🚨 TICKET PUNCHED 🚨
Your Lions are ranked
#2
in the Central Region! We will HOST the University of Minnesota-Duluth this Thursday, May 11th from the Pat Lipira Softball Complex. Game times and ticket information will be announced soon!
#LetsRoar
No. 25 Lions advance to Championship Sunday after beating RSU 4-3!
Emily Perry, Leighton Withers and Ashlynn Williams record an RBI, Avery Tallman wins her 19th game and Natalie Bates saves her 2nd game this season.
Southern and No. 4 UCO to play tomorrow at 11:00am.
#LetsRoar
Congratulations to coach Hallie Blackney on her 100th career win leading the Lions! Hallie is the 3rd coach in program history to have 100 career wins and did so in 180 games the second fastest in program history.
#LetsRoar
Congratulations to our D2CCCA All-American, Leighton Withers!
Leighton becomes the first Lion since Jennifer Jimerson in 1998 to be named an All-American by any organization.
#LetsRoar
2023 Season Highlights
✅8th season winning 40 games going 41-15
✅Program record 21 MIAA wins
✅7 single-season team records
✅1st All-American in 25 years
✅1st regional appearance since 2001, 9th appearance
✅1st time hosting a regional since 1993, 3rd time selected to host
KARA AMOS WALKOFF HOME RUN!
Survive and advance for the No. 25 Lions beating Washburn 3-2. Emily Perry, Katie Gray and Amos hit solo home runs.
Southern to play Missouri Western tomorrow at 1:30pm.
#LetsRoar
Lions Walkoff against UMD 3-2!
Emily Perry with the home run and Kara Amos got the win.
MSSU will play again tomorrow at 2:30pm against the winner of RSU/SAU.
#LetsRoar
No. 25 Lions begin the MIAA Tournament with a run rule 11-3 win over Emporia State!
Yazmin Vargas and Leighton Withers hit home runs and Avery Tallman picks up her 16th win of the season.
Lions to play winner of RSU/MWSU game at 6:30pm tomorrow.
#LetsRoar
Congratulations to Ashlynn Williams on being named MIAA Co-Hitter of the Week! Ashlynn finished the week with a .529 batting average while slugging 1.000 to go with 11 RBIs on 9 hits that included 3 doubles a triple and a grand slam home run.
#LetsRoar
Congratulations to our All-MIAA first team award winners, Yazmin Vargas and Leighton Withers, and our second team award winners, Josie Tofpi and Kara Amos!
#LetsRoar
🦁
✅ 6 feet between us
✅ Less than 10 people
✅ Proper sanitization
✅ Celebrate our
#1
Bat Girl’s Birthday
Happy we were able to help Lily have a great 8th birthday!
#Grateful
#DFD
#FamilyAlways
Lions win 9-8 against Arkansas - Monticello thanks to a Katie Gray home run in the 5th. Bailey Lacy picked up the win in the circle .
Will play Henderson State at 2:00pm and Ouachita Baptist at 4:00pm tomorrow in Arkadelphia.
#LetsRoar
Freshman Utility player, Kara Amos was named onto the All-Tournament team as a Designated Player this afternoon, and this past week was named onto the NFCA Central-Region second-team as a Utility/Pitcher, Congrats Kara!
#LetsRoar
Lions WIN 4-0 against Newman in game one to set a program record for MIAA wins in a season!
Josie Tofpi, Leighton Withers and Ashlynn Williams finished with extra base RBIs, Bailey Lacy won her 12th game of the season and Avery Tallman got the save.
#LetsRoar
Missouri Southern Softball begins their season 2-0 with a second win on the day over Arkansas-Monticello in a 6 inning run-rule, 9-0!
Winning Pitcher:
#18
Avery Tallman
Final: No. 4 UCO 11 - No. 25 Lions 4.
Katie Gray hit two home runs and Kara Amos hit a home run.
Southern now awaits to see where they will be seeded with the NCAA selection show on Monday at 10am EST.
#LetsRoar
Yep, it snowed.
Yep, we tarped.
Our outfield banners are still in hibernation, but we were OUTSIDE today!
