by Caleb Thomas Leanna Johnson made Troy history as the softball team won a road series against ULM last weekend. After holding ULM to four hits and two runs over six innings on Sunday, Johnson secured win No. 94 in her career – the most in school history. Johnson has had a historic senior season, with an elite 1.26 earned run average over 122.1 innings. Sunday’s 9-2 victory captured the series for the Trojans, who moved to 4-1-1 in Sun Belt Conference play and 23-9-1 overall. While Troy jumped out…
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Tropolitan Player of the Week
by Dylan Seymore The Troy softball team is off to a great start for its season as the team is fourth in the Sun Belt Conference standings only behind Marshall, Louisiana and South Alabama. The Trojans are coming off a weekend where they hosted No. 25 Texas State Bobcats and won two out of three matchups. On Saturday, pitcher Leanna Johnson struck out nine batters, walked four and gave up seven hits in her time in the circle. She snuck away with the win even though she gave up six…
Read MoreSoftball takes down No. 25 Texas State
by Taylor Fraze The Trojan’s softball team started its conference games this past weekend with a series against nationally ranked Texas State. This series followed a Spring Break Challenge win in Jacksonville, Florida, the weekend before. Troy claimed wins in all four of their matchups in Jacksonville while also claiming a series sweep over Texas State. Despite the final game against the Bobcats ending in a tie, it is still considered a series sweep because the Trojans won the first two games. Troy is now on an eight-game win streak…
Read MoreSoftball wins over Charleston State
by Logan Pittman Troy softball traveled down to Jacksonville, Florida this past week to take part in the JU/UNF Spring Break Challenge. The challenge consisted of a five-game round robin tournament. The Trojans played two doubleheaders against Jacksonville and North Florida before winning the challenge in a final game against Charleston Southern, 6-3. The Trojans started off the challenge by run-ruling Jacksonville twice in their double-header victories, 12-4 and 9-0. Anslee Finch went a combined 5-for-7 at the plate with four RBIs and two home runs, both occurring in the…
Read MoreSoftball conquers Unconquered Invitational
by Rylee Bamberger The Troy softball team improved to 10-5 after their road trip to Tallahassee, Florida, where Trojans competed in the Unconquered Invitational. The Unconquered Invitational is an annual tournament at Florida State. This year’s participants include Florida Gulf Coast, Lamar, FSU and Troy. Troy opened the tournament with a 5-4 victory over FGCU. Leanna Johnson earned her sixth victory on the season, relying on the Trojans offense to defend the lead. Sophomore utility Taylor McKinney hit two home runs and recorded four RBIs to secure the win. Troy…
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