Laura Ricciardone
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That tweet, @ScrapYardFP, that was a choice. Not a mistake. We’ve had so so many incredible Black women in our sport alone voice their experiences, opinions and stories in the last few weeks. You have not been listening. You made a choice, one a statement will not unwind.
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The honor of a lifetime to lead you, @YaleSoftball! . I say it again, little kid me in small town Louisiana couldn't dream where the game would take me. I'm thankful for all of it and overwhelmed with support. Thank you. There's no place I'd rather be. Let's get to work!💙.
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Kansas City and @TopGunEvents up next! ✈️. Looking forward to seeing some @YaleSoftball commits and finding some future Bulldogs to join the dog pack! . I’ll be at the camp on Wednesday, out at the fields Thursday/Friday! Looking for future 🐶to join these faces ⬇️. #ThisIsYale
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Recruits: Dead period extended through Sep 30th, but Sep 1st rules still stand for 2022s!. Email us:.—Transcripts, academic info.—Contact info (phone #’s!) .—Game/video links. It won’t be in person, but we can talk! It’s a process, stay the course. #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball.
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Colorado schedules, we want them! You'll see @Coach_Debrosse and myself out there. We'll be at: .🔹P5/Patriot Games .🔹Camp w/BU and Mines .🔹Sparkler .🔹Academic Showcase .🔹IDT . 2026s, we're coming for you! We love a hunt and looking for DAWGS to join this dugout party.
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We’re baaack! Week 1 with the DOGS:. ➖Early 🐶gets the 🐛 .➖Spring training in September .➖The team, the team, the team .➖Compete (🥎knockout included⬇️). #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball
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What a day, what a playground! . First day of fall practice starts shortly for @YaleSoftball! How lucky are we to call this place home. #ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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We’re looking forward to heading to Colorado this weekend! . After that, here’s where @YaleSoftball will be in July:. 📆Easton/Rawlings .📆TFL Championships Plano.📆 PGF Nationals .📆Alliance Nationals . We’re looking for players who want to be a part of this⬇️. #ThisIsYale
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I had a moment of “wow” looking out at this tonight. What a beauty! . There’s no better place to call home! Not just this facility, but @YaleAthletics! The people can’t be beat. Starts with @Vchun and @Guglieri2313!. No better place, no better time to be a 🐶! @YaleSoftball
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Good morning from the best view around on Carol McPhillips Roberts Field House deck! We can’t wait to welcome you to New Haven this weekend for camp! . #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball .
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We’re revisiting the 2025 class for a minute bc we’ve been sitting on the best kept secret coming to New Haven…. Went all the way to Oregon and plucked one of the best two way lefties out there. The wait, it was oh so worth it 🔥🐶. #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball
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Just need to give a shout-out to @Coach_Debrosse! She’s been my right hand the last few weeks. She’s crushed some road miles recruiting while I was on the mend from surgery and gives her all to @YaleSoftball! . All in, all the time. We’re thankful for you, Lex! 💙🐶.
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Also can we all just take a second to appreciate the athlete @acarda3 is? Pitcher, hitter, infielder, outfielder, runner—woman does it all for @USASoftballWNT! . Just an all around PLAYER ready to do whatever it takes to win for her team. They don’t make many like you, 3️⃣‼️.
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You love to see the coverage, but moving forward you’d also love to see one, any or all of the women featured in the cover photo. They’re Olympians, NCAA National Champions and professional athletes, I have to believe the content was there. Coverage and representation matter.
18 professional softball players quit and form new team after being 'misrepresented' by manager's national anthem tweet
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Just a beautiful fall day back to it with lift and small group work after October break with the best backdrop for @YaleSoftball! . No better place to call home! . #ThisIsYale
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Summer recruiting ✔️. I’m PUMPED about the class of 2026! Can’t wait to be able to talk with you in Sep to start the process. WA, TX, CA, FL, AZ + many more states—we saw future @YaleSoftball 🐶 from all over just like our current team…with more to still see! 🗺️📍. #ThisIsYale.
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Fired up for September 1! Outside of working with our current team, finding future Bulldogs for @YaleSoftball will always be my favorite. Welcome to the starting line, Class of 2022! A few tips and reminders from the other side (that was once in your exact shoes):. #ThisIsYale.
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Best of luck in your new chapter, @HSBcoachallard! . Thank you for the opportunity to play at Harvard.
