Athletic News
Softball Earns Third Straight NCAA Tournament Bid
INDIANAPOLIS—The Barry softball lived to fight another day when the NCAA announced the bid for the 2013 Division II Softball Tournament on Monday. The Buccaneers, who sit at 32-18 and finished a game out of first place in the Sunshine State Conference, received their third straight regional bid, a sixth-seed in the South Region II. The Bucs will... read more
Minutes To Midnight: Baseball Sweeps Eckerd
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Barry University's baseball team swept a pair of games against Eckerd College Sunday night, winning a 13 inning marathon 12-9 before taking the nightcap 5-1. GAME ONE The Bucs trailed after the first inning but answered with a pair of runs in the third to tie the game at two. Both teams went back and forth with the... read more
Women's Golf 6th After 1st Round of South Regional
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Barry University women's golf team is in sixth place after shooting 312 in the first round of the NCAA South/Southeast Regional at Lone Palm Golf Club. Nova Southeastern leads the nine-team, three-day tournament that runs through Tuesday, following its opening-round 298. Host Florida Southern is second, two strokes behind the... read more
Baseball Drops Slugfest With Palm Beach Atlantic
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Barry University's baseball team fell to Palm Beach Atlantic University Saturday night at Feinbloom field in a rescheduled game from late April, 14-11. The Bucs (28-19) head into a difficult stretch to end the regular season playing four games in three days in hopes of extending the season with a regional bid. Luis... read more
Samuel Named South Region Men's Tennis Coach of Year
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University's George Samuel was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association South Region Men's Tennis Coach of the Year. "It's a great privilege and honor to be recognized by my peer coaches for the efforts made that have had such a successful impact on the success of the tennis season," Samuel said. "However, it... read more
Broeseker and Mackin Make Academic All-Region Team
MIAMI SHORES, Fla.--Barry University softball players Sarah Broeseker and Paula Mackin were named to the 2013 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-South Region team. They now advance to the Capital One Academic All‐America® Team ballot, where first‐, second‐ and third‐team All‐America honorees will be selected later this month. Broeseker, an... read more
Kigel, Lopez Region Women's Tennis Coach, Assistant of Year
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University's Avi Kigel and Maria Lopez were named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association South Region Women's Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively. Kigel won the ITA National Coach of the Year in 2011. Lopez won the ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year last year. "We are honored to receive... read more
Tennis on TV: Watch CBS4 Jim Berry's Report
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University's No. 1-ranked men's and women's tennis teams were featured Friday on CBS4 Miami in Jim Berry's special report during the 5 p.m. newscast. Watch it here: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/05/03/barry-university-chasing-after-a-pair-of-national-tennis-championships/. The Bucs men's team (25-0) meets No. 32... read more
Double Trouble: Barry Tennis No. 1 in Nation
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University men's and women's tennis teams share a common bond. Both are ranked No. 1 in the nation. The Buccaneers women's team earned the top billing when the Intercollegiate Tennis Association national poll was released Wednesday. Barry's men's team became No. 1 Thursday when the ITA rankings went public. It is the... read more
Women's Golf Signs Colombian Player
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University women's golf coach Shannon Sykora announced the signing of Carolina Heredia. Heredia, a Bogota, Colombia, native will begin competing for the Buccaneers in the fall. She intends to pursue a degree in sport management from Barry's School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences. "We are very happy to have... read more
