Suddenlink announced today that it will broadcast the WV State University coach’s shows starting on September 2^nd and continuing throughout the school year.  The Broadcast will include coaches from the following sports: Football, Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Baseball and Softball.

The football coach’s show will be hosted by Fred Persinger the renowned voice of WV high school athletics.  Air time for the coach’s shows will be at 7:00 pm, Thursday nights on the Suddenlink Information Channel (22 in the Charleston area or 19 in some parts of the state). 

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    A total of 10 WVSU student athletes are on this spring's WVIAC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

   Qualifying student-athletes are classified as a junior or senior and have obtained a 3.3 or higher cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale at the end of the term of attendance in which
the sport was concluded.

      Yellow Jackets honored --
Aisha Alleyne, Women's Basketball, Communications
Emily Bowlin, Women's Tennis, Business Administration
Tiffany Finkton, Women's Basketball, Art & Communications
John Gale, Baseball, Business Administration
Todd Hutchinson, Men's Basketball, Physical Education
Amanda Luedtke, Volleyball, Secondary Education/General Science
David Myers, Baseball, Physical Education
Jennifer Paswaters, Vollelyball, Psychology
Eben Russell, Women's Tennis, Pre-Med Biology
Charli Small, Softball, Recreation

     West Virginia State softball coach Bob Allen has announced that four new players will be joining the squad this fall.

    Incoming freshmen Rachal Lute (right) and Alyssa Lawrence have signed National Letters of Intent. 

     Lute is a catcher/outfielder from Northwest High School in Otway, Ohio.  She hit .457 this year and has excellent speed. She was a 2nd team All-State pick along with being selected as a 1st team All-District and All-Conference performer.

      Lawrence caught for Herbert Hoover and hit .298 with 14 doubles on the year

     Additionally the Yellow Jackets will picking up  Salem University transfers Desiree Giffin and Jacinda Ward. 

      Giffin, who will be a sophomore, was awarded All-WVIAC Honorable Mention at shortstop and hit a team high .291. She is from Hagerstown, Maryland. 

      Ward, who will also be a sophomore, caught for Salem and played her high school softball at Independence High School where she was a 2nd team All-State pick as a senior in 2009.

Frye goes out on high note

By Brenda Carson/STRIVE magazine

      Jade Weinfauf winds up and, with a grunt, fires the ball across the plate at a blazing 63 miles an hour. In a blink, the ball almost a dozen inches in diameter and weighing 6-7 ounces, burns into the catcher's mitt 46 feet away, dust flying off the leather. Ruby Weinkauf gives her 17 year-old daughter the thumbs up, steps out of a squat and tosses the ball back from the practice pitch.

    Not quite out of high school, Jade has signed with West Virginia State University to pitch for Coach Bob Allen and the West Virginia State Yellow Jackets softball team.

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       WVSU sophomore softball players Brittany Hyatt and Kayla Sturms have been selected to the Daktronics Atlantic Region second team.

        Hyatt (left) is the WVIAC Player of the Year and both she and Sturms (right) were All-Conference first team picks.

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       WVSU softball coach Bob Allen has announced the signing of Spring Valley star Brittany Blanton to a National Letter of Intent.

        Blanton holds the Spring Valley record for home runs and runs batted in for a career.

        To view Huntington newspaper story on her signing click here.

     West Virginia State sophomore shortstop Brittany Hyatt has been named the WVIAC Softball Player of the Year.

    Hyatt is the first WVSU player to win the award which comes on the heels of her selection as the conference Freshman of the Year last season.

     This season Hyatt posted a WVIAC-best .445 batting average while also leading the league with 62 runs scored, 15 more than any other conference player. 

    The Hagerstown, MD native added power for the 34-23 Jackets with nine doubles, five home runs, and four triples.  She was also hit by pitch 11 times and swiped 10 bases to spark the WVSU attack.

      She is joined on the All-WVIAC First Team by teammate Kayla Sturms, also a sophomore.

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    The WVSU softball was eliminated by Fairmont State 6-1 Friday afternoon at the WVIAV tournament.

