Big East News Articles

Wednesday's look around the league.

USF’s Sara Nevins, Notre Dame’s Amy Buntin and DePaul’s Kirsten Verdun were named second team All-Americans while Syracuse’s Jenna Caira and Louisville’s Tori Collins and Taner Fowler were selected to the third team.

The USF softball team has punched its ticket to the Women’s College World Series for the first time in program history. The Bulls beat Hofstra by a score of 2-1 in both games of the Super Regional double header on Saturday to become one of eight teams to play in the WCWS in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 31 – June 6.

USF dropped an 11-inning heartbreaker to Hofstra in game one of the NCAA Super Regional at the USF Softball Stadium in Tampa, Fla., losing 2-1.

The Bulls will host Hofstra for a three-game series, with the winner advancing to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla.

USF, Louisville, Notre Dame and Syracuse will all play on Sunday for a spot in the Super Regionals.

No. 15 Louisville, along with Notre Dame, Syracuse, USF and DePaul all won and will play in the winner’s bracket of the double-elimination tournaments on Saturday.

The Notre Dame men’s tennis team suffered a 4-0 loss to No. 5 Ohio State in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship in Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday.

Louisville, Notre Dame, Syracuse, USF and DePaul have been selected to participate in the 2012 NCAA Softball Championship, setting a conference record for most league teams chosen.

Louisville sophomore Jordan Trimble sent the first pitch of the bottom of the eighth inning over the right field fence to earn a dramatic 4-3 walk-off victory over Notre Dame and give the Cardinals the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship title.

Junior catcher Amy Buntin tied a BIG EAST Championship record with five RBI in a game and freshman Jenna Simon tied the record with three runs scored as No. 2 Notre Dame rolls past No. 6 St. John’s 5-1 in the second semifinal of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

The Notre Dame women took down Hawaii 4-0 at Northwestern University and the Louisville men fell 4-2 to Indiana at the University of Kentucky.

Freshman Kayla Soles hit a two-out, two-RBI double to give No. 1 Louisville a 2-0 victory over No. 5 DePaul in the first semifinal of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

No. 6 seed St. John’s stunned the two-time defending champion No. 3 Syracuse 2-1 in the third game of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship

One inning of offense was all it took for No. 5 DePaul to down No. 4 USF 6-0 in the first game of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

No. 6 seed St. John’s stunned the two-time defending champion No. 3 Syracuse 2-1 in the third game of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship

No. 2 seed Notre Dame rolled to a 5-0 victory over No. 7 seed Rutgers in the fourth game of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

One inning of offense was all it took for No. 5 DePaul to down No. 4 USF 6-0 in the first game of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

No. 1 seed Louisville earned a shutout victory over No. 8 Connecticut, winning 8-0 in five innings of Game 2 of the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship at Melissa Cook Stadium at the University of Notre Dame.

Four schools shared the BIG EAST softball regular-season awards, as major award winners and all-conference teams were announced on Wednesday evening at the 2012 BIG EAST Softball Championship banquet