2024-25 Florida SouthWestern Softball News
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Brennan & Mambelli Homer Twice For Bucs in Split With Saints
April 12, 2025The #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers split their fourth straight Citrus Conference doubleheader on Saturday, using a pair of homers from Skylar Brennan and a one hit shutout from Leah Meyer in the circle for a 5-0 win over #21 Santa Fe in game one, but they couldn't hold a late 4-0 lead in game two as the Saints scored five unanswered to walk the Bucs off 5-4 to salvage the split. -
Bucs Split With Pioneers In Matchup of National Champs
April 08, 2025The two teams responsible for the last four NJCAA National Championships collided at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers on Tuesday as the #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers hosted the #3 Indian River State Pioneers. Indian River took game one 3-2 in a tight battle before FSW cruised in game two 7-3 to split the twinbill and leave the Bucs one game up in the race for their ninth straight Conference Championship.
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Bucs Top Week 7 National Poll
April 07, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers topped the NJCAA National Rankings for the sixth straight week on Monday, checking in at #1 ahead of Region 8 rivals Northwest Florida and Indian River once again.
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Second Straight Top 10 Split For Bucs
April 04, 2025The #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers suffered their second loss in as many days on Friday, settling for a split with the #10 Daytona State Falcons, hanging on for a 1-0 game one win before dropping an 8-7 extra innings thriller in game two.
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Bucs Settle For Split With #8 Seminole
April 03, 2025A late stumble in game one of their Citrus Conference doubleheader against the #8 Seminole State Raiders cost the #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers a 7-5 loss before bouncing back for a 6-1 win in game two to split the Top 10 matchup with the Raiders.
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Bucs/Iamurri Capture 500th Win
April 01, 2025It was a milestone afternoon for the #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers Tuesday at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers as FSW claimed program victories numbers 499 and 500 while Bucs Head Coach Robert Iamurri joined elite company, earning his 500th career victory in a Bucs sweep over Hillsborough.
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Five Straight Weeks at #1 For Bucs Softball
March 31, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers topped the NJCAA National Rankings for the fifth straight week on Monday, checking in at #1 ahead of Region 8 rivals Northwest Florida and Indian River in the week six poll.
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Veteran Bats Lead #1 FSW Over #19 Eastern Florida
March 29, 2025The #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers leaned on their sophomores on Saturday in a Citrus Conference doubleheader against the #19 Eastern Florida Titans as Skylar Brennan, Virginia Mambelli, Emily Allegood, and Kmari Williams all recorded multiple hits in both ends of the twinbill to lead the Bucs past the Titans 9-1 and 7-5 to improve to 33-1 on the year.
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Bucs Blank Titans In Twinbill
March 25, 2025The St. Petersburg Titans had to make the trip back up the coast empty handed on Tuesday after three Florida SouthWestern pitchers combined for a pair of shutouts in an 8-0, 2-0 sweep in Citrus Conference action at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers.
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Four Straight Weeks at #1 For Bucs
March 24, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers remained the top team in the land this week, checking in in the #1 spot in the NJCAA National Rankings once again on Monday.
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Big Innings Lead Bucs Past Eagles In Sweep
March 22, 2025The top ranked Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers used six crooked numbers to sweep Polk State Saturday afternoon in Winter Haven, run ruling the Eagles 10-2 in game one before winning a wild game two 12-7 to improve to 29-1 on the year.
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Former Buc Courtney Gettins Named to FCSAA Softball Hall of Fame
March 20, 2025The first bona fide superstar in Florida SouthWestern Athletics history has earned her due as two-time 1st Team NJCAA All-American Courtney Gettins has become the first former Buccaneer named to the FCSAA Hall of Fame.
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Bucs #1 For Third Straight Week
March 19, 2025For the third straight week, the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers are the top team in the land as FSW checked in atop the NJCAA week four rankings announced by the National Office on Monday.
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Bucs Bounce Back Against Patriots
March 15, 2025Coming off of their first loss of the 2025 season, the #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers got back on track on Saturday, hammering the #22 Central Florida Patriots 7-1 and 10-2 in a doubleheader to improve to 27-1 on the year.
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Kwakernaak Named FCSAA Pitcher of the Week
March 11, 2025First career start, first career FCSAA Pitcher of the Week award for Florida SouthWestern righthander Lizzy Kwakernaak this week as she makes it back to back weeks for the Bucs to bring home the award, following teammate Zoe Yzaguirre who earned the honors in week two.
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Bucs Split Top 10 Doubleheader
March 11, 2025The #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers won game one of their Tuesday doubleheader with the #6 Miami Dade Sharks 3-0 to move to 25-0 on the year, but came up just short in game two, 2-1 to suffer their first defeat of the 2025 campaign.
