Despite losses, COA shows improvement

By Will Harris | February 18, 2012 - 8:43pm

Last week, College of The Albemarle’s softball team dropped a pair of game at Pitt Community College by a combined 16-2. While coach Mike Pierce thought the games were a little closer than the final score, he though his team did not play up to their capabilities.

Horton HR ignites COA to road win

By Staff reports | February 16, 2012 - 9:26pm

ROCKY MOUNT — Evan Holton opened the game with a home run and the visiting College of The Albemarle baseball team never looked back as it posted a 14-4 win over the North Carolina Wesleyan junior varsity team Wednesday night.

COA has 'leveled up the talent’

By Chic Riebel | February 10, 2012 - 9:05pm

People tell Mike Pierce all the time that 12 players does not seem to be enough for a junior college softball team.

Playing For The Future: COA club soccer seeking intercollegiate status

By Chic Riebel | December 13, 2011 - 7:33pm

Winning a third straight Elizabeth City Fall Adult 7 Aside League tournament title would have been nice, but when Albemarle United was upset by America in the tourney final last Thursday, it didn’t really interfere with the master plan.

Most COA sophs to play ball at four-year schools

By Chic Riebel | July 1, 2011 - 8:08pm

In its first two years of existence, the revived baseball program at the College of The Albemarle managed to produce two winning seasons and its first All-American player.

Hunter leaving Barton to play at COA

By Chic Riebel | May 31, 2011 - 8:45pm

John Hunter wants a do-over.

Dolphins stun top seed

May 13, 2011 - 9:56pm

MOREHEAD CITY — Eddie Perkins pitched a gem and went 5-for-5 at the plate as The College of The Albemarle stunned top-seeded Brunswick Community College 7-1 in the first round of the Region X tournament Friday night at Big Rock Stadium.

Time for COA's first class of recruits to move on

By Chic Riebel | May 11, 2011 - 9:05pm

For the 13 sophomores who constitute what remains of the original recruiting class that launched the rebirth of the College of The Albemarle’s baseball program, two years raced by faster than most expected.

COA softball ends season

May 6, 2011 - 9:15pm

College of The Albemarle’s softball team was knocked from the Region X tournament on Friday, dropping a 4-0 decision to Surry in the morning, then getting eliminated by Stanly 6-1 in the afternoon.

Jarzynka’s splitter has nasty effects

By Chic Riebel | April 28, 2011 - 9:03pm

When Ross Jarzynka needs an out, the College of The Albemarle sophomore pitcher is inclined to throw his split-finger fastball.

COA sweeps 2 in Wilkesboro

April 22, 2011 - 9:23pm

College of The Albemarle swept a doubleheader at Wilkes Community College on Friday, shutting out the Cougars in both games.

In the swing: Perkins proves he’s more than a pitcher

By Chic Riebel | April 21, 2011 - 8:25pm

What College of The Albemarle sophomore Eddie Perkins really wanted to do in high school was swing the bat. But Great Bridge (Va.) coach Wiley Lee saw the big lefty as strictly a pitcher.

COA softball bringing in six local standouts

By Will Harris | April 19, 2011 - 8:20pm

By most measures, College of The Albemarle’s first-year softball team has had a successful season.

COA needs to get going in conference

By Chic Riebel | April 7, 2011 - 7:58pm

Statistically, the College of The Albemarle baseball team has improved in several key areas over last year.

Dunlow pitches COA’s first no-hitter

April 3, 2011 - 8:15pm

Andrea Dunlow put herself in the College of The Albemoare record book Sunday afternoon when she recorded the first no-hitter for the school’s first-year softball program.

COA, ESCU (sort of) split a softball doubleheader

By Chic Riebel | March 23, 2011 - 7:55pm

Given the different approaches and agendas the city’s two college softball teams brought to Wednesday’s doubleheader, a split was appropriate.

Older, wiser Brown stands out at COA

By Will Harris | March 18, 2011 - 9:30pm

College of The Albemarle catcher Rebekah Brown did not take the traditional path to college.

COA softball's streak ends

By Chic Riebel | March 13, 2011 - 9:41pm

While the College of the Albemarle softball team saw its 10-game winning streak come to an end Sunday during a doubleheader loss to Surry CC, Lady Dolphins coach Mike Pierce left the Northeastern High field feeling good about his first-year squad.

COA softball runs winning streak to eight games

By Staff reports | March 3, 2011 - 9:43pm

The rampaging College of The Albemarle softball team will bring an eight-game winning streak into Sunday’s home doubleheader against Rappahannock.

COA sweeps Frederick CC

February 26, 2011 - 10:42pm

College of The Albemarle’s softball team won its third and fourth games in a row with a doubleheader sweep of Frederick Community College on Saturday.

COA softball picks up first wins in history

By Staff reports | February 22, 2011 - 10:11pm

College of The Albemarle’s softball team made history on Monday as they picked up the first-ever wins. The Lady Dolphins swept a doubleheader at St. Paul’s 10-2 and 8-2.

Stone, Perkins help COA gain split with CCRI

By Staff reports | February 20, 2011 - 10:24pm

Jake Stone’s two-run homer in the fifth inning accounted for the tying and winning runs and Eddie Perkins pitched a complete game as the College of The Albemarle baseball team salvaged a doubleheader split with a 4-3 victory over Community College of Rhode Island Sunday at Pasquotank High School.

COA softball drops first two

By Will Harris | February 19, 2011 - 9:50pm

Everything College of The Albemarle’s softball did on Saturday was a first. Being that it was the first-ever game for the fledgling program, that was easy to do. But the one first that got away was a win as Virginia State beat the Lady Dolphins 5-3 and 4-1 at Northeastern High School.

Dolphins rally for first win of season

By Chic Riebel | February 19, 2011 - 9:49pm

A perfectly placed bunt by Tyler Barrington and a heads-up running play by Jake Stone were key plays in a four-run, eighth inning rally that carried the College of The Albemarle to an 11-9 victory over Community College of Rhode Island in the Dolphins’ home opener Saturday at Pasquotank County High School.

This time around, COA knows what to expect

By Chic Riebel | September 16, 2010 - 10:06am

A little over three weeks into their second year of fall practice, the College of The Albemarle baseball team is no longer dealing with the unknown.