ACU head softball coach
Jo Koons has helped guide the Talons of the Athletes United Softball League (AUSL) to the league's championship series beginning Saturday on the ESPN family of networks.
Koons is an assistant coach with the Talons, who finished the 24-game regular season in first place with a 18-6 record. The Talons will face the Bandits in a best-of-three game series at the University of Alabama's Rhoads Stadium in Tusacaloosa.
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Koons has specialized in defense with the Talons while serving as the first base coach during games.
Game one of the series is Saturday at 2 p.m. CT on ESPN. Game two is Sunday at 1 p.m. CT on ESPN. If needed, a deciding game three will take place Monday at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
The AUSL is a professional softball league that is an evolution of the AU Pro Softball Championship Season, launched in 2020 and now known as the AUSL All-Star Cup. This season four teams traveled around the country playing against each other in a variety of locations.Â
The league broke the record for largest crowd at a softball game in the state of Texas when more than 6,500 fans showed up at Dell Diamond, home of the Round Rock Express - the Triple-A minor league affiliate of the Texas Rangers.
Koons was hired as ACU's head coach in June 2024, and helped lead the Wildcats to the WAC Softball Tournament after a two-year absence. ACU was predicted to finished eighth in the league, but launched themselves to a tie for fourth.
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