Julia Gossett making impact on Purdue softball; Madison Reemsnyder heads to NCAA golf regionals

Freshman Julia Gossett is having a solid first season pitching for the Purdue University softball team.

The right-hander from Jackson High School has a 9-10 record with three saves. She has a 3.71 earned run average in 26 games with 16 starts. She has four complete games and two shutouts. In 109.1 innings, she has given up 102 hits and 63 runs, 58 earned, with 49 walks and 69 strikeouts.

Gossett is 5-5 in Big Ten Conference games with a shutout. That came in a seven-inning complete game 3-0 victory over Illinois on March 12. Her other shutout came in a 2-0 non-league win over Illinois-Chicago on Feb. 16.

When she isn’t pitching, Gossett has seen some time at first base and as the designated player. She’s hitting .294 (5-for-17) and hit a three-run homer in a 7-6 loss to South Dakota State on Feb. 24.

Purdue is 25-23 overall and tied for sixth in Big Ten with an 11-9 record. The Boilermakers wrap up the regular season with three conference games with Michigan State this weekend at home. Twelve teams will make the conference tournament, which begins Wednesday.

Madison Reemsnyder (GlenOak)

The sophomore and her Xavier women’s golf team are heading to Las Vegas this weekend for the Division I regionals. The Musketeers earned an automatic bid by winning the Big East Conference Championship for the fifth straight time on April 22. Reemsnyder was fourth on the team, finishing 12th with a 227 total on rounds of 73, 76 and 78. On the season, she is averaging 74.0 in 10 tourneys. As a freshman, she earned All-Big East honors when she finished fourth to help Xavier win the title. She went on to finish 53rd in the 2023 regionals.

Andrew White (GlenOak)

The Kansas State graduate student won the discus at the KSU Ward Haylett Invitational last Friday. White posted a personal-record toss of 191 feet, 2 inches. He also finished sixth in the hammer (187-4). White currently ranks eighth in the discus and 13th in the hammer on the Big 12 Conference performance list. He began his college career at Wake Forest where he finished third in the discus at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships last May.

Grace Vesco (Hoover)

The graduate student is wrapping up a great career pitching for the St. Francis (Pa.) softball team. The Red Flash are 34-12 and have clinched the Northeast Conference regular-season title with a 21-0 record with three conference games remaining. Vesco leads the NEC in ERA (1.28) and is second in strikeouts (155). She has a 15-7 record with 13 complete games and four shutouts. She also pitched in two combined shutouts. In 141.2 innings, she has given up 62 hits and 36 runs, 26 earned. She has a 69-39 record in 128 career games.

Conner McClure (Green)

The junior won the pole vault for the Virginia Tech men’s track team at the East Coast Relays last weekend in Jacksonville, Fla. He cleared 17-3.5. McClure posted his personal record when he finished third in the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, March 29-30, clearing 18-10.5. He was the second collegian finisher. That effort has him in first place on the ACC performer list. The ACC Championships are next weekend in Atlanta.

Marissa Hall (East Canton)

The sophomore right-hander has a 10-6 record with four saves for the Baldwin Wallace softball team (20-14, 9-5 OAC). Hall picked up her 10th victory in a 1-0 shutout of Oberlin, giving up three hits with no walks and eight strikeouts. In 22 games (17 starts), Hall has a 2.48 ERA in 110 innings. She has given up 107 hits and 50 runs, 39 earned, with 23 walks and 92 strikeouts.

Brandon Bergert (GlenOak)

The 6-3 junior right-hander is doing a good job pitching for the Seton Hill baseball team (32-12, 17-7 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West). Bergert is 4-2 with a 3.00 ERA in 10 starts. In 66 innings, he has given up 52 hits and 21 runs, 18 earned with 13 walks and a team-high 67 strikeouts. His best effort came in a 6-0 win over Grand Valley State on March 15 when he gave up a hit, a walk and struck out eight in eight innings.

Connor Mayle (Hoover)

The senior had three hits in six at-bats to help the 16-22 John Carroll baseball team sweep Hiram 13-3 and 5-3 in a non-league doubleheader Wednesday. Mayle had a single, double and triple, three runs and an RBI in the two games. On the season, he is second on the Blue Streaks in hitting (.364). He has 47 hits in 129 at-bats with 11 doubles, two triples, two homers, 29 runs and 26 RBIs, and he is 10-for-14 in stolen bases.

Jessica Hahn (GlenOak)

The senior played her final match for the Akron women’s golf team — and she came up big. Hahn finished 12th in a field of 50 golfers at the MAC Championships, April 21-23, in Grove City. She was the top finisher for the Zips, who finished seventh out of 10 teams. Hahn posted rounds of 79, 75 and 79 for a 233 total and totaled six birdies. She did a good job in her career at the MAC tourney, placing 16th as a junior, 13th as a sophomore and tied for 12th as a freshman.

Grace Elliott (Green)

The freshman is hitting .326 for the Marietta softball team (15-18, 7-9 OAC). In a 9-0 win over Heidelberg last Saturday. Elliott had two hits. She has played in 31 games with 30 starts in the outfield, and has 31 hits in 95 at-bats with a double, 18 runs and 10 RBIs. Another freshman, Jordan Cholley (GlenOak) has played in 30 games with 27 starts and is hitting .175 (11-for-63) with seven runs and eight RBIs.

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