Art of the handshake
March 4, 2019
Filed under Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
Imagine this: You’re sitting down on the icy bleachers of Wish Field, the portrait of St. Vinny staring you down and the roar of the train in the background. You’re focused on the feel of the Windy City’s breeze slapping you in the face when you see it- right there in the outfield. A dance, mayb...
Champs again: Softball takes home second-consecutive Big East Championship title
Andrew Hattersley, Assistant Sports Editor
May 14, 2018
Filed under Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
In a battle between the conference’s top two teams during the regular season, DePaul rallied from a 2-0 first inning deficit to beat Creighton 6-2 and punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. After falling behind 2-0, the Blue Demons responded with two runs of thei...
Freshman Focus
Andrew Hattersley, Assistant Sports Editor
May 14, 2018
Filed under Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
When DePaul took the field for the Big East Tournament against Villanova and Creighton, six of the 10 players on the field were underclassmen, including the catcher-pitcher duo of Missy Zoch and Jessica Cothern. Add in a seventh with Pat Moore closing out the last three innings Sunday afternoon, an...
Blue Demons take 9-3 win on senior day
Andrew Hattersley, Assistant Sports Editor
April 30, 2018
Filed under Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
It was a bittersweet day for all involved as DePaul finished off a sweep of Butler with a 9-3 victory Sunday afternoon before honoring their four seniors Haydn Christensen, Kennedy Garcia, Kayla Landwehrmier and Megan Leyva following the game. DePaul head coach Eugene Lenti said senior day is always...
When Winter won’t go
Varvara Makarevich, Contributing Writer
April 23, 2018
Filed under Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
When you’re working on a story about weather conditions affecting college sports and are planning to go to a DePaul softball game to get a comment, be prepared for the game to be canceled at any time – usually because of the weather conditions. This April doesn’t seem to be aware of the fact t...
Rodriguez’s walkoff wins series for DePaul
Andrew Hattersley, Assistant Sports Editor
April 22, 2018
Filed under Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
DePaul and St. John’s entered the weekend looking to keep pace in a crowded conference race. DePaul edged out the Red Storm in the finale 2-1 to take two of three in a highly competitive series that featured two extra-inning games. The game remained 1-1 with neither side scoring after the third in...
Freshman phenom: Freshman Pat Moore mows down batters
Brittney Bray, Contributing Writer
April 16, 2018
Filed under Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
Since their solid start this season, DePaul’s softball team has had great success against competitors like Villanova and Seton Hall. Now, with less than a month in the season to go, the team is preparing to uphold its position in the Big East Tournament. For his part, head coach Eugene Lenti says he...
Softball’s young team continues to dominate the Big East
Andrew Hattersley, Assistant Sports Editor
April 9, 2018
Filed under Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
After a tough road schedule to open the year that featured matchups against No. 1 Washington and No. 5 Oklahoma, the Blue Demons have got off to a hot start in conference play against Seton Hall and Villanova. The Blue Demons are currently 11 games over .500 and won six games in a row to open conferen...
1,300: Lenti has milestone moment
Amber Colón, Editor in Chief
February 26, 2018
Filed under Sports
Head softball coach Eugene Lenti’s office is full of plenty of trophies, sun-bleached softballs and more recently, four large, metallic blue balloons to mark his 1,300th career win. It’s a milestone that places him fifth all-time in and fourth among active coaches in NCAA history. The feat was r...
Five up, five down
Amber Colón, Editor-in-chief
February 12, 2018
The 2018 softball season has begun on a high note, with the Blue Demons finishing 5-0 at the Total Control Sports Invitational on Sunday at the Dome in Rosemont. With plans to beat a snowy commute to the ballpark on Friday morning, the team stayed in Rosemont on Thursday night. They rang in the three-d...
DePaul softball advances to Big East conference finals
May 13, 2017
Filed under Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
With one out in the bottom of her first conference tournament inning, DePaul freshman Missy Zoch found herself standing in the pitcher’s circle surrounded by base runners. It’s moments like these when the panic sets in, the energy begins to dissipate and fundamentals become lost in a spastic pursuit...
DePaul softball can’t hold off Seton Hall in Big East semifinals
May 10, 2015
Filed under Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
As soon as Seton Hall senior pitcher Danielle DeStaso crushed a ball over the centerfield fence in the top of the fifth, it took most everything away from DePaul: the lead, the momentum and, eventually, the game as DePaul fell to Seton Hall 9-5 in the Big East semifinals. Read More »...