2009-10 Headlines

Season
Rachel Nagy earns ECAC softball honor
Rachel Nagy earns ECAC softball honor

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College senior outfielder Rachel Nagy (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth) has been named to the ECAC’s Division III Softball South Region All-Star Second team.

Five Juniata softball players named to All-Landmark Conference squads
Five Juniata softball players named to All-Landmark Conference squads

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Five Juniata College softball athletes have been named to the 2010 All-Landmark Conference softball teams, which were announced on Wednesday.

Juniata softball opens day with 7-6 win over Scranton; closes season with 6-5 loss to Susquehanna
Juniata softball opens day with 7-6 win over Scranton; closes season with 6-5 loss to Susquehanna

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The fourth-seeded Juniata College softball team kept its Landmark Conference title hopes alive in the elimination side of the bracket, with a 7-6 win over the no. 4 seed University of Scranton on Saturday morning at Moravian College’s Blue & Grey Field in Bethlehem, Pa.

Juniata softball upended by Moravian’s walk-off homer in Landmark Tourney opener
Juniata softball upended by Moravian’s walk-off homer in Landmark Tourney opener

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – A walk-off home run by Moravian College in the eighth inning carried the host Greyhounds past Juniata College, 3-1, in the opening game of the 2010 Landmark College Softball Tournament at Moravian’s Blue & Grey Field.

Softball’s McCool named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District squad
Softball’s McCool named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District squad

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College junior Caley McCool (Spring Mills, Pa./Penns Valley) has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District College Division Softball Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Facial hair and dirty laundry; must be playoff time for softball and baseball
Facial hair and dirty laundry; must be playoff time for softball and baseball

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Springfest is over; Major Event has come and gone; Pig Roast flew by… no one wants to think about finals; let alone if you’re graduating! So what is left of the 2010 spring semester?

Baseball and softball qualify for postseason, open play on Friday
Baseball and softball qualify for postseason, open play on Friday

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – While the Juniata College softball team secured their postseason fate on April 24 with a doubleheader sweep over the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the baseball team needed a win on the final day of the regular season to earn its berth.

McCool walk-off triple caps 3-2 Juniata softball win over PSU-Altoona; Eagles complete sweep 9-2 in game two
McCool walk-off triple caps 3-2 Juniata softball win over PSU-Altoona; Eagles complete sweep 9-2 in game two

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Junior second baseman Caley McCool’s (Spring Mills, Pa./Penns Valley) two-run walk-off triple lifted Juniata College softball to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over Penn State Altoona, in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader at Weaver Park Field.

Eckard’s sac fly RBI lifts Juniata softball to split versus Penn State Altoona
Eckard’s sac fly RBI lifts Juniata softball to split versus Penn State Altoona

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College senior Sarah Eckard’s (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) sacrifice fly to center in the seventh inning drove in the game-winning run to lead Juniata to a 7-6 win over Penn State Altoona, in the first game of the schools’ softball doubleheader on Thursday evening at Stewart Athletic Field.

Rachel Nagy takes Landmark Softball Player of the Week honors
Rachel Nagy takes Landmark Softball Player of the Week honors

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College senior Rachel Nagy’s (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth) hitting performance while leading the Eagles to three conference wins in four games has earned her Landmark Conference Softball Player of the Week honors, for the week ending April 25, 2010.

Nagys turn Weaver Park into launching pad in softball’s twinbill sweep of Merchant Marine, 4-3 and 9-3
Nagys turn Weaver Park into launching pad in softball’s twinbill sweep of Merchant Marine, 4-3 and 9-3

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College seniors Rachel Nagy (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth) and Stacy Nagy (Millerton, Pa./Troy) combined to belt three home runs, leading the Eagles to a ‘senior day’ sweep of the United States Merchant Marine Academy on Saturday at Weaver Park Field.

Softball stays in hunt for Landmark tournament berth with split against Susquehanna
Softball stays in hunt for Landmark tournament berth with split against Susquehanna

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College’s three-run fifth inning lifted the Eagles to a 5-2 win over visiting Susquehanna University on Thursday at Weaver Park Field, allowing Juniata to take a split out of its Landmark Conference softball doubleheader against the Crusaders.

Nagy sets Juniata softball career doubles record, but Moravian comes away with twinbill sweep
Nagy sets Juniata softball career doubles record, but Moravian comes away with twinbill sweep

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Juniata College senior Rachel Nagy (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth) set a new Juniata career doubles record, but Moravian College spoiled the day by taking both ends of a doubleheader off the Eagles, 3-1 and 10-3, on Saturday afternoon at Moravian’s Blue & Grey Field.

Nagy and O’Neill tie Juniata records as Eagle softball gets swept by Lycoming
Nagy and O’Neill tie Juniata records as Eagle softball gets swept by Lycoming

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Juniata College freshman Jennifer O’Neill (Sayville, N.Y./Sayville) belted her record tying fifth home run of the season and senior Rachel Nagy (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth) smacked a pair of doubles to tie the Juniata career record, but Lycoming College answered with two homers among their 11 hits in Thursday’s 5-3 game two win over the Eagles to complete a doubleheader sweep.

Juniata softball swept by Carlow in non-conference twinbill
Juniata softball swept by Carlow in non-conference twinbill

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College softball struggled to get hits at key times while visiting Carlow University seemed to have a reply for every Juniata rally, as the Eagles dropped a doubleheader to NAIA member Carlow University, 7-5 and 8-5, Monday afternoon at Weaver Park Field.

Shorthanded softball team splits series with Scranton
Shorthanded softball team splits series with Scranton

SCRANTON, Pa. – Losing its starting pitcher last week to an injury, the Juniata College softball team started backup and converted shortstop, Stacy Nagy, in the circle, splitting the Landmark Conference doubleheader with the University of Scranton, Saturday afternoon. The Eagles won game one, 7-6, before dropping the nightcap, 10-2, in five innings.