BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb softball team is back home from Friday, February 27th to Sunday, March 1st, hosting the final of its three early-season tournaments with Spring in The Springs

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th
New Haven vs North Dakota State - 10 am
New Haven vs Lafayette - 12:30 pm
Gardner-Webb vs North Dakota State - 3 pm
Gardner-Webb vs Lafayette - 5:30 pm

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28th
New Haven vs North Dakota State - 10 am
North Dakota State vs Lafayette - 12:30 pm
Gardner-Webb vs New Haven - 3 pm
Gardner-Webb vs Lafayette - 5:30 pm

SUNDAY, March 1st
Lafayette vs New Haven - 9 am
Gardner-Webb vs New Haven - 11:30 am

LAST TIME OUT: After a wild weekend where the Runnin' Bulldogs finished 3-2 at the Jax State Tournament, the Runnin' Bulldogs split a mid-week doubleheader with Western Carolina. GWU held on late for a wild 10-7 win in Game One, a contest tied 7-7 through two innings, before nearly rallying from down eight runs early in an evental 13-7 loss to the Catamounts in Game Two

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: After a huge weekend for the Runnin' Bulldogs at the Jax State Tournament, freshman right-hander Glenna McLamb and sophomore third baseman Caitlin Colley of the Gardner-Webb softball team each landed Big South weekly awards. Colley batted .526 (10-19) with four home runs, 10 RBI, seven runs scored, one double and a 1.211 slugging percentage in five games, while McLamb was 2-0 in the circle for the Dawgs with a 1.47 earned run average and 10 hits allowed in 14.1 inning pitched across four appearances

HITTING STREAK: Though the streak came to an end at Jax State last weekend, sophomore second baseman Reese Collier opened the 2026 season with a 12-game hitting streak. The Coastal Carolina transfer, in addition to two walk-off hits and a sixth-inning triple in the near-comeback against Lehigh on two weeks ago, has multiple hits in nine games and at least one hit in 14 of the 16 games to open this campaign. Collier is currently third on the team with a .403 batting average, along with 25 hits and 18 runs batted in

RECORD CHASE: Through the first 15 games of the season, the 2026 Runnin' Bulldogs scored the most runs in program history, coming across the plate 113 times for an average of over 7.5 runs per game. This eclipses marks from the  2019 team who scored 105 runs over such a stretch and the 2016 Runnin' Bulldogs who scored 92 times