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Softball - 22 and Counting
April 14, 2009

NEWMAC Player of the Week Courtney Wolf hit a walk off solo homer, her school-record tenth of the season, in the bottom of the seventh as Coast Guard ran its winning streak to 22 and completed a sweep of Babson winning game two 2-1 after winning the opener 4-0.

Freshman Hayley Feindel, the NEWMAC Pitcher of the Week, fired a one-hit shutout while striking out 10 in the opener as Coast Guard, the #1 team in New England, improved to 26-2 overall and remained unbeaten at 11-0 in NEWMAC play at the end of the doubleheader sweep.

She leads Division III with 20 wins, is currently 22-1, leads the NEWMAC with a 0.69 ERA , and has set a single-season school record with 219 strikeouts.

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USMMA and USCGA split their games today. So what happens to the trophy now? Maybe a playoff game?

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Softball - Bears Split; Retain Superintendent's Trophy

KINGS POINT, N.Y.—(4/30/09)—Freshman Hayley Feindel struck out a career-high 16 batters while scattering five singles as Coast Guard shutout Merchant Marine 3-0 in game two of a doubleheader after the Mariners beat the Bears 3-2 in the opener of a non-conference twin bill between the two rivals.

With the split, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine each finish with 6.5 points in the annual battle for the Superintendent’s Trophy which awards a point for each sport in which the two teams compete.

The Bears, who have never lost the trophy will retain it with the tie.

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Here is a link to a great article on HayleyFeindel:

Graham Hays finds Hayley Feindel's mission beyond Coast Guard softball - ESPN

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Coast Guard Softball Earns First Trip To NCAAs
Bears receive one of 17 at-large bids to earn program's first trip to nationals

By Gavin Keefe - The Day
Published on 5/5/2009

For a brief time Monday, a group of Coast Guard Academy cadets acted like crazy college students.

Members of the softball team cut loose and celebrated when they heard the program received its first NCAA Division III tournament berth. They gathered to watch the selection show via the computer.

”As poised and professional as they have to be, they told me they were jumping around,” coach Donna Koczajowski said Monday. “For a few minutes they were allowed to be college-aged kids in the barracks. That doesn't happen very often around here.

”It's a big deal. They deserve it.”

The Bears (36-5-1), who set a single-season record for wins, received a No. 3 seed in the New England Regional, beginning double-elimination play Thursday at 2 p.m. against No. 6 Bridgewater State (28-9) at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass.

TheDay.com - Coast Guard Softball Earns First Trip To NCAAs

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Good luck to them. I hope they do well and make us proud.