2014 Carson-Newman Softball News
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Carson-Newman head softball coach Vickee Kazee-Hollifield was inducted into the South Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Renaissance Hotel in Asheville, N.C. at the conference’s annual meeting.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman softball leftfielder Kelli Hensley (Knoxville, Tenn.) has been named to the Daktronics’ honorable mention All-American team.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two days after making Daktronics’ All-Region squads, Kelli Hensley (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Sara Kelley (Ooltewah, Tenn.) made the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s first and second All-Region teams, respectively.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman head softball coach Vickee Kazee-Hollifield announced the signing of six student athletes as the program approaches its 30th anniversary.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Carson-Newman leftfielder Kelli Hensley (Knoxville, Tenn.) and third baseman Sara Kelley (Ooltewah, Tenn.) were both lauded Tuesday morning with Daktronics’ All-Region accolades. Hensley landed on the first team, Kelley on the second team.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman senior first baseman Caitlyn Lance (East Ridge, Tenn.) has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team. Lance becomes the third C-N athlete to make an all-district team this academic year following C-N football’s William Alderman and Curt Duncan.
Jefferson City, Tenn. - Men's soccer's Ross Frame and softball's Kelli Hensley were named male and female athlete of the year, respectively, at the inaugural Frosty Awards Tuesday evening in Gentry Auditorium.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman senior third baseman Sara Kelley (Ooltewah, Tenn.) and senior shortstop Brittany Hefner (Talbott, Tenn.) have been named to the SAC All-Tournament team, the league office announced Monday.
HARROGATE, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (34-18) closed its 2014 campaign with a 4-1 loss to Wingate at Neely Field Saturday afternoon on the third day of the South Atlantic Conference tournament.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman's athletic department will play host to the inaugural Frosty Awards Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Gentry Auditorium on C-N's campus. The awards will highlight the best of the best from Carson-Newman's 18 varsity teams over the course of the 2013-14 academic year.
MIDDLESBORO, Ky. – Kelli Hensley (Knoxville, Tenn.) became Carson-Newman’s (33-17) all-time hits leader with her fourth, four-hit day of the year as C-N used an offensive outpouring to whip Brevard (22-25) 17-7 at the Jacket Softball Field in a SAC tournament elimination game.
HARROGATE, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (34-17) needed extra innings to triumph over Tusculum (31-24) 6-3. The seventh-seeded Eagles rallied in the eighth after the fourth-seeded Pioneers came back to tie the game in the fifth Friday evening under the lights at Neely Field.
HARROGATE, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (36-17) left 10 runners stranded on bases in a 4-3 loss to second-seeded Anderson (37-11) Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the South Atlantic Conference Softball Championships at Neely Field.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Seventh-seeded Carson-Newman (32-16, 11-11 South Atlantic Conference) tangles with co-regular season champion and second-seeded Anderson (38-11, 16-6 SAC) Thursday at 3 p.m. in the opening round of the 2014 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Championship in Harrogate, Tenn.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman leftfielder Kelli Hensley (Knoxville, Tenn.) has been named the South Atlantic Conference Softball Player of the Year, the league office announced Wednesday afternoon.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman softball will enter the South Atlantic Conference tournament as a seven seed, the league office announced Saturday afternoon.
