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Softball seating terrace dedicated before alumni game

October 20, 2017Last updated October 23, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Friends and family of softball player Kaitlin Aylor, community members and Royals softball fans gathered at Eastern Mennonite University’s Gehman Field for a special ceremony Sunday, Oct. 15, to dedicate

Golf tournament helps raise funds to memorialize EMU teammate through softball stadium improvements

August 26, 2016Last updated August 31, 2016 by Jim Sacco/Daily News-Record

Suddenly, it was no longer about softball, recruiting or winning games. It was about her. The softball player who was always smiling, always outgoing and always giving the coach recruiting

Marlins get by EMU for ODAC Championship in extra innings

May 3, 2016Last updated July 8, 2016 by James DeBoer

MU’s run through the 2016 ODAC Softball Tournament ended just short of the goal with a 10-9 loss to top-seeded Virginia Wesleyan in the Championship Game. The extra-inning loss leaves

Sophomore softball player Carli Hill named Royals Athlete of the Week

April 15, 2016Last updated July 8, 2016 by admin

This has been a year of adjusting to changes for softball player Carli Hill (Staunton, Va./Fort Defiance). But as one of the ODAC’s best hitters with a .473 batting average,

Softball sweeps Randolph-Macon

April 13, 2016Last updated July 8, 2016 by James DeBoer

In Coach JD McCurdy’s words, “Now we really know the true story about our offense.” And the story is that EMU’s softball women, from the top of the order to

Softball splits with Guilford, completing a 3-1 weekend trip

April 4, 2016Last updated July 8, 2016 by James DeBoer

Sunday’s battle of the top two offenses in the ODAC had two wildly different outcomes. When the dust settled, EMU’s softball women had drawn a split at Guilford, completing a

Softball returns numerous All-ODAC players, looks to improve on pollsters’ seventh-place pick

February 15, 2016Last updated February 21, 2016 by James De Boer

After finishing seventh in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference standings in 2015, the Royals were picked for the No. 7 spot in this spring’s Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Preseason Poll.

Head softball coach J.D. McCurdy inducted into Rockingham County Baseball League Hall of Fame

July 2, 2015Last updated July 15, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

J.D. McCurdy has been involved with softball far more years than he played baseball. Yet Eastern Mennonite University’s head softball coach was once a regular All-Star first baseman and clean-up

SEASON PREVIEW: Getting Even Better?

March 1, 2012Last updated March 8, 2012 by James De Boer

Last spring, the EMU softball women broke 12 program individual or team records, including eight offensive marks. Despite the loss of three starters, this year’s team could be even better.

Softball Season Preview: ODAC Title Tough Act To Follow

March 11, 2011Last updated March 23, 2011 by James De Boer

An ODAC Championship and appearance in the NCAA Regionals is a hard act to follow. Graduating five seniors makes it even harder. That is the task facing the Eastern Mennonite

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