http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/index/ Miami RedHawks sports talk and more en Miami Hawk Talk | SFB Gnomic Industries 2008-09-26T13:54:00-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/miami_falls_8_0_to_marshall/ Miami’s softball team traveled to Huntington for a midweek game against former MAC foes Marshall yesterday, facing the Stupid Cow as a non-conference opponent for the first time since 1996. Unfortunately, all was not well for the RedHawks, as they fell 8-0 in the sixth via the mercy rule. Miami failed to capitalize early, scoring no runs in the first after loading up the bases, and the Blundering Turds made them pay, getting two across to take a 2-0 lead and never look back. They followed with a three-run homer from Courtney Kacenga in the second. While freshman pitcher Kelly Cabana kept Marshall off the board for the next two innings, they plated two more in the fifth and one in the sixth to mercy the RedHawks. Miami fell to 14-22 (and stayed at 1-3 in the MAC) on the season. More at MURedHawks.com. Women's Sports, Softball thechuck_2112 2006-04-05T12:01:00-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/miami_dominates_troy_cox_invitational/ The Miami softball team is off to an outstanding start this season after posting a 4-1 record at the Troy Cox Invitational in Las Cruces, NM over the weekend. The RedHawks, who went 2-2 at the Auburn Tiger Invitational the weekend before, faced off against George Mason, Morehead State, Texas State, Utah Valley State, and host New Mexico State. The action kicked off on Friday with a 12-4 domination of GMU. Leading the way for Miami was junior Leslie Macedo, who went 4-4 with two RBI. Also contributing to the RedHawks’ cause were sophomores Jamie Arundel, Christine Bills, and Kimberly Williams, who hit their first home runs of the season in the rout. The Colonials jumped out to a 4-1 lead after two innings, but Miami scored 11 unanswered runs to win by the mercy rule in the sixth. The RedHawks took to the field again on Friday to face off against Morehead State. Once again, Macedo stood out, recording her first multi-home run game by going 2-3 with a grand slam and a three-run blast. By the top of the third, Miami was up 10-0. While the Eagles managed to chip away at the lead in the third and fourth, the mercy rule once again kicked in, this time in the fifth. On Saturday, Miami faced off against Texas State. After 22 runs on 25 hits in the first two games, the RedHawks offense was shut down, as bobkittens pitcher Sarah Lancour allowed three runs on five hits and retired 13 of the last 15 batters she faced. Texas State took advantage of a five-run fifth to pull ahead for good, and the RedHawks lost 8-3. Sunday had another doubleheader in store for the RedHawks. The early opponent was Utah Valley State. After the Wolverines took a 4-0 lead, Miami responded with three runs in the bottom of the second. Then, sophomore Breanna Robinson put the RedHawks in front to stay with a two-run homer in the fifth. The star of the game, though, was freshman Kelly Cabana, who took over after Utah State’s no-out second-inning runs knocked starter Christine Bills out of the game and pitched four perfect innings of relief. After Courtney Salmon pitched the seventh to get her second save, the RedHawks won, 6-4. Miami finished up against tournament host New Mexico State. The Aggies, 4-0 on the weekend at that point, ran into Courtney Salmon, who was much more than they could handle. Miami jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first, and it turned out to be all the RedHawks would need, as Salmon threw a five-hit, complete-game shutout. Miami added an insurance run in the sixth to seal the win. At the end of the invitational, Miami tied with TSU and NMSU for best record at 4-1 for the weekend. Leslie Macedo and freshman Ashley Martland were named to the all-tounament team. The RedHawks moved to 6-3 on the season. Next up is the Panera Bread Classic in Chattanooga, where the RedHawks will face, among others, the dear old U.Va. Recaps from MURedHawks.com GMU MSU TSU UVSU NMSU all-tournament team. Women's Sports, Softball DevilGrad 2006-02-20T06:59:36-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/mac_champs/ Congratulations to the Miami Softball