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NCAA Sotball: Oklahoma Has Something to Celebrate
by Draft Day Suit
posted June 6, 2013 at 8:50pm

Yes, Oklahoma, celebrate. The Oklahoma Sooners softball team defeated Tennessee, 4-0, on Tuesday night to win the national championship at Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. Yes, in Oklahoma City. A metro area that has experienced two rounds of d...more

NCAA Softball: Game 1 Tennessee vs. Oklahoma Final Series
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted June 4, 2013 at 9:09am

Game 1 of the two-out-of-three championship series is underway. OU's Keilani Ricketts has struck out the side in top of the first... Ellen Renfroe is starting in the circle for Tennessee. Ellen pitched the final 2 1/3 innings yesterday in the Vols' win ov...more

Sunday at the WCWS (2013)
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted June 2, 2013 at 10:07pm

Sunday's action is underway, with Texas leading Florida 3-0 after five innings. The loser is eliminated. The Gators have been getting runners on base, but haven't been able to get the key hit against Blaire Luna... Texas completes the 3-0 victory, elimina...more

New Feature! Softball Sabermetrics of WCWS Teams
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 30, 2013 at 9:01am

As many readers are probably aware, the term "sabermetrics" refers to advanced statistical analysis of baseball, deriving from the initials of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Statistical analyses of other sports such as basketball and f...more

NCAA Softball Sunday Update (2013 Super-Regionals)
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 27, 2013 at 10:17am

Florida has qualified for the Women's College World Series with its second straight one-run victory over Alabama-Birmingham (1-0 today, 4-3 yesterday).  You can scroll down to Thursday's entry on this blog to see my game-by-game super-regional chart....more

NCAA Softball Saturday Update (2013 Super-Regionals)
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 26, 2013 at 10:04am

Seven of the eight super-regional series are active today, all except the Washington-Missouri series that was captured by the Huskies last night. To see game-by-game results at a glance, scroll down to Thursday's entry for my super-regional chart.Oklahoma...more

NCAA Softball Friday Update (2013 Super-Regionals)
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 24, 2013 at 7:01pm

Washington beat Missouri, 2-1, in extra innings, in what turned out to be the only action Thursday night. That's because the Texas A&M at Oklahoma game was rained out; the Aggies and Sooners will begin their series tonight, weather permitting.Three ot...more

Saturday Results -- 2013 NCAA Softball Regionals
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 18, 2013 at 8:20pm

With the exception of the Eugene, Oregon region, which is one day ahead, today's action will result in one team per region with a 2-0 record, one with a 2-1 record, and two teams eliminated. The team with the 2-0 record needs only one win on Sunday to adv...more

NCAA Softball's Scoreboard Page to Follow Regionals
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 17, 2013 at 8:44pm

The NCAA website has a softball scoreboard page to follow the regionals. The bulk of the action gets underway today. The only exception is the Oregon regional, which began yesterday with the host Ducks beating BYU and North Carolina edging Wisconsin. All ...more

NCAA Softball: 2013 Geospatial NCAA Tournament Map
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 13, 2013 at 8:46am

My annual maps of the NCAA regional groupings are shown below, based on the official tournament bracket. In all cases, the four teams sharing the same color and style (based on the host team's school colors) are in the same regional; the seeded team (with...more

NCAA Softball: Texas Tech Ends Scoring Drought, But Still Loses Sunday Finale to Oklahoma
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 15, 2013 at 9:10am

A quick follow-up to yesterday's posting:Texas Tech scored today with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning, ending the Red Raiders' offensive scoreless streak at 32 innings. Tech's batters actually went wild for 7 runs on the day; the only problem i...more

NCAA Softball: Oklahoma Continues to Roll, Texas Tech Still Can't Score
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 14, 2013 at 9:00am

No. 1 Oklahoma is visiting Texas Tech this weekend, so I took in this afternoon's contest. The Red Raiders, who have made the NCAA tournament the past three years, are looking like they won't make it this year. The Sooners, on the other hand, continue to ...more

Softball: Big 12 Conference Play Really Gets Going This Weekend
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted March 29, 2013 at 4:02pm