We thank Coach Allard for the impact she has had on Harvard and Harvard Softball over the last 28 years, and wish her the best of luck as Pitt's new head coach!. 📰: #OneCrimson
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It just doesn’t get better than this! Beautiful fall day for practice with some leaves starting to change. This view just never gets old, what a place to call 🏡📍💙. #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball
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Colorado here I come next week✈️🏔📍. The earlier we get your schedules the better! Looking forward to seeing some great softball and future Bulldogs. Send me your schedules, drop them below and show us what you give to your team next week! 😎.
Next up, Colorado! . @CoachLauraRicc will be out at Colorado Sparkler and IDT next week! . Email us your schedules, drop them below, keep us in the loop! We’re looking for future Bulldogs! . #ThisIsYale | 📍🐶
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New dog, new tricks. @YaleSoftball got better today! . Welcome H🐶ME, 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣! 💙. #ThisIsYale
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I mean do you ever just….😍. From Carol Roberts Field House, to the turf of 5k Corral Field at DeWitt Family Stadium and the batting cages to finish it off…this place is hard to beat. Home Sweet Home, @YaleSoftball. #ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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New dog, new tricks. @YaleSoftball got better today! . Welcome H🐶ME, 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣! 💙. #ThisIsYale
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Coming to a 📬soon near you 👀🔥. Shoutout to @Coach_Debrosse for the creative vision and execution!! She’s a jack of all trades. #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball
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Let’s get this straight real quick TODAY…. @yalefootball W, Ivy Champs✔️. @YaleVolleyball W, Ivy Champs✔️. @YaleWHockey W, #6 in country✔️. @YaleWBasketball W, 3rd in a row✔️. Everybody ready to come to New Haven yet?? 👀🔥. #ThisIsYale | @YaleAthletics.
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Lockerroom looking SHARP with new updated Y logos for @YaleSoftball 😎. @danielle_upham is a wizard and the 🐐. It is not up for debate. @YaleAthletics never stops. No such thing as a little detail @Guglieri2313. #ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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September 1st and our first practice this wknd? What a TIME! . Team mtgs, sprint/strength/fitness tests all happening this week and @YaleSoftball Team 46 is on the field on Saturday!. 2026s, we’re coming for you on Sunday!! Cannot wait to start the process, enjoy the ride!.
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Good morning, @Yale! . Returners are moving in over the next few days and we can’t wait to get started next week! . Up next, our last prospect camp of the season on Saturday! See you in New Haven. #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball
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Lights (almost complete), cameras (hardwired for better broadcast + video review), ACTION (once @YaleSoftball comes home end of August)! . Find me a better 🏡📍than Carol McPhillips Roberts Fieldhouse and 5k Corral Field at DeWitt Family Stadium!. #ThisIsYale | @YaleAthletics
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A great day and a great weekend for the DOGS! Capped off an impressive week of strength, speed and fitness testing by talking with future Bulldogs! . No better place, no better time for @YaleSoftball. Welcome H🐶ME, 26s💙. #ThisIsYale | 📸: @briancsmith
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That’s a wrap on summer recruiting!. Wheels up back home to Connecticut. We’re looking forward to having you in New Haven at one of our 4️⃣upcoming Prospect Camps, 25s, 26s & 27s!. You’re up next, 2025s! We can’t wait to talk in September. The future is bright for @YaleSoftball!.
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My Ma in 2014 at LSU. Got to see her girl throw back at home once more. She died 6mo after. She’s sick here, more than she’d let on. But, nothing was going to keep her from this. College athletics gives you a lot more than wins and losses. It gives you this. All of this.
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Only ☝🏼more sleep, @YaleSoftball! . February 1st just hits differently as an @IvyLeague spring sport. Let’s get to work, dogs! . #ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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8 years of missing you, Ma! . Feels right to be heading back to Boston this weekend with @YaleSoftball for fall ball. Heaven for Lisa is a softball field with me, always has been always will be 💙
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Oop, one more thing right quick before the shutdown, we had another 🐶want to join the dog pack tonight!!!. New dog, new tricks. @YaleSoftball got better today! . Welcome H🐶ME, 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣! 💙. #ThisIsYale
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First week back with @YaleSoftball and September 1st all in the same week? FIRE ME UP DOGS. Happy September 1st, 2023s! We can’t wait to speak with you and show you our program. These people and this place are unmatched. We’ll show you. #ThisIsYale | #September1
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Hello. Remembering to tweet is hard. @YaleSoftball is rolling, excited to scrimmage this wknd! Opening wknd soon, can’t wait!. Lucky to have turf + lights to practice outside at home all winter. 🐶are tough. Here’s @WoodridgeSophie destroying a 🥎. End tweet rant. Go dogs.
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Great weekend ahead with @YaleSoftball! We’ll have our 2024 recruiting class on campus for their official visit and our first Blue vs White for the current team! . Playing under the lights, FY’s in uniform, recruiting class together—all for the first time! 🤩. #ThisIsYale.