team, your 2005 MAC Champions! With a 5-2 win over Marshall on Sunday morning, the Softball Team went undefeated through the MAC tourney to claim the 2005 league championship and the MAC’s NCAA automatic bid. The bid is Miami’s first to the Big Dance, and a credit to Angie Jacob’s squad which has continuously built on the previous years’ accomplishments to go from cellar-dwellar to champs in only four years. Jackie Poggendorf, Halle Popson, Kristen Hays, and Bianca Paz were all named to the all-tournament team. They, along with the rest of the team, will find out where and who they are playing this evening on ESPNews Miami’s win over Marshall avenges earlier season losses to the Herd and sends the tournament favorites on their way to Conference USA without the benefit of MAC hardware. As usual, MURedHawks.com has all the details Women's Sports, Softball RedSteve 2005-05-15T17:34:59-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/mac_champs/ Congratulations to the Miami Softball team, your 2005 MAC Champions! With a 5-2 win over Marshall on Sunday morning, the Softball Team went undefeated through the MAC tourney to claim the 2005 league championship and the MAC’s NCAA automatic bid. The bid is Miami’s first to the Big Dance, and a credit to Angie Jacob’s squad which has continuously built on the previous years’ accomplishments to go from cellar-dwellar to champs in only four years. Jackie Poggendorf, Halle Popson, Kristen Hays, and Bianca Paz were all named to the all-tournament team. They, along with the rest of the team, will find out where and who they are playing this evening on ESPNews Miami’s win over Marshall avenges earlier season losses to the Herd and sends the tournament favorites on their way to Conference USA without the benefit of MAC hardware. As usual, MURedHawks.com has all the details Softball RedSteve 2005-05-15T17:34:47-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/miami_drops_two_of_three_to_kent_state/ The softballers likely lost their chance at a MAC East title after losing a doubleheader to Kent on Saturday.  They do, however, sit in tourney-eligible position and complete their MAC schedule at home.  Click the headline for all the links. Softball DevilGrad 2004-05-03T14:24:37-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/redhawks_on_the_wrong_end_of_a_perfect_game/ Miami got shut out twice and fell victim to a perfect game up at Western Michigan on Wednesday.  The good news is that the softballers are still in the MAC hunt with a 6-3 league mark (13-18 overall).  Next up:  Eastern Michigan. Softball DevilGrad 2004-04-09T12:52:09-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/softball_sweeps_butler/ Our RedHawks shut out the Bulldogs for 18 innings yesterday.  You can read all about it here and here. Softball DevilGrad 2004-03-26T12:35:22-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/riptide_draft_carey/ The New England Riptide of the National Pro Fastpitch League drafted Miami senior centerfielder Jamie Carey. The Riptide drafted Carey, the RedHawks lead-off hitter, as a utility player because of her ability to play the infield as well. The eight team NPFL season runs from June to August with each team playing 56 games. Softball Mike 2003-12-09T19:21:36-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/miami_wins_softball_thriller_over_niu/ The Miami women scored twice with two out in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings, and then rode a strong pitching performance by Jackie Poggendorf (9 innings; 14 Ks) and clutch hitting to a 3-2 win over NIU in the elimination bracket at the MAC softball championships.  Jamie Carey led the ‘Hawks with 3-4 hitting, and Allison Maxey and Jacque Molinaro hit back-to-back doubles in the bottom of the ninth to generate the winning run for Miami.The women get four hours to rest before facing the winner of the Central-Bowling Green game at 9:30 PM.  Softball DevilGrad 2003-05-09T21:24:52-05:00 http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/softball_falls_2_1_to_wmu/ The Miami softball team dropped a close decision to Western Michigan in their second game of the day.  The RedHawks still are alive in the one-loss bracket and will play Northern Illinois at 11:00 AM tomorrow. Softball DevilGrad 2003-05-08T23:28:46-05:00