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When Ali Gardiner steps into the batter’s box, she only hears one voice resonating from the stands. It’s the same voice she heard as a 12-year-old working on her game in the basement of her home in New York – the voice that not only helped teach her how to perform on the field, but off the field as well. Read More

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.- While playing in front of a great crowd and even better atmosphere, the Palm Beach Atlantic University softball team was unable to earn a split with Rollins College on Wednesday evening as the Tars earned a 5-0 victory in game two of their double-header with the Fish after winning 1-0 in game one. Read More

Coon’s adjustment to Pac-10 softball last season took only slightly longer than a typical flight from New York to the Bay Area. As a freshman, she hit .353 and led the Cardinal with nine home runs and 40 RBI while splitting time between shortstop and third base. It was good enough to earn her a place on the all-conference second team and might have earned her newcomer-of-the-year honors if not for the debut season of

MOST high school seniors spend their year knocking on the doors of college admissions offices, hoping for an offer. But for Maddy Coon it was just the opposite. About 80 college recruiters were knocking on her door, including some from top-ranked Division I schools hoping to sign her. Read More

Overpowering aces have come in all sizes in Nutmeg State softball circles. The current talk in the world of Connecticut high school softball centers around Rachel Foster. Foster’s brilliant first three years at Amity-Woodbridge has her being mentioned in the same breath with high school softball legends like Westhill-Stamford’s Danielle Simoneau, Seymour’s Jen D’Amato, Amy Logan of Lyman Hall-Wallingford, Aleana Sutton of Mercy-Middletown and Bristol Eastern’s Jen Hadley. Read More