Posted: 9:35 PM BATON ROUGE, La. – The No. 13 LSU softball team rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, getting a two-out, two-run single from outfielder A.J. Andrews to erase a 2-0 defeat and clinch a 3-2 victory, sealing the three-game sweep over No. 17 Kentucky on Sunday at Tiger Park.
Updated: 10:44 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. (WYMT) - For the first time in the John Calipari-era in Lexington, the Kentucky Wildcats will not be participating in the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats were left out of the field of 68 teams that were announced on Sunday evening.
Posted: 8:57 PM MONTREAT, N.C. - Union splite an Appalachian Athletic Conference doubleheader at Montreat (N.C.) Saturday, winning the first game 9-3 but dropping the nightcap 3-2.
Posted: 8:02 PM COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Morehead State baseball team recorded double-digit hits for a second straight game on Saturday, but it wasn't enough in an 11-5 setback to Tennessee Tech at Bush Stadium.
Posted: 8:01 PM AIKEN, SC - Fueled by a game-winning jumper by Lorenza Ross with four seconds remaining, the 13th-ranked and second-seeded Railsplitters advanced past the seventh-seeded University of North Carolina at Pembroke, 82-80, in the quarterfinal round of the 2013 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Saturday afternoon in Aiken, South Carolina. With the win, Lincoln Memorial University (25-5) will advance to the semifinals of the Southeast Regional, where they are set to square off against three-seeded Barton College on Sunday at 5 p.m.
Posted: 8:00 PM WEST POINT, Ga. - The Union College softball team dropped a pair of Appalachian Athletic Conference games at Point (Ga.) on Saturday. The host Skyhawks won game one, 2-0, then completed the sweep with a 14-1 victory over the Lady Bulldogs in game two (in five innings).
Posted: 7:59 PM GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- All-America centerfielder Austin Cousino went 3-for-5 with four RBI and his fourth homer of the year, a double and a steal, leading No. 9 Kentucky to a series-evening 11-5 win over Florida, on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon in front of 3,120 at McKethan Stadium.
Posted: 2:35 PM CINCINNATI, Oh. - Bengals DE Michael Johnson, who was designated March 1 as the team’s franchise player for 2013, today signed the one-year tender offer extended by the club as part of the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Posted: 5:46 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. - Westmont (Calif.) held off a late threat by Cumberlands (Ky.), 63-58, Thursday to advance to the second round of the 2013 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championships.
Posted: 2:21 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky senior guard A’dia Mathies has been named one of 15 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award for the second straight season, as announced Thursday by The Los Angeles Athletic Club. The national ballot will be mailed to Wooden Award voters this week, with voting beginning March 18. Selected by the Wooden Award National Advisory Board, the ballot is made up of 15 student-athletes who are the final contenders for women’s college basketball’s most prestigious honor.
Posted: 2:21 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky women's basketball signee Makayla Epps of Marion County High School was named by The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, the 2012-13 Gatorade Kentucky Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Epps is the first Gatorade Kentucky Girls Basketball Player of the Year to be chosen from Marion County High School.
Posted: 2:19 PM COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- After starting Ohio Valley Conference play with a 2-1 series win over Murray State last weekend, the Morehead State baseball team travels to Cookeville, Tenn. for an OVC matchup with the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles.
Posted: 2:18 PM WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. - After a slow start to the season, the University of the Cumberlands (UC) baseball team has been one of the hottest teams in the country winning 9 of their last 10 games. That streak continued this week as the Patriots hosted Holy Cross College on Monday, March 12th and Ohio MidWestern College on Tuesday, March 13th at Doyle Buhl Stadium.
Posted: 2:17 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – After a historic midweek win against No. 24 North Carolina that included the ninth no-hitter in school history and the largest margin of victory in school history, the No. 17/17 University of Kentucky softball team looks to keep its hot streak alive when it travels to face No. 13/13 LSU this weekend at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge, La.
Updated: 2:16 PM KANSAS CITY – Unseeded LSU-Shreveport answered No. 8 University of Pikeville at every turn and held on for a 91-87 win Wednesday night in the 2013 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship.
Posted: 10:00 PM SIOUX CITY, Iowa - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2012-13 Division II Women's Basketball All-America teams, and Union senior Lindsey Waters landed on the second team for the second year in row.
Updated: 5:44 PM ATHENS, Tenn. – #1 Tennessee Wesleyan and visiting UVa-Wise locked up in a pitcher’s duel at Jack Bowling Field on Wednesday. The victorious Bulldogs struck for two runs in the second inning and held off a late Cavalier rally to post a 2-1 victory.
Posted: 4:59 PM AIKEN, SC -- The 13th-ranked/second-seeded Railsplitters are set to make their third-consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday with the quarterfinal matchup of the 2013 NCAA Southeast Regional against seventh-seeded UNC Pembroke, slated for 2:30 p.m. tip in USC Aiken's Convocation Center.
Posted: 10:28 PM WALESKA, Ga. - The Union College softball team was swept in a doubleheader at No. 13 Reinhardt on Tuesday evening in Appalachian Athletic Conference Action. The host Lady Eagles won game one 8-0 (in six innings), then captured game two over the Lady Bulldogs, 6-2.
Posted: 10:27 PM WISE, Va. – Former UVa-Wise tight end and graduate assistant coach Luke Logan has been promoted to the full-time offensive line coach and video coordinator for the 2013 season. A Southwest Virginia native, Logan was a three-year letter-man for the Cavaliers and started at tight end as a senior.
Posted: 10:26 PM HARROGATE, TN -- The Railsplitters combined for 25 hits and 25 runs on Tuesday at Lamar Hennon Field en route to a two-game sweep over the Philadelphia University Rams in nonconference baseball action. Lincoln Memorial University (10-13, 6-6 SAC) cruised to a 16-5 win in the opener before rallying to defeat Philadelphia (2-8-1) by a score of 9-5 in the nightcap to capture their third victory in five appearances.
Posted: 10:25 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. – True freshman pitcher Katie Henderson threw the ninth no-hitter in school history, striking out four batters with only one walk, while sophomore catcher Griffin Joiner went 4-for-4 with two home runs and a career-high six runs-batted in, as the No. 17/17 University of Kentucky softball team took down No. 24 North Carolina 18-0 on Tuesday at the UK Softball Complex.
Posted: 8:23 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Junior Trevor Gott recorded his 16th career save to break the all-time Kentucky record and senior Zac Zellers belted a two-run homer, leading the ninth-ranked Wildcats to a 6-3 win over Ohio, on a Tuesday evening at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
Posted: 8:21 PM ATLANTA - The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced Tuesday the 2013 WBCA National Intercollegiate Athletic Association (NAIA) Coaches' All-America Team, and Union center Lindsey Waters landed on the squad as an honorable mention.
Posted: 8:20 PM ST. LOUIS – Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel has hauled in a number of postseason accolades to date, and has now added U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) All-District IV team honors on Tuesday as announced by the association.
