https://www.thegnac.com en-us https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2011-12/releases/SuffolkSoftball2011NFCA- The 2011 Suffolk University Softball team was named to National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Top-10 All-Academic team list for the past academic year. During the 2010-11 academic calendar, Suffolk ranked fifth among all NCAA Division-III softball programs in the nation posting a 3.558 team grade-point average. Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2011-12/releases/SuffolkSoftball2011NFCA- https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/anniethompsonECAC CENTERVILLE, Mass.—The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) on Wednesday announced its Division III Softball New England All-Star Team. The Great Northeast Athletic Conference was well-represented including Annie Thompson of Simmons College receiving the honor of the ECAC Player of the Year. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/anniethompsonECAC https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/alyssadunnGNACWOY2011 BOSTON, MA – Alyssa Dunn, a standout two-sport student-athlete studying pre-medicine at St. Joseph’s College Maine, has been named the 2011 GNAC Woman of the Year. Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/alyssadunnGNACWOY2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/SoftballAllAmerican2011 St. Joe's Alyssa Dunn and Simmons' Annie Thompson has been named to this year's Capitol One Academic All-American team. Dunn received Second team honors, where Thompson earned Third team. Mon, 30 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/SoftballAllAmerican2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/monkssoftballncaa PROVIDENCE, RI – Sixth-seeded Saint Joseph's (37-8, 21-3 GNAC) upset #2 Coast Guard (37-3, 15-1 NEWMAC), 4-3, in game eight at the Providence Regional of the NCAA DIII Softball Tournament played at Rhode Island College on Friday afternoon. Freshman hurler Rae-Marie Copan (Newton, MA) allowed three runs off five hits in five innings to collect her eighth win of the season. Sat, 14 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/monkssoftballncaa https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/2011ncaatourneysball STANDISH, ME – Saint Joseph's College (35-8, 21-3 GNAC) will face off against Endicott College (35-6, 23-1 TCCC) in the opening round of the 2011 NCAA DIII Softball Championship Tournament on Thursday, May 12th. Mon, 09 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/2011ncaatourneysball https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/2011softballallconference The 2011 GNAC Softball All-Conference Teams have been released. Mon, 09 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/2011softballallconference https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/copy_of_sball5-2-2011 Emily Hummel (St. Joseph CT) Maddie Kluna (St. Joseph’s ME) have earned Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s Softball Weekly Honors. Wed, 04 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/copy_of_sball5-2-2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/2011softballchampion WENHAM, MA – Sophomore third baseman Heather Tripp (Lovell, ME) slammed a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to put #2 Saint Joseph’s (34-8, 21-3 GNAC) ahead to stay in a 5-4 win over #5 Rivier College (26-14, 14-10 GNAC) in the 2011 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship game on Sunday afternoon at Gordon College. Mon, 02 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/2011softballchampion https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softball2011playoffs The 2011 GNAC Softball Playoff pairings are now available. The Emerson College Lions will clinch the top seed in the playoffs with an astonishing conference record of 22-2, and overall record of 26-10. The Lions played an incredible regular season, earning two critical one run games over conference rival St. Joseph’s ME in the first double-header of the season. Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softball2011playoffs https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/pmcsoftball2011 Chestnut Hill, MA – Pine Manor College swept a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader from visiting Norwich University on Monday afternoon at a soggy Pine Manor Field in Chestnut Hill, MA. The Gators used a four-run third inning to help guide them to a win in game one before winning game two in dramatic fashion in the bottom of the eighth inning. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/pmcsoftball2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/sball4-25-2011 Marley Balasco (Norwich), Briana Day (Norwich) and Maddie Kluna (St. Joseph’s) have earned Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s Softball Weekly Honors. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/sball4-25-2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/sball4-18-2011 Emily Cunningham (Simmons), Lynn Herman (Emerson) and Kelsey Tuthill (Emerson) have earned Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s Softball Weekly Honors. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/sball4-18-2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/JimMcKinnon100win WEST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Saint Joseph College softball coach Jim McKinnon earned career wins No. 99 and No. 100 Saturday as the Blue Jays swept Norwich University, 6-0 and 12-3 Saturday in a GNAC doubleheader at Saint Joseph. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/JimMcKinnon100win https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/CourteneyCollierECAC Simmons' Courteney Collier was honored as Pitcher of the week by the Eastern College Athletic Conference for her spectacular performance last week. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/CourteneyCollierECAC https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softball4-11-2011 Ashley Carusone (Pine Manor), Courteney Collier (Simmons) and Annie Thompson (Simmons) have earned Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s Softball Weekly Honors. