2005-2006 Headlines

MSU Billings Hires Softball Coach (5/30/06)
BILLINGS, MT – Dr. Gary Gray, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Montana State University-Billings, announced Tuesday that Kim Lemmens has been hired as the school’s new head softball coach....more.

2006 Softball Wrap Up
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team faced a number of unknowns in 2006, and for the most part the results were encouraging....more.

MSUB Softball Announces Season Awards (5/11/06)
BILLINGS, MT – Montana State University-Billings softball coach Sean McGary announced his 2006 individual award winners this week....more.

Quarnburg Leads Four Jackets on All-Conf. Team (5/3/06)
BILLINGS, MT – The Heartland Conference announced its all-conference softball teams on Wednesday with four players representing Montana State University-Billings....more.

Yellowjacket Softball Knocked Out of Tourney (4/28/06)
SAN ANTONIO, TX – The Montana State-Billings softball team was bounced from the Heartland Conference Championship Tournament on Friday afternoon....more.

Lady Jackets Stun Co-Champs at Heartland Tourney (4/27/06)
SAN ANTONIO, TX – On the brink of having their season ended, the Montana State-Billings softball team rallied for a split at the Heartland Conference Championship Tournament....more.

Jackets Look to Stay Hot at HLC Tourney (4/25/06)
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team will try to carry its late season hot streak into the Heartland Conference Tournament this week in San Antonio....more.

Helena Capital’s Trenary Signs with Lady Jackets (4/24/06)
BILLINGS, MT – Montana State University-Billings head softball coach Sean McGary announced Monday that Lindsey Trenary of Helena, Mont., has signed a national letter of intent to play for the Yellowjackets....more.

Heartland Conference Softball Playoff Bracket

Lady Jackets Post Senior Day Shutouts (4/22/06)
BILLINGS, MT – Montana State-Billings seniors Christy Wankel and Anna Henderson played their final games at Cenex Stadium on Saturday....more.

Lady Jackets, Tigers Split Twin Bill (4/21/06)
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team won the front end of a Heartland Conference doubleheader on Friday to earn a split against Lincoln University....more.

Heartland Conference Update for week of 4/17/60

Lady Jackets’ Quarnburg Honored by Heartland (4/20/06)
BILLINGS, MT – Montana State-Billings softball player Rachel Quarnburg was named the Heartland Conference player of the week....more.

Jackets Host Lincoln to End Regular Season (4/19/06)
BILLINGS, MT – After earning the four-game upset sweep over then No. 1 ranked St. Edward’s, the Montana State-Billings softball team will conclude its regular season against Lincoln....more.

Jackets Sweep Hilltoppers out of Town (4/15/06)
BILLINGS, MT – Timely hitting and clutch pitching carried the Montana State-Billings softball team to a doubleheader sweep of St. Edward’s University....more.

Lady Jackets Pull Off Upset Sweep of St. Ed’s (4/14/06)
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team combined classic small ball with a couple home runs Friday to surprise visiting St. Edward’s University in a twin-bill sweep....more.

Jacket Softball to Host League Leader (4/12/06)
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team will face its toughest test of the season this weekend when St. Edward’s University visits Cenex Stadium....more.

Heartland Conference Update for week of 4/10/06

Lady Jackets Complete Weekend Sweep of Aggies (4/8/06)
BILLINGS, MT – The bats remained hot for the Montana State-Billings softball team on Saturday with the Yellowjackets sweeping Oklahoma Panhandle State in a Heartland Conference doubleheader....more.

Offense Rolls in Lady Jacket Sweep (4/7/06)
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team had to be feeling good to be home on Friday after they scored 24 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Oklahoma Panhandle State....more.

MSUB Softball Opens Home Conference Schedule Friday (4/5/06)
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team will get little rest between its longest road trip of the season and its Heartland Conference home opener....more.

Cardinals Take Two From Jackets (4/4/06)
SAN ANTONIO, TX – No rest for the weary was the theme of the Montana State-Billings softball team as they played 12 games in seven days.  The Jackets dropped both games....more.

Lady Jackets Stop Losing Skid (4/3/06)
SAN ANTONIO, TX – The Montana State-Billings softball team endured a late night and used one big inning to snap its 12-game losing streak Monday....more.

Heartland Conference Update for week of 4/3/06

Lady Jackets Drop Two to Cardinals (4/2/06)
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Fifteenth-ranked University of the Incarnate Word used solid pitching and an opportunistic offense to sweep a Heartland Conference doubleheader from Montana State-Billings on Sunday....more.

Rattlers Sweep Pair from Lady Jackets (4/1/06)
SAN ANTONIO, TX – The offensive struggles continued for the Montana State-Billings softball team on Saturday as the Yellowjackets dropped both ends of a Heartland Conference doubleheader at St. Mary’s....more.

Lady Jackets Drop Two Against Mustangs (3/30/06)
SILVER CITY, NM – The Montana State-Billings softball team was hoping their first Heartland Conference win of the season would come against Western New....more.

