Softball
Softball
Caitlin Gaffney will be a key contributor in the field and at the plate during the Scots' 2010 campaign.
Young, Anxious Scots Ready to Put Last Season Behind Them
Following a discouraging season a year ago, the Fighting Scots enter their 2010 campaign believing that up is the only direction they can go. Mix this approach with seven promising incoming players, and 12 underclassmen in all, and The College of Wooster will not only be among the youngest teams in the North Coast Athletic Conference, but potentially the most surprising. Complete Story
Program Overview
The Wooster softball program, reestablished as a varsity sport for the 2000 season, has been a force this decade as the Scots regularly contended for the North Coast Athletic Conference championship, highlighted by three top-three finishes in the parity-filled league.
Wooster takes advantage of the school’s unique two-week spring break, getting 14-to-16 games in during their annual time at Fort Myers, Fla., to prepare for a challenging northern schedule that typically features regionally- and nationally-ranked competition. Overall, the Scots have put together six seasons with 16 or more victories, including a couple of 20-win campaigns.
Several outstanding individual players have come through the program, highlighted by pitcher Angie Barone, the conference record holder for career strikeouts (577), utility player Natalie Barone, who owns a number of conference records, including assists in a game (12) and single-season innings pitched (226.0), outfielder Kerri Horst, a member of the NCAC All-Decade Team (1993-2004), and Kate Henley and Kim Skully, two other outfielders who were four-time all-NCAC standouts.
Wooster practices and competes at a softball-only facility, adjacent to one of the newest dorms on campus. The field, which includes an electronic scoreboard and bleacher seating on both the home and visitors sides, sits atop a hillside surrounded by trees, which makes for a charming setting.