BCS Politics Reach To NCAA Softball Tourney With Fresno State Snub
By David Coulson
Executive Editor
College Sporting News
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Several years ago, I remember a conversation with an athletic director from an Football Championship Subdivision school on his role as a member of the NCAA Division I Baseball committee.
This AD, who was a veteran of the NCAA Division I Football committee at an earlier stage of his career, told me of how much pressure that committee from the larger conferences put on the rest of the committee when one of these Bowl Championship Series teams was under consideration.
The committee members were under a full-court press to include as many of the BCS conference teams as possible in the NCAA tournament field.
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Freshmen Wambold, Thomas, Lead Syracuse Softball To Historic Wins
By David Coulson
Executive Editor
College Sports Journal
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It was a historic weekend for Syracuse softball, as the Orange played indoors for the first time at the Carrier Dome in wins over Colgate and Canisius.
And the centerpieces of that history were a pair of freshmen, Julie Wambold and Carey Leigh-Thomas.
Julie Wambold and Carey-Leigh Thomas of Syracuse
Wambold was 1-for-3 with a run scored as the Orange beat Colgate 6-0 on Friday evening and came back to spark Syracuse to a 6-5 victory over Canisius on Satiurday with a home run and a triple as the local product went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs.
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College Softball: Wambold Makes Mark For Syracuse At Cathedral Classic
By David Coulson
Executive Editor
College Sports Journal
HATBORO, PA. — Folks in this quiet, suburban community have marveled over the exploits of its native daughter Julie Wambold since she first picked up a glove and a softball bat that wasn't much smaller than her as a little girl.
Wambold first learned the game as she watched her older sisters play for their club teams, at Keith Valley Middle School and then at Hatboro-Horsham High School.
Within this competitive environment, it didn't take Wambold long to carve out her own niche as a player.
She earned a starting spot as a freshman at Hatboro-Horsham and helped the Lady Hatters to their first Pennsylvania 4-A softball championship as a designated player in 2008 and before she was finished, Wambold had added another gold medal as a catcher and shortstop and team captain of the 2011 state champs.
But few could have imagined how Wambold would make her mark on the college softball world as she began her career at Syracuse University this season.
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