SOFTBALL

NCAA Tourney '99, '01, '03, '04, '06, '07

Softball Staff Honored by NFCA
7/2/07 -- Long Island University softball head coach Roy Kortmann and assistant coaches Bill Gehrke and Margie Masters were named the 2007 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic Co-Coaching Staff of the Year by the organization on Monday.

The award marks the second time both Kortmann and Gehrke have garnered NFCA All-Region accolades as they earned Mid-Atlantic Coaching Staff honors in 1998 after a 33-win season and a berth into the East Coast Athletic Conference tournament. (more)

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Updated Apr. 27


FUTURE
BLACKBIRDS

Jennifer Bryden
North Richland Hills, Texas

Ayzsha Ervin
Oceanside, Calif.

Lauren Kemp
Scottsdale, Ariz.

Amanda MacIntosh
Westhill, Calif.

 

HEADLINES

Gillespie Earns Softball All-America Honors
6/4/07 -- Long Island first baseman Randi Gillespie (San Jose, Calif.) became the second player in school history to be named an All-American as she was named to the Easton All-American Second Team by Easton Sports on Monday.

The senior earned All-America honors following a season which saw her set LIU single-season records in batting average (.443), hits (81) and doubles (16), and also break career marks in hits (195), home runs (28), total bases (314) slugging percentage (.626) and on-base percentage (.463). (more)


4Softball Season Ends With 7-3 Loss at UMass

4Softball Defeats Colgate, 5-1, Stays Alive at NCAA

4Blackbirds Drop Heartbreaker at UMass, 4-3, to Open NCAA Regional

4Three LIU Softball Players Named to NFCA All-Region Team

4LIU Softball Earns Second Straight Trip to NCAA Tournament; Will Face UMass at Amherst, Mass. Regional

4Softball Earns Sixth Trip to NCAA Tournament with 10-0 Victory over Wagner in NEC Championship

4Softball Wins Two to Advance to Championship Round of Northeast Conference Tournament

4Gillespie, Giles Earn Northeast Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year Awards

4Softball Looks for Second Straight Northeast Conference Tournament Title This Weekend

4Mariesha Marker Named Northeast Conference Softball Rookie of the Week

4Blackbirds Clinch Regular Season NEC Title with Sweep at Robert Morris

4Softball Splits at Saint Francis (Pa.)

4Softball Splits Conference Doubleheader With Quinnipiac

4Jenny Giles Earns Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week Award

4Softball Has 18-Game Winning Streak Snapped by Hofstra, 4-0

4Jenny Giles Earns Second Consecutive Northeast Conference Pitcher of the Week Award

4Softball Extends Winning Streak to School-Record Tying 18 With Doubleheader Sweep of Mount St. Mary's

4Dominant Pitching Leads Blackbirds to Doubleheader Sweep of Monmouth; Extends Winning Streak to 16

4Softball Sweeps Fairleigh Dickinson; Extends Winning Streak to 14

4Jenny Giles Named Northeast Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week

4Softball Continues to Roll; Sweeps Doubleheader With CCSU for 12th Straight Win

4Softball Wins 10th Straight; Drops Seton Hall, 4-0

4Softball Extends Winning Streak to Nine With Sweep of Sacred Heart

4Randi Gillespie Earns Third Northeast Conference Player of the Week Award This Season

4Softball Sweeps Conference Doubleheader at Wagner

4Softball Extends Winning Streak to Five; Sweeps Doubleheader With St. John's

4Softball Picks Up Two Victories; Wins Stony Brook Invitational Title

4Offensive Onslaught Propels Softball to 12-3 Victory over Fairfield at Stony Brook Invitational

4Randi Gillespie Earns Northeast Conference Softball Player of the Week For Second Time This Season

4Softball Drops Third Straight at Speedline Invitational to Princeton, 7-5

4Softball Drops a Pair of Games in Extra Innings at Speedline Invitational

4Giles' Pitching Leads LIU Softball Past Rhode Island, 2-1

4Softball Splits With Win Over Quinnipiac and Loss to Indiana

4Softball Defeats George Mason, 4-1, But Falls to South Florida

4Blackbirds Shut Out Mercer; Fall to Ohio State in Quarterfinals of USF adidas Tampa Tournament

4Softball Struggles Offensively, Drops Pair at USF adidas Tournament

4Blackbirds Split First Two Games of USF adidas Tampa Tournament

4Randi Gillespie Named Northeast Conference Softball Player of the Week; Brynn Lewis Earns Rookie of the Week Honors

4Softball Selected Preseason Favorite in Northeast Conference Coaches' Poll

4Lewis' Clutch Hitting Helps Lift Softball to 5-4 Win Over No. 32 Cal State Fullerton on Final Day of Palm Springs Invitational

4Softball Drops Third Straight, Loses to No. 22 Fresno State, 4-1

4Marker Tallies Three Hits but Softball Drops 2-1 Decision to Loyola Marymount

4Comeback Effort Not Enough as Blackbirds Fall to Oklahoma State, 6-4

4Giles' Complete Game Two-Hitter Lifts Softball to 2-1 Victory over Florida Atlantic

4Softball Drops a Pair On Day Two of FAU Dunkin' Donuts Classic

4Softball Splits First Two Games of FAU Dunkin' Donuts Classic

4Softball Opens 2007 Season at FAU Dunkin' Donuts Classic on Friday

42007 Blackbirds Softball Season Outlook

4Softball Announces Four-Player Class of 2007

42007 Softball Schedule Set; Features Nine NCAA Tournament Participants From Season Ago

4Softball Announces Fall Schedule; Set to Begin Action This Weekend

4LIU Captures Northeast Conference Women's Commissioner's Cup

4LIU Falls to Penn State, 2-1 in NCAA Regional Action

4Blackbirds Drop 6-0 Decision to No. 7 Arizona State

4Gillespie, Giles Named to Mid-Atlantic All-Region Team

4LIU Softball NCAA Tournament Bound; Will Face No. 7 Arizona State at Hempstead, N.Y. Regional

4Blackbirds Capture Ninth Conference Title in 4-2 Win Over Robert Morris