The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers held their spot at #3 in the NJCAA Division I National Softball Poll once again this week as released by the National Office on Monday.
Hitting in the leadoff spot for the first time in her FSW career, Florida SouthWestern sophomore Sietske Drijvers might have just forced the hand of Bucs Head Coach Robert Iamurri next time he makes the lineup card out as Drijvers went 3-3 with a pair of home runs and six RBIs out of the leadoff spot to lead the 3rd ranked Buccaneers to a Citrus Conference sweep of the Santa Fe Saints Saturday in Gainesville.
The #18 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers didn't make it easy Saturday afternoon at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers, but they did enough to earn a doubleheader split against the visiting Seminole State Raiders to win their Citrus Conference series 2-1 to remain in first place in the conference standings at the midway point of the conference schedule.
In an NJCAA Top 10 battle Thursday in Ocala, the #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers dropped game one of their doubleheader with the #6 Central Florida Patriots 8-2 before scoring five times in the 7th inning in game two to erase a 3-0 deficit to salvage a split with their new Citrus Conference rivals.
One thing the #18 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers fans have learned this season is, never leave the ballpark early. That was the case once again on Thursday as down to their last out in the 9th inning against Seminole State, the Bucs got a game tying RBI single from Michael McAloose to send the game to extras where a two run single from Nate Earley won it in 10 as FSW took the series opener 8-5 over the Raiders to remain in first place in the Citrus Conference standings.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers saw their 2024 season come to a close Thursday afternoon on the road in Niceville as they fell behind early and never recovered in a 68-42 loss to the defending National Champion Northwest Florida State Raiders in the first round of the FCSAA State Tournament.
In what seemed to be the story of their season, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers suffered another last second defeat Wednesday night in the opening round of the FCSAA State Tournament in Niceville, watching as #9 Northwest Florida State was fouled and made a free throw with 2.7 seconds remaining to come away with a 66-65 win to end the Buccaneers 2024 season.
The #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers posted back to back shutouts Tuesday afternoon, blanking the State College of Florida Manatees 8-0 and 10-0 in a doubleheader sweep to move back into a first place tie in the Citrus Conference standings at 11-1 on the year.
Nate Earley homered twice and drove in three, but it wasn't enough for the #18 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers as Bucs pitching allowed 13 hits and walked 10 in a 15-6 run rule loss to Indian River State in non-conference action Tuesday in Fort Pierce.
For the third straight week, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers checked in at #3 in the NJCAA National Rankings released by the National Office on Monday.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers moved down one spot, but remained in the NJCAA Top 20 on Monday, checking in at #18 in the week three National Poll.
Esmee Ames fired the #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers second no-hitter of the season in game one and Skylar Brennan went a perfect 3-3 in game two to lead the Bucs to a Citrus Conference doubleheader sweep against the Miami Dade Sharks Saturday afternoon across Alligator Alley.
The #17 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers launched six home runs in their Saturday doubleheader with the State College of Florida Manatees but it was only good enough for a split as the Bucs took game one 11-5 before seeing the Manatees storm back with a seven run 7th in game two to win the game 13-7 and take the series 2-1.
A quartet of Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were honored by the Citrus Conference on Friday as Dezdrick Lindsay, Jaehshon Thomas, Tyrone Baker, and AJ Hopkins were named to the inaugural Citrus Conference All-Conference teams.
Following a 4th place finish in the conference standings, a quartet of Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers have been named to the inaugural Citrus Conference All-Conference team as announced by the league Friday.
After playing some instant classics over the past few years, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers and Northwest Florida State Raiders will renew their rivalry in the first round of the FCSAA State/NJCAA Region VIII on Wednesday as the Bucs have drawn the #5 seed for the tournament and matchup with the 4th seeded Raiders on their home floor in Niceville.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers drew the #7 seed for next week’s FCSAA State/NJCAA Region VIII Tournament in Niceville, Florida and will take on the defending National Champion and host Northwest Florida State Raiders in the opening round Thursday at 2 PM (ET).
In the early season NJCAA games of the year, the #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers squared off with the #4 Indian River State Pioneers in a matchup of two teams with a combined record of 37-2 on the year Thursday afternoon at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers. Runs were tough to come by in game one as the teams went the distance and then some, needing nine innings to ultimately find separation as Indian River squeaked out a 1-0 win in extras. In game two it was a different story as FSW battered six different Indian River pitchers for 14 runs in a 14-2 five inning run rule win to split the twinbill.
The #17 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers' five game winning streak came to an empathic end Thursday afternoon at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers as the State College of Florida Manatees came in and hammered the Bucs 11-3 in an eight inning run rule to start a big three game Citrus Conference series between the two.
After a big week at the plate for the #17 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers, sophomore slugger Victor Figueroa has been named the FCSAA Player of the Week in a state release on Tuesday.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers led the #8 Daytona State Falcons for 37:56 of their Citrus Conference tilt Monday night in Suncoast Credit Union Arena. The Falcons didn't lead for a single second of game action. However, in one of the oddest quirks you will see on a stat sheet, the Falcons, who erased a 17 point FSW lead over the final 10 minutes of the contest, got a game winning basket with less than 0.1 on the clock to stun the Bucs and claim their share of the inaugural Citrus Conference Championship.
On a night that celebrated the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers' three sophomores playing their final home games in Suncoast Credit Union Arena, it was the Bucs freshmen that stole the show Monday night as Ivy Brown posted a 17 point, 11 rebound double-double and Roksana Sajdak scored a career high 16 as FSW pushed late to defeat Daytona State 78-66 and head to next week's FCSAA State Tournament in Niceville with a win.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers held their spot at #3 in the NJCAA National Rankings this week after going a perfect 6-0 to start Citrus Conference play last week.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers rode their five game winning streak right back into the NJCAA National Rankings this week, checking in at #17 in the week two poll.
An expected wet afternoon across the Florida Peninsula has forced more changes to the Florida SouthWestern athletic schedule on Tuesday. The Bucs scheduled Baseball game against Indian River on the road in Fort Pierce Tuesday has been postponed.
Due to projected weather in the Fort Myers area on Tuesday, the #3 Florida SouthWestern vs. #5 Indian River Softball doubleheader originally scheduled for 1:00 PM at Buccaneers Park has been postponed to Thursday with the same 1:00 PM doubleheader start time.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers went into this weekend tied for first place in the Citrus Conference standings with the Hillsborough Hawks. After a three home run day from Victor Figueroa and six hits from Justin Thomas to lead the Bucs to a Saturday sweep of the Hawks, FSW leaves the weekend with both a three game lead in the conference standings on Hillsborough as well as six other teams tied for second at 5-4 in conference play after three weekends of action.
The #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers flew past the Daytona State Falcons Saturday afternoon at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers, nearly no hitting the Falcons in a 5-2 game one win before blanking them 8-0 in a five inning run rule in game two to complete the sweep of their new Citrus Conference foe.
For the second straight game, the #24 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers struggled in the second half Saturday afternoon on the road at Indian River, unfortunately for the Bucs, they didn't have the same 24 point lead at the break they did the last time out and it cost them as Indian River pulled off a 79-76 upset to make the Bucs road to a Citrus Conference Championship much more difficult with one game left to go in the regular season.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers put together their second best shooting night of the season Saturday on the road against the Indian River State Pioneers, hitting 56% of their shots from the field and 42% from the three point line, but they couldn't overcome their most turnovers since the opening game of the season as they fell 89-86 in overtime to give the Pioneers the season series between the two.