    The Yellow Jackets finish the season with a record of 34-23 giving this year's squad the third most wins in program history.

  Kayla Sturms and Brittany Hyatt were named to the All-Torunament team.

       The field at the WVIAC softball tournament has been cut in half and the Yellow Jackets are one of six teams remaining with a shot at the championship.

        The Yellow Jackets defeated Ohio Valley 8-0 Friday morning and now face the loser of a 1 p.m. game between Fairmont State and WV Wesleyan at 3 p.m. in an elimination contest.

    Kayla Sturms hit a three-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the sixth to give WVSU a 14-4 win over Wheeling Jesuit Thursday afternoon at the WVIAC tournament.

   The Jackets are now 2-1 in the event and face Ohio Valley at 11 a.m. Friday morning in the double-elimination tournament.

         The Yellow Jackets dropped a 4-3 decision to Charleston early this afternoon in the WVIAC tournament in Vienna.

         They will now face Wheeling Jesuit at 4 p.m. in an elimination contest.

     West Virginia State was down to their final out, but took advantage of a costly Concord error in a 3-2 victory.  Kelsey Lorraine took the pitching win for State, giving up one earned run and three hits.  She fanned six in the victory.

       Next up the Jackets face Charleston at noon.

       Click here to listen to game.

       The Yellow Jacket (31-21, 17-9) softball team opens play in the 2010 WVIAC tournament at 10 a.m. Thursday against Concord (21-24, 9-17) in Vienna.

         The 2008 champion Jackets are seeded sixth.

         WVSU finished the regular season sixth in the nation with a .973 fielding percentage.

        Brittany Hyatt was first in conference and 28th in nation with a .451 batting average and was the eighth toughest batter to strike out in Division II.

       Kayla Sturms finsished the regular season first in the conference in runs batted in with 49 while Hyatt was second with 46.  Hyatt was first in total bases with 109 and Sturms was second with 99.

       Both also placed high in several other categories.

       Senior Charli Small paced the WVAIC in sacrifice bunts.

      The Yellow Jacket softball team swept a doubleheader from visiting Davis & Elkins Sunday afternoon by scores of 3-2 and 10-1.

      A boisterous crowd of 100 attended Senior Day honoring WVSU's lone senior Charli Small.

     The Jackets jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opener but the Senators rallied to score twice in their last at bat. They fell short though as centerfielder Cassie Nowery (left) threw out the tying run at the plate and Sara Pelegreen came in to retire the last batter.

    Margaret Osborne slammed a three-run home run in the nightcap as WVSU rolled to the five-inning mercy rule win.

      The Yellow Jackets swept a doubleheader from visiting Bluefield State Tuesday evening by scores of 9-1 and 8-1.

     "Brittany Hyatt and Charli Small hit the ball really well," said WVSU Coach Bob Allen. "And (Kelsey) Lorraine had a home run in the second game."

       The Jackets are now 29-21 on the season.

      (Courtesy of Wheeling Jesuit) Wheeling, WV, Apr. 17, 2010---Wheeling Jesuit University Transportation Director Denny Grimm, a cancer survivor, kicked off today’s doubleheader against West Virginia State University by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. It was all part of the “Strike Out Cancer” event where both teams wore alternate jerseys for the cause.  The event raised in excess of $2,000 for the American Cancer Society.

     Each game featured strong pitching and crucial homeruns as the teams split 3-2 decisions, with West Virginia State (pink) capturing the first game and Wheeling Jesuit (black) taking game two.

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     The Yellow Jacket softball team swept two games from Glenville State Wednesday winning by scores of 4-0 and 4-1.

     Kelsey Lorraine tossed a two-hit shutout in game one while Mallory Hilton went 3-for-4 at the plate.

    Sara Pelegreen held the Pioneers to three hits in the nightcap with Brittany Hyatt and Margaret Osborne each doubled and drove in a run.

       This Saturday, April 17th, the WVSU softball game at Wheeling jesuit has been designated a "StrikeOut Cancer" game. 