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softball4-11-2011 https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/CoachSmyth300wins STANDISH, ME – Saint Joseph's softball Head Coach Jamie Smyth '92 recorded his 300th career victory with a 5-4 extra-inning win over reigning GNAC Champion Rivier College at Richard W. Bailey Field on Saturday afternoon. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/CoachSmyth300wins https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/Sball2011PMCvsSuffolk Chestnut Hill, MA – Led by two home runs, including a walk-off grand slam in game one, from junior captain Kayla Nielsen (Saco, ME/Thornton Academy), Pine Manor swept Suffolk University in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader on Saturday, April 9, at Pine Manor Field in Chestnut Hill, MA. Nielsen was one of three Gators to hit a home run on the day, as the Gators powered their way past Suffolk 5-1 in game one and 7-3 in game two. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/Sball2011PMCvsSuffolk https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/Alex_Magistro Emerson's Alex Magistro was honored as Co-Pitcher of the week by the Eastern College Athletic Conference for her spectacular performance last week after tossing a no-hitter against the Mount Ida College Mustangs. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/Alex_Magistro https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/McElroy300wins April 6, 2011 - Emerson College softball coach Phil McElroy recently coached his 300th win in collegiate competition when the Lions defeated Emmanuel College 5-1 in the first game of a double header sweep. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/McElroy300wins https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softball4-4-2011 Alex Magistro (Emerson), Brittany Rochford (Emerson) and Annie Thompson (Simmons) have earned Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s Softball Weekly Honors. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softball4-4-2011 https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/LasellSAAC2011 On Thursday March 10, 2011, members of the Lasell College Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) donated used softball equipment and uniforms to under privileged children in Nicaragua. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/LasellSAAC2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softball3-28-2011 Lauren Beatty (Rivier), Courteney Collier (Simmons), Catherine Roy (Rivier) and Annie Thompson (Simmons) have earned Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s Softball Weekly Honors. Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softball3-28-2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/mountidasoftball2011 The Mount Ida softball team joined the Swab-A-Cheek Save-A-Life team at the Metro West Boys and Girls Club basketball league, for a different kind of challenge than they were used to. With the goal of saving lives of patients looking for a bone marrow or stem cell transplants, the Mount Ida girls came enforce to recruit parents and fans in attendance to join the bone marrow registry. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/mountidasoftball2011 https://www.thegnac.com/honors/honorsredesign/sball3-21-2011 Ashley Gall (St. Joseph CT), Maddie Kluna (St. Joseph’s ME) and Stephanie Valerio (St. Joseph CT) have earned Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s Softball Weekly Honors. Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/honors/honorsredesign/sball3-21-2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softball3-14-2011 Lauren Beatty (Rivier) and Catherine Roy (Rivier) have earned Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s Softball Weekly Honors. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softball3-14-2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softballpoll2011 Emerson College, the 2010 GNAC Championship runner-up, has been selected as the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Softball preseason favorite in a vote conducted by GNAC coaches. St. Joseph’s Maine came in second place, while Rivier, the 2010 GNAC Champions, just edged Simmons College for a third place finish. Lasell College earned a fifth place pick, followed by St. Joseph CT in sixth, and Mount Ida and Suffolk tied for the remaining two slots in the 2011 preseason poll. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/softballpoll2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/riviersoftball2011 Nashua, NH – Rivier College has announced Men's Basketball Head Coach Dave Morissette will also assume the responsibilities of the Women's Softball program. Morissette, who had previously coached the softball team for three seasons (2000 – 2002) once again takes the reins after former coach Kelly O'Connell stepped down following a GNAC Championship and a NCAA appearance in the 2010 season. Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/riviersoftball2011 https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/philmcelroy2010 BOSTON, Mass. -- Emerson College softball coach Phil McElroy, the 2009 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, has recently been named to the NCAA Division III Softball Committee. McElroy has been a member of the Division III Northeast Regional Committee since 2008. Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/philmcelroy2010 https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/annehennigan2010 The Great Northeast Athletic Conference is proud to announce Anne Hennigan, currently the Head Softball Coach and Assistant to the Directors for Simmons College, as a newly appointed Member of the NCAA Softball Regional Advisory Committee. Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT https://www.thegnac.com/general/2010-11/annehennigan2010