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The Lady Wildcats went 2-2 in their first HBCUAC Championship Appearance.
The Lady Wildcats went 2-2 in their first HBCUAC Championship Appearance.
Posted: Apr 27, 2026

Softball finishes 2026 Season at HBCUAC Championship

Video Box Score

Pitching

Win: Emma Newby (15-10)
Loss: Jazmine Rodriguez (5-13)
Batting
Wiley
2B: Gwendolyn Johnson
3B: Adriauna Coleman
HR: none
Oakwood (AL)
2B: Toni Sims
3B: MaryFaith McCluskey
HR: none
Full stats
NORTHPORT, Ala. - Wiley University softball completes its first season in over two decades at the 2026 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference Softball Championship. It fell 12-0 against No. 7 seed Oakwood University in the semifinal of the loser's bracket.
 
The Lady Wildcats made their first postseason appearance since 1999. They went 2-2 in the 2026 HBCUAC Softball Championship.
 
Playing their third game in just over 24 hours, Wiley fell behind, giving up four runs on four hits and an error in the first inning. Jazmine Rodriguez retired the Lady Ambassadors in order in the second. Adriauna Coleman led off the third with a triple to left-center field. She was thrown out at home trying to score on a wild pitch. Oakwood increased the lead to six with two runs on four hits and an error.
 
Wiley only had one batter reach base the rest of the game. Oakwood secured the run-rule with six runs in the fourth. Gwendolyn Johnson got the Lady Wildcats' other hit with a two-out double in the second. Rodriguez pitched nearly the entire game, with Serenity Smith throwing to the first six batters of the fourth. Rodriguez struck out three batters. Two of the six runs she allowed were unearned.
 
Outfielder Alayna Parram and infielder Dajah Montgomery will graduate. The majority of the team is expected to return. Coach Jour'Dan Gardner has already brought in recruits that will strengthen the roster for a deeper postseason run in 2027.
 
For more coverage on the Lady Wildcats, visit https://wileyathletics.com/sports/sball/index
 
About Wiley University Athletics
Wiley University sponsors 13 varsity sports: women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, baseball and softball. It competes in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC).
 
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