DANBURY, CT - Western Connecticut State University honored several student-athletes at its 17th annual Athletics Awards Banquet at the William A. O'Neill Athletic and Convocation Center on Tuesday evening.
PAWTUCKET, RI - Western Connecticut State University's Sara Tenke (Glen Cove, NY), Kayla Nowak (Northford, CT) and Tori Dugan (Norwalk, CT) have been selected to the 2018 Little East Conference Softball All-Conference Team, announced on Thursday.
PLYMOUTH, NH – After splitting a pair of games in the Little East Conference postseason tournament yesterday, the fourth-seeded Western Connecticut State University softball squad had an opportunity to reach the title game of the double elimination tournament on Saturday. However, the Colonials dropped a heartbreaker to top-seeded host Plymouth State, 5-4. With the loss, the season came to an end at 17-24-1 overall, while the Panthers improved to 26-14, advancing where they would lose to sixth-seeded UMass-Boston, who captured the tournament crown.
PLYMOUTH, NH - The fourth-seeded Western Connecticut State University softball team edged fifth-seeded UMass-Dartmouth, 6-5, before falling to sixth-seeded UMass-Boston in a dramatic extra inning contest, 7-6, in the Little East Conference postseason tournament on Friday. With the split, the Colonials dropped to 17-23-1 overall. They return to action in the double elimination tournament tomorrow at 10 a.m. against top-seeded host Plymouth State. The winner advances to meet UMass-Boston in the championship game at Noon.
PLYMOUTH, NH - Sophomore shortstop Charline Plasczynski (Bethel, CT) went 2-for-3 with two doubles and a pair of runs batted in to help the Western Connecticut State University softball team defeat the University of Southern Maine, 4-2 in the opening round of the Little East Conference double-elimination softball tournament at Panther Field on Thursday afternoon.
PLYMOUTH, MA - The Western Connecticut State University softball team closed out the regular season with a doubleheader split at Plymouth State University on Saturday afternoon. The Colonials dropped the opener, 2-0, then bounced back to take the second game, 6-1 at D & M Park.
DANBURY, CT – Sophomore pitcher Angelina Miller (Holbrook, NY) tossed a shutout in the opener and junior Erica Bower (Hillsborough, NJ) smacked a game-winning walk-off hit in the nightcap to lead the Western Connecticut State University softball team to a doubleheader sweep over visiting Little East Conference foe Rhode Island College on Tuesday. The Colonials won Game One, 4-0, before pushing three runs across in the bottom of the seventh inning to capture Game Two, 6-5.
DANBURY, CT - Senior outfielder Kayla Nowak (Northford, CT) went 3-for-6, belted her eighth home run of the season and drove in four runs in Western Connecticut State University's softball doubleheader sweep of the University of Massachusetts Boston, 5-3 and 9-0, on Senior Day Sunday afternoon.
GORHAM, ME– Senior Kayla Nowak (North Branford, Conn.) hit a solo h ome run to lead off the eighth inning, and sophomore Angelina Miller (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North) was able to retire the side in the bottom of the inning as the Western Connecticut State University softball team earned their 5-4 extra-inning win in game one of a doubleheader split at the University of Southern Maine Saturday afternoon at USM Softball Stadium.
HENNIKER, N.H.—The Western Connecticut State University softball team opened up a hectic string of six games in three days with a doubleheader sweep at New England College on a chilly Friday afternoon. The Colonials swept the Pilgrims, 11-2 and 10-0 in the frigid Granite State.
HARTFORD, CT – Junior shortstop Courtney Erickson (Everett, Mass.) went 5-for-7 with three runs and two runs batted in to lead the Trinity College Bantams to an 8-2, 9-1 doubleheader sweep against the visiting Western Connecticut State University Colonials in softball action this afternoon.
WILLIMANTIC, CT – The Western Connecticut State University softball team split both games of a doubleheader at Little East Conference rival Eastern Connecticut on Tuesday afternoon. The Colonials were edged in the opener, 9-7, before winning the nightcap, 5-2. With the split, WestConn moved to 7-18-1 overall and 2-4 in league play, while the Warriors went to 12-15.
DANBURY, CT - Sophomore righty Angelina Miller (Holbrook, NY) tossed a four-hit shutout in the nightcap to help the Western Connecticut State University softball team earn a split with visiting Keene State College. The Owls captured the opener, 1-0, before the Colonials came back to take the nightcap, 5-0 at Westside Field on Saturday afternoon.
