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      <title>Easley announces dates of Softball's summer camps</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado head softball coach Shana Easley has announced that her program will host its annual summer camps on June 27-28 at Butler-Hancock Softball Field.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-05-14T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball quartet earns All-Big Sky recognition</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/2013050850kjf5</link>
      <description>Melissa Marcovecchio eaerned her second straight All-Conference First Team after being named to the Big Sky All-Conference First Team. Mikayla Duffy earned Second Team honors while Lindsey Smith and Jamie Pollak earned Honorable Mention.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-05-08T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball ends season with Senior Day</title>
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      <description>The Northern Colorado softball team finished its season against Weber State on Sunday, and used it as an opportunity to show their appreciation for seniors Lindsey Smith, Melanie Buol, and Jamie Pollak.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-05-07T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Late-inning dramatics not enough for Bears in 2-1 loss</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh, but couldn't put across the game-tying or game-winning runs, dropping its season finale 2-1 at home to Weber State.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-05-04T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball splits crucial home doubleheader</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado used a big fifth inning to take control of the second game of its doubleheader at home vs. Weber State. The Bears split the two games on Friday and will wrap up the season tomorrow.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-05-03T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Packard, Pollak and Schneider honored for brains and brawn</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/bsb/2012-13/releases/050213acadalldist</link>
      <description>The three were honored with academic all-district honors Thursday, cementing their place among the nation's top student-athletes.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-05-02T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball cancels Wednesday's matchup vs. CSU</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/2013050124zmr0</link>
      <description>Northern Colorado will shift its attention toward this weekend, when it wraps up the regular season at home vs. Weber State.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-05-01T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Pollak homers as Softball wins series finale vs. T-Birds</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/20130427fviecg</link>
      <description>Northern Colorado got a three-run homer from Jamie Pollak and a stellar outing from Megan Wilkinson in the circle on its way to a 6-4 road win over Southern Utah.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-04-27T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball splits opening two games vs. T-Birds</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/20130426zjh52d</link>
      <description>Northern Colorado's offense notched 18 runs on 27 hits in two road games Friday against Southern Utah as the Bears came away with a split in a series-opening double-header.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-04-26T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball's matchup vs. instate-rival Rams rescheduled</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado announced Wednesday the Bears will play Colorado State at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 1.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Marcovecchio's speed key component to Bears Softball</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/videos/20130416-uzh9hm5b</link>
      <description>Sophomore Melissa Marcovecchio has put up fantastic numbers as a Bears infielder, leading NCAA Division I in triples last year. This year, Marcovecchio is tied for first in triples (4) in the Big Sky Conference.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-04-16T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball's game vs. CSU cancelled because of weather</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/20130415m4sdz5</link>
      <description>Northern Colorado's home game Wednesday against Colorado State has not been rescheduled.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-04-15T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Bengals' offense too much for Softball in Sunday finale</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/20130414fm4m6f</link>
      <description>Northern Colorado fell behind 8-4 after two innings and could never quite recover in a 14-8 loss at home to Idaho State.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-04-14T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball can't hold down Bengals in doubleheader</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado jumped out to an early lead in game one on Saturday, but eventually fell 9-5 in extra innings. The Bears dropped the second game 15-4.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-04-13T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball lands in NFCA's All-Academic Team Rankings</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/2013041040r747</link>
      <description>The National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced that Northern Colorado earned the second-highest GPA of any NCAA Division I softball program for the 2011-12 academic year.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-04-10T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Flynn, Smith power Bears to wild, windy 20-12 win</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/201304085n1i57</link>
      <description>Northern Colorado scored a season-high 20 runs on 15 hits Monday and won 20-12 in some wacky elements at Butler-Hancock Field.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-04-08T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball can't hold early road lead vs. Vikings</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/20130406oacr2c</link>
      <description>Northern Colorado jumped out to an early 4-0 lead but couldn't hold on in a 5-4 walk-off road loss in its series finale against Portland State.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-04-06T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball's offense slumps during doubleheader in Portland</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/20130405g9iywt</link>
      <description>Northern Colorado couldn't find a rhythm at the plate in a pair of Big Sky road losses to Portland State. The Bears fell 5-0 and 9-1 in the two games.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-04-05T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball can't complete sweep over UND</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado tied the game up in the sixth inning, but North Dakota scored two in the seventh to take the final game of the three-game Big Sky series.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-03-30T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball rolls to double-header sweep over UND</title>
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      <description>Playing in front of a home crowd for the first time all season, Northern Colorado came away with a pair of wins over North Dakota in a Big Sky double header.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-03-29T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball home opener vs. UNLV cancelled</title>
      <link>http://uncbears.com/sports/sball/2012-13/releases/20130326lt2glz</link>
      <description>Northern Colorado will have to wait a few days longer before finally opening up its home portion of the schedule after announcing Wednesday's game against UNLV has been cancelled.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Softball drops heartbreaker in finale in Sacramento</title>
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      <description>A complete-game one-run effort by Kelci Cheney was not enough as Northern Colorado suffered a walk-off loss to Sacramento State in the final game of its three-game series.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-03-23T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball opens Big Sky with Sacramento State split</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado got a pair of complete-game performances from Kelci Cheney and Megan Wilkinson in its Big Sky-opening road split against Sacramento State.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-03-22T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Softball's battle at California cancelled</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado's game on Wednesday on the road against California was cancelled due to weather. The game will not be rescheduled.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2013-03-20T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Bears gearing up for fifth annual Women's Walk</title>
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      <description>Registration is now open for the fifth annual Women's Walk. Register online at www.uncalumni.org/things-to-do.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Long ball helps Softball split final day in Reno</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado smashed three home runs Sunday, including getting a clutch grand slam from Morgan Yuhas, and beat UTSA before losing to Nevada in the Nevada Classic.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Softball's offense struggles in pair of Saturday losses</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado's offense could never quite get things in gear as the Bears dropped games to UTSA and Nevada in the second day of the Nevada Classic.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Smith gives Softball walk-off win vs. UTSA</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado needed extra innings, but a Lindsey Smith sacrifice fly helped the Bears to a walk-off 5-4 win over UTSA to open up the Nevada Classic.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Softball drops final two games at Spring Preview Tournament</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado dropped games to Drake and No. 2 Oklahoma to wrap up play at Oklahoma's Spring Preview Tournament on Saturday morning.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Softball opens up tourney with pair of losses to Drake, No. 2 Oklahoma</title>
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      <description>Northern Colorado opened up Oklahoma's Spring Preview Tournament with a 5-2 loss to Drake and 14-0 loss to No. 2 Oklahoma.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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