The Big 12 is the last of the four major conferences to get going this season. Baylor and Texas played a two-game series last weekend -- swept by the Longhorns -- with the bulk of the teams beginning league play this weekend.The reason for the late start ...more

Garman Classic, Florida-Tennessee Softball Series Top Weekend's Play
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted March 18, 2013 at 12:07pm

The annual Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, California, and the Tennessee-Florida SEC series topped this weekend's play.First, here are the highlights from the Garman. Led by Keilani Ricketts, top-ranked Oklahoma didn't allow a run all tournament in five...more

Citrus Classic Tops This Weekend's Softball Action
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted March 1, 2013 at 8:24pm

This week's top destination appears to be the Citrus Classic in Orlando, Florida. The 26-team field includes six ranked squads: Texas A&M, Texas, LSU, Oregon, Michigan, and Louisville. Spy Softball provides a more detailed preview. ...more

Top Performing Teams at Mary Nutter Classic
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted February 25, 2013 at 8:13am

Here are some of the top performing teams at this weekend's Mary Nutter Classic in Cathedral City, California, near Palm Springs: No. 1/2 Oklahoma breezed through its five games, shutting out the opponent in four of them. The Sooners' biggest-name oppon...more

Campbell-Cartier Classic (San Diego State) Features Oklahoma, Washington, Kentucky
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted February 16, 2013 at 10:13am

Oklahoma, ranked No. 1 in one of the major national polls and No. 2 in the other, highlights the field at San Diego State's Campbell-Cartier Classic. Two other nationally ranked teams, Washington and Kentucky, are among the field of seven. ...more

Florida Shines at Kajikawa Classic
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted February 11, 2013 at 8:04am

The University of Florida, ranked No. 14 and 15 in the two major national preseason polls, pulled two major upsets en route to an undefeated 5-0 performance at the season-opening Kajikawa Classic at Arizona State. Among the Gator victims were three Pac 12...more

2013 Opening Weekend Tournaments
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted February 7, 2013 at 10:53pm

Arizona State's annual Kajikawa Classic, which begins tonight, brings together several of the nation's highest-rated teams in the preseason polls (click here for schedule). In addition to the No. 4-ranked host Sun Devils, the field includes No. 2 Oklahoma...more

Last Year's Finalists 'Bama and OU Top Initial 2013 Polls
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted February 4, 2013 at 8:16am

With the 2013 college softball season starting this coming Thursday, February 7, the major preseason polls are now out.In the ESPN/USA Softball Poll, defending NCAA champion Alabama is ranked No. 1 and last year's national runner-up Oklahoma is ranked sec...more

"College Sports Madness" Releases 2013 Softball Preview
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted January 11, 2013 at 9:00pm

College Sports Madness, which appears to be a relatively new site covering college sports, has released its 2013 softball preview. The site is also providing reports on its preseason top 44 teams, one team per day, leading up to opening day. I have added ...more

NPF Announces 22 Game Fall Back To School Tour
by anngaff
posted August 9, 2012 at 12:50pm

Nashville, TN, via release National Pro Fastpitch announced today the 2012 NPF Back to School Tour schedule that is set to launch in September. The Tour is sponsored in part by USSSA, with the support of Major League Baseball. The 2012 Tour marks the t...more

Women's College World Series Softball
by Dirt-n-the skirt
posted June 5, 2012 at 4:13pm

The WCWS has two amazing programs fighting for the ultimate prize and pride for their respective colleges. Alabama Crimson Tide has never won the college world series but has had several appearances behind coach Pat Murphy. They are going against a tough ...more

NCAA Softball: Michigan rebounds from doubleheader loss to Minnesota to beat the Gophers Sunday
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 23, 2012 at 12:18pm

Michigan's Saturday doubleheader loss to Minnesota has tightened things up at the top of the Big 10 standings. The Wolverines did avoid a complete series sweep, however, beating the Gophers on Sunday. ...more

NCAA Softball: Texas Tech is turning heads
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 16, 2012 at 10:58am

Photo: Texas Tech Athletics Up-and-coming Texas Tech took 2-of-3 at No. 9 Missouri this weekend. The series win comes on the heels of the Red Raiders' midweek win over No. 5 Texas and a 2-1 series loss at No. 6 Oklahoma the previous weekend. That Texas...more

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