{"id":1687,"date":"2019-05-09T19:13:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T19:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2025-02-07T12:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:22:08","slug":"home-is-where-the-team-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/09\/home-is-where-the-team-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Is Where the Team Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1687_85fcea-8f > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1687_85fcea-8f > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1687_85fcea-8f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1687_85fcea-8f > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1687_85fcea-8f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1687_85fcea-8f > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1687_85fcea-8f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1687_85fcea-8f{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1687_85fcea-8f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1687_85fcea-8f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1687_85fcea-8f dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1687_920ca6-b1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1687_920ca6-b1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1687_920ca6-b1\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1687_920ca6-b1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1687_920ca6-b1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1687_920ca6-b1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1687_920ca6-b1 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1687_920ca6-b1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1687_920ca6-b1\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1687_920ca6-b1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1687_920ca6-b1\">WilmU softball reaches \u2014 and hosts \u2014 NCAA divisional playoffs<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1687_af8ae8-d8 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1687_af8ae8-d8 alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05_news_hometeam_cov-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the fifth time in six years, Wilmington University&#8217;s softball team is part of the NCAA&#8217;s regional playoffs, but this time the Wildcats are playing at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WilmU is hosting the NCAA Division II&#8217;s East 2 Region softball playoff tournament, an event that&#8217;s bringing four teams to Asbury Field on the New Castle campus from Thursday, May 9 to Saturday, May 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wildcats were ranked third in the East Region after earning a spot in the tournament by winning three games in a row on May 4 to clinch&nbsp;the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference championship. Unfortunately, they lost their first two games in the double-elimination Regional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilmington was one of 16 tournament hosts across the country in a playoff field of 64 teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference championships in Lakewood, New Jersey, on May 4, the Wildcats\u2019 three straight victories included two against top-ranked Georgian Court University on their way to capturing their third CACC title in six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a record of 39-15 overall, the 2019 squad recorded the most wins in WilmU softball history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, also in May, the Wildcat baseball team won its second straight conference title and its eighth since 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014David Bernard and Bob Yearick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Wilmington University&#8217;s athletic or academic programs, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/index.aspx\">wilmu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WilmU softball reaches \u2014 and hosts \u2014 NCAA divisional playoffs For the fifth time in six years, Wilmington University&#8217;s softball team is part of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[135,143],"tags":[645],"class_list":["post-1687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","category-sports","tag-magazine-summer-2019"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":135,"label":"MAGAZINE"},{"value":143,"label":"SPORTS"}],"post_tag":[{"value":645,"label":"Magazine Summer 2019"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05_news_hometeam_cov-scaled-1-750x422.jpg",750,422,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Eric Mumford","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/eric\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":135,"name":"MAGAZINE","slug":"magazine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":692,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":431,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":135,"category_count":431,"category_description":"","cat_name":"MAGAZINE","category_nicename":"magazine","category_parent":0},{"term_id":143,"name":"SPORTS","slug":"sports","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":700,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":36,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":143,"category_count":36,"category_description":"","cat_name":"SPORTS","category_nicename":"sports","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":645,"name":"Magazine Summer 2019","slug":"magazine-summer-2019","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1202,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":24,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15152,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions\/15152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}