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 …
Read More »Alabama stuns Florida in Division I softball Super Regionals
Three runs on two walks, four sacrifice bunts and a pair of errors was all 16th seeded Alabama needed to stun top-seed Florida, 3-0, Thursday in the Division I softball Super Regionals opener It was the fifth inning that the Gators gave away to snap a scoreless tie in the SEC softball …
Read More »Creighton and Nebraska face off in NCAA DI baseball
Omaha reaches out for hometown Creighton and the state’s University of Nebraska to make it there for the annual NCAA DI Baseball World Series Most conference tournaments now underway, with the field of 64 then to be selected for the regions, Super Regions, and with the final eight playing in Omaha …
Read More »Alabama and Florida match up tonight in NCAA softball
First pitch tonight for the NCAA Division I Super Regionals, with top-seed Florida home to 16th seed Alabama in Southeast Conference match-up Other best-of-three Supers tonight has 12-time champion, 5th seeded UCLA, playing host to 12th seeded Mississippi By Arnie Leshin It was almost like the SEC was going through …
Read More »Oklahoma, Louisiana State advance in softball Super Regionals
Oklahoma, Louisiana State advance from their respective loser’s brackets to gain the weekend NCAA DI softball Super Regionals at eight sites Sooners sweep state-rival Tulsa and Tigers the same over state-rival Louisiana-Lafayette in Monday’s deciding tests Divisions II and III set for their Super Regional field of eight By …
Read More »Arnie Leshin’s College Softball Wrap
By ARNIE LESHIN Santa Fe Today The opening round of the NCAA softball championships hasn’t lacked much. There’s been three no-hiitters, two one-hittters, eight one-run games, 15 shutouts, and plenty of disappointed schools in the field of 64 playing at 16 regional sites across the country. ESPN didn’t miss much of …
Read More »64 Schools Competing in NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
NCAA Division I softball tournament takes the field this weekend in the opening round of 64 schools on a mission to make it to Oklahoma City Florida is top seed, Oklahoma defending champion, the SEC with a record 13 teams, the Super Regions the next stop for the final 16 schools …
Read More »