      Both teams will be wearing pink shirts, we will have donation buckets, ACS is setting up a table, we will be selling event t-shirts, and we will have a small concession stand. All the proceeds from the day will go to the American Cancer Society. 

       The WVSU softball team traveled to Salem Sunday and picked up wins by scores of 13-0 and 12-0.

        Margaret Osborne belted two home runs on the day while Brittany Hyatt and Kayla Sturms each had one round-tripper added Poppy Ramey added four hits.

      The Yellow Jacket baseball and softball teams are bot at home Saturday, April 10th, for doubleheadwers beginning at 1 p.m.

      Baseball will be hosting Concord in key regional contests both Saturday and Sunday while softball takes on Ohio VAlley Saturday and then heading to Salem for a Sunday doubleheader.

     The Yellow Jackets dropped both ends of a doubleheader to visiting Charleston Wednesday evening.

      WVSU lost 3-2 in the opener and then again by same 3-2 count in game two with the nightcap going nine innings.

         The Yellow Jacket baseball and softball teams will both be playing at home today.

         Baseball faces Fairmont State in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. with softball taking on Seton Hill, also in a doubleheader, starting at 3 p.m..

    The Yellow Jackets' bats were silenced by Shepherd Saturday in Insititute as WVSU dropped both ends of a doubleheader to the Rams by scores of 3-0 and 1-0.

       Fairmont State defeated the visiting Yellow Jackets 5-3 in game 1 Friday but WVSU rebounded to roll to an 11-0 win in game 2.

       Kayla Sturms drove in all of the Yellow Jackets' runs in the opener with a first inning home run.

        In the nightcap freshman Sara Pelegreen tossed a three-hit shutout while Sturms, Brittany Hyatt, and Andi Amrein each knocked in a pair of runs.

       The WVSU softball team is ninth in the latest NCAA Atlantic Region rankings released Wednesday.

       The Jackets are at home Saturday for a doubleheader against sixth-ranked Shepherd beginning at noon.

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      WVSU sophomore Kayla Sturms has been named the WVIAC Softball Player of the Week for the period of March 22-28.

       Sturms helped West Virginia State win five of its last eight games during a spring break trip to the Carolinas hitting .385 (10-26) with five doubles and 10 runs batted in for the Jackets.

       The Hemet, California native also blasted a home run and did not strikeout in 26 at-bats.

      The WVSU softball team defeated Pfeiffer 5-2 in game one of a doubleheader Friday in North Carolina and then exploded for 10 runs in the second inning of the nightcap on the way to a 10-2 victory.

        Freshman Kelsey Lorraine went the distance in the opener allowing just one earned one while Margaret Osborne drove in a pair of runs with two hits.

        Kayla Sturms and Alexa Macri each belted home runs and Sara Pelegreen and Charli Small drove in two runs apiece to pace the early onslaught in game two.

        Pelegreen went all five innings to pick up the win as WVSU improved to 16-12 on the season.

         Box scores for both games are in .....

       Queens College of Charlotte defeated the Yellow Jacket softball squad 3-1 and 5-2 Thursday in Charlotte.

        The Jackets (14-12) wrap-up their spring trip with a doubleheader at Pfeiffer today at 3 and 5 p.m.

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    The WVSU softball team swept a doubleheader from host Belmont Abbey Wednesday winning the first game 2-1 as Alexa Macri drove in the game-winner and Margaret Osborne picked up the win.

      In game two it took 10 innings but the Yellow Jackets prevailed again by a score of 6-4. Kayla Sturms struck teh big blow with a two-run single being the difference as freshman Sara Pelegreen picked up the victory.

    Freshman Kelsey Lorraine tossed a three-hitter while Kayla Sturms and Bobbi Harper each drove in a pair of runs and Alexa Macri hit a solo home run to lead the Yellow Jackets to an 8-0 win at Mount Olive Tuesday afternoon.

    In the second game of the doubleheader the Trojans took advantage of a five-run fifth inning to down the Jackets 7-4.

