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This past season, Howe broke several program records, including hits, batting average and slugging percentage.
May 24, 2021
DULUTH, Minn. – St. Scholastica’s Olivia Howe earned Third Team All-American honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
The junior becomes the fourth Saint in program history to earn All-American accolades, which includes head coach Rilee Dawson. This past season, Howe broke several program records, including hits, batting average and slugging percentage. And prior to the start of the NCAA tournament, she led the nation in RBIs.
By Jim Scott
May 20, 2021 | 12:19 PM
UW-Oshkosh earned the top seed at the Eau Claire Regional and will play sixth-seeded Illinois College to open the 2021 NCAA Division III Softball Championship on Friday (May 21).
The first pitch between NCAA postseason automatic qualifiers UW-Oshkosh (24-11) and Illinois College (25-12) is scheduled for 10 a.m. at UW-Eau Claire’s Bollinger Fields.
The Eau Claire Regional features four games Friday and continues Saturday and Sunday (May 22-23). The winner at each of the eight six-team regionals advances to play for the national championship May 27-June 1 in Salem, Va.
Friday’s first round matchups at the Eau Claire Regional include second-seeded Alfred University (N.Y.) battling fifth-seeded Piedmont University (Ga.) (22-11) at noon and third-seeded Linfield College (Ore.) (36-7) taking on fourth-seeded University of Southern Maine (31-4-1) at 2 p.m. A game pitting the losers of the first two contests concludes the firs