Credit: SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball In an 11-3 run-rule victory against Florida, Tennessee came out looking like a whole new team after allowing a walk-off to Oklahoma on Thursday.  With the decision not to start ace Keagan Rothrock, a seven-run, first-inning explosion from the Lady Vols established dominance, and the Gators hardly had a chance to catch up.  Gabby Leach started the action by

Credit: BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball Teagan Kavan and the Texas Longhorns completely turned around from their Super Regionals appearance against Clemson and put up quite the fight against the Florida Gators to take a 3-0 victory in the opening game of the Women’s College World Series on Thursday. With Kegan Rothrock in the circle for Florida going head-to-head with Kavan, it was inevitable that

Credit: Oklahoma Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball With Sam Landry making her first-ever Women's College World Series (WCWS) appearance against Tennessee on Thursday, it’s possible she and the Sooners could come face-to-face with her biggest supporter, Gerry Glasco.  After three years under Glasco at Louisiana, the two share an inseparable bond. However, when Glasco made the announcement that he was headed to Texas Tech, many of his former players, in

Credit: Nelson Chenault-Imagn Images ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball Shortly before walking on stage to accept her USA Collegiate Softball National Player of the Year (NPOY) award, Bri Ellis signed with the Talons of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). With Ellis now in the league, she joins three other current players who achieved the NPOY feat, plus one coach and one general manager. Here's a look at who these talented players were in college and

Credit: BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball What started with 64 teams is down to its final eight. The Women’s College World Series (WCWS) is set and the double-elimination tournament kicks off on Thursday, May 26, in Oklahoma City with the possibility of stretching to June 6. Featuring teams like the four-time reigning champions Oklahoma Sooners, 2024 runners-up in the Texas Longhorns, returners Florida, UCLA, and Or

Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball Heartbreaking news out of Indiana today, as Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) announced on Friday that effective immediately, the NCAA Division I softball and baseball programs will be discontinued. Just one day after announcing the elimination of 45 jobs, this decision is directly related to $6 million in budget cuts that the university says will save them upwards of $ 1 million.  Stated in the sch

Credit: Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball The Texas Longhorns are on the brink of being eliminated from the NCAA tournament and missing the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2023.  In Thursday night’s matchup against Clemson, right-handed ace Teagan Kavan and the defense behind her did not bring their A-game. With big hits and several miscues from Katie Stewart at shortstop

Credit: Brett Rojo-Imagn Images ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball MLB Home Run Derby X (HRDX) is back for its fourth year hosting the global baseball tour, and some of softball’s most cherished sluggers are set to take the batter’s box across six cities.  The three-on-three derby, which usually pairs former MLB legends with the best women’s softball and baseball players on the same team, will now feature three co-ed teams and one all-women’s team when the tour

Credit: AUSL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball With the college softball season wrapping up in just two short weeks, fans don’t have to fret. Plenty of softball is on its way with the inaugural professional women’s softball league, Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL), beginning June 7.  Four teams, the Bandits, Blaze, Talons, and Volts, will play in a 24-game professional softball season in 10 major cities in the U.S. Following the season, the four-week A

Credit: Liberty Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball Almost a year ago to the day, Liberty softball was one out away from making its first-ever Super Regional appearance. Leading 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh, the Georgia Bulldogs scored twice to walk it off, and the Flames left Athens with nothing but heartbreak.  Refined in 2025, winning the Conference USA title, the Flames headed to Regionals and stunned the nation in the first round. First, they s