    Harper added a home run and drove in two more runs while senior Charli Small contributed a solo home run as WVSU moved to 12-10 on the season.

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       The WVSU softball squad swept two games from host Chowan Sunday.

       Freshman Kelsey Lorraine pitched a 6-0 shutout in the opener and helped her own cause with a pair of doubles and two RBI.

       The Jackets then rallied to win the nightcap with Brittany Hyatt doubling to drive in Charfli Small with the game-winner in a 5-4 contest.

        Freshman Sara Pelegreen picked up the win in game two.

    The WVSU softball team lost a tough 7-5 game to Indiana University-PA. and then fell 4-1 to Shippensburg Saturday at the Salem, Virginia Tournament.

    Kayla Sturms and Bobbi Harper each drove in two runs for the Yellow Jackets in the first game.

     Click here to see boxscore from IUP game.

      The Yellow Jacket softball team has been busy.

      Thursday WVSU hosted West Liberty and split a pair of games with the Hilltoppers.

       The Jackets dropped the opener 2-1 before rebounding to shutout the visitors 3-0 in the nightcap.

        Friday the Jackets took to the field in Salem, Virginia, beating Slippery Rock 9-2 and then dropping a tight 4-3 decision to Millersville.

Lone senior Charli Small leads her teammates into a grueling nine day stretch where the Lady Yellow Jackets (7-5 overall/2-0 WVIAC) will play 18 games against a variety of conference and regional opponents. This will test there resolve and will tell Head Coach Bob Allen what to expect from the team in the WVIAC Tournament in late April-Early May.

Over Spring Break, the Yellow Jackets will play #12 ranked Indiana University of Pennsylvania along with three other Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference schools at the Salem, Virginia Invitational starting Friday, March 19, 2010. The Yellow Jackets will then play CIAA members Chowan College and Virginia State University on back to back days. These games against the CIAA and PSAC help determine regional ranking by the NCAA.

WVSU ends the Spring Break by playing Conference Carolina members Mount Olive College, Belmont Abbey College, Queens University of NC, and Pfeiffer University.

It all starts with a WVIAC Doubleheader of Thursday, March 18, 2010 against West Liberty University. First pitch of the doubleheader at Lady Yellow Jacket Field is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.

A complete schedule is in view full story

West Virgnia State University Softball splits on day one of the Glenville State Tournament being held at Sue Morris fields in Glenville, WV.

The Yellow Jackets won their opener 3-2 over East. Stroudsburg University and then lost to Mercyhurst 6-4.

Freshman Sara Pelegreen picked up the win in game one with fellow rookie Kelsey Lorraine coming on to get the save.

Bobbi Harper's two run single proved to be the game-winning blow. 

WVSU is 7-5  and 2-0 in the conference.

The Jackets will play the same two teams on Saturday,

      In a trio of non-conference, non-regional games Sunday the WVSU softball team took one game from visiting Hillsdale by a 9-1 score but dropped two other by counts of 7-6 and 6-1.

      The Yellow Jackets are now 6-4 overall and 2-0 in the WVIAC.

      The West Virginia State versus Hillsdale softball game scheduled for Sunday in Institute has been canceled due to weather conditions.

       It has been rescheduled for Sunday, February 21st at noon.

     The Yellow Jacket softball team split a pair of Sunday games in the UNC Pembroke tournament.

      The Jackets dropped a 10-2 decision to Kutztown after leading 2-1 going into the bottom of the fifth.

      WVSU recovered to defeat St. Andrews 9-1 later in the day.

      Charli Small, Bobbi Harper, and Margaret Osborne each had a double and Brittany Hyatt had a pair as the Jackets rolled to the win to finish the weekend 3-1.

      Harper and Osborne each drove in two runs in the win while freshman pitcher Kelsey Lorraine allowed just three hits in six innings to improve to 2-0 in her collegiate career.

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     The Yellow Jacket softball squad is off to a fast start winning twice in cold weather at the UNC Pembroke tournament in North Carolina Saturday.