DANBURY, CT - Western's J.V softball team today split a doubleheader with Morris Community College winning game one, 2-0 before falling in the nightcap, 11-1.
NEW PALTZ, NY – Sophomore pitcher Angelina Miller (Holbrook, NY) tossed three scoreless innings in relief to pick up her first save of the season before firing six strong innings in the nightcap as the Western Connecticut State University softball squad edged SUNY-New Paltz, 6-5, before the second game of the doubleheader was called due to darkness at 2-2. The Colonials moved to 5-16-1 overall.
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA - The Western Connecticut State University softball team dropped its Little East Conference opening doubleheader at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 7-1 and 5-3, on Sunday afternoon.
NEWBURGH, NY - The Western Connecticut State University softball team split both games of a doubleheader at Mt. Saint Mary College on Thursday afternoon. The Colonials won the opener, 5-3, before falling in the second contest, 4-1. With the split, WestConn moved to 4-14 overall while the Knights went to 5-8.
PURCHASE, NY - Western Connecticut State University Head Softball Coach Heather Stone captured her 400th collegiate victory after the Colonials defeated Purchase College, 11-3 in the opener of its double-header sweep on Thursday afternoon.
PURCHASE, NY - Sophomore shortstop Charline Plasczynski (Bristol, CT) belted two home runs and the Western Connecticut State University softball team broke its eight-game losing streak by taking a pair of games at Purchase College, 11-3 in five innings and 9-3 on Wednesday night.
SPRINGFIELD, MA - The Western Connecticut State University softball team dropped a pair at Springfield College on Tuesday afternoon. The Pride came from behind to take the opener, 8-7 then blanked the Colonials, 3-0 in the nightcap at Potter Field on Tuesday.
BRONX, NY – The Western Connecticut State University softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader at non-league opponent New York University on Saturday night. The Colonials were edged in the opener, 4-3, before falling in the nightcap, 21-6. With the pair of losses, WestConn moved to 1-11 overall while the Bobcats improved to 7-5.
PAWTUCKET, RI - Western Connecticut State University sophomore softball outfielder Natalia Hart (Milford, CT) and women's lacrosse student-athletes Lauren Bradshaw (Bethel, CT) and Caroline Galligan (Marshfield, MA) have been honored with weekly honors from the Little East Conference, for the week ending March 18.
ORANGE, CA - Early leads, by the Western Connecticut State University softball team, in both games of its doubleheader at Chapman College, would not hold up as the Panthers came from behind to sweep the twinbill, 13-3 and 4-2 on Friday night at El Camino Real Park.
CLAREMONT, CA - The Western Connecticut State University softball team dropped a pair of one-run games at Claremont Mudd-Scripps on Thursday afternoon, 11-10 in eight innings and 7-6.
REDLANDS, CA - Western Connecticut State University picked up its first win of the season as it defeated University of Redlands, 5-3 in eight innings to cap off a doubleheader split on Wednesday afternoon. In a pair of tight games, the Colonials fell 3-2 in nine innings in the opener.
THOUSAND OAKS, CA – The Western Connecticut State University softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader on Monday. In Game One, the Colonials rallied but the comeback fell short as they were downed, 6-4. In Game Two, WestConn overcame a four-run deficit, but the Regals rallied to win a nailbiter, 10-9.
WHITTIER, CA - For the first time in program history, the Western Connecticut State University softball team opened its season in California. On Sunday, the left-coast hosts were not too welcoming as Whittier College swept a doubleheader, 8-1 and 3-1 at Palmer Field.
DANBURY, CT - The Western Connecticut State University softball team has been selected second in the 2018 Little East Conference Pre-Season Softball Coaches' Poll, released recently.
Due to a forecasted snow storm this Wednesday the annual Western Connecticut State University Softball Team Breakfast has been moved to Wednesday. February 14, 2018, in the school's Westside Ballroom at 7:15 am.
WestConn Honors Its Student-Athletes At Annual Awards Banquet
May 11, 2018DANBURY, CT - Western Connecticut State University honored several student-athletes at its 17th annual Athletics Awards Banquet at the William A. O'Neill Athletic and Convocation Center on Tuesday evening.
