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Softball

PANTHERS' NEXT OUTING

HCAC STANDINGS (Con/All)

Feb. 28 R H E
Hanover - - -
Oneonta - - -

NEXT CONTEST

Hanover will face Oneonta State (N.Y.) in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 28, to open the 2010 season.

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Transylvania 13-3 25-10
Bluffton 12-4 29-11
Defiance 12-4 23-14
Anderson 10-6 23-15
Manchester 9-7 17-20
Mount St. Joe 8-8 13-23
Rose-Hulman 5-11 12-20
Hanover 2-14 5-28
Franklin 1-15 10-24

 


Panthers picked to trail in HCAC race
Hanover College's softball team has been picked to finish ninth in the race for the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference's 2010 crown.

Hanover, under first-year head coach Megan Smalley, received 13 points in a balloting of the HCAC's nine head coaches. The Panthers finished eighth in the league in 2009 with a 2-14 mark and were 5-28 overall.

2010 Heartland Conference Preseason Softball Poll

Transylvania University (Ky.) was the coaches' choice to win the Heartland Conference title in 2010. The Pioneers, 13-3 in league play last year, grabbed 79 points in the poll with eight first-place votes. Bluffton University (Ohio) was second in the balloting with 70 points, including one first-place vote. Defiance College (Ohio) notched 60 points to finish third.

Hanover will open the season Sunday, Feb. 28, against the State University of New York College at Oneonta (N.Y.) in Orlando, Fla. The Panthers' home debut will be Wednesday, March 17, against Greenville College (Ill.). Smalley's squad will begin its Heartland Conference slate Saturday, March 20, at home against the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.