updated 01/11/2010

1.11.10 | Softball KU hosts showcase and clinic: Kutztown University will hosted the sixth annual college showcase and softball skills clinic on Sunday January 10, 2010. Click here for results

12.16.09 | Softball KU to host winter workouts: On Saturday January 23 and Sunday January 31, the Kutztown University softball coaching staff and team members will conduct winter workout sessions for your team. Infield, outfield, hitting, pitching, catching, situational play, and conditioning will be covered during the workout. These sessions will be conducted in our 60,000 square foot field house. The facility is large enough to accommodate full infield and outfield. Coaches are welcome to attend. (CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION)

12.8.09 | Softball KU softball team releases its 2010 schedule: The Golden Bears will begin the season against West Virginia State on Feb. 5 at the UNC Pembroke Spring Tournament to kick start the 40-plus games scheduled. As they have done in each of the past six seasons, KU will look to extend the season into May with a run in the PSAC Playoffs. Full Story

11.30.09 | Softball Golden Bears sign recruits for 2010-11 season: The Kutztown University softball family is proud to announce the signings of four future Golden Bears to represent the maroon & gold in the coming years. Full Story

7.29.09 | Softball Fall Schedule announced: The Kutztown University softball team will play three schools and participate in a tournament during the month of September.  Full Story

6.8.09 | Softball Golden Bear softball finish ninth in NFCA rankings: The Kutztown University softball team finished the 2009 season ranked ninth by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA). Full Story

5.21.09 | Softball Daktronics crowns Denlinger the National Player of the Year: Steph Denlinger has been nationally recognized by Daktronics as the softball player of the year, becoming the first member of KU to ever do so.  Full Story

5.21.09 | Softball Denlinger named to the NFCA All-American first team: Another postseason honor has been awarded to Steph Denlinger, with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association selecting her to the All-American first team. Full Story