      WVSU defeated Pfeiffer 9-4 in game one as freshman pitcher Kelsey Lorraine picked up her first collegiate win and freshman Sara Pelegreen pitched 4.2 strong innings of relief.

        Last season's WVIAC Freshman of the Year Brittany Hyatt went 3-3 with a home run and double while freshman catcher Poppy Ramey also had a strong college debut going 2-3 at the plate with a triple and two RBI.

         Junior Margaret Osborne went the distance in game two as the Jackets defeated St. Andrews 4-2.

          Bobbi Harper doubled to drive in the tying run at 2-2 and freshman Alex Macri, who finished the game 2-2, drove in what proved to be the game winner.

         The Yellow Jackets are scheduled to play two more games Sunday before returning home.

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WVSU will also play at a doubleheader at Shaw at 1 p.m. Sunday. 

At UNC Pembroke (revised due to weather conditions)

Saturday, February 6

9:30 a.m. – UNCP vs. West Virginia State 11:30 a.m. – Pfeiffer vs. West Virginia State 1:30 p.m. – Pfeiffer vs. East Stroudsburg 3:30 p.m. – St. Andrews vs. East Stroudsburg 5:30 p.m. – West Virginia State vs. Kutztown 7:30 p.m. – Pfeiffer vs. Kutztown

 Sunday, February 7

8 a.m. – West Virginia State vs. East Stroudsburg 10 a.m. – East Stroudsburg vs. St. Andrews Noon – UNCP vs. Kutztown

2 p.m. – UNCP vs. St. Andrews             4 p.m. – Kutztown vs. St. Andrews

       The WVSU softball team has been picked to finish second in this season's conference race according to a poll of coaches.

        Defending champion West Virginia Wesleyan was chosen to repeat with the Yellow Jackets easily taking second in the voting.

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        The WVSU softball team heads south to open its season Friday at the UNC-Pembroke tournament.

        The Jackets were originally scheduled to open at Shaw University Thursday but that doubleheader has been moved to Sunday now due to wet field conditions.

        WVSU finished last season with a 31-19 overall record and 17-9 conference mark.

         First team All-WVIAC shortstop Brittany Hyatt leads the Jackets effort along with second team All-WVIAC second baseman Kayla Sturms.

         The 14-player roster includes six freshmen and just one senior.

          To see this weekend's schedule of play go to .....

Click here to see video story of Yellow Jacket freshman Sara Pelegreen

         The West Virginia State softball program picked up its first international recruit this week when Canadian pitcher Jade Weinkauf signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Yellow Jackets next year.

         The right-hander posted a 24-20 record with an earned run average of 2.52 for the Calgary Kaizen club team that qualified for the Canadian national tournament. She also hit for a .358 average and drove in 23 runs.

     To see story on Weinkauf from Medicine Hat News go to .....

     The Yellow Jackets dominated their own fall round robin Saturday afternoon by sweeping two games each from Charleston and Glenville State.

      The Jackets defeated Charleston 6-3 and 2-1 with Bobbi Harper belting a pair of home runs in the opener.

      Later in the day WVSU downed Glenville 2-0 and 4-1 behind the hitting of Margaret Osborne and Brittany Hyatt.

      "The kids played real well," said Coach Bob Allen. "All four pitchers did a great job."

       Margaret Osborne, Kelsey Lorraine, Ashley Banks, and Sara Pelegreen handling the hurling for the Jackets.

       "Lorraine pitched the final three innings of the last game and struck out nine," Allen said.

     The WVSU softball squad split a pair of fall games Saturday at Marshall.

      In the opener the Yellow Jackets fell behind 4-0 after one inning but rallied to close the gap before falling 6-5 to Marshall.

      Down 6-2 going into the sixth Andi Amrein drove in a pair of runs with a single and Brittany Hyatt belted a solo home run to make it 6-5.

       In their second game of the day the Yellow Jackets downed Wheeling Jesuit 5-4 with Hyatt, last season's WVIAC Freshman of the Year, picking up her second round-tripper on the afternoon.

