Kutztown finished its season with a school record 52-6 mark.
Kutztown Falls in National Semifinals
Kutztown Story (with photos)
Kutztown fell for the second time in as many days to Valdosta State on Saturday morning by an 8-2 score as the Golden Bears were eliminated from the national championship in the national semifinals. The Golden Bears, who won their first two games of the softball World Series, lost to the eventual national champions as Vadosta State went on to top UC-San Diego later in the day to win the national title.
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Kutztown fell to Valdosta State 3-1 on Friday afternoon in its first attempt to reach the national championship game. The loss sets up a rematch between the same two teams on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. The winner will advance to the national championship game on Saturday afternoon.
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Samantha Derr threw a 12-inning, complete-game, three-hit shutout and also provided the game-winning single in the bottom of the 12th that scored Kelly Fitzgerald as Kutztown came out on top in a marathon extra-inning contest against UC-San Diego on Thursday, 1-0. The win brings the Golden Bears to within two wins of a national championship. Kutztown will now play on Friday at 3:00 p.m., when it faces the winner of the Valdosta State-Southern Connecticut State game. One win puts the Golden Bears into the national championship game. If Kutztown were to lose, it would have a rematch with wither VSU or SCSU with a championship game berth on the line.
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Kutztown topped Augustana 4-0 in the first game of the Division II Softball World Series on Wednesday morning to advance into the winners' bracket. The Golden Bears will take on UC-San Diego on Thursday at 3:00 p.m.
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Kutztown Story
Kutztown, facing a 1-0 deficit in the best-of-three Super Regional after losing Game 1 on Friday afternoon, needed to win two games on Saturday to keep its season alive and the Golden Bears did just that as they topped West Virginia Wesleyan by scores of 1-0 and 5-1 to advance to the Division II Softball World Series. Mary Kociencki, who last month was named the PSAC East Freshman of the Year, pitched complete games in both contests to lead Kutztown, which advances to its first Softball World Series in school history.
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Super Regional Site Headquarters
Kutztown advanced out of its sub-regional tournament last weekend by winning all three of its games against Winston-Salem State, West Virginia State, and defending Super Regional champion and PSAC champion IUP.
The Golden Bears will now host the Super Regional this Friday and Saturday and they will host WVIAC champion West Virginia Wesleyan, which won the other sub-regional tournament that was held at California as they topped Bloomsburg, California and Lock Haven in the regional championship game to advance.
Game 1 of the Super Regional will be on Friday at 1:00 p.m., with Game 2 slated for Saturday at 1:00 p.m. If necessary, the deciding third game will be immediately following Game 2 on Saturday.
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Kutztown Site Headquarters
California Site Headquarters
NCAA Tournament Announcement
Lock Haven, Pa. - A total of five PSAC softball teams have been selected to the NCAA Divsion II softball tournament, which begins this Friday, May 4 and runs through Sunday, May 6. PSAC teams Kutztown and California will host the two Atlantic sub-regional tournaments this weekend. The two winners of the sub-regionals will face-off in a Super Regional next weekend with the national championship set for Louisville, Ky. May 16-19.
PSAC East champion Kutztown will host one of the sub-regionals and the Golden Bears will take on Winston-Salem State out of the CIAA in a first round game. PSAC Tournament champion IUP will play West Virginia State in the other first round game at Kutztown.
The other three PSAC representatives will play in the other sub-regional that is being hosted by PSAC West champion California. The host Vulcans will play Lock Haven in one first round game while Bloomsburg will take on WVIAC champion West Virginia Wesleyan in the other first round game.