2006 ODAC Softball Preseason Poll

• Caroline Cubbage Named First-Team All-American
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• Three Hornets Earn All-Region Softball Honors
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• Lynchburg’s Caroline Cubbage Named ODAC Softball Player of the Year
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• Hornet Softball Loses 4-3 Heartbreaker to Roanoke in Title Game
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• LC Softball Stays Alive at the ODAC Tournament Saturday
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• LC Falls to E&H 2-1 in ODAC Tournament
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• Hornet Softball Drops Two at Liberty
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• Roanoke Scores Four in Sixth to Beat LC Softball 5-3
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• Caroline Cubbage Named ODAC Hitter of the Week
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• Hornet Softball Splits With Mary Washington
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• Lynchburg Softball Takes Two at Sweet Briar
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• Lynchburg Softball Schedule Additions Announced
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• Lynchburg Lands Five ODAC Athletes of the Week
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• Hornet Softball Outslugs Ferrum 21-7; 10-2
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• Hornet Softball Rolls Past Guilford
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• Hornet Softball Splits with Emory & Henry
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• Va. Wesleyan Softball Sweeps LC
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• Hornet Softball Trips Up Randolph-Macon
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• Lynchburg Softball Splits Doubleheader with Bridgewater
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• Hornet Softball Splits ODAC Doubleheader with EMU
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• Caroline Cubbage Garners ODAC Hitter of the Week Honors
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• LC Softball Splits Doubleheader with York Sunday
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• LC Softball Splits Two at CNU
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• Hornet Softball Team Competes at Salisbury
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• LC Softball Wins Two at Salisbury Tournament
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• Hornets Land Two ODAC Athletes of the Week
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• Hornet Softball Remains Unbeaten with Two Wins
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• LC Takes Two at the Atlantic vs. East Challenge
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• Hornets Sweep ODAC Player of the Week Awards
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• LC Softball Sweeps So. Virginia
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• LC Sweeps Meredith
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• 2006 ODAC Softball Preseason Poll
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• Lynchburg Softball Ranks 24th in Team GPA in NCAA Division III
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• All-State Softball Team Released Christy Mays Named College Division Player of the Year
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• Christy Mays Named Second-Team Academic All-American

Monday, February 06, 2006

Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

 Defending Champion Roanoke Tops 2006 ODAC Softball Preseason Poll

SALEM, VA – Two-time defending Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) champion Roanoke College has been picked as the favorite by the league’s head coaches in the 2006 Softball Preseason Poll.

Roanoke garnered seven first-place votes and a total of 97 points to take the top spot. RC finished the 2005 campaign 33-12 overall and 14-2 in the ODAC. The Maroons captured their sixth championship in seven years and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

RC returns 2005 ODAC Pitcher-of-the-Year Lyndsi Craig who went 14-3 in the circle last season with a 1.53 ERA and an ODAC best 124 strike outs in 114.2 innings pitched.

Lynchburg earned a total of 93 points and three first-place votes to take the second spot in the poll. 2005 ODAC Coach-of-the-Year Dawn Simmons led her squad to a 31-9 overall record a 14-2 mark in the ODAC last season. First-Team All-ODAC Outfielder Lauren Lancaster returns to the LC line up after hitting at a .328 clip last season with three home runs and a team best 39 runs scored. 

Bridgewater edged Virginia Wesleyan for the third slot with a total of 74 points. The Eagles went 24-18 overall last season with a 9-7 league record. Jennifer Hall took 2005 ODAC Rookie-of-the-Year honors after hitting a team best .384 on an ODAC best 56 hits.  

The Marlins landed in the fourth slot with 73 points followed by Emory and Henry (53 points), Guilford (52 points), Eastern Mennonite (47 points), Randolph-Macon (27 points), Randolph-Macon Woman’s (21 points) and Sweet Briar (13 points).

2006 ODAC Softball Preseason Poll

Place Team Points (First-Place Votes)
1. Roanoke 97 (7)
2. Lynchburg 93 (3)
3. Bridgewater 74
4. Virginia Wesleyan 73
5. Emory and Henry 53
6. Guilford 52
7. Eastern Mennonite 47
8. Randolph-Macon 27
9. Randolph-Macon Woman’s 21
10. Sweet Briar 13