JACKSONVILLE – The Atlantic Sun Conference has unveiled its 2025 Softball Championship bracket that has Austin Peay State University’s softball team as the No. 5 seed. The Governors will begin their postseason stay against the winner of No. 8 Jacksonville and No. 9 North Alabama at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama.

Austin Peay’s (37-14, 14-10 ASUN) fifth seed in the tournament is its highest since joining the league prior to the 2023 season. 

With a win against Jacksonville (22-26, 9-15 ASUN) or North Alabama (30-20, 10-14 ASUN), Austin Peay would advance out of the single-elimination portion of the tournament. Their next game would be at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday against No. 4 Stetson.

A complete bracket, game times, and more can be found at the link atop this article. A full preview of the Governors’ 2025 postseason run will posted tomorrow.

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OLEAN, N.Y. – The Saint Joseph’s softball team broke out the bats with 26 runs across two games as the Hawks swept a twinbill from St. Bonaventure. St. Joe’s won the completion of a suspended game 12-2 to open the day and won the second contest 14-4 in five innings.
 
SERIES BY THE NUMBERS

• Meghan Sinkus had a huge series, collecting five hits overall and reached base safely eight times.
• She drove in six runs in the middle game of the set, the most for a St. Joe’s player since Caela Abadie had seven against La Salle on April 23, 2021.
• Riley York and Kayla Tauber each posted four hits.
• SJU pitching allowed just six earned runs for the weekend.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED IN GAME TWO OF THE SERIES

• Prior to the game being suspended on Saturday, the Hawks jumped out to a 4-0 lead. In the second, Sinkus singled, moved to second on a sac bunt and stole third before an RBI double from Riley York brought her home.
• SJU had runners on the corners with two outs in the third when Sinkus came up big again, delivering an RBI triple, plating Kayla Tauber and Sierra Fretz. After Jenna Currie was hit by a pitch, York came through with her second run scoring hit in as many innings, singling back through the middle to plate Sinkus for a 4-0 lead.
• Starting the fourth, St. Joe’s saw Kasi Loser come up with a leadoff walk. Sarah Cancila followed two batters later before the rain became too intense and ended play for the day.
• Opening Sunday with two on and one out, Hailey Malito walked to load the bases before Sinkus did the same, forcing home Loser for a 5-0 lead.
• In the fifth with one out, Saint Joseph’s struck again. A Hailey Peterson triple was followed by a Loser walk and a bases clearing double from Tauber to make it 7-0. Tauber came in to score two batters later on an RBI groundout.
• The Bonnies got on the board in the bottom of the inning as the wet weather led to a pair of unearned runs.
• The Hawks put the game away in the seventh, scoring four more runs, keyed by a bases loaded triple from Sinkus, giving her six RBI on the day.
• In the circle, Jules Scogna (7-3) was masterful, tossing her third complete game of the season. She scattered eight hits and struck out a career-high eight as well as getting 10 ground ball out.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED IN GAME THREE OF THE SERIES

• SJU wasted no time getting on the board with a pair of runs in the first on a throwing error and a sac fly from York to go up 2-0.
• After the Bonnies got one of the runs back in the bottom of the frame, St. Joe’s scored once in the second and twice in the third, the big shots in the latter inning being an RBI double from Jenna Currie and a run scoring single by Morgan Lester to push the edge to 5-1.
• St. Bonaventure did not go away, scoring three in the third. With those tallies across and a runner on second with no outs, Marla Freiwald came out of the bullpen, retiring the next three batters, two of them on strikes.
• The offense exploded in the next couple innings as the Hawks scored six in the fourth and three in the fifth. Keying the offense in the frames were RBI extra base hits from Fretz, York, and a homerun from Currie.
• In relief, Freiwald (8-3) delivered three scoreless innings, striking out two while surrendering just two hits.

 
UP NEXT
The Hawks get set to compete in the Atlantic 10 Softball Championship starting on Wednesday, May 7. Information about the time and opponent will be announced later on Sunday.
 

Losing Caitlin Clark was never going to be easy. Losing Clark and fellow starters Kate Martin, Gabbie Marshall, and Molly Davis? Well, it’s not hard to see why Iowa has struggled this season. It’s not enough that the Hawkeyes lost Clark; they also lost longtime head coach Lisa Bluder, who had been there for 24 seasons.

Jan Jensen was promoted to Head coach after Bluder’s retirement, and she’s been taking the rebuilding process step by step. Replacing Bluder’s impact and a player of Clark’s calibre is never going to be easy, and Iowa fans are currently feeling the pains of growing.

Hawkeye’s Faithful Feeling the Effects of the Post-Clark Era.

Caitlin Clark is one of the greatest players in women’s college basketball history. In her last two years with the Hawkeyes, she led them to back-to-back championship title games. A year after Clark left, however, Iowa didn’t make it past the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Clark and Bluder’s exits served Iowa a double blow, and Bluder staying on might have mitigated the impact of Clark’s loss. The transfer portal’s deadline passed a couple of weeks ago, and Iowa is struggling to get commitments, leaving fans to wonder if the program is heading in the right direction.