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Blue🔵vs White⚪️ Scrimmage outside on our own field the first week of February? Don’t mind if we do. Happy Sunday from @YaleSoftball! . #ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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Little kid me couldn’t have scripted the ride our game would take me on, but man am I thankful for it all + the chance to learn!. Can’t wait to throw some BP, hit some ground balls in the sun and watch the best in our game do their thing! What a joy. See you soon, Florida 😎.
Team USA is in very good hands. Ricciardone Named to Team USA Training Camp Staff. READ ➡️ #ThisIsYale
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Summer recruiting time! Here’s where you can find @YaleSoftball in June:. 🔹East Coast Showcase.🔹Top Gun .🔹Team NJ.🔹Patriot Games .🔹Camp at @MinesSoftball w/ @TerrierSoftball .🔹Sparkler/IDT. Looking for fast + powerful great teammates w/top notch 📚🧠👀. #ThisIsYale | 🗺️📍🐶.
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For the first time in 3️⃣1️⃣years 📈🐶. Tourney time, @YaleSoftball 😈.
𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 🏆. The Bulldogs have clinched at least a share of the Ivy League regular season title for the first time since 1993!🌿 #ThisIsYale
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I love this time of year! Our new class moving in, the 24s in the app process and the excitement of Sep 1st for the next class of recruits!. The enthusiasm and love of @YaleSoftball that our players + commits have fires me up! We can’t wait to add more. Fun days ahead! 👀🐶
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End of summer recruiting thought: . Let’s collectively agree to stop micro-coaching players from:. ➖The bleachers .➖Cars on the way to/from games .➖Constant video recordings .➖Trips to the bathroom .➖Meals between games. Let them play the game. That’s all. Deal? Deal.
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Happy New Year! 2022 means these 🐶right here getting back on the field playing the game together! . ☀️days ahead on and off the field! I mean just look at them💙. #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball
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Glad I got to check out some of the @TCSFastpitch International Challenge today at @COSparkFire! Neat concept + so special to see the culture, heritage + pride on display with players through insanely competitive play. Not to mention some future @YaleSoftball 🐶balling out 👀🔥.
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Can you feel the vitamin D and serotonin through the photo??☀️. We’ve got ourselves a spring day in January for @YaleSoftball outside and on the field! What a DREAM. #ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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Huge commitment for @YaleSoftball! We’re keeping the BEST in Connecticut. Fired up for the high level student athletes who see the vision, feel the energy and want to be a part of what we have building in New Haven! . #ThisIsYale | 😎🐶
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Something I’ve come to love with every new commitment…the absolute swarm that is @YaleSoftball current and future on social media to hype it. It’s who we are! Brings me joy to scroll and see. They love adding 🐶to the PACK. There’s only one ☝️. #ThisIsYale #ClassOf2026.
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No winter camps for @YaleSoftball! . Enjoy some time with family and take advantage of offseason time in Dec/Jan. It’s okay (+ healthy) to put 🥎 down! . Stay tuned to our @BlueDogsSBCamps camp website in the new year, we have some fun things planned for May/June/Aug! 👀📆
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75 and sunny on November 7th in New Haven?? . Count @YaleSoftball in for shorts and t-shirts for our post Monday morning lift individuals! 😎☀️. #ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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Imagine getting to play softball with these 🐶every day? What a dream. The dogs are pushing the pace and man is it fun to be their coach. Always us, @YaleSoftball ! . Photos courtesy of the ever talented @briancsmith! Super fan and photographer extraordinaire. #ThisIsYale
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Get you a program where the lead donor of your incredible facility is 1) female 2) an alum 3) knows the current team and 4) present often. There’s no one better than Carol + no better place to call 🏡than Carol McPhillips Roberts Fieldhouse! . #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball
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Fun day in the books with our first August camp! Thanks to everyone who came out to join us, we don’t take that for granted! Grateful we got to share the magic of @YaleSoftball with you for those who came from near and far! Safe travels back home. #ThisIsYale | @BlueDogsSBCamps
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Recruits: September 1st is only a few days away!. Looking to join the @YaleSoftball family?. If you want to win championships AND get a world class education, let’s connect!. We’re looking forward to talking to you. Bonus points if you can pronounce my last name 😉. #ThisIsYale
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First day of class, first team meeting, S&C testing tomorrow, Sep 1st on Friday--keep the good times rolling @YaleSoftball!. Looking forward to our journey this fall with the current team and the pieces of the puzzle coming together with the next recruiting class. Can't wait!.