5.15-16.09 | NCAA D-II Softball Regionals Lock Haven downs KU 2-1 to win Super Regional Series: The KU softball team fell 2-1 in 11 innings Saturday and Lock Haven clinched the NCAA D-II Atlantic Super Regional Championship series. Full Story                      Full Super Regional Coverage                      Feature on Katlin Arbogast 5.15.09 | Softball Three Golden Bears named to NFCA All-Region teams: Steph Denlinger led a trio of Kutztown University softball players honored by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Full Story 5.13.09 | Softball Denlinger leads five Golden Bears named to Daktronics All-Region teams: Steph Denlinger headlines the Kutztown University softball team in the Daktronics All-Atlantic Regional postseason honors. Ashley Fitzgerald was also named to the all-regional first-team. Pitchers Katlin Arbogast and Mary Hoch were selected to the second team. Krista Cameron was also a second-team honoree.  Full Story   5.8-10.09 | NCAA D-II Softball Regionals Glomb shuts down Bobcats, Hannum supplies offense in 2-0 win: The Kutztown University softball team will head to the NCAA D-II Atlantic Super Regional Championship series against Lock Haven after winning 2-0 in Game 7 of the Region-2 tournament.                        Game 6 Recap | Game 7 Recap                        Full Championship Coverage 5.8.09 | Softball Denlinger, Arbogast, Lawes earn top PSAC Awards, seven are All-PSAC East:  After a third straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division title, the Kutztown University softball team is now reigning in the postseason awards. Full Story  5.6.09 | Softball KU drops to No. 11 in NFCA national poll: The Kutztown University softball team dropped to No. 11 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II poll, which was released on Wednesday. Full Story 5.5.09 | KU Athletics Four KU players named LVAIAW award winners: The Lehigh Valley Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (LVAIAW) chose four members of KU for the 2008-09 school year. Full Story 5.3.09 | PSAC Softball Championships KU's run in PSAC playoffs comes to an end: The Kutztown University softball team fell 8-1 to Bloomsburg University in the PSAC semifinal Sunday at Lock Haven. Bloomsburg went on to lose to Lock Haven in the title game at Lawrence Field Full Championship Coverage | Feature on seniors 4.29.09 | Softball KU moves to No. 8 in NFCA national poll: The Kutztown University softball team moved to No. 8 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II poll, which was released on Wednesday. Full Story 4.23.09 | KU Athletics KU announces 2009 senior awards: Four senior student-athletes, including Steph Denlinger, were honored at the 2009 Kutztown University All-Sports Banquet Tuesday at Keystone Field House. Full Story 4.20.09 | Softball Denlinger, Hoch sweep PSAC East weekly awards: Steph Denlinger batted .733 last week and Mary Hoch went 4-0 with a 0.00 ERA as KU clinched the PSAC East title. For their efforts, Denlinger and Hoch earned PSAC East weekly awards. Full Story  4.18.09 | Softball KU sweeps West Chester to finish out regular season: The Golden Bears swept West Chester by scores of 8-5 and 8-0 on Saturday in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference doubleheader at North Campus Field. Full Story 4.17.09 | Softball KU splits doubleheader with Bloomsburg: The Golden Bears dropped the first game by a score of 2-1, but bounced back with a 3-0 win in game two. Ashley Fitzgerald hit a home run in the second game and Mary Hoch pitched a complete-game shutout to earn her 14th win of the season. Full Story 4.16.09 | Softball KU ranked No. 2 in NCAA regional poll: The Kutztown University softball team is ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional poll, which was released on Wednesday. Full Story 4.14.09 | Softball Raining home runs for reigning PSAC East Champions: Krista Cameron led a swath of 10 home runs in KU's doubleheader sweep of East Stroudsburg. With the sweep, KU clinched its third straight PSAC East title. Cameron had three home runs on the day, including two in one inning. Full Story 4.9.09 | Softball Fitzgerald's three-run homer helps KU split doubleheader with Shippensburg: Ashley Fitzgerald hit two home runs in KU's doubleheader with Shippensburg, including a three-run shot in a 3-1 win in game two. The Red Raiders won 2-1 in game one. Full Story 4.8.09 | Softball Denlinger slams 18th homer, KU rocks Millersville: Steph Denlinger hit her 18th homer of the season as the Kutztown University softball team brought the bats in a doubleheader sweep of Millersville University Wednesday. She moved into second place on the all-time Division II walks list with 141 career free passes. Full Story 4.8.09 | Softball KU moves to No. 9 in NFCA national poll: The Kutztown University softball team went 5-0-1 last week to move up a spot to ninth in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II poll. Full Story 4.7.09 | Softball Golden Bears sweep PSAC East weekly honors: Steph Denlinger and Katlin Arbogast swept the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East weekly honors for the third time in five weeks. Full Story 4.5.09 | Softball KU goes unbeaten at Georgian Court Tournament: A two-run home run by Steph Denlinger in the top of the seventh broke a 4-4 tie in KU's win over New York Institute of Technology on Sunday in the first game at the Georgian Court Tournament. KU finished in a 5-5 tie with Caldwell College in the second game of the day, which was shortened due to darkness following the sixth inning. Full Story 4.1.09 | Softball KU jumps to No. 10 in NFCA poll: The Kutztown University team jumped from No. 12 to No. 10 in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll released on Wednesday. Full Story 3.31.09 | Softball Denlinger smashes two more homers in doubleheader sweep of West Chester: Steph Denlinger hit her 15th and 16th home runs of the season as the Kutztown University softball team won 3-1 in both games of its doubleheader against West Chester Tuesday. KU now holds a four-game lead on first place in the PSAC East. Full Story 3.31.09 | Softball Cameron named PSAC East Player of the Week: Krista Cameron led the Kutztown University softball team to four PSAC East wins last week, earning the