Jacket Softball Drops Heartland Opener (3/29/06)
SILVER CITY, NM – The Montana State-Billings softball team dropped both ends of a Heartland Conference doubleheader on Wednesday....more.

Heartland Conference Update for week of 3/27/06

Lady Jackets Start Heartland Schedule on the Road (3/26/06) 
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team experienced plenty of growing pains through the first month of the 2006 season....more.

Yellowjacket Softball Falls at Colorado Springs (3/19/06)
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The Montana State-Billings softball team dropped its third-straight game on Sunday, falling 7-1 at University of Colorado-Colorado Springs....more.

Mountain Lions Take Two from Lady Jackets (3/18/06)
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – One big inning in each game combined with solid pitching gave University of Colorado-Colorado Springs a doubleheader sweep of the Montana State-Billings softball team....more.

Lady Jackets Wrap up Non-Conference Schedule at Colo. Springs (3/16/06)
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team will play its final non-conference games of the season this weekend when the Yellowjackets play at University of Colorado-Colorado Springs....more.

Jackets Sweep Hawks in Home Opener (3/11/06)
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team made the most of its early season stop at Cenex Stadium Saturday....more.

Jacket Softball Opens Home Schedule Saturday (3/9/06)
BILLINGS, MT – After starting the season with 19-straight games on the road, the Montana State-Billings softball team will open the home portion of its 2006 schedule Saturday afternoon....more.

Heartland Conference Update for week of 3/6/06

Jacket Softball Falls to Seattle to Close Tourney (3/5/06)
RICHLAND, WA – A fifth inning rally by 22^nd-ranked Seattle University gave the Redhawks a 7-4 win over Montana State-Billings on Sunday....more.

Jacket Softball Falls Twice at CWU Tourney (3/4/06)
RICHLAND, WA – The Montana State-Billings softball team lost twice Saturday at the Central Washington Invitational....more.

Lady Jackets Win One, Drop Two (3/3/06)
RICHLAND, WA – The Montana State-Billings softball team dropped two games on Friday before winning their late game at the Central Washington Invitational....more.

Lady Jackets Split at Cent. WA Invite (3/2/06)
RICHLAND, WA – The Montana State-Billings softball team earned a two-game split on the first day of the Central Washington Invitational Thursday....more.

MSUB Softball Makes Annual Trip to WA (2/28/06)
BILLINGS, MT – Coming off a 3-8 start at two tournaments in Phoenix, the Montana State-Billings softball team will be tested again this weekend with eight games at the Central Washington Invitational....more.

Heartland Conference Update for week of 2/28/06

Lady Jackets Lose Late to Kingsville (2/18/06)
PHOENIX, AZ – Two Javelina runs in the top of the seventh inning knocked the Montana State-Billings softball team out of the Schutt Sports/Division II Leadoff Classic....more.

Jacket Softball Splits Pair (2/17/06)
PHOENIX, AZ – The Montana State-Billings softball team bounced back from a 12-5 loss to Adams State on Friday to defeat New Mexico Highlands 9-1....more.

Lady Jackets Upset #7 SIUE, Fall again to CSUDH (2/16/06)
PHOENIX, AZ – Freshman Lisa Moore struck out 13 to lead the Montana State-Billings softball team to a 7-2 upset of seventh-ranked Southern Illinois-Edwardsville....more.

Jacket Softball Drops Two to Hawaii-Hilo (2/13/06)
PHOENIX, AZ – The Montana State-Billings softball team’s rocky start continued Monday with two losses to Hawaii-Hilo....more.

Yellowjacket Softball Splits for First Win (2/12/06)
PHOENIX, AZ – The Montana State-Billings softball team spit two games at the Grand Canyon tournament to earn its first win of the season....more.

Lady Jacket Softball Drops Pair to Open Season (2/11/06)
PHOENIX, AZ – The Montana State-Billings softball team dropped its season-opening games on Saturday, falling to Grand Canyon and Cal State-Dominguez Hills....more.

2006 Montana State-Billings Softball Preview
BILLINGS, MT – Despite what the calendar or weatherman says, if you follow college athletics at all you know spring has arrived....more.

Lady Jackets Tabbed Third in SB Poll (1/30/06)
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team has been picked to finish third in the Heartland Conference in a poll of head coaches and sports information directors....more.

MSU Billings Softball Player to Play in Australia (12/8/05)
BILLINGS, MT – Yellowjacket junior third baseman Megan Moeller is busy readying for finals in her first semester at Montana State-Billings....more.

MSU Billings Softball Receives Academic Honor (10/11/05)
BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings softball team has been named one of the top five NCAA Division II academic teams for 2004-2005 by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association....more.

McGary Named Head Softball Coach (Aug. 3, 2005) 
BILLINGS, MT – Montana State University-Billings Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Gary Gray announced Wednesday afternoon that he has appointed Sean McGary as the school’s interim head softball coach....more.