{"id":9498,"date":"2026-02-27T20:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=9498"},"modified":"2026-02-27T20:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:59:42","slug":"troy-softball-outshines-nicholls-during-trojan-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/02\/27\/troy-softball-outshines-nicholls-during-trojan-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Softball outshines Nicholls during Trojan Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Troy softball wrapped up the Trojan Invitational going 3-1 at the Troy Softball Complex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Troy started the weekend with a run rule win over Furman, 11-2, and then falling to Nicholls, 6-5, despite a late rally from the Trojans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We kind of fell behind and did some things that may be a little uncharacteristic of us,&#8221; said head coach Eric Newell. &#8220;But that is good for us in a way, not that we are ever going to accept losing, but you can&#8217;t hardly replace the tough games and those tough environments.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trojans bounced back day two, when they took down Omaha, one of the top mid-major teams in the country, in a two-day matchup due to weather. Abby Lovell starred in the circle against the Mavericks, spinning a shutout to the undefeated offense with 13 strikeouts and two hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I just stay true to myself,&#8221; Lovell said. &#8220;Going right at the batter and trusting myself, my defense, and coach Hightower.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dailynn Motes also shine against Omaha as she slammed a home run in the bottom of the sixth to put the Trojans on the board and keep them on top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/02\/17\/troy-softball-dominates-trojan-classic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\"><strong>MORE FOR YOU: Troy Softball dominates Trojan Classic<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Coach Newell and I, and a lot of our team, talk about all the time how it is much bigger than the game,&#8221; Motes said. &#8220;We are going to give glory where glory is due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I mean yes we put in the work and everything, but I would not be where I am if it wasn&#8217;t for the Lord today, so I am just grateful.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Troy then earned its tenth run rule of the season in a second matchup against Furman to end the tournament. The Trojan Invitational ended a three-week streak of home tournaments for the Trojans, going 12-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Troy softball wrapped up the Trojan Invitational going 3-1 at the Troy Softball Complex. <\/p>\n<p>Troy started the weekend with a run rule win over Furman, 11-2, and then falling to Nicholls, 6-5, despite a late rally from the Trojans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We kind of fell behind and did some things that may&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/02\/27\/troy-softball-outshines-nicholls-during-trojan-invitational\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":9517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[2901,184,2902],"topics":[17],"class_list":["post-9498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-trojan-invitational","tag-troy-softball","tag-troy-university-vs-nicholls","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9516,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9498\/revisions\/9516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9498"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=9498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}