After a few sleepless nights, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers got the news they had hoped for on Tuesday as the Bucs were announced as one of four at-larges to the NJCAA Division I Softball World Series, giving FSW the ticket back to Oxford, Alabama to look for their fourth straight NJCAA National Championship.
After winning an NJCAA National Championship in Alabama last season, Florida SouthWestern sophomore Esmee Ames will be headed back to the Heart of Dixie as she has signed her National Letter of Intent to play for Troy University next season.
If the #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers are going to get a chance to defend their NJCAA National Championship, the ticket to do so will have to come in the form of an at-large bid from the NJCAA Softball Committee as FSW dropped a 12-11 shootout to Eastern Florida State late Friday night to be eliminated from the South Atlantic District Tournament in Clearwater.
The #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers run at a second straight FCSAA State Championship came to an end Thursday night under the lights in Clearwater as they were unable to overcome a late push by the #7 Indian River State Pioneers in a 9-6 loss in the State Semifinals.
The #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers rode the roller coaster in their FCSAA State Tournament opener against the Eastern Florida State Titans Wednesday afternoon in Clearwater, falling behind early 4-0 before coming back to take an 8-4 lead, just to hang on late with the tying runs in scoring position for an 8-6 win to move on to the tournament semifinals.
Florida SouthWestern ace Lea Chevrier has found her landing spot for next season as the Bucs righthander has inked her National Letter of Intent to play at Miami University in Ohio for the 2024-2025 season.
Six Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were honored by the State ahead of the FCSAA State Tournament on Wednesday as D’Yani McKinley, Lea Chevrier, and Sietske Drijvers led the group as 1st Team All-State selections while Sydney McCray, Esmee Ames, and Virginia Mambelli were named 2nd Team All-State picks.
On the heels of their eighth straight Conference Championship, a league high 10 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were honored by the Citrus Conference on Friday as eight Bucs were named 1st Team All-Conference with Lea Chevrier honored as the Pitcher of the Year and Head Coach Robert Iamurri the Coach of the Year.
Two years in the fun and sun of Florida was enough for Florida SouthWestern slugger Ella Moore as she has signed to return home to New Jersey where she will play at Georgian Court University next season.
Florida SouthWestern catcher Jenna Teakert is headed back to the Midwest next season after signing alongside her teammates at Eastern Illinois University on Spring Signing Day at FSW.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers wrapped up their sixth consecutive season spending all 10 weeks of the NJCAA National Rankings ranked inside the Top 5 on Monday as the Purple and Aqua remained in a familiar place at #3 in the 2024 Week 10 poll to close out the regular season.
The #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers won a Conference Championship in the third different conference in the past three seasons on Saturday afternoon at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers, sweeping the Polk State Eagles to give the Bucs their eighth consecutive Conference Title overall and their first in the inaugural year of the Citrus Conference.
After hurling 11 scoreless innings in a pair of FSW wins last week, righthander Esmee Ames has been named the FCSAA Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season as announced by the state on Tuesday.
For the second time this season, Florida SouthWestern sophomore Sydney McCray has been named the FCSAA Player of the Week after hitting .667 across four Buccaneer games last week.
For the second time during the 2024 regular season, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers and the Indian River Pioneers collided in an NJCAA Top 5 matchup Tuesday afternoon in Fort Pierce and for the second time the showdown ended in a split as #4 Indian River took game one 8-5 before #3 FSW captured game two 7-3 for their 50th win of the season. The Bucs reach the 50 win mark for the seventh time in eight complete seasons since their inception in 2016.
The red hot Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers remained at #3 in the NJCAA National Rankings on Monday, marking the 85th consecutive week the Bucs have garnered a top five nod.
It was a tale of two games for the #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers on Saturday at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers as FSW dominated the visiting Eastern Florida State Titans 11-0 in a five inning run rule in game one of the doubleheader before being forced to hang on late for a 6-5 win in game two to finish off the sweep and run their winning streak to 11 games.
For the first time in her Buccaneer career, Florida SouthWestern righthander Emily Allegood has been named the FCSAA Pitcher of the Week as announced by the state on Tuesday.
The #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers continued their late season run on Tuesday, making the trip to Tampa and sweeping the Hillsborough Hawks by scores of 6-1 and 10-2 to run their winning streak to nine and inch closer to clinching the Citrus Conference crown.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers moved back into the #3 spot in the NJCAA National rankings on Monday after going 6-0 overall and 4-0 against Top 15 ranked opponents last week.
With the calendar just two weeks away from flipping to May, the #4 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers are getting hot at the right time as they swept the #14 Santa Fe Saints 6-2 and 8-1 Saturday afternoon at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers to give them 15 wins in their past 16 games and to push them to 45-5 on the season.
Three Florida SouthWestern pitchers shut down the top offense in the state on Thursday at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers as Lea Chevrier, Esmee Ames, and Leah Meyer combined to allow just two runs on the afternoon as the 4th ranked Bucs swept the 8th ranked Central Florida Patriots by scores of 8-1 and 4-1 to take over the top spot in the Citrus Conference standings with 10 games left to go.
The #4 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were tested in game one of their doubleheader against the State College of Florida Manatees, sneaking past their Citrus Conference rivals 4-2 before dominating game two of the twinbill in a 12-0 five inning run rule to top the 40 win mark for the eighth consecutive season.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers dropped one spot in the NJCAA Top 20 Rankings on Monday, but continued their streak of remaining in the top five as they checked in at #4 in the week seven poll.
The #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers trip to the Fun Coast was not so fun on Saturday as the Bucs were shocked by the Daytona State Falcons 5-2 in game one of their Citrus Conference doubleheader before bouncing back for a 9-3 win in game two to salvage the split.
The #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers continued their dominance in the circle on Thursday, allowing just one unearned run in 14 innings of action, sweeping the visiting Seminole State Raiders 7-0 and 3-1 to make it eight straight games of two runs or less for their opponents.
After firing nine shutout innings over a pair of FSW wins, Buccaneers righty Esmee Ames has been named the FCSAA Pitcher of the Week in a state release on Tuesday.
The #3 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers went on the road and made short work of the St. Petersburg Titans on Tuesday, sweeping a Citrus Conference doubleheader by scores of 10-1 and 7-0 to improve to 36-4 on the season.
The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers remained the #3 team in the land on Monday as for the sixth straight week FSW landed in the third spot in the NJCAA National Poll.
Going into Thursday's doubleheader against Polk State, Florida SouthWestern freshman Skylar Brennan had one career home run. She came out of the twinbill with triple that number as she launched longballs in both ends of the doubleheader with #3 FSW taking game one 5-2 and game two 12-0 to improve to 34-4 on the year.