    It was announced this week that WVSU softball recruit Sara Pelegreen has been named the Ohio Division III softball Player of the Year.

    Pelegreen (right) plays for Harrison Central High which is locat about 25 miles northwest of Wheeling.

    The first team All-State player hit 355, had an earned run average of 0.57 with 194k's and 9 shutouts.

    Photo courtesy of Steubenville Herald Star's Mike Mathison.

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     Yellow Jacket softball recruit Rachel Colebanks of University High has been named the Morgantown Dominion Post's prep softball Player of the Year.

     Colebanks played third base and pitched for the Hawks.

     At third she committed only one error all season and at the plate Colebanks hit .362 and drove in 13 runs.

       The honors keep rolling in for WVSU freshman softball player Brittany Hyatt.

       Already a 1st team All-WVIAC pick and conference Freshman of the Year Hyatt has now been named to the Daktronics NCAA Atlantic Region 2nd team.

       Hyatt led the Yellow Jackets with a .450 batting average and 49 runs batted in.  The Hagerstown, MD native blasted 33 extra-base hits, including nine home runs. 

         WVSU softball coach Bob Allen announced the signing of Chapmanville All-State catcher Poppy Ramey to a National Letter of Intent.

         This season, Ramey is hitting .304 with 13 RBI, five doubles, one triple, 17 stolen bases and three sacrifices.

         She played a key role in the Tiger's 2007 state championship run.

          To see the Logan Banner story on Ramey's signing click here

         The Yellow Jacket softball team remained alive with an 8-0 win over West Liberty Friday morning at the WVIAC tournament being played in Vienna.

        Margaret Osborne threw a one-hit, five inning shutout and belted a three-run home run while Kris Taylor contributed 3 RBI.

         The Jackets then defeated Davis and Elkins 6-0 as freshman Brittany Hyatt hit a two-run home run and Jenni Fowlkes knocked in a pair with a double all in th efirst inning.

         A third game proved to be too much though as WVSU finally fell to Wheeling Jesuit by a score of 5-2 to end the tournament with a 3-2 record.

          Defending tournament champ WVSU finished the season with a record of 31-19.

The fifth seeded West Virginia State University softball team defeated 12th seed Ohio Valley University 3-2 to open play in the WVIAC tournament Thursday.

Later in the day the Jackets lost to fourth seed Seton Hill University 4-1. The Yellow Jackets now play West Liberty State College in the loser's bracket at 10:00a.m.

A game box and play by play are located at the WVIAC Softball Central page located below.

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      The defending tournament champion Yellow Jackets open play in the WVIAC softball tournament at 10 a.m. Thursday in Vienna, just outside of Parkersburg.

      The Jackets finished the season with a 28-17 overall record and 17-9 in conference play to make them the 5th seed.

      WVSU faces 12th seed Ohio Valley with the winner slated to take on 4th seed Seton Hill at 2 p.m.

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        The WVSU softball team split a pair of games on the road at Seton Hill Sunday.

         The host Girffins (25-18, 17-9) took the opener 3-2 but the Yellow Jackets (28-17, 17-9) recovered to take the second game by a score of 13-3 as they scored 8 runs in the fourth inning to put the game away.

         The Yellow Jackets took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third in game one but Seton Hill answered with one in the bottom of the inning and two more in the third.

          Jenni Fowlkes and Brittany Hyatt drove in runs for State.

          In the nightcap Margaret Osborne slammed a pair of home runs while Bobbi Harper drove in a total of four runs with a single and a home run. Brittany Hyatt and Kris Taylor each went 2-for-3 at the plate with Taylor driving in two runs.

            Play opens Thursday in the West Virginia Conference tournament being held in Vienna.

      The Yellow Jacket softball squad lost a pair of heartbreakers at the University of Charleston Thursday.

      WVSU fell by scores of 4-3 and 5-1 in a doubleheader.

        Diana Humphreys took a perfect game into the seventh inning of game one of a softball doubleheader against Salem Saturday evening in Institute.

