Pacific Coast Softball Conference

Brigham Young University has accepted an invitation to join the Pacific Coast Softball Conference, PCSC Commissioner Ellen Moore announced Monday. The Cougars’ first year in the PCSC will be the 2013 softball season. The addition of BYU will give the PCSC seven teams for the 2013 campaign.

The CSU Bakersfield softball team released its schedule on Monday and first-year head coach Crissy Buck will lead the Roadrunners through a slate of high-caliber programs including a game against Oklahoma in the UNLV Sportco Kickoff Classic and a home doubleheader against Washington, two teams that ended the 2011 season ranked in the top 15 of the USA Today/NFCA Division I poll.

Reigning PCSC Mountain Division Coach of the Year Todd Fairbourne announced Tuesday that two players signed National Letters of Intent to play softball at Utah Valley University. Joining the Wolverine softball program for the 2013 season will be Debra Lovell (Downey, Calif.) and Morgan Summers (Tremonton, Utah).

Rudi Barrios, Dusti Blair, Jessica Chaulklin, Jessica Craner, Brooke Ford, Lindsey Kamphuis, Krystin Kubo, Jazmine Thompson, and Millilani Vanta have each signed to compete for the Wildcats, beginning in the spring of 2013.

Portland State softball coach Tobin Echo-Hawk has announced the signing of four prep players to National Letters of Intent during the early signing period that runs Nov. 9-16.

Softball fans can now follow the Pacific Coast Softball Conference on both Facebook and Twitter. Both accounts will give fans updates on new postings on the PCSC web site, as well as score updates during the 2012 season.Log-on to Facebook and “Like” the official Pacific Coast Softball Conference Facebook page. The conference’s Twitter is @PCSC_SID. Both the PCSC’s Facebook and Twitter pages are also linked with one another.

Seattle University head softball coach Dan Powers announced the signing of a pair of local products to a National Letter Intent, as part of the incoming class of 2016. Joining the Redhawks next season are: Hayley Beckstrom (Maple Valley, Wash.) and Brittney Lott (Tacoma, Wash.).

The Wolverines will begin the season with two games in St. George, Utah, against fellow in-state rival Southern Utah on Feb. 11-12. UVU will then head to its first of four pre-season tournaments Feb. 18-19 when it plays four games at the LMU Invitational in Los Angeles, Calif.