By Garrett Martin Sports Reporter Once again, it’s spring-time which means that Texas State Softball is prepared and ready to compete. The team is young, but has the right experienced players returning that may be able set a great example for the up-and-coming young players. Ricci Woodard will be entering her 19th season as Texas State’s head softball coach and is coming off her team’s third straight 40-win season. Last […]
By Kaylise Irizarry and Landon Gutierrez Sports Reporters “The work you put in today makes you better tomorrow." While Texas State Softball geared up for the 2019 season, it was “all ears” at practice when Coach Cat Osterman spoke words of wisdom. Osterman was recently named to the 2020 USA Olympic softball team, something her players are extremely proud of. Diamond Duo, Haleigh Davis and infielder Hailey MacKay are a […]
By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter Entering the weekend having won the last four games, consisting of a processional sweeping of University of Louisiana-Monroe and a mid-week win over rival UTSA, the 21st-ranked Texas State Softball team had everything going for them. Consistent batting, austere pitching, and resilience ingrained from dedicated coaching made the trip to Troy another prime spot for the softball team to win. Yet, the Troy Trojans were […]
By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter After three cancelled games, the Bobcat softball team had a week to practice, improve, and refresh for an onslaught of Sun Belt games. Any concern the team would display rust against Sun Belt rival Georgia Southern Eagles went sailing out the window after scoring three batters into the first inning. The off-week arguably made the Bobcats mentally sharper behind the insightful coaching of Ricci Woodard, […]
By Reily Chestnut Assistant Sports Director and Host Wednesday’s crew returns from spring break to dive into Texas State Baseball’s loss to UTSA last night. Associate Head Coach Steven Trout calls in to talk about the team’s great start to the season and how tonight’s game versus Incarnate Word will help the team prepare for #27 Coastal Carolina this weekend. The crew moves on to Texas State softball’s game tonight […]
By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter The weekend series featured a double header against a team of power hitters – a Coastal Carolina Chanticleers team looking for ownership in the opening Sun Belt Series. The tension heading into the series could have resulted in tightly wound play creating sloppy mistakes. The resulting series, however, was a mix of tension, relaxation and then a game hinting at the underlying efficiency play the […]
By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter Bobcat Softball Riding Wave into Coastal Carolina Standing strong at 19-7, and 2-0 in Sun Belt play, the Bobcats softball team has been taking care of their fundamentals in the past several games. Going 2-0 against Georgia State, including a 5-4, 10-inning boxing match, was another display of grit. Beating Incarnate Word and Baylor were slow, controlled climbs in which the Bobcats battled in their […]
By Alexander Haynes Sports Staff The Texas State Bobcats, coming off a reverberating 7-1 beat down of rival UTSA on Wednesday evening, traversed to the Texas A&M Invite to test their endurance. Taking on well-rounded teams in singular games is challenge enough, but battling Louisiana Tech, Texas A&M and Utah in double headers would be as much about mental endurance as anything. The following games would be testing finishing touch, […]
By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter Success can be hypnotic, a process of repetition. Success can also be wildly emotional, buried in tentative luck and ‘fun’ late-game wins. Success can also be both – hypnotically established by process and athletes who simply love what they are doing. The Texas State softball team are currently embellishing this latter pattern after a series of wild double-headers against a variety of opponents. No matter who […]
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