2016 Softball News
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) released its 2015-16 Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athletes with nine Suffolk players on the list, the national organization announced Tuesday night.
Over 200 student-athletes comprised Suffolk Athletics’ 13 varsity teams and now Ram Nation has the chance to get the whole picture of the 2015-16 year and the Rams successes in competition, the classroom and the community.
The GNAC has announced the names of 865 student-athletes – including 54 from Suffolk – who have been named to the 2015-16 Academic All-GNAC Team. The 54 Rams represent the second most all-time for the blue-and-gold and is just two individuals shy of the record (56) since the inaugural team in 2008.
Suffolk athletics saw some memorable milestones, postseason peaks, record setting moments, honors and more over the 2015-16 seasons. Now is the time to pit the best of the best against one another in a bracket-style competition to see what Ram Nation dubs as the Top Moment of the Year.
A total of 144 Suffolk University student-athletes have earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the 2016 Spring Quarter. To make the Director’s Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a grade-point average of at least 3.0 and pass at least 12 quarter units.
After impactful freshman and sophomore seasons Jill Pulek and Delaney Sylvester were honored with spots on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Regional teams, the association announced Monday afternoon. As designated player, Pulek earned a spot on the first team, while Sylvester garnered an at-large nod on the third team.
After notching 100 career victories, leading the Suffolk softball team to a first-place regular season finish and guiding the squad to a school record-breaking season, Jaclyn Davis was tabbed the 2016 GNAC Coach of the Year, the conference announced Monday
After stringing together two wins earlier in the day, the Suffolk softball team fell 9-1 to Emmanuel in Game 11, the elimination, semifinal round of the 2016 GNAC Tournament Saturday evening at East Boston Memorial Park.
Opening the game with three unanswered runs, the Rams got scoring started early and never looked back on their way to a 7-2 victory over St. Joseph’s Conn. and program history. Suffolk notched its 33rd win of the year, the most ever recorded in a single season by a softball squad in blue and gold.
Suffolk’s Delaney Sylvester and Morgan Parmeter sparked a late-game comeback to lead the Rams softball team to its 32nd victory of the season in a 9-5 victory over Albertus Magnus in Game 7 of the 2016 GNAC Tournament at East Boston Memorial Park Saturday morning.
Down by four in the bottom of the seventh inning, the No. 1 seed Suffolk softball team scored a pair of back-to-back runs but fell short of a late game comeback, ultimately dropping a 9-7 decision to fifth-seeded Emmanuel in the second round of the 2016 GNAC Tournament Friday afternoon at Rotch Field.
The first double elimination rounds of the GNAC Softball tournament scheduled for Suffolk’s home fields Friday afternoon, East Boston Memorial Park, have been relocated to Rotch Field in Boston.
The GNAC Regular Season Champions, Suffolk softball, rides a nine-game win streak into GNAC Tournament hosting responsibilities this weekend as the top seed.
The Suffolk softball team closed its non-conference, regular-season in thrilling fashion Wednesday afternoon as the Rams swept Curry, extending its win streak to nine and tallying wins 30 and 31 of the season.
The 2016 Rams Reflect is the first in a series of annual collections. Senior captains and representatives of Suffolk teams have been invited to contribute viewpoints based on personal experience from both their senior seasons and full varsity careers at Suffolk.
The GNAC regular season champions will step away from conference competition for the final time this season when it travels to Milton, Massachusetts Wednesday, May 4 for a non-conference contest at Curry.
