https://www.mascac.com en-us https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2025-26/releases/NFCA_All-Region_26 Honors continue to roll in for Westfield State's softball team, as four players were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region teams, which were announced on Friday in the midst of the NCAA Regional tournaments. Thu, 21 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2025-26/releases/NFCA_All-Region_26 https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2025-26/releases/26_SB_Tourney_Champ After 10 trips to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference softball championship game, the top-seeded Westfield State University Owls finally cashed in when first year RF Lyla Dwyer pulled a ball through the hole on the left side infield and sophomore 3B Allyssa Slack scored with a headfirst dive across the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Owls scored a 1-0 extra innings win over #2 seed Worcester State on Sunday. Sun, 10 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2025-26/releases/26_SB_Tourney_Champ https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2025-26/releases/2026_SB_All-C Westfield State’s Sarah Hough and Angelina Vartuli have been named the 2026 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Wed, 06 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2025-26/releases/2026_SB_All-C https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2024-25/releases/NFCA_All-Region_25 Brooke Grassia and Ellie Etemad-Gilbertson of Framingham State and Maddy Teta of MCLA have been named to the 2025 National Fast Pitch Coaches Association All-Regions Teams as announced by the NFCA this week. Fri, 23 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2024-25/releases/NFCA_All-Region_25 https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2024-25/releases/WOR_SB_Champs After a nine year hiatus, the Worcester State Lancers are once again the MASCAC Softball Tournament Champions after defeating Framingham State 5-3 on Sunday afternoon. Sun, 11 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2024-25/releases/WOR_SB_Champs https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2024-25/releases/25_SB_All-Conference Worcester State’s Emma Lanpher and Westfield State’s Katherine Canty have been named the 2025 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Wed, 07 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2024-25/releases/25_SB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2023-24/releases/NFCA_All-Region Gwen Carpenter and Kelsey McGuill of Framingham State, Ab'c'de Patane of Mass. Maritime and Emily Bartlett of Worcester State were named to the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region team. Fri, 24 May 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2023-24/releases/NFCA_All-Region https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2023-24/releases/SB_All-Conference The Worcester State duo of Emma Lanpher and Emily Bartlett have been named the 2024 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Wed, 15 May 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2023-24/releases/SB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2023-24/releases/SB_Champ_24 Defending league champion Framingham State battled back through the elimination bracket to sweep a pair of games from top-seeded Westfield State by scores of 3-0 and 10-2 in the championship round of the 2024 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference softball championship at the Westfield State softball field on Sunday afternoon. Sun, 12 May 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2023-24/releases/SB_Champ_24 https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2022-23/releases/NFCA_All-Region Framingham State's Camille Desrochers and Ally Moran, Mass. Maritime's Kelsey Booker and Ab'c'de Patane and Worcester State's Bella Gasbarro were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region 2 teams as announced by the organization. Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2022-23/releases/NFCA_All-Region https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2022-23/releases/FRA_NCAA_SB The Framingham State University softball team saw their season come to a close this evening when they fell 9-4 to Williams College in an elimination game of the 2023 NCAA Division III Tournament at the Salisbury Regional. Fri, 19 May 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2022-23/releases/FRA_NCAA_SB https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2022-23/releases/SB_All-Conference Massachusetts Maritime’s Ab’c’de Patane and Framingham State’s Ally Moran have been named the 2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Wed, 17 May 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2022-23/releases/SB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2022-23/releases/SB_Champ Gwendolyn Carpenter was 3-for-3 with two doubles, a homer and three RBI as top-seeded and host Framingham State captured its second straight Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) tournament championship with a 10-2 five inning win over second-seeded Bridgewater State. Sun, 14 May 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2022-23/releases/SB_Champ https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2021-22/releases/SB_All-Conference Bridgewater State’s Alexandra Ruprecht and Worcester State’s Emily Barlett have been named the 2022 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Wed, 11 May 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2021-22/releases/SB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2021-22/releases/SB_Champ Led by Tournament MVP Gwendolyn Carpenter, the fourth seed Framingham State University softball team defeated top seed Bridgewater State University twice today to secure the 2022 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Tournament Title at Alumni Park. The Rams took the opener 7-3, forcing the second game which they won 7-0. Sun, 08 May 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2021-22/releases/SB_Champ https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2018-19/releases/SB_All-Conference Worcester State’s Kaiulani Ennis and Framingham State’s Kelsi Gunarathne have been