUalum]

Latest NFCA.org Poll:

http://nfca.org/top25/index.php?cat_id=3

[7express]

West Conn softball double header vs. Springfield slated for this evening has been postponed to April 3.  Double header at UM-Boston has been postponed with a date yet to be announced.  Western is also 3rd in the latest new England softball poll trailing only Coast Guard (#1) and Eastern (#2).