Athletics: Softball
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August 23: DeStasio named head coach
Muhlenberg didn't have to go far to find its new head coach, picking Marisa DeStasio, a former Division I player and coach and an assistant with the 2010 Mules. |
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August 2: Rivera resigns as head coach
Roni Rivera, who led Muhlenberg to the 2009 Centennial Conference championship, resigned to accept another coaching opportunity. |
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Season review
A young lineup prevented the Mules from returning to the Centennial Conference playoffs, but there were still plenty of positives to take away in 2010. |
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May 14: Brewer named all-region
Junior Ashley Brewer was a second-team all-region selection. |
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May 13: Three named to Academic Honor Roll
Senior Jenna Van Waalwijk and juniors Ashley Brewer and Alyssa Epstein were named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll. |
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May 7: Brewer receives academic honor
Junior Ashley Brewer was selected to the Academic All-District team. |
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April 29: Brewer earns player of the year honors
Junior Ashley Brewer was tabbed Centennial Conference player of the year. |
April 27: Mules wrap up season with sweep
Muhlenberg ended its 2010 season with a home doubleheader sweep of Neumann, 6-2 and 2-1. Junior Alyssa Epstein (right) went 2-for-3 in both games, driving in the go-ahead runs in the opener and scoring the winning run in the nightcap. |
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April 24: Muhlenberg swept at Ursinus
The Mules were held to just five hits in a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Ursinus, 5-0 and 2-1. |
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April 20: Mules split at Widener
Muhlenberg took Game 1 of a doubleheader at Widener, 3-1, but dropped the second, 5-4, in eight innings. |
April 17: Muhlenberg splits with McDaniel on Senior Day
The Mules split a doubleheader with McDaniel, winning the first game, 2-1, and dropping the second in eight innings, 9-7. Jenna Van Waalwijk (left) was honored before the game as the Mules’ lone senior. |
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April 15: Close losses costly
The Mules lost a pair of tight games to Dickinson, 3-1 and 2-1, hurting their chances of making the Centennial Conference playoffs. |
April 10: Mules split with Haverford
Muhlenberg won Game 1 of its twinbill against Haverford in walkoff fashion, with freshman Jenna Littmann (right) capping a two-run seventh-inning rally by scoring on an error in a 7-6 win. The Mules lost Game 2, 8-4. |
April 8: Muhlenberg splits with No. 22 Moravian
The Mules snapped a 12-game losing streak to Moravian with a 1-0 win the first game of a doubleheader. Junior Jess Kasza (left) delivered the winning hit, and freshman Angie Sisco pitched a four-hit shutout against the 22nd-ranked Greyhounds, who took the nightcap 5-1. |
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April 6: Mules put the squeeze on Swarthmore
Muhlenberg defeated Swarthmore, 2-0, on the strength of a suicide squeeze and a fantastic pitching performance in Game 1 of a doubleheader. The Mules nearly rallied all the way back from a huge deficit in Game 2 but lost, 9-7. |
April 2: Muhlenberg earns split at Washington
The Mules split a doubleheader at Washington, winning the first game 8-6 and dropping the second, 2-0. Freshman Angie Sisco (left) closed the door on a Shorewomen rally in the seventh of Game 1 and earned her first career save. |
March 27: Mules sweep F&M
Muhlenberg snapped its six-game skid with a Centennial Conference doubleheader sweep of Franklin & Marshall. Junior Alyssa Bruckner (right) pitched a five-hitter in the opener, a 5-2 win, and ended the 8-0 second-game win with an RBI pinch-single in the fifth. |
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March 23: Muhlenberg turns triple play but loses
Despite turning a rare triple play, the Mules dropped both ends of a doubleheader to New Jersey, 9-0 and 9-2. |
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March 20: Mules swept in conference opener
Muhlenberg had a bad first inning and last inning and dropped its first two Centennial Conference games of the season to Gettysburg. |
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March 18: Bats silenced in home opener
The Mules managed only six hits and were swept by Drew, 3-0 and 1-0, in their first home doubleheader of the season. |
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March 15: Brewer earns CC honors
Mule junior Ashley Brewer was chosen as Centennial Conference pitcher of the week after tossing two complete-game wins. |
March 10: Muhlenberg wins twice
Muhlenberg won both of its games in Clermont, Fla., on the strength of shut-down pitching in an 8-1 win over Northwestern (Minn.) and a big rally in a 7-6 defeat of Northland. Freshman Devon Barber (left) went 6-for-8 in the two games and swiped four bases. |
March 8: Mules come back for shutout win
The Mules bounced back from a 7-0 loss to Elizabethtown to blank Lesley, 8-0, in Clermont, Fla. Sophomore Brittany Blohm (right) hit a two-run single in the first to drive in the first runs of the game. |
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March 7: Muhlenberg rallies but drops second
Muhlenberg came back from a 7-2 deficit to take a 9-7 lead, but Muskingum staged a rally of its own to win, 11-9. In the Mules’ first game of the day, they lost to sixth-ranked Washington, 10-3. |
March 6: Brewer pitches no-hitter
Junior Ashley Brewer (left) starred on the mound and at the plate in the Mules’ season-opening 1-0 victory over Rensselaer. Brewer tossed a no-hitter, the eighth in school history, and drove in the winning run. |
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March 4: Season preview
After winning the Centennial Conference championship last year, the Mules hope to stay on top. |
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January 29: Mules welcome Allentown youths
Several Mules celebrated National Girls and Women in Sports Day by teaching inner-city Allentown girls about softball. |
Schedule:
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Thursday, April 8
vs. Moravian, W 1-0/L 1-5
Saturday, April 10
vs. Haverford, W 7-6/L 4-8
Thursday, April 15
at Dickinson, L 1-3/L 1-2
Saturday, April 17
vs. McDaniel, W 2-1/L 7-9 (8)
Tuesday, April 20
at Widener, W 3-1/L 4-5 (8)
Saturday, April 24
at Ursinus, L 0-5/L 1-2
Tuesday, April 27
vs. Neumann, W 6-2/W 2-1
Results:
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vs. Rensselaer, W 1-0
vs. Washington (Mo.), L 3-10
vs. Muskingum, L 9-11
vs. Elizabethtown, L 0-7
vs. Lesley, W 8-0
vs. Drew, L 0-3/L 0-1
at Gettysburg,
L 0-10/L 3-4
vs. New Jersey, L 0-9/L 2-9
vs. Franklin & Marshall,
W 5-2/W 8-0
at Washington (Md.),
W 8-6/L 0-2
vs. Swarthmore, W 2-0/L 7-9