FRANKFORT, Ky.-- University of Mobile women's basketball players Daphnee Frieson, Alice Honnery and Kelsie Ruff were named 2012 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes Monday. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced that 127 Division 1 Women's Basketball student-athletes were honored. In order to be nominated by an institution’s head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status to qualify for this honor.

MOBILE, Ala-- The 22nd-ranked University of Mobile softball team defeated Oklahoma Baptist 8-1 in a non-conference game Sunday afternoon. Mobile (16-3) will host SSAC foe Faulkner University Tuesday for a 4 pm doubleheader. Alli Hall got the win for the Lady Rams, limiting the Lady Bison to 1 run on 3 hits in a complete-game effort. She fanned 1 and walked 3. Noelle McDowell took the loss for OBU after giving up 7 runs (4 earned) on 7 hits in 3 innings of work.

MOBILE, Ala-- The 21st-ranked Belhaven University women's tennis team defeated the University of Mobile 7-2 in SSAC action Saturday morning at the University of Mobile. Mobile (4-2, 1-1) will play at Spring Hill March 27 at 4 pm. None of the doubles matches were close, with Stephanie Tomita and Marcela Abrantes rolling 8-2 at the top spot, and Belhaven dropping only one game while taking the final two doubles matches.

MOBILE, Ala-- The 25th-ranked Belhaven University Blazers topped the University of Mobile 6-3 in Southern States Athletic Conference action Saturday morning. Mobile (3-1, 1-1) will next play at Spring Hill March 27 at 4 pm. Belhaven rallied for a win at No. 3 doubles and took No. 2 doubles by an 8-1 margin, but the Rams' No. 1 doubles tandem of Fernando Paiva and Karlis Stonis rallied for a 9-8 (7-5) win to salvage a point.

MOBILE, Ala-- The University of Mobile baseball team finished off a series-sweep of SSAC foe Loyola by taking Saturday's doubleheader by scores of 11-2 and 4-0. Mobile (14-13, 8-7) visits Talladega for a 1 pm twin bill Tuesday, March 20. In the seven-inning opener, the Rams offense produced 11 runs on 12 hits and 9 walks to back Ryan Hines. Hines worked 5 innings of 1-run, 4-hit ball, while striking out 6 hitters. Mobile chased George Smith in the 3rd after the Loyola Starter had given up 6 runs on 6 hits in 2.1 innings of work.

HATTIESBURG, Miss-- The 22nd-ranked University of Mobile softball team split at the William Carey Invitational Friday, beating Oklahoma Baptist 6-0 and falling to 17th-ranked Union 5-1. Mobile (15-3) hosts Oklahoma Baptist for a doubleheader Sunday at 3 pm. In the opener, Kamaron Strickland needed only 65 pitches to toss a complete-game three-hit shutout. She walked none and struck out three.

MOBILE, Ala-- The University of Mobile baseball team defeated Southern States Athletic Conference foe Loyola University 7-3 Friday, in game one of the three-game series. Mobile (12-13, 6-7) and Loyola (11-16, 1-12) will finish the series with a 1 pm doubleheader Saturday at Jacobs Field. Micheal King scattered 10 hits in 7 innings of work, allowing only 3 runs and fanning a pair, while Jacob Knowles and Josh Blaylock each worked a scoreless inning in relief to finish it out.

MOBILE, Ala-- The University of Mobile defeated Oklahoma Wesleyan 8-5 in NAIA baseball action Wednesday, in a game that featured 13 runs on 29 hits. Mobile (11-13, 5-7) will host Loyola University for a Southern States Athletic Conference series this weekend, beginning with a single game Friday at 2 pm and ending with a 1 pm doubleheader Saturday.

HATTIESBURG, Miss-- The University of Mobile baseball team defeated William Carey 9-5 in 11 innings Sunday to take the SSAC series 2-1. Mobile (10-13, 5-7) will host Oklahoma Wesleyan for a single game Wednesday at 2 pm. Josh Blaylock grabbed the win for Mobile with 4 innings of 2-hit shutout relief. The righty struck out 7 and walked 1. Blake Hanson started for Mobile and limited the Crusaders to 1 run on 1 hit in 6 innings of mound work.

GULF SHORES, Ala-- The University of Mobile softball team went 1-1 in gold bracket play at the 2012 Gulf Coast Invitational Sunday at the Gulf Shores Sportsplex. Mobile opened with a 7-2 win over No. 14 Lindsey Wilson, before falling 2-3 to Martin Methodist to cap the day. Mobile (14-2) will play at the William Carey Invitational this weekend.