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One play, three outs for the 3rd day of practice on Friday from junior infielder @carolynskotz! . 10/10 easy 💰for the Care🐻! . #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball
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It just doesn’t get old, @YaleSoftball! . No better place to call home than Carol McPhillips Roberts Field House and 5k Corral Field at DeWitt Family Stadium! . #ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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It was already hard to beat @Vchun, but add photographer to the list of talents too! Get you an AD as great as Vicky Chun, who also takes shots like this of your facility at sundown! 📸. Dreaming of clearer skies after a rainy weekend in New Haven! . #ThisIsYale |🏡📍
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A little Saturday night Blue vs White under the lights? Don’t mind if we do 😤. Fun to get the team in full uniform and have them fight it out against each other to kick off fall play. Check out our Instagram later for more coverage! . #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball
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New dog, new tricks. @YaleSoftball got better today! What a week to be a DOG. Welcome H🐶ME, 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣! 💙. #ThisIsYale
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New dog, new tricks. @YaleSoftball got better today! . What a September for Yale Softball. Welcome H🐶ME, 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣! 💙. #ThisIsYale
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That’s a wrap on summer recruiting + camp season for @YaleSoftball! What a joy to be on the road again. Can’t wait for Sep 1st to speak with some future 🐶‼️. Time for September spring training with our own DOGS! See you soon Team 43. Let’s get back to it!. #ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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Thinking about an elite university + program like @YaleSoftball for 4yrs (and beyond)? TEST EARLY!. Best thing a 2026 recruit can do is take the ACT or SAT now if you haven't yet. There is an August SAT and September ACT. Academic info is where conversations start! #ThisIsYale.
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The sun is shining and @YaleSoftball has a weekend of scrimmages on deck on our home field! Second week of team practice, second week of home scrimmages outside—what a dream! . Happy weekend from our home to yours! . #ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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2025 MAGIC 💫🐶💙. Fired up about our newest commitment! New Haven is HOME and we’re adding another DOG to the pack. #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball.
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Love what you do and who you do it with 🫶🏼💙🐶. @YaleSoftball doesn’t work without them! First fall gameday on deck tomorrow for the squad. @Coach_Debrosse @alex_heinen25 @mandymichelle4
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A rowdy, all in bunch until the bitter end! . @YaleSoftball won a regular season championship for the first time in 31yrs. Mixed emotions celebrating all this group accomplished, while also processing loss and saying goodbye to our 5 seniors. The beauty of sport! . Together 💙
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Prospect Camps 1 + 2 are HERE! We can’t wait to welcome you to our home! . I’ll promise you ✌🏼things: you’ll leave camp with more knowledge than you came with + you’ll know with certainty what @YaleSoftball is all about! .
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The best way to start September 1st: current team BLOWS their previous testing numbers out the water and then gives the coaches these. Run your own race, find your people, love them hard. Here’s to the next generation indeed. No better group than @YaleSoftball! . #ThisIsYale
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Look at ‘em 🥺. On campus, moving in and finally go time! Thankful you’re Bulldogs @BellaFortini, @mer_henderson5, @kaitlynoikle, @ElenaOhe2023! . Best days are still to come 🫶🏼.
The class of 2027, is finally HERE! Welcome to Kaitlyn, Bella, Elena and Meredith! We can’t wait to get you on the field. @ElenaOhe2023 .@kaitlynoikle .@mer_henderson5 .@BellaFortini ..#ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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Getting to watch @ElenaOhe2023 lead Ludlowe to their first CT HS state championship >>>>. Every time I’ve been to watch EO, at least one person tells me what a great kid we’re getting. Don’t I know it! . Proud of you, EO! Ready for you to be a Bulldog with @YaleSoftball 💙
FINAL:. Ludlowe 5, Southington 2. Ludlowe finally overcomes Southington to win the Class LL State Championship, its first in program history #ctsb
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Monday morning things. *objects in photo are chillier than they appear* . Happy ☕️, Happy Monday!
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Pumped to have @lange115 join @YaleSoftball! Incredible player and winner turned coach. I know she'll have tremendous impact in our program and thankful she's staying in the game. Welcome to New Haven, Sierra!.
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2025 MAGIC 💫💙🐶. Got the best call after practice today! Another 🐶wanting to call New Haven HOME! Fire me up, man this is fun. Bright (and speedy) days ahead! . #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball.
