2007 Season

(STARKVILLE, Miss.)--Three Capital softball players were named to the 2007 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III All-Central Region Softball Team. Junior Lindsay Shepherd (Phillipsburg/Northmont) earned first team honors, while senior Jackie Burris (Beach Park, Ill./Warren Township) and freshman Sam Kennedy (Delaware/Delaware Hayes) were named to the second team.

(DELAWARE, Ohio)--Capital University senior Jackie Burris (Warren Township/Beach Park, Ill.) was named to the Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV Softball Teams.

(ADA, Ohio)--Capital University junior Lindsay Shepherd (Phillipsburg/Northmont) and senior Jackie Burris (Beach Park, Ill./Warren Township) were both first team selections and freshman Brittany Stefano (Uniontown/Lake) was named to the second team on the All-Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Teams announced Saturday in Ada, Ohio.

(ADA, Ohio)--Capital University's softball team suffered a 4-2 loss to Marietta College Friday at the Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Tournament in Ada, Ohio. The loss ends the Crusaders season at 25-17, while Marietta (31-9) moves on to play #18 Ohio Northern in a semifinal matchup.

(ADA, Ohio)--Melanie Ward hit an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift Ohio Northern University to a 1-0 win over Capital University in the first round of the Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Tournament Friday in Ada, Ohio. The Crusaders play Marietta College in an elimination game at 5 p.m. Friday in Ada.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Capital University's softball team split a pair of games, losing 6-3 and winning 2-1 in 10 innings, Tuesday in the regular season finale at Ohio Dominican University.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Capital University's softball team suffered back-to-back losses for the first time since March 29 with 5-1 and 5-2 (9 inn.) losses to Ohio Northern University in an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader Saturday at Clowson Field. The Crusaders finish at 15-3 in OAC games leaving them in a third place tie with Marietta College.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Freshman Ashleigh Madden (Grove City/Grove City) hit a home run and the softball team used a five-run sixth inning to take game two of an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader against No. 9 Muskingum College 7-3 Friday at Clowson Field in Columbus. Muskingum won the first game 4-0.

(WESTERVILLE, Ohio)--Capital University's softball team beat Otterbein College, 7-2 and 11-2, in an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader in Westerville, Ohio. The sweep also clinched the Crusaders a spot in the four-team OAC Softball Tournament.

(UNIVERSITY HTS., Ohio)--Freshman Sam Kennedy (Delaware/Hayes) hit a two-out RBI single for the go ahead run and fellow freshman Brittany Stefano (Uniontown/Lake) came on a earned her fourth save of the season in the seventh inning of game two for a 2-1 win and gave the Capital University softball team an Ohio Athletic Conference sweep at John Carroll University Thursday in University Heights, Ohio. The Crusaders, who won the first game 9-0, have won three-straight and 10 of their last 11 games.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – A pair of seventh inning errors by Marietta College helped Capital University’s softball team earn a split in an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader Tuesday at Clowson Field in Columbus, Ohio.

(AUSTINTOWN, Ohio)--Capital University freshman Brittnay Stefano (Uniontown/Lake) was named Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week.

(TIFFIN, Ohio)--Capital University's softball team extended its winning streak to seven games with 9-1 and 3-1 wins Saturday at Heidelberg College in an Ohio Athletic Conference series in Tiffin, Ohio. The Crusaders, who have won nine of their last 10 games, are 18-10 overall and 7-1 in the OAC, while The Berg is winless in conference play (0-8) and 3-21 overall.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Capital University junior Lindsay Shepherd (Phillipsburg/Northmont) stole three bases to set a new single-season school record for steals in a season (32) as the Crusaders swept a pair of games, 9-2 and 7-1, from the College of Mount St. Joseph Friday at Clowson Field in Columbus,

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Behind a pair of strong pitching performances from freshman Brittany Stefano (Uniontown/Lake) and senior Jen Heidenreich (Xenia/Xenia), Capital University’s softball team swept an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader against the Baldwin-Wallace College Yellow Jackets Monday at Clowson Field in Columbus.

(ALLIANCE, Ohio) – Capital University’s softball team earned a split with eighth-ranked Mount Union College Tuesday in an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader in Alliance, Ohio.

(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – Capital University’s softball team had a stellar day at the plate and on the mound with a doubleheader sweep of Ohio Athletic Conference opponent Wilmington College Saturday in Wilmington, Ohio.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Capital University’s softball team lost a pair of games to Thomas More (Ky.) College, 5-1 and 6-3, Thursday at Clowson Field in Columbus, Ohio.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - Freshman Brittany Stefano (Uniontown/Uniontown Lake) threw a perfect game for Capital University in an 8-0 win in the second game of a doubleheader against Bethany (W.Va.) College Monday at Clowson Field in Columbus, Ohio. Junior Erin Willeke (Newark/Licking Valley) allowed just one hit as Capital won the first game 5-0.

(SALISBURY, Md.)--Capital University's softball team suffered 8-0 and 8-4 losses at Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland. The Crusaders stand at 7-7 on the season after the series.

(SALISBURY, Md.)--Capital University's softball team saw its six-game win streak stopped with an 11-2 loss to Salisbury (Md.) University but came back with a 17-0 rout of the College of St. Elizabeth (N.J.) in a pair of games in Salisbury, Md.

(FT. MYERS, Fla.)--Capital University's softball team posted four-straight wins over the weekend to finish a 10-game trip at the Gene Cusic Classic in Ft. Myers, Fla.

(FT. MYERS, Fla.)--Capital University's softball team picked up its first two wins of the 2007 season with a 7-2 win over Alma (Mich.) College and a 9-0 shutout of Johnson & Wales (R.I.) University at the Gene Cusic Classic in Ft. Myers, Fla.

(FT. MYERS, Fla.)--Capital University's softball team dropped a pair of games in the late innings, falling 6-5 to Concordia-St. Paul and 5-2 to Augustana (Ill.) College, at the Gene Cusic Classic in Ft. Myers, Fla.

(FT. MYERS, Fla.)--Capital University's softball team opened the season falling to Alma (Mich.) College, 7-5, and Augustana (Ill.) College, 4-1, at the Gene Cusic Classic in Ft. Myers, Fla.

Capital University's softball team sums up its 2007 season in three words - Just Do It.