
Tournament passes are $85 for reserved seats and $55 for general admission and can be purchased online at /tix. Only the top eight of the league's 14 teams qualified for the championship. 1 seed in the field, while two-time defending champion Liberty is the 2 seed.

Regular season champion Central Arkansas is the No. It will be the sixth ASUN Championship played at Patricia Wilson Field. Stetson is hosting for the first time since 2018 and seeking its first title since 2014. The tournament continues through Saturday with the champion earning the league's automatic bid to the NCAAs. The winner will advance to the double-elimination portion of the bracket to face Jacksonville State at 3 p.m. Tuesday in a win-or-go-home play-in game. The sixth-seeded Stetson Hatters (28-27) will host the seventh-seeded Austin Peay Governors (26-22) at 3 p.m. – The field and bracket are set for the 2023 ASUN Softball Championship this week at Patricia Wilson Field. To keep up with the latest Kennesaw State softball news follow the team on Twitter and KSUOwlsSB or by liking Kennesaw State University on Facebook. Hilleary and Henry's selection to the ASUN All-Freshman team are the most for KSU in a single season since 2019 and the 18th and 19th selections to the team in KSU history. 27 and was an NFCA "Selected Top Performance" of the Week on Feb. She was named ASUN Pitcher of the Week on Feb. She threw 142 pitches with 101 of them finding the strike zone. 26 at Samford with a career-high 15 strikeouts allowing one earned run and four hits. She pitched 10.0 innings of relief on Apr. 7/6 Alabama where she allowed only four hits and three runs. Her first collegiate victory came in KSU's upset win over No. Hilleary delivered one of the best freshman pitching season in Kennesaw State history, leading the Owls in ERA (3.13), WHIP (1.16), strikeouts (137) and lowest opponent batting average (.204). This is the fourth time the Owls have had multiple selections to the all-academic team. native recorded her first collegiate home run in the contest, giving KSU a 5-4 lead that propelled the Owls to victory.Ĭates and Bishop's selections are KSU's 12th and 13th selections to the team in program history. FGCU Sunday, batting 2-for-4 with one run scored and three RBI. She now holds the record for most ASUN All-Academic selections in program history.īishop secured her first ASUN honor with a 4.0 cumulative GPA pursuing a degree in exercise science. She was named to the 2023 ASUN Preseason All-Conference team and earned ASUN Player of the Week honors on Mar. In her final at-bat as an Owl she launched her 48th career homer, finishing second on the KSU DI career list. On the field, she led the Owls in batting average (.318), OPS (.959), runs scored (27), hits (48), doubles (11), home runs (7), RBI (32), total bases (82), walks (25) and on-base percentage (.467). Henry and Bailey's selection to the team mark the 55th and 56th ASUN All-Conference honors in Owl history.Ĭates earned her third-consecutive ASUN All-Academic team honor and posted a 3.94 cumulative GPA pursuing a degree in elementary education. She was named to the 2022 ASUN Preseason All-Conference team. She went 3-for-4 in her 100th career start on Mar. 258 with 33 hits, 21 RBI and 40 total bases. The freshman finished the season on an 18-game reached-base streak, the longest on the team this season by eight games.

In conference play, she led KSU in batting average at. She led the Black and Gold with 16 stolen bases on 18 attempts. 310 this season and finished second on the team with 45 hits and 22 runs scored. Henry also joined Kenley Hilleary on the ASUN All-Freshman team. Seniors Taylor Cates and Laura Bishop earned ASUN All-Academic honors. Outfielder Stella Henry and infielder Brinaya Bailey were selected to the ASUN All-Conference second and third teams, respectively. By: Michael Pitts Story Links ATLANTA – Five Kennesaw State Owls were named to the 2023 ASUN softball All-Conference, All-Freshman and All-Academic teams, the conference announced Tuesday.
