2013-14 Golden Eagle Softball News
Five former student-athletes from five different sports were the honored guests Friday night as the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame inducted the Class of 2014.
The Tennessee Tech softball team begins its plans toward success in the spring, with the unveiling of a fall schedule that should help challenge and prepare the Golden Eagles for the 2015 season.
Coming off a successful 2014 campaign that saw the Tennessee Tech softball team wrap up the season winning 13 of 16, head coach Bonnie Bynum is already looking toward next season by adding a couple of key pieces to her coaching puzzle.
Have a young athlete in the family? Tennessee Tech will host several camps this summer for youngsters.
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - Despite a huge win in the morning to eliminate the top-seeded team, Tennessee Tech was denied a chance to continue its run when relentless rain showers forced the OVC to cancel the consolation bracket of the eight-team league tourney and wrap up the year for the Golden Eagles.
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- Tennessee Tech weathered a 21-hour, 21-minute rain delay, exploded for six runs in the bottom of the sixth and claimed an improbable 6-3 victory over Jacksonville State Saturday morning to advance in OVC Tournament.
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – The No. 7 Tennessee Tech softball team will live to play another day in the 2014 OVC Tournament, rallying to defeat No. 6 UT Martin, 5-3, in the tourney’s first elimination game.
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – In a pitcher’s duel for the ages, the No. 7 Tennessee Tech softball team was edged 1-0 by No. 2 SIU Edwardsville (28-21, 20-5) in each club’s 2014 OVC Tournament opener.
For the 20th time in its illustrious history, the Tennessee Tech softball team will march into the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, entering the tourney in Jacksonville, Ala. as the No. 7 seed after wrapping up the regular season with an impressive 11-2 mark in the club’s last 13 games.
The Tennessee Tech softball team posted two members to the All-Ohio Valley Conference Second-Team with senior first baseman Kendall Hooper and junior outfielder Angi Sakamoto taking home the coveted spots.
After ending her Cookeville career in grand fashion over the weekend, senior catcher Chelsea Burgess was named the adidas® Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week.
Tennessee Tech fans and alumni attending the Ohio Valley Conference Softball Tournament in Jacksonville, Ala. later this week are invited to the Tech Athletics hospitality tent.
Tennessee Tech softball fans will have the opportunity to listen to all OVC Tournament games live on the radio or internet, as the Golden Eagle Sports Network will be bringing all the action on FM 106.1 The Eagle.
The Tennessee Tech softball team blasted six home runs and scored 12 unanswered en route to a 14-7 victory over Morehead State (15-34-1, 9-16) in the 2014 regular season finale.
It seemed only fitting that on a day in which she and fellow seniors Kayla Floyd and Chelsea Burgess were honored for their careers, Kendall Hooper would blast a walk-off home run in extra innings to help send the Tennessee Tech softball team to a doubleheader sweep over Morehead State (15-33-1, 9-15) on Senior Day.
The Tennessee Tech softball team will host Morehead State over the weekend in the final regular season series of the year, with the two teams locking up in a Saturday doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. CT, before closing out the set with a single game on Sunday, also starting at 1 p.m.
