Melanie Gregor's Blog (5)

Oakland, CA - Holy Names University's Head Softball Coach, Melanie Gregor, released the recruiting class for the 2010 season today. Having just come off a 2009 California Pacific Conference Championship and an NAIA National tournament appearance, Coach Gregor was hopeful in recruiting some of the best up and coming softball players in Califor… Continue

Oakland, CA – On Saturday, August 22, 2009, the Holy Names Hawks enthusiastically provided aid, support and a welcomed offer of water to some 600 participants in the 5th Annual Faith Fancher 5K Breast Cancer Challenge around Lake Merritt. This was the annual fundraising effort of Friends of Faith, Inc. (FOF); a non-profit breast cancer organization founded i… Continue

HNU Softball has been working hard at meeting the challenges of Cal Pac conference play, most recently by taking two wins each off of both Dominican University and Bethany University (8-0 (5), 8-0 (5) and 7-5, 10-2 (5) respectively). Dominican struggled to generate 5 hits for both games against strong pitching by Stephani Fairclough in game 1 and Tiffany Chan in game 2. Fairclough threw for 3 hits, 1 walk and 8 strike-outs, with the freshman leading leading by example for senior Chan to pitch 2… Continue

After a week in the southern sunshine, and returning home with a 5 for 8 record against mostly mid-western schools, the Holy Names Hawks showed they could dominate the ball with the best of them, using the "mercy rule" with 8-0, 14-2 and 13-0 games, while battling very competitive teams like Tufts University who were the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) champions for 2008 and NFCA ranked #10 in 2009 pre-season. The Hawks swing into heated conference play with games against… Continue

The Spring Break trip for Softball to So Cal has been very different so far than the the trip in mid-February. February found the Hawks playing games outside on the diamond for the first time all Spring because of the rainy season, with a tough schedule against perennial GSAC powers Azusa Pacific, Biola, Vanguard and CSU-San Marcos. Although that trip generated some much needed game-time and some notable efforts (one win against Vanguard and two tough 2-0 games), it left the Hawks scrambling wit… Continue