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Unbeaten Bucs Remain #1 In National Rankings
March 10, 2025Earning two wins over the defending National Champs and two more in Citrus Conference action, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers remained the #1 team in the land on Monday, holding the top spot in the NJCAA National Rankings for the second straight week with a perfect 24-0 record on the year.
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Bucs Sweep Low Scoring Doubleheader With Saints
March 08, 2025It took a late game comeback in game one and a shutout in the circle in game two, but the #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers earned two more hard fought Citrus Conference wins on Saturday at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers, defeating Santa Fe 3-2 in game one of the doubleheader and 3-0 in game two to improve to a perfect 24-0 on the year.
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Zoe Yzaguirre Named NJCAA National Pitcher of the Week
March 05, 2025After earning her second FCSAA Pitcher of the Week award on Monday, Florida SouthWestern freshman Zoe Yzaguirre one upped herself on Wednesday as the righthander was named the NJCAA National Pitcher of the Week, the first FSW pitcher to earn the award in nearly three years.
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Yzaguirre Earns Second FCSAA Pitcher of the Week Honor
March 04, 2025After sparkling in three starts last week, Florida SouthWestern righthander Zoe Yzaguirre has been named the FCSAA Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season.
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FSW Sweeps Matchup Of Last Four National Champs
March 04, 2025The only two teams to win an NJCAA Division I National Championship the past four seasons hooked up Tuesday afternoon in Fort Pierce as the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Champion Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers squared off against the 2024 Champion Indian River State Pioneers. Game one was dominated by pitching with FSW's Leah Meyer outdueling reigning National Pitcher of the Year J'dah Girigorie in a 2-1 Bucs win. Game two was a different story as the Bucs exploded for 13 runs in a dominating 13-5 victory to finish off the sweep and remain unbeaten at a perfect 22-0 on the year.
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FSW Takes Over #1 Spot In National Rankings
March 03, 2025Off to a perfect 20-0 start to the 2025 season, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers took over the #1 spot in the NJCAA National Rankings on Monday.
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Bucs Pitching Continues to Dominate in Sweep of #13 Daytona
March 01, 2025The #2 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers continued their domination in the circle on Saturday, throwing their sixth and seventh consecutive games allowing two or less runs in 2-0 and 3-1 wins over #13 Daytona State to improve to a perfect 20-0 on the year.
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Yzaguirre/Meyer Spin Shutouts Against #10 Seminole
February 27, 2025The #2 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers managed just four runs in their doubleheader against the #10 Seminole State Raiders Thursday afternoon at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers, but that is all they would need as pitchers Zoe Yzaguirre and Leah Meyer combined to allow the Raiders just five hits in 16 scoreless innings as FSW won 1-0 and 3-0 to sweep the twinbill and improve to 18-0 on the year.
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Bucs Blow out Hawks In Citrus Openers
February 25, 2025The freshly ranked #2 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers put on a show in their Citrus Conference openers on Tuesday, hammering the Hillsborough Hawks 9-0 and 16-2 in a pair of run rules to remain perfect on the year at 16-0.
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Unbeaten Bucs Shoot Up To #2 In First Regular Season Rankings
February 24, 2025Off to a perfect 14-0 start to the 2025 season, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers moved up to #2 in the first NJCAA Regular Season National Rankings of the season on Monday.
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Bucs Trip to Oxford Canceled Due to Weather
February 18, 2025With temperatures expected to be in the 30s most of the weekend, the #7 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers trip to the Juco Extravaganza in Oxford, Alabama has been canceled.
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Bucs Get Three Wins For Valentine's Day Present Friday
February 14, 2025The #7 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers spent their 2025 Valentine's Day at the Softball diamond on Friday. The Bucs won the bookends of their tripleheader in blowout fashion, defeating Spoon River 9-0 and Chipola 7-1, while orchestrating a huge comeback for a 7-6 walk off win over #8 Southern Idaho in the middle game to remain unbeaten at 14-0 on the year.
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Bucs Arms Dialed In On Day One of Paradise Cove Classic
February 13, 2025The #7 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers remained unbeaten on Thursday, dominating their first two games of the Paradise Cove Classic presented by Retallick Financial Group by a combined score of 16-1 while four Bucs pitchers allowed just four hits in route to the victories.
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Yzaguirre Named FCSAA Pitcher of the Week
February 12, 2025For the first time in her Florida SouthWestern State career, Buccaneers freshman Zoe Yzaguirre has been named the FCSAA Pitcher of the Week as announced by the state on Wednesday.
