Jackets Get Upper Hand on Marlins

Gracie Ellis, Yellow Jackets show they belong on D-III softball's top shelf

“The ODAC’s for real.”

Jackets get upper hand on Marlins

Randolph-Macon emphatically erased Virginia Wesleyan's hex. The Yellow Jackets scored six first-inning runs on the way to a 6-2 victory in the first game between the two Sunday in the double-elimination NCAA Division III softball championships in Bloomington, Illinois.

Virginia Wesleyan bounces back after loss, advances to NCAA D-III softball finals

Virginia Wesleyan’s softball winning streak is over, but the Marlins’ national title hopes are in excellent shape. After losing 6-2 to Randolph-Macon early Sunday afternoon, ending a 17-game winning streak, the Marlins came back about four hours later and won a winner-take-all semifinal 3-1 over the Yellow Jackets at the NCAA Division III championship event in Bloomington, Indiana. Hannah Hearl, shown earlier this season, earned the victory as V…

Randolph-Macon ends Va. Wesleyan’s 17-game softball winning streak, forces 1-game NCAA semifinal

Just when it looked like Virginia Wesleyan would coast into the NCAA Division III’s two-team softball championship series, Randolph-Macon had other plans. Needing a victory to stay alive Sunday afternoon, Randolph-Macon won the day’s first game 6-2 at Inspiration Field on Illinois Wesleyan’s campus in Bloomington, beating VWU for the first time in six tries this season and snapping the Marlins’ 17-game winning streak. The outcome forced a winner…