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Beautiful day in New Haven for our first Bulldogs Unlimited scrimmage! Excited to see the 2024-2025 @YaleSoftball team on the field together. Looking forward to some Friday afternoon fall softball! . #ThisIsYale | 🍂🥎
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What. A. Day. This season was a GRIND. We fought. We stumbled. We caught fire. We raised the bar. We got beat. We punched back. We won. And we did it all together. So proud of @USFSoftball, 2018 AAC Regular Season Champions. Buckle up, time for MAYhem. 🔥🤘🏼💚
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Winter training is in the books! ✔️. Wheels up to Tampa tomorrow! Warmer temps, gamedays and @YaleSoftball back on the field. Here we come! . Team 45 is a great group! Looking forward to seeing them write their story. They’re tough to outwork. Excited to see their joy! ✨🥎
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Thanks so much to all who came out to Prospect Camp 3! We loved sharing @YaleSoftball with you and having you in New Haven! We appreciate the time, money spent to make the day happen and your enthusiasm!. Safe travels back home!
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We’re off to the races 😎. Opening Day one month from now, @YaleSoftball! Let’s see just how good we can get. #ThisIsYale | #Team43
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Year One ✔️. Proud to coach them, proud to know them. Progress made, records matched, foundation laid. Year 1 in the books with this crew! . Time to tune in to some great post season play, then the summer recruiting season is underway!. Always us 🫶🏼. #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball
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If anyone sees @Coach_Debrosse out at the fields in the next 10 days make sure she’s still got her bucket hat on and enough snacks for me. She’s got 7 days of different camps coming up, but you players are lucky to learn from her—great teacher! . Here at @YaleSoftball we 💙her!.
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Neck surgery ✔️.Staff hires ✔️.Recruiting ✔️.Prospect Camps ✔️✔️✔️🔜✌🏼.Facility Upgrades✔️.First Year Move-In 🌅.All returners coming 🏡📍🔜. None of it happens without @Coach_Debrosse @alex_heinen25 @mandymichelle4! 🐐. The 🐶of @YaleSoftball >>. Our pack is back TOGETHER soon!
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My Dad was my coach, always. I thought it was our best era, but I couldn’t dream of the coach/umpire era we are now in😂. Seeing him happy, in the game still and close by to @YaleSoftball is a JOY. He just told me to find good backwater kids like we had growing up. You got it.
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What a fight 💚. I can actually still see so clearly her smile and how excited she was when we offered her in the office. Just so thankful to be given a chance to be a Bull! One of the great ones. Thankful to be heading to Tampa next week to squeeze @USFSoftball tight💚.
A courageous friend & teammate. Alexis Buchman will always be in our hearts. Our thoughts & prayers are with the entire Buchman family, her friends & everyone in our Tampa Bay community that she left a lasting impact on. #BucStrong
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Just look at them 🫶🏼💙.
A little Team Grey vs Team Blue scrimmage to finish off Week 3️⃣! . We’re baaaaack 😎. #ThisIsYale | @YaleAthletics
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Go time, been waiiiiiting for these 6 and this day! Pumped to get going with them and have the whole team back soon 💙.
They’re heeeere! The Class of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣8️⃣ is officially on campus for move-in tomorrow. We’re thrilled they’re Bulldogs and finally in New Haven!..Welcome Caitlin, Ella, Sienna, Ella, Grace and Natalie!..#ThisIsYale
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Exciting renovations and new additions coming for @YaleSoftball this summer. As if this place could get any better?! . Hint: 💡💡💡💡💡. #ThisIsYale | 🏡📍
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If you were lucky enough to cross paths, you left her with wiser mind, lighter heart, braver soul + brighter world. Lisa was larger than life and it was the blessing of mine to call her Ma. It has made all the difference. Until then, a cup of coffee + a walk will be enough ❤️😊
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Recruiting may look different, but still my favorite thing finding future DAWGS. What I love to see: .➖Players who go all in (decisions, pitch, swing) .➖Players who use their 👀and🧠.➖Players who love the game + show it (to teammates, effort etc). #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball
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Recruits: Playing this summer? Enjoy+ be safe! If you’re not, that’s okay too! Do what’s right for you. We watch/read everything that you email: transcripts, scores, clips, links etc. Remember, playing the game is often as simple as playing catch. #ThisIsYale | @YaleSoftball.
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June recruiting was good to @YaleSoftball! Your move, July. Here’s where you’ll see us:. 🔹Easton Rawlings/Stars&Stripes.🔹Atlanta Legacy .🔹Space Coast Power 50.🔹PGF Nationals .🔹Alliance Nationals . Some spots still left in Prospect Camp 3 in August! .
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It’s been a dream, Tampa! Thank you. But, it’s time to go home to New England. See you in a quick 1,200 miles, New Haven! . Meet you there, @YaleSoftball? Can’t wait! . 🐶💙
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