Athletics News

Gardner, Falcons Announce 2025 Schedule
BGSU softball coach Michelle Gardner has announced her team's schedule for the 2025 season. The Falcons' spring slate features four tournaments as well as 11 home dates at Meserve Field. The pre-conference schedule includes tournaments hosted by USC Upstate, four-time reigning national champion Oklahoma, Coastal Carolina and Indiana
Gardner, Falcons Add Five to Program
BGSU softball coach Michelle Gardner has announced the addition of five student-athletes to the program. Sienna Hutchins (Raymond, Ohio), Lexi Nolen (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Valyn Pattengale (Daleville, Ind.), Quinn Rives (Round Rock, Texas) and Hannah Simko (Canton, Mich.) have joined the Falcon family and will attend BGSU beginning in

BGSU Wins MAC Women's FAR Award for League-Record 11th Time
Bowling Green State University has been named the winner of the 2023-24 Mid-American Conference Women's Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) Academic Achievement Award, the conference office announced on Wednesday (Aug. 28)
Gardner Rounds Out Falcon Coaching Staff
BGSU head softball coach Michelle Gardner has announced the additions of Greg McQuillin, Tegan Cortelletti and Indya Smith to her staff. All three assistant coaches have already
18 Falcons Earn Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete Honors
No fewer than 18 Falcons have been named Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athletes for the 2023-24 academic year.
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Michelle Gardner Named BGSU Softball Head Coach
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Bowling Green State University Director of Athletics Derek van der Merwe has announced the hiring of Michelle Gardner as head softball coach. Gardner, who has a wealth of coaching experience, returns to BGSU, where her coaching career began in 1992, and where she was part of a coaching staff that oversaw the program's last regular-season softball championship in 1993.
Ten Falcons Named to Academic All-MAC Team
A total of 10 members of the Falcon softball team have been named to the Academic All-MAC Team, announced by the league office on Tuesday afternoon (June 4). BGSU's total of 10 honorees ties the Falcons for third in the conference
BGSU Athletics Announces Leadership Change in Softball Program
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – On behalf of BGSU Athletics, Derek van der Merwe, director of athletics, issued the following statement regarding the non-renewal of Softball Head Coach Candace Fenton-Bockbrader contract:
Five Falcons Named to CSC Academic All-District® Team
Five members of the BGSU softball team have been named to the 2023-24 Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators. Peyton Dolejs, Marti Henkel, Mackenzie Krafcik, Taylor Turner and Reagan Williamson all were