Jasick credits crowd

Mastodon tracks

Jessica Hall gave up only three hits to IPFW and the UCLA softball team defeated the Mastodons 8-0 on Saturday to end IPFW's season at the NCAA Regional in Louisville, Ky.Saturday

Mastodons to regionals

IPFW senior Theresa McHugh and freshman Rachel Dincoff have earned spots at the NCAA East Region Preliminary Championships, which begins May 23 in Greensboro, N.C.May 16, 2013

Softball players honored

IPFW junior Ashleigh Bousquet and sophomore Larissa Franklin were named to the Summit League Softball Academic All-League team, as voted on by the schools’ faculty athletics representatives and sports information directors.May 15, 2013

In the immediate glow of IPFW's 57-56 victory over Mid-American Conference opponent Miami of Ohio on Saturday, IPFW's second-year coach Tony Jasick credited the play of his team, certainly, but said the crowd of 3,033 inside Memorial Coliseum made a difference.

"No. 1, our guys have a lot of fight. We'll fight ya," Jasick said.

"And then I thought our students, the band, and our students section was the best it's been in my eight years here. I thought they were absolutely phenomenal.

"And then I also thought the third group - I hate to call them the general fans - but the general fan who came out tonight, all three parties were heavily involved in our win (Saturday). This was a fun place to play (Saturday)."

IPFW plays at Valparaiso on Wednesday.