named the 2019 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Wed, 08 May 2019 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2018-19/releases/SB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2017-18/releases/SB_All-Conference Worcester State’s Sydney Despres and Dakota Smith-Porter have been named the 2018 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Thu, 10 May 2018 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2017-18/releases/SB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2017-18/releases/SB_Champ Framingham State University captured their second straight Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) softball tournament title on Sunday as tournament MVP Kelsi Gunarathne pitched a complete-game shutout with a career-high 13 strikeouts to help the second seeded Rams prevail 1-0 over the third seeded Westfield State Owls. Sun, 06 May 2018 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2017-18/releases/SB_Champ https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2016-17/releases/SB_All-Conference Worcester State’s Rachel Couto and Framingham State’s Kelsi Gunarathne have been named the 2017 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Wed, 10 May 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2016-17/releases/SB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2015-16/releases/SB_Champ WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worcester State University softball team was crowned the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Tournament Champions on Sunday (May 8) as they swept Bridgewater State in two games. Worcester State's senior pitcher, Meghan Rich (Chelmsford, Mass.) was awarded the tournament Most Valuable Player (MVP) award as she listed a sweep in the circle to help her team to the triumph. Sun, 08 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2015-16/releases/SB_Champ https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2015-16/releases/SB_All-Conference Sophomore Sydney Despres of Worcester State has been named the 2016 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Year and heads the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Wed, 04 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2015-16/releases/SB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2014-15/releases/SB_Championship Junior Rachel Quackenbush blasted a two-run homer and tossed a four-hitter with 10 strikeouts to help pace second-seeded MCLA to a 6-0 triumph over #4 Salem State in the MASCAC Softball Tournament Championship this afternoon at Rockwood Park. Sun, 03 May 2015 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2014-15/releases/SB_Championship https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2014-15/releases/sB_All-Conference Sophomore utility player Tiffanie Marsh of Framingham State has been named the 2015 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Year and heads the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Wed, 29 Apr 2015 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2014-15/releases/sB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2013-14/releases/Softball_Championship Led by tournament MVP Amber White (Middleboro, Mass.), Bridgewater State captured the program's ninth Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Softball Tournament championship as the top-seeded Bears downed fifth-seeded Framingham State, 8-1, in the title game on Sunday afternoon at Alumni Park. Sun, 04 May 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2013-14/releases/Softball_Championship https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2013-14/releases/SB_All-Conference Senior outfielder Cara Crowley of Salem State has been named the 2014 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Year and heads the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Wed, 30 Apr 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2013-14/releases/SB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/MASCAC_Championship_Summary Top-seeded Bridgewater State earned the 2013 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball title by taking a pair of contests from second-seeded MCLA in championship round action on Sunday afternoon, as the Bears topped the Trailblazers by 2-0 and 2-1 finals in games played at Alumni Park in Bridgewater, Mass. Sun, 05 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/MASCAC_Championship_Summary https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/MASCAC_All-Conference_Release Bridgewater State University senior catcher Brianna Strecker has been named as the 2013 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Year and heads the league’s all-conference squad in a vote taken of the conference’s eight coaches Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/MASCAC_All-Conference_Release https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2011-12/releases/MASCAC_Championship_Summary Third-seeded Salem State captured its second Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball crown in three seasons on Sunday afternoon, as the Vikings notched a pair of victories over fourth-seeded Westfield State in the 2012 championship round by scores of 5-1 in the opener and 6-2 in the deciding contest played at Rockwood Park in Worcester, Mass. Sun, 06 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2011-12/releases/MASCAC_Championship_Summary https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2011-12/releases/MASCAC_All-Conference_Release Bridgewater State University junior third baseman Jennifer Shaw has been named as the 2012 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Year and heads the league’s all-conference squad in a vote taken of the conference’s eight coaches Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2011-12/releases/MASCAC_All-Conference_Release https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/MASCAC_All-Conference_Release Worcester State University senior pitcher Michaella Mahoney has been named as the 2011 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Year and heads the league’s all-conference squad in a vote taken of the conference’s eight coaches Wed, 04 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2010-11/releases/MASCAC_All-Conference_Release