PSAC East Player of the Week award. Full Story 3.30.09 | Softball Walk-off homers highlight Golden Bears sweep of Ship: The Kutztown University softball team swept Shippensburg on Monday at North Campus Field. The first game was a 4-1 win, ending a three-run homer by Ashley Fitzgerald in the bottom of the seventh. The second game was a 9-1 win, with three Golden Bear home runs. Full Story 3.27.09 | Softball Denlinger breaks PSAC RBI record, KU sweeps East Stroudsburg: Steph Denlinger's four RBIs on the day helped KU picked up two wins over PSAC East foe East Stroudsburg Friday at North Campus Field. Full Story 3.26.09 | Softball Denlinger slugs her way into the NCAA record books by Mary Jane Souder (Souderton Independent) Full story at the Souderton Independent Web site 3.26.09 | Softball Golden Bears ranked No. 2 in Atlantic Region: The Kutztown University softball team is ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region poll. The top-10 poll is made up of nine PSAC teams, with Lock Haven ahead of the Golden Bears. Full Story 3.25.09 | Softball Golden Bears sweep PSAC East opener: The Kutztown University softball team swept their PSAC East opener with Millersville by scores of 3-2 and 3-0. Steph Denlinger and Heather Hannum had home runs for the Golden Bears. Full Story 3.23.09 | Softball Denlinger, Arbogast earn PSAC East weekly honors: Steph Denlinger's .448 batting average and Katlin Arbogast's 3-0 record last week earned them their second weekly PSAC East award Monday. Full Story 3.22.09 | Softball KU closes out Salem Invite with 5-2 win: Kim Morrison homered and Steph Denlinger had two RBIs as the Golden Bears improved to 24-6 on the season with a 5-2 win over Shepherd University Sunday. Full Story 3.21.09 | Softball Golden Bears improve to 3-1 at Salem Invite: The Kutztown University softball team won two games Saturday at the Salem Invitational, picking up a 5-0 victory over Fairmont State and a 4-1 defeat of Wheeling Jesuit. Full Story 3.20.09 | Softball Golden Bears split games on first day of Salem Invite: The Kutztown University softball team won their first game of the Salem Invite 9-6 over Alderson-Broaddus and lost the second game 4-2 to West Virginia State. Full Story 3.19.09 | Softball Denlinger featured on NCAA.com: Steph Denlinger's home run record featured on NCAA.com. Denlinger has 10 home runs on the season and 66 in her career. Her 63rd homer broke the record. Full Story 3.18.09 | Softball Denlinger rocks two more homers, KU sweeps USP: The Golden Bears swept the University of the Sciences during their doubleheader Wednesday. KU won 8-0 and 9-2 in two non-conference contests. Full Story 3.18.09 | Softball Golden Bears ranked No. 11 by the NFCA: The Kutztown University softball team remained ranked No. 11 in the fourth week's poll by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Full Story 3.17.09 | Softball KU sweeps home opener against Georgian Court: The Golden Bears swept visiting Georgian Court 4-3 and 8-1 in a doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon. Game one ending in an extra inning walk-off home run by Steph Denlinger. Full Story 3.14.09 | Softball Denlinger breaks NCAA Division II home run record: Steph Denlinger hit a three-run homer in the first game Saturday at the Glenville Invitational to break the NCAA Division II record. She now has 63 home runs in her career. More information on KU softball's two games at the Glenville Invite and the NCAA record to come later today. Full Story 3.14.09 | Softball KU wins two, break records along the way: The Golden Bears beat West Virginia State 10-0 and Glenville State 13-0. Steph Denlinger broke the career home run record and Katlin Arbogast set a school record for shut outs. Full Story 3.13.09 | Softball Golden Bears sweep on first day of Glenville Invitational: The Golden Bears defeated West Liberty State 3-1 and took down Davis & Elkins by a score of 13-0. Full Story 3.10.09 | Softball Denlinger, Arbogast win PSAC East weekly honors: The Golden Bears were led by Steph Denlinger and Katlin Arbogast at the Rebel Spring Games last week. Both earned player of the week awards. Full Story 3.7.09 | Softball Denlinger ties NCAA home run record: Steph Denlinger hit the 62nd home run of her career, leading KU to a 3-2 win Saturday over Armstrong Atlantic. The Golden Bears won both games of the doubleheader. Release on home run record | Game recaps 2.28-3.5.09 | Softball Denlinger now one away from NCAA homer record: The Golden Bears split two games at the Rebel Spring games Thursday, with Steph Denlinger hitting her fifth homer of the season and 61st of her career. She is now on3 away from the NCAA Division II all-time home run record. Full Coverage of Rebel Spring Games 3.1.09 | Softball Lawes wins 600th game as KU head coach: A no-hitter gave KU softball coach Judy Lawes her 600th win at KU. The 22nd-year head coach is looking to lead the Golden Bears to their third straight PSAC East title. Full Story 2.20.09 | Softball KU softball picked to win PSAC East: The Kutztown University softball team has been predicted to win the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division, in voting conducted by the division’s coaches. Full Story 2.7-8.09 | Softball KU finishes 3-2 at Aiken Early Bird Tournament: The KU softball team lost two games Saturday at the Aiken Early Bird Tournament, but bounced back to win two on Sunday. Full Story 1.29.09 | Softball KU ranked 12th in NFCA Division II preseason poll: The Kutztown University softball team will open the 2009 season ranked 12th in Division II in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll. Full Story 1.10.09 | Softball Softball Showcase: The KU softball showcase results are now available. Showcase Information 11.20.08 | Softball KU to bring the offense again in 2009 — The KU softball team made another deep postseason run last season. With most of the team returning in 2009, the Golden Bears will look to advance even further in the postseason this spring. 2009 Season Preview 8.20.08 | Hall of Fame KU to induct six new members into Athletics Hall of Fame in October:  Kutztown University will add six new members into its Athletics Hall of Fame at the 2008 banquet on Friday, Oct. 24. Basketball alumnus Paul C. Michener is among the inductees.  Full Story