2017 Softball News
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) released its 2016-17 Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athletes with 12 Suffolk players on the list, the national organization announced Tuesday afternoon.
As Suffolk Athletics grew – increasing from 13 varsity sports to 19 – the Rams achievements in competition, the classroom and community followed suit and now is Ram Nation’s chance to relive the highlights from 2016-17 in the official Suffolk Athletics Year in Review.
Suffolk baseball senior Sean Cameron and Lindsay Pagano of the Rams’ softball team have been named the 2016-17 recipients of the Carol Maggio Departmental Recognition Award, Director of Athletics Cary McConnell announced Friday morning.
Sydney Littlefield of the Suffolk softball and women’s volleyball team has been named the 2016-17 recipient of the Suffolk Athletic Department’s Charles Melanson Unsung Hero Award, Athletic Director Cary McConnell announced Wednesday afternoon.
A total of 147 Suffolk University student-athletes have earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the 2017 Spring Semester.
The 2017 Rams Reflect is the second 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 Suffolk softball dynamic duo of Jill Pulek and Delaney Sylvester garnered more yearly accolades as the sophomore and junior earned spots on the NFCA first-team, the organization announced Monday afternoon. The pair is the first Rams in the program’s 33-year history to garner first-team all-region accolades in the same season.
Coming off its GNAC Championship run, the Suffolk softball team saw six Rams recognized with All-GNAC accolades, the conference announced Monday afternoon.
Seven runs in the top of the eighth inning sent the third-seeded Suffolk softball team to the GNAC Championship game as the Rams eliminated fourth-seeded Albertus Magnus, 9-2, Sunday morning at Johnson & Wales’ Scotts-Miracle Grow Complex.
Thanks to homers from Jaclyn Flint and Delaney Sylvester and finesse in the circle from Ali Yamakaitis, the third-seeded Suffolk softball team defeated the tournament’s top seed Johnson & Wales, 3-2, in the GNAC Championship Sunday afternoon at Scotts Miracle-Grow Complex. With the win, the Rams force a winner take all contest versus the Wildcats.
The third-seeded Suffolk pulled within one of the tournament’s top seed Johnson & Wales in the bottom of the fourth, but the Wildcats scattered nine runs over the final two innings and held the Rams to capture the 2017 GNAC Softball title, 15-5, Sunday afternoon at Scotts Miracle-Grow Complex.
The third-seeded Suffolk softball team suffered its first GNAC Tournament setback at the hands of the field’s top seed, Johnson & Wales, 6-0, at Simmon’s Daly Field Saturday night.
Thanks to a 2-0 outing in the GNAC second-round Thursday, the third-seeded Suffolk softball team advances to the winner’s bracket of the 2017 GNAC Tournament. The Rams crown chase continues Saturday, May 6 as it heads to Providence, Rhode Island to take on the tournament’s top seed Johnson & Wales at Scotts Miracle-Gro Complex at 3 p.m.
The Suffolk softball team’s quest to GNAC glory begins Thursday, May 4 as the third-seeded Rams head to Standish, Maine, for a 3 p.m. second-round matchup versus sixth-seeded Norwich. The winner of the contest advances in the winner bracket and will face second-seeded St. Joseph’s Maine at 5:30 p.m.
The third-seeded Suffolk softball team blanked the sixth-seeded Cadets of Norwich, 4-0, at Richard Bailey Field, Thursday afternoon to advance to the winner’s bracket of the GNAC Tournament.
Lindsay Pagano broke up a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning with a grand slam to send the third-seeded Suffolk softball team over the second-seeded Monks, 5-2, Thursday afternoon at Richard Bailey Field.
