It is easy being mad when your school doesn’t make the March Madness field, but not easy for the NCAA selection committee to fill the field Getting angry doesn’t cut it, for it’s a no-win situation By Arnie Leshin March Madness”. Whoever thought of it had several reasons, mainly that it …
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Nice trip, neat experience for Ashland as its Division 11 NCAA women’s basketball champion fell 119-56 in an exhibition contest at top-ranked DI University of Connecticut Saturday night Visiting Eagles were undefeated in 28 games last season, but ran into a far superior opponent as they trailed 79-41 at the …
Read More »Oregon State Rallies to Defeat Cal State Fullerton in Baseball World Series
Top-ranked Oregon State comes from behind to get past unseeded Cal State Fullerton, 6-5, in Saturday’s start of the 71st annual NCAA College Division I Baseball World Series in Omaha, Neb. In game two, it was 4th seeded Louisiana State also rallying to survive the challenge of unseeded FSU, 5-4 By Arnie …
Read More »State takes on unseeded Cal State Fullerton in 71st annual NCAA Division I Baseball World Series at Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb.
Saturday’s second game sends 4th seeded LSU against FSU, and Sunday has 7th seeded Louisville facing Texas A & M and 3rd seeded Florida squaring off against TCU By ARNIE LESHIN | June 17, 2017 The 71st annual NCAA Division I baseball World Series makes its first pitch Saturday, and …
Read More »Sooners one win away from NCAA softball championship
On and on it went in record time before Oklahoma won, 7-5, in 17 innings (five hours, 28 minutes) of Monday’s game one of the NCAA Softball Division I World Series in Oklahoma City Best-of-three plays again tonight with Sooners one win from successfully defending their championship It was a classic. …
Read More »NCAA Division I Softball Championships
Top-seed Florida, LSU, Washington, defending champion Oklahoma in winner’s bracket games of the NCAA Division I softball championships played in Oklahoma City Gators versus Bayou Tigers, Huskies against the Sooners Friday as Texas A & M, UCLA, Oregon, Baylor fall into Saturday’s consolation round of double-elimination By Arnie Leshin No. 1 seed …
Read More »Minnesota State in Division II, Virginia Wesleyan in Division III, they are the NCAA softball champions, with Division I starting Thursday
Minnesota State in Division II, Virginia Wesleyan in Division III, they are the NCAA softball champions, with Division I starting Thursday Minnesota State gets behind the stellar pitching of Coley Ries to turn back Angelo State, Virginia Wesleyan comes out of the loser’s bracket to streak past St. John Fisher By …
Read More »NCAA softball wrap-up: Oklahoma, Baylor, Arizona, LSU, Texas A&M, Utah and more
Defending champion Oklahoma sweeps at Auburn, Baylor survives at 2nd seeded Arizona, LSU surprises at 4th seeded LSU, Texas A & M successful at Tennessee, Utah loses at Washington Elite Eight complete in the NCAA Division I softball World Series that starts play Thursday in Oklahoma City By Arnie Leshin ESPN had …
Read More »Oklahoma returns to World Series in NCAA softball
Defending NCAA Division I softball champion Oklahoma hits the road to sweep Auburn and return to the World Series in Oklahoma City Also in the Elite Eight are Florida, UCLA, Oregon, with four remaining spots to be decided Sunday By Arnie Leshin It was getting late, they were already lining up …
Read More »Elite Eight in NCAA softball DII and DIII in double-elimination play
Elite Eight in NCAA softball divisions II and III now in double-elimination play in their Super Regionals at Salem, Va., and Oklahoma City Texas-Tyler defending champions in Division III By Arnie Leshin NCAA Divisions II and III softball are already in play at their respective Super Regionals. There are eight …
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