College Sports

The 2022 Yavapai College softball team is in Yuma for the NJCAA Division I Softball Championship and will attempt to accomplish something that only the Roughriders’ 2009 and 2011 teams have: win a national title.

The Yavapai College men’s basketball program announced May 18 that it has signed three new players as it builds a team for its anticipated return to the hardwood in the 2022-23 season.

Moments after the NCAA Division I Council tossed out requirements that dictate how football conferences can determine a champion, the Pac-12 announced Wednesday that it was scrapping its divisional format for the coming season.

Yavapai College’s softball team qualified for the NJCAA Division I National Tournament May 14 at Bill Vallely Field in Prescott by capturing the program’s second straight Region 1 title.

The NCAA waited nearly a year to issue a warning that there are still rules to follow now that college athletes can earn money off their fame, sparking speculation that a crackdown could be coming for schools and boosters that break them.

Yavapai College’s baseball team lost 6-2 in the second game of its best-of-three NJCAA Division I, Region 1 semifinal series against No. 10-ranked Central Arizona May 6 in Casa Grande, bringing its 2022 season to a close.

After compiling a 50-3 regular-season record and shattering the record books, half of the NJCAA Division I No. 2-ranked Yavapai College softball team’s roster earned All-Arizona Conference (ACCAC) honors in addition to coach Doug Eastman being named ACCAC Coach of the Year.

For the first time in program history, No. 24 Embry-Riddle softball team will be heading to the NAIA National Championship Tournament after earning an automatic bid by defeating Marymount California 4-1 for the Cal Pac Tournament Championship on Friday afternoon.

The NJCAA Division I No. 2-ranked Yavapai College softball team ended its 2022 regular season May 3 with an Arizona Conference (ACCAC) doubleheader sweep of No. 13-ranked Eastern Arizona, winning the first game, 8-0, and the second game, 12-4, in Thatcher.

The time has arrived for the Yavapai College baseball team to play in the NJCAA Division I, Region 1 tournament.

Six Yavapai College baseball players earned All-Arizona Conference (ACCAC) honors, the conference announced Monday afternoon, May 2.

The 2022 Arizona Conference (ACCAC) regular-season champion Yavapai College softball team will conclude its regular season by playing an ACCAC doubleheader at Eastern Arizona at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, in Thatcher.

Yavapai College’s baseball team, which was swept by NJCAA Division I #10-ranked Central Arizona in an Arizona Conference (ACCAC) doubleheader April 30 in Prescott, will have a chance at redemption when it faces the Vaqueros in the region tournament semifinals May 5-7 in Casa Grande.

Ranked No. 1 in the NJCAA, Yavapai softball defeated No. 8 Central Arizona College 4-3 in Game 1 of its doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Bill Vallely Field to clinch the 2022 ACCAC Championship while also earning the rights to host the NJCAA Division I Region I Tournament.

The Yavapai College baseball team opened its final week of regular-season play April 26 with a doubleheader sweep of Eastern Arizona, clinching a spot in the NJCAA Division I, Region I Tournament in the process.

Ranked No. 1 in NJCAA Division I, the Yavapai College softball team’s pitching staff logged its third and fourth consecutive shutouts May 26, sweeping an Arizona Conference (ACCAC) doubleheader from Glendale, 6-0 and 7-0.

NCAA President Mark Emmert is stepping down after 12 tumultuous years leading an association that has become marginalized while college sports has undergone massive changes and been besieged by political and legal attacks.

The final week of the 2022 regular season has arrived for the Yavapai College baseball team, which will play host to doubleheaders against Eastern Arizona and Central Arizona at noon Tuesday, April 26, and Saturday, April 30, respectively.

The NJCAA Division I #1-ranked Yavapai College softball team is set for a busy week, with Arizona Conference (ACCAC) doubleheaders at Glendale Tuesday, April 26, and versus Arizona Western Thursday, April 28, and Central Arizona Saturday, April 30, at Bill Vallely Field in Prescott.

The NJCAA No. 1-ranked Yavapai College softball team did what it does best on Saturday afternoon, April 23, at Bill Vallely Field in Prescott – hit home runs.

Yavapai College’s baseball team headed to Yuma April 19 and swept an Arizona Conference (ACCAC) doubleheader from NJCAA Division I No. 13-ranked Arizona Western, winning the opener, 4-1, and the second game, 17-5.

For the sixth time this season, the NJCAA Division I No. 1-ranked Yavapai College softball team has swept the Arizona Conference’s (ACCAC) weekly awards, the conference office announced Monday afternoon.

After a sweep of NJCAA Division II No. 2-ranked Phoenix College April 16, the Yavapai College softball team is now the No. 1-ranked team in NJCAA D-I, the national junior college association announced in its latest softball rankings April 18.

The Embry-Riddle outdoor track team continued its season this past week, participating in the Bryan Clay Invitational and Cal State-Los Angeles Twilight on Wednesday through Friday. In all, the Eagles competed in six different events, giving runners a good idea of where they are at against top competition heading into the Cal Pac Championships.

For the third time this season, the Embry-Riddle softball team played the second-place team in the Cal Pac in a series, this time matching up with Marymount California. The Eagles started the day four games in front of the Mariners, and it stayed that way as the teams split a doubleheader to start the weekend.