Head Coach: Keri O'Meara (4th season)
Team Captains: Barbarajean Grundlock '09, Samantha Littlejohn '09, Amanda Tai '09
About the Program: NEWMAC Champions 2007; ECAC Qualifiers 2006, 2005
2008 Recap: Softball finished the regular season 30-11-1, including a 2-1 win over defending national champion Linfield College earlier this spring. The Blue were runners-up in NEWMAC tournament and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they finished 3-2 in the New England Regional, with wins over Lesley, Bridgewater State, and Rivier. In only its fourth year as a varsity program, Wellesley Softball set a school record of 30 wins, were ranked as high as 2nd in the region, and finished the regular season ranked 22nd in the nation in Division III. The Blue earned four All-Conference selections in Jenna Harvey, Kara Wong, Megan Wood and Amanda Tai, with Harvey being named both the NEWMAC Pitcher and Player of the Year. Wellesley also landed four Regional All-Americans with Harvey and Wood earning first-team honors and Wong and Tai earning third team honors.
Wellesley Softball Clinics
March 8, 15: Offensive/Defense Softball Clinic (pdf) - Girls 7-17
Feb. 27; March 6, 13: Performance Enhancement Clinic (pdf) - Boys and Girls 12-18
9/9/2008 - Wellesley Softball Announces 2008-09 Assistant Coaches
6/18/2008 - Harvey, Wood Earn ECAC Honors
5/20/2008 - Coari, Tai, Orloff, Harvey Named to NCAA All-Tournament Team
5/19/2008 - Harvey Named National All-American for Second Time
5/18/2008 - Harvey Named NEISCA Player of the Year; Wood Named All-Star
5/12/2008 - Wellesley Lands Five on Academic All-Conference Team
5/10/2008 - Blue End Season with 5-1 Loss to Tufts in NCAA Regionals
5/10/2008 - Blue Down Rivier, 8-0, to Advance in NCAA Regionals
5/9/2008 - Blue Moves On with 11-0 Win Over Bridgewater State
5/8/2008 - Wellesley Falls 3-1 to Rhode Island College in NCAA Regional
5/8/2008 - Wellesley Advances in NCAA Regional With 3-2 Win Over Lesley
5/6/2008 - Harvey, Wood, Tai, Wong Named All-Region
5/5/2008 - Wellesley Earns Bid to NCAA Tournament
4/30/2008 - Wellesley Splits With Brandeis
4/29/2008 - Softball Lands Four on NEWMAC Team; Harvey Wins Player of the Year
4/27/2008 - Blue Fall to Springfield in NEWMAC Championship
4/26/2008 - Blue Advance to NEWMAC Championship with Win over Wheaton
4/23/2008 - Wellesley Downs Babson in NEWMAC Playoffs
4/21/2008 - Harvey Earns Third Pitcher of the Week Honors
4/19/2008 - Blue Sweep WPI; Earn Top-Seed in NEWMAC Playoffs
4/18/2008 - Wellesley Splits With Wheaton College
4/16/2008 - Blue Sweeps Framingham State
4/14/2008 - Harvey Named NEWMAC Pitcher of the Week
4/13/2008 - McCreadie Homers Twice in Sweep over Smith
4/11/2008 - Blue Use Back-to-Back No-Hitters to Sweep MIT
4/9/2008 - Blue Take Doubleheader from Curry College
4/6/2008 - Wellesley Falls to Tufts in Game One, Second Game Halted
4/5/2008 - Wellesley Sweeps Doubleheader Against Springfield
4/2/2008 - Wong Plates Four Runs in Wellesley Split with Babson
3/31/2008 - Grundlock Named NEWMAC Pitcher of the Week
3/30/2008 - Softball Splits with Clark
3/24/2008 - Softball Spring Training Results/Recap Page
3/24/2008 - Tai Named NEWMAC Player of the Week
3/24/2008 - Harvey Named NEWMAC Pitcher of the Week
3/22/2008 - The Blue Open NEWMAC Play With Sweep of Coast Guard
3/20/2008 - Wellesley Opens 2008 Season With Win Over Brandeis
3/17/2008 - 2008 Wellesley Softball Season Preview