The sun did a good job today—-now don’t be a stranger, ya hear?! 😂😂
#grateful
Shout out to our team. The wind was wreaking havoc on our tarp this morning, but they (the ones not in class) showed up within 10 minutes to get it fixed!
Tarping isn’t fun, but being around hard working humans is. 💚
On this National Girls and Women in Sports Day, we want to thank the Pioneers who came before us! Especially Coach Pat Lipira and former Athletic Director, Sallie Beard! Because of you, we can be US!
#R1SEUP
⚡️
#NGWSD
Lions get the first win of the season 17-8! Leighton Withers led the team with 4 RBIs Josie Topfi had 3 RBIs, Kara Amos, Adrianna Young and Ashlynn Williams had 2 RBIs each with Williams 2 RBI single starting the nine run 5th inning. Lions play SWOSU at 12:45pm tomorrow
#LetsRoar
🚨🥎 FOUR STATES AREA🥎🚨
We are thrilled to partner with
@CoachFullerPitt
and
@CoachBradF
and hold our first-ever MSSU/PSU Softball Coaching Clinic!
The event is FREE, and coffee/donuts will be provided!
Any interested club/high school softball coach, please RSVP!
Lions SWEEP No. 2 Rogers State 4-0!
Bailey Lacy with a complete game shutout and four strikeouts. Ashlynn Williams had two RBIs and Kara Amos finished with one RBI.
Lions to play at Nebraska - Kearney on Mar. 31st in a DH beginning at 2:00pm.
#LetsRoar
Congratulations Josie Tofpi on breaking the career runs scored record in today's second game against Washburn. Tofpi has now scored 142 runs in her career passing Erin Turner 1999-02.
#LetsRoar
“What this jersey means to me.”
Always a special day in our program! Grateful for those who have come before us! We wear our Missouri Southern apparel with PRIDE. See more pics on our Facebook!
#earned
Lions claim a 3-2 8th inning win over Central Missouri.
Kara Amos led the way with two RBI going 2-for-3, Josie Topfi had the other RBI and Avery Tallman picked up the win with eight innings of work and 121 pitches.
Game 2 is underway.
#LetsRoar
Lions beat Ouachita Baptist 15-2 as Leighton Withers had a game, going 3-4 with a grand slam and another homer with six RBIs and three runs scored. Withers's RBI total is tied for the third most in program history for a single game.
#LetsRoar
Receiving votes in the NFCA (National Fast-pitch Coaches Association) Preseason Poll 🦁
📆 Season Opener: Southwestern Oklahoma State University 02/02 @ Hot Springs, AR
Lions get the 10-0 run rule victory against Pittsburg State to SWEEP the Gorillas. Yazmin Vargas and Kristen Wade with 3 RBIs, Kara Amos picked up 2 RBIs and Bailey Lacy threw a one hitter. Lions travel to Washburn with first pitch at 4pm in Topeka on Friday.
#LetsRoar
Bailey Lacy has now eclipsed 100 strikeouts this season with her three strikeouts so far in the game to become the 12th Lion to accomplish the feat and the first since Natalie Hamm in 2018.
#LetsRoar
Lions beat No. 16 Southern Arkansas 6-2!
Grace Parrott and Leighton Withers had home runs and Kate Thurman picked up an RBI, Avery Tallman with her eighth win of the season in the circle.
Lions to host MIAA/GLVC Crossover from Mar. 3rd - Mar. 5th.
#LetsRoar
When you have something this beautiful in your backyard, you keep it that way! Picked up trash today at The Falls!
#JoMoSo
#LCT
#R1SEUP
⚡️
✅ Person
✅ Student
✅ Athlete
All 3️⃣ without sacrificing any 1️⃣!
THANK YOU to the campers who joined us!
THANK YOU to the guardians who brought them!
THANK YOU to our student-athletes for being great representatives of our program!
THANK YOU to our coaching staff for leading the way.
It was a special day in JOMOSO!
GRATEFUL! 💚
Special thank you to Coach Pat Lipira for sharing the NCAA D2 Softball National Championship trophy with our team today! We are proud of our program’s history and excited to create our own legacy!
#LionPride