Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

West capsules

2007-03-11 00:00:00

1. KANSAS LOCATION: Lawrence. ENROLLMENT: 29,624 HOW THEY GOT HERE: Won Big 12 tournament. RECORD: 30-4. RPI: 11th. RECORD VS. FIELD: 5-3. NCAA HISTORY: This is 36th appearance, and 18th in a row. The Jayhawks won it all in 1952 and 1988; they also...

Southland players end college softball careers on high notes

2007-05-18 00:00:00

The NCAA Division I softball regionals begin this weekend with 64 teams taking their first steps for what they hope will be a championship. Two of the 16 four-team regionals started Thursday, with the others beginning Friday. As promised, this week we...

Minneapolis Bracket

2006-03-12 19:57:44

No. 1 Villanova Location: Philadelphia. Conference: Big East. RPI:: 2. Record: 25-4 Against tournament field: 9-4. Away from home: 13-3. In last 10 games: 8-2. Impressive victories: Dec. 3, home vs. Oklahoma, 85-74; Feb. 13, home vs. Connecticut, 69-64....

Gators, Hurricanes among teams hoping to make late surge in conference tournaments

2013-05-19 19:00:52

Will Florida State win an Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title? Can Miami, Florida and UCF do enough to make the NCAA Tournament field? Teams from the Sunshine State teams will answer those questions and more when they participate in conference...

Saturday's local college roundup: Ga. Southern pitcher's perfect game ousts Hampton from NCAA softball regional

2013-05-18 20:40:00

Softball: Hampton’s season ended with a 3-0 loss to Georgia Southern in the NCAA regional in Gainesville, Fla., as Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year Sarah Purvis threw a perfect game, striking out six of 21 batters. The Eagles’...

Digest: Gravdahl's homer helps Salisbury softball stay alive in Series

2013-05-18 23:38:00

D-III college softball Gravdahl's homer helps Salisbury stay alive in Series Salisbury senior catcher Michelle Gravdahl (Long Reach) hit her 11th home run of the season in an elimination game in the NCAA Division III softball championship against...

NSU athletic director uses interim tag as opportunity

2013-05-18 00:00:00

The interim tag is here to stay at Norfolk State -- at least when it makes sense to athletic director Marty Miller. Former Spartans assistant basketball coach Robert Jones, who was named interim head coach on April 15 when Anthony Evans left for Florida...

New NSU basketball coach overcame adversity

2013-05-18 00:00:00

It couldn't have been a coincidence, could it, the playing of this relatively obscure Sam Cooke song? It didn't seem that way to Robert Jones. When "Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha" came over the speakers at Uno Chicago Grill a couple of miles from...

Florida softball team begins NCAA quest

2013-05-17 03:24:04

Florida's softball team won the Southeastern Conference regular-season championship and the tournament title. That feat would be quite an accomplishment in any sport, but adding to its impressive nature is this fact: The SEC has 11 schools represented...

S.C. State expects to bounce back in football

2013-05-17 00:34:02

David Blanchard and his fellow South Carolina State coaches didn't know what to make of last season. For the first time in 12 years, the Bulldogs suffered a losing campaign. Blanchard, an assistant coach/defensive line coach who started coaching at...

Friday's 5/17 local schedule (updated Friday AM with W&M doubleheader)

2013-05-17 00:20:00

COLLEGES Baseball Georgia State at William and Mary (doubleheader), 2 p.m. Old Dominion at Wofford, 6 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament elimination games (at Norfolk State’s Miller Field): Norfolk State vs. N.C. Central, 10 a.m. N.C. A&T...

Eagles avoid elimination, face Norfolk State today

2013-05-17 01:24:04

A combination of N.C. Central's hot bats and a stellar pitching performance by junior Terry McNabb was just what the Eagles needed to eliminate Maryland-Eastern Shore 10-4 on Thursday morning in the loser's bracket of the MEAC baseball championships at...

Record: 19-16. How they got here: Won MEAC tournament. Strengths: MEAC defensive player of the year Austin Witter helped the Aggies play smothering defense en route to their first league tournament title since 1995. Weaknesses: The Aggies struggle to score, ranking 302nd in the country with a 39.

2013-03-16 00:00:00

Olivia Allen, Ariel Phelps and Keiara Avant of Hampton University celebrate as the final seconds tick away on their 59-38 MEAC championship victory over Howard Saturday in Norfolk.

2013-03-16 00:00:00

(From left) Ariel Phelps, Keyanna Tate and Uchechi Ahaiwe fight for possession during the first half of Wednesday's MEAC Tournament quarterfinal game between Hampton and Delaware State.

2013-03-13 00:00:00