The schedules for all the super-regional match-ups are available here. Two series (Alabama at Florida, and Ole Miss at UCLA) will play their games on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (if necessary). The other six series will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. … [Read more...]
NCAA 2017 Regionals — Monday Status
Two games are being played today, to finish off the regionals (scroll down to yesterday's entry and see chart). Oklahoma leads Tulsa 2-0 in today's winner-take-all game, with the Sooners batting in the top of the sixth... OU staged a dramatic comeback against the Golden Hurricane yesterday to … [Read more...]
NCAA 2017 Regionals — Sunday Status
The following table shows the status of each regional. The +ACI-2-0+ACI and +ACI-2-1+ACI column headings reflect teams' recordsenteringSunday's play (with the exception of the Salt Lake City regional, which started a day earlier). Under the double-elimination format, the +ACI-2-1+ACI team had to beat the +ACI-2-0+ACI team … [Read more...]
Alan’s Softball Blog: Interview on Iowa Radio Show
I had the pleasure Tuesday morning of chatting with radio host Derek Martin of Iowa radio station KMA about the upcoming NCAA women's softball tournament. A recording of my segment, running about 10 minutes, is available at this +ADw-a … [Read more...]
UCLA Routs Arizona in Series Opener
UCLA scored an 8-0, run-rule, victory over Arizona in the opener of the teams' three-game series in Los Angeles. Saturday's (6:00 pm Pacific) and Sunday's (1:00 pm Pacific) games will be televised on ESPN 2. As the above-linked article notes, the Bruins have now won nine straight games. Six wins … [Read more...]
NCAA’s Interim Top 10 Softball Rankings (April 2017)
As announced on ESPN2 during Saturday afternoon's Oregon-Arizona game, here are the NCAA's Top 10 rankings as of last Thursday: 1. Florida 2. Arizona 3. