Army West Point Athletics
Friday, February 16
Miami, Fla.
10:00 AM
Army West Point
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Rutgers
Softball Heads Back to Florida for Panther Invitational
February 15, 2024 | Softball
MIAMI, Fla. – The Army West Point softball team packs its bags and heads right back to Florida to participate in the Panther Invitational, hosted by Florida International University.
Army will be in a four-team tournament vs. Rutgers, FIU and Duke.
Army will play a doubleheader on Friday starting at 10 am vs. Rutgers and FIU and then play Duke on Saturday at 10 am. Following the completion of pool play, Army will be seeded one through four and play a second game on Saturday in the tournament portion of the weekend.
The 2nd vs. 3rd game would be Saturday at 3 p.m. and the 1st vs. 4th game would be at 5:30 pm.
Following these games, the winners would play Sunday in the championship game and the two losers from Saturday would meet in the third-place game.
Tentatively, the third-place game would be at 9 am on Sunday and the championship game would be after at 11:30 am. However, FIU (the host team), will play in the 11:30 am Sunday game no matter what, so there is a scenario where the championship game is at 9 am if it does not feature FIU.
Tournament schedule after pool play
2/17 – 2nd vs. 3rd, 3 p.m.
2/17 – 1st vs. 4th, 5:30 p.m.
2/18 – L vs. L, 9 a.m.
2/18 – W vs. W, 11:30 a.m. (This flips if FIU is not in Championship Game)
Unfortunately, no streaming option is available for fans this weekend, but live stats can be found on the schedule.
QUICK HITTERS
Army will be in a four-team tournament vs. Rutgers, FIU and Duke.
Army will play a doubleheader on Friday starting at 10 am vs. Rutgers and FIU and then play Duke on Saturday at 10 am. Following the completion of pool play, Army will be seeded one through four and play a second game on Saturday in the tournament portion of the weekend.
The 2nd vs. 3rd game would be Saturday at 3 p.m. and the 1st vs. 4th game would be at 5:30 pm.
Following these games, the winners would play Sunday in the championship game and the two losers from Saturday would meet in the third-place game.
Tentatively, the third-place game would be at 9 am on Sunday and the championship game would be after at 11:30 am. However, FIU (the host team), will play in the 11:30 am Sunday game no matter what, so there is a scenario where the championship game is at 9 am if it does not feature FIU.
Tournament schedule after pool play
2/17 – 2nd vs. 3rd, 3 p.m.
2/17 – 1st vs. 4th, 5:30 p.m.
2/18 – L vs. L, 9 a.m.
2/18 – W vs. W, 11:30 a.m. (This flips if FIU is not in Championship Game)
Unfortunately, no streaming option is available for fans this weekend, but live stats can be found on the schedule.
QUICK HITTERS
- Last weekend, Army participated in the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Fla and went 0-5 against fierce competition.
- Sophomore Ashton White batted .429 (6-14) with a home run, two doubles, and seven RBI.
- Sophomore Caitlyn Newburn batted .333 (3-9), hitting her first career home run.
- Senior Kayla Edwards had five hits and two doubles on the weekend.
- Army is entering the second season of the Jen Consaul-led era. Consaul guided Army to an appearance in the Patriot League Championship game falling to Boston University. The Black Knights finished 22-37 overall with a 10-8 mark in the conference.
- Consaul was the interim head coach in 2023 was officially promoted to full-time in June of 2023. She previously served as Army's pitching coach from 2019-22.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
- Rutgers returned 12 letterwinners, including seven starters from last year's roster.
- A year ago, Rutgers picked up a 30-win season for the first time since 1994 ending the year at 32-25 overall with its best start since 1980.
- FIU enters the 2024 season coming off a 24-27 season a year ago. The Panthers return a total of seven starters from last season's squad, including All-Conference USA First Team catcher Isabella Perez. She led CUSA and ranked 11th among national leaders in runners caught stealing with 16.
- #10 Duke returns 15 letterwinners from last year's team that compiled a program-best 48-12 record and earned the right to host an NCAA Super Regional for the first time, before falling to Stanford.
ACCOLADES
- Last weekend, Ashton White was named to the All-Tournament Team in the NFCA Leadoff Classic, hitting .429.
- Army West Point softball was selected to finish third in the Patriot League preseason poll.
- Sophomore infielder Taylor Brown and senior outfielder Kayla Edwards were named to the Preseason All-League team announced today by the league.
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