        A leadoff single ended her bid for perfection but the junior calmly retired the next three batters to finish off a 6-0 win.

       Kayla Sturms drove in two runs with a double while Bobbi Harper and Kris Taylor each also contributed a run scoring hit. Humphreys struck out seven.

        The Jackets rolled to a 15-1 five inning win in game two.

        Margaret Osborne scattered four hits.

        Offensively Sturms remained hot at the plate going 4-for-4 for a double and four runs batted in and fellow freshman Brittany Hyatt went 2-for-3 with a double and drove in three runs

       The Yellow Jackets defeated Ohio Valley 5-2 in game one of a doubleheader being played in Institute Thursday.

       The Jackets played as the visitors because the games were originally scheduled to be play at Ohio Valley before being postponed twice due to rain.

       Diana Humphreys (right) went the distance for WVSU and Kayla Sturm blasted a home run and drove in another run with a double as she went 3-for-4 at the plate.

       The Jackets had to rally to win game two as the Fighting Scots took a 5-4 lead in the seventh inning.

        Freshman shortstop Brittany Hyatt blasted a three-run home run though to give WVSU the lead.

         Humphreys came back in to pitch in the fourth to pick up her second win of the day.

          To see updated softball standings go to ....

       The WVSU softball team has fought its way into the NCAA Regional rankings this week.

        The Jackets are 10th in the Atlantic Region.

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      The WVSU softball team split a douboleheader Tuesday against Southwest Baptist in Pensacola, Florida.

       The Jackets took game one 4-3 but lost the second game 1-0.

       The Yellow Jacket softball team opened its spring break trip with a pair of wins at the Salem Invitational in Salem, Virginia Friday.

       In the first game WVSU rallied from a 12-5 deficit to send the game to extra innings and then from a 13-12 deficit to win on senior Jenni Fowlkes' two-run home run in teh bottom of the eighth for a 14-13 win over Shippensburg (Pa.).

        It was Fowlkes' second round-tripper of the game. Catcher Kris Taylor added another home run for WVSU.

         In the next game the Yellow Jackets faced No. 11 Kutztown University (21-6) in a rematch of a game WVSU lost just over a week ago.

         In that game the Yellow Jackets had four starters out with injuries and fell 10-0 in five innings.

         Friday nearly all had returned and it made a big difference as WVSU (10-5) ended the Bears' 11-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory.

         Brittany Hyatt pounded out a home run and a double to lead the attack while Diana Humphreys went the distance to pick up the win.   

          For linescore and Kutztown game recap click here

Pelegreen signs with WV State

By ED BANKS, Harris News-Herald Sports Writer

Sara Pelegreen, one of the valley's premier softball players, will further her talents at the next level while playing at West Virginia State.

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             The WVSU softball team dropped game one of a doubleheader by a 1-0 score to visiting Alderson-Broaddus Wednesday.

             The Battlers out-hit the Jackets 6 to 4 in picking up the win.

             In the nightcap the Jackets took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning only to see the Battlers tie the contest with a run in the top of the seventh.

             The Yellow Jackets held the visitors scoreless in the top of the eighth though. Brittany Hyatt then doubled for the Yellow Jackets in the bottom of the eighth , advanced to third on a wild pitch and came home a few moments later on a passed ball to give WVSU the 2-1 victory.

          The Yellow Jackets' Margaret Osborne was named WVAIC Pitcher of the Week today.

           Osborne went 2-0 and only allowed three runs in 14.0 inning=
s...The sophomore downed West Liberty 2-1 and Hillsdale (MI) 6-2 and posted=
a 1.50 earned run average for the week.

       The WVSU softball team swept a doubleheader from Hillsdale College of Michigan Sunday afternoon in Institute. 

       Sophomore pitcher Margaret Osborne (3-0) scattered five hits and went the distance for the 6-2 win in game one. 

       Brittany Hyatt, Casey Jo Crawford and Bobby Harper each had a pair of hits each while Kris Taylor added a triple for the Yellow Jackets.