Fans are worried about Iowa’s inability to attract big names to the program, but Jan Jensen has urged patience. Her plan to rebuild is a slow and steady one rather than rushing into it—a smart decision, that is. She’s not necessarily looking for a central piece like Clark; rather, she’s looking for a boost to her current roster. Add in the fact that Iowa is not exactly deep in their pockets in this era of NIL.

Raina Hamon, the lead recruiter, left to become the head coach at Florida Gulf Coast. This could also be a factor affecting the incomings. As much as Iowa fans want to see positive movements in the portal, Jensen claims they are looking for the right fit. They have only signed former Georgia Tech guard Chazadi “Chit-Chat” Wright, who averaged 7.2 points and 2.6 assists per game last season.

“We got the piece we absolutely had to have. Now there is a couple kids that I’m vetting for us,” Jensen said of whether they’ll make any other acquisitions in the transfer portal. “The portal has always been about that fit… They’ve kind of got to fit what we do, and when I talk to them or when they take the visit, how that gels. Because I think kind of what makes Iowa different, or I like to think enjoyable to watch, is that cultural piece and how we play together.”

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“So that’s the thing with the portal, it’s striking that balance. It’s getting pieces to make you better but making sure that they still fit,” Jensen continued. “The portal is like speed dating. You’re asked to sign a prenup, and you’re not sure about the prenup, but you’re going to sign it and move in together real fast.”

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Losing Caitlin Clark was never going to be easy. Losing Clark and fellow starters Kate Martin, Gabbie Marshall, and Molly Davis? Well, it’s not hard to see why Iowa has struggled this season. It’s not enough that the Hawkeyes lost Clark; they also lost longtime head coach Lisa Bluder, who had been there for 24 seasons.

Jan Jensen was promoted to Head coach after Bluder’s retirement, and she’s been taking the rebuilding process step by step. Replacing Bluder’s impact and a player of Clark’s calibre is never going to be easy, and Iowa fans are currently feeling the pains of growing.

Hawkeye’s Faithful Feeling the Effects of the Post-Clark Era.

Caitlin Clark is one of the greatest players in women’s college basketball history. In her last two years with the Hawkeyes, she led them to back-to-back championship title games. A year after Clark left, however, Iowa didn’t make it past the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Clark and Bluder’s exits served Iowa a double blow, and Bluder staying on might have mitigated the impact of Clark’s loss. The transfer portal’s deadline passed a couple of weeks ago, and Iowa is struggling to get commitments, leaving fans to wonder if the program is heading in the right direction.

Fans are worried about Iowa’s inability to attract big names to the program, but Jan Jensen has urged patience. Her plan to rebuild is a slow and steady one rather than rushing into it—a smart decision, that is. She’s not necessarily looking for a central piece like Clark; rather, she’s looking for a boost to her current roster. Add in the fact that Iowa is not exactly deep in their pockets in this era of NIL.

Raina Hamon, the lead recruiter, left to become the head coach at Florida Gulf Coast. This could also be a factor affecting the incomings. As much as Iowa fans want to see positive movements in the portal, Jensen claims they are looking for the right fit. They have only signed former Georgia Tech guard Chazadi “Chit-Chat” Wright, who averaged 7.2 points and 2.6 assists per game last season.

“We got the piece we absolutely had to have. Now there is a couple kids that I’m vetting for us,” Jensen said of whether they’ll make any other acquisitions in the transfer portal. “The portal has always been about that fit… They’ve kind of got to fit what we do, and when I talk to them or when they take the visit, how that gels. Because I think kind of what makes Iowa different, or I like to think enjoyable to watch, is that cultural piece and how we play together.”

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“So that’s the thing with the portal, it’s striking that balance. It’s getting pieces to make you better but making sure that they still fit,” Jensen continued. “The portal is like speed dating. You’re asked to sign a prenup, and you’re not sure about the prenup, but you’re going to sign it and move in together real fast.”

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Washington softball dropped game two of the series at Penn State 7-5 on Saturday at Nittany Lion Softball Park.
 
The Huskies move to 33-16, 11-9 Big Ten on the season.
 
Morgan Reimer got the start in the circle with a strikeout and five runs allowed (four earned). Stevie Hansen came on in relief, going 4.1 innings with seven strikeouts and two runs allowed (one earned). Sophia Ramuno threw the final frames…
 
Jadyn Glab led off the game with a five-pitch walk and advanced to second on a groundout. Alexis DeBoer drove in Glab with her ninth double of the season and Alycia Flores followed with her team-leading 13th double to extend the lead to two.
 
Penn State brought across five runs in bottom of the inning on two hits and two Husky errors.
 
The Huskies answered back with a run in the in the second after an Ava Carroll single to right with two runners on to cut the lead to 5-3.
 
The Nittany Lions added a run in the third.
 
In the fifth, Flores reached on an error and advanced to second. Giselle Alvarez followed with a single to right to cut the lead back to two.
 
PSU responded with a run in the bottom of the inning.
 
Alvarez hit her eighth home run of the season in the top of the seventh.
 
The series finale is scheduled for Sunday with a 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET first pitch. The game will be streamed on B1G+.
 
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