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MU strikes early, opens tourney with 6-3 win  By MIKE SMITH
AKRON, OH -- Kaylee Oh stroked three hits, Holly Merritt drove in two runs and Shelby Kunkel homered as Miami (32-23) knocked off Ball State (32-17) 6-3 in second round 2025 MAC Softball Tournament action Thursday at Firestone Stadium. Madilyn Reeves (22-10) picked up the win, allowing two runs (1 earned) on six hits. She struck out two, walked three and hit a batter in 5.0 innings. Le'a Chevrier got the save with two innings of work. She surrendered one run on two hits. The junior struck out . . . It's RedHawks vs. Cardinals in Thursday matchup  By MIKE SMITH
AKRON, OH -- The 2025 Mid-American Conference Softball Tournament opened Wednesday at Firestone Stadium. One game in, the top-seeded Miami RedHawks know their opponent for tourney Game Four. No. 4 Seed Ball State earned a shot at Miami by thumping Akron 9-1 Wednesday. The Cardinals and RedHawks will meet Thursday at noon. BSU led 2-1 through four innings but outscored the Zips 7-0 in the fifth and sixth. Third baseman Katie Van Der Mark capped a five-run sixth inning with a walk-off, two-run single. The redshirt junior was . . . Four RedHawks among MAC Softball first, second teams Parks, Gardner-Colegate tabbed for specialty awards  Mandy Gardner-Colegate talks to pitcher Madilyn Reeves earlier this year. (MVSmith/MRO) CLEVELAND, Ohio – On Tuesday afternoon the Mid-American Conference announced this year's softball All-MAC Teams and Specialty Award winners. Head Coach Mandy Gardner-Colegate was awarded Co-Coach of the Year, Chloe Parks earned the Nan Harvey Award and was named to First Team All-MAC, Madilyn Reeves was named to First Team All-MAC, Mckenna Campbell was named to Second Team All-MAC, and Shelby Kunkel was named to Second-Team All-MAC. A full list of award winners is below.
Gardner-Colegate led the . . . RedHawks top Bulls, continue reign atop MAC  Chloe Parks settles under an infield pop-up. (MVSmith/MRO) By MIKE SMITH
OXFORD, OH -- There were years when Miami sofball championships were built on dominance. The RedHawks 2025 title is more a case of perseverence. Miami (20-7 MAC, 31-23 overall) defeated Buffalo (10-17 MAC, 17-33 overall) 4-2 Sunday at the Miami Softball Field. Coupled with Ohio's 2-1 loss at Western Michigan, the results game MU its sixth straight Mid-American Conference regular season title. Sunday's victory was the fifth straight win . . . Saturday sweep keeps RedHawks in title race  Maddie Patton gets a group hug at home. (MVsmith/MRO) By MIKE SMITH
OXFORD, OH -- Miami softball coach Mandy Gardner-Colegate said getting Saturday's double-header against Buffalo in was critical. Despite on-again-off-again showers for much of the afternoon, the games were played and Miami took advantage of its opportunities. The RedHawks run-ruled UB twice -- 8-0 in the opener and 10-2 in Game Two. With the wins, Miami moved . . . RedHawks finish road schedule with wins over BGSU  BOWLING GREEN, OH -- Miami's offense erupted for a total of 24 hits and 22 runs Wednesday as the RedHawks softball team broke a four-game losing streak with a pair of wins over Bowling Green at Meserve Field.
Shelby Kunkel and Kaylee Oh combined for five hits and five hits in MU's 10-4 first game victory. Sophomore Madi Reeves (19-10) went the distance in the circle, allowing four runs on seven hits. She struck out 10 and walked two. Le'a Chevrier evened her record at 9-9 with five shutout innings in Miami's 12-0 Game Two victory. The junior allowed . . . RedHawks vs Falcons twin bill moved to Wednesday The Miami softball doubleheader at Bowling Green State University has been moved to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 30. It was originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 29.  Showcase teased potential for 'exciting' 2025 team Martin says summer and fall progress will be critical  Cole Weaver stretches for a catch. (MVSmith/MRO) By MIKE SMITH
After a winter of massive turnover, Miami RedHawks football heading off to summer with some momentum. Saturday's Spring Showcase -- a combination of drills and offense versus defense scimmage work -- showed enough to let fans know the RedHawks have made progress with a puzzle that won't be complete until this fall. "We had 11 early enrollees. We had 13, 14 transfers," Head Coach Chuck Martin said after the session. Today "was kind of like all spring. There was a lot of good. There was a lot of okay, and there was some bad stuff." "We had a really . . . Plenty of new talent at Saturday football event  By MIKE SMITH
Miami football wraps up spring practice Saturday with the annual Spring Showcase. As with many programs, the RedHawks do not play a "Spring Game," per se. However, their agenda will include some scrimmage-like activity as part of an "open practice." It always seems nice to get a spring taste of football. This year's event figures to . . . RedHawks nipped in final non-conference contest  MRO STAFF
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN -- RedHawk pitchers allowed just three hits on the day, but Purdue pitching hurled a one-hit shutout as the Boilermakers edged Miami 2-0 Wednesday at Bittinger Stadium. It was the last regular season non-conference tilt of 2025 for MU, which fell to 26-23 on the year. Purdue moved to 26-17. Madi Reeves (18-10) took the loss. She went five innings for Miami, striking out three and walking three. Only one of the two Boilermaker runs was earned. MU committed three errors, including one in the decisive third inning. Le'a Chevrier finished with one hitless/scoreless frame, striking out two. Julia Gossett (8-7) got the . . . |
Editor-Publisher Mike SmithMike grew up in Mid-American Conference football and basketball territory and returned there after military service. He has been covering MAC football and men's basketball for much of the last several decades. 
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