Cleveland State softball players Susan Knight, Katelind Phillips and Cynthia Woodard have been selected to play in an exhibition doubleheader against the USA National Team as part of a College All Star Team.
Four Cleveland State student-athletes were honored by the Horizon League Wednesday morning (June 17), as the league released its Spring All-Academic Teams. The four Vikings honored for their academic and athletic success this past spring were; Manuel Bellutti (Men’s Tennis), Nena Doran (Softball), Allyson Hackman (Women’s Golf), and Colleen Miller (Women’s Golf).
Cleveland State senior shortstop Cynthia Woodard (Elyria, Ohio), the 2015 Horizon League Player of the Year, has been named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Southeast All-Region Third Team
The sixth-seeded Cleveland State softball team had its season come to a close with a 1-0 loss to No. 3 Wright State in an elimination game of the Horizon League Softball Championship on Wednesday evening at Oakland.
Fifth-seeded Green Bay scored two runs in the seventh inning to rally for a 6-5 win over No. 6 Cleveland State in the opening game of the Horizon League Championship on Wednesday afternoon at Oakland.
Cleveland State senior shortstop Cynthia Woodard (Elyria, Ohio) was named the 2015 Horizon League Softball Player of the Year, while junior catcher Erica McNew (Canton, Ohio), junior pitcher Susan Knight (Milan, Ohio) and freshman utillity player Mackenzie Joecken (Osceola, Ind.) also earned all-league honors.
The Cleveland State softball team earned the No. 6 seed in the Horizon League Championship and opens play with a first round game against No. 4 seeded Green Bay on Wednesday (May 6) at 12:00 p.m. at Oakland.
The Cleveland State softball team split its final regular season doubleheader on Saturday at UIC, winning game two, 3-2, in eight innings after falling in the opener, 8-7.
Erica McNew hit a two-run homer in the first inning, but UIC scored three unanswered runs to claim a 3-2 victory over Cleveland State in the series opener on Friday night.
Alex Radjen hit her first career home run and pitched four strong innings to earn the win as Cleveland State won game two from Detroit, 6-4, on Wednesday afternoon at Viking Field.
Cleveland State's seventh inning rally fell just short as the Vikings dropped a 6-5 decision at Akron in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon. CSU also fell in the nightcap, 3-0.
Katelind Phillips and Alyson Broschk both had three hits and Cynthia Woodard hit her league-leading 22nd homer of the season, but Cleveland State dropped two games to Oakland on Saturday afternoon at Viking Field.
Cynthia Woodard hit a two-run, walk-off home run with one out to give Cleveland State a 4-3 win over league-leading Oakland on Friday afternoon at Viking Field.
Cleveland State senior Cynthia Woodard broke the single season school record with her 20th home run, but the Vikings dropped a pair of games at St. Francis (Pa.) on Tuesday afternoon.
Cleveland State junior catcher Erica McNew (Canton, Ohio) has been named the Horizon League Co-Player of the Week for her performance in CSU's five games last week.
The Cleveland State softball team dropped a pair of games to Valparaiso on Saturday afternoon at Viking Field, dropping the opener, 7-4, and falling in the finale, 7-6, in 10 innings.
Susan Knight threw a complete game, six-hitter and Alyson Broschk drove in two runs as Cleveland State defeated Valparaiso, 9-2, in the series opener on Friday afternoon at Viking Field.
The Cleveland State softball team is slated to play five games this week, starting with a doubleheader at Kent State on Tuesday (April 14) at 3:00 p.m.
Cynthia Woodard and Susan Knight hit solo homers and Knight worked five strong innings in the circle as Cleveland State won at Youngstown State, 2-1, on Sunday afternoon to claim the three-game series.
Cleveland State used a three-run homer by Mackenzie Joecken in the seventh inning to claim a 10-7 win at Youngstown State in the opening game of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. YSU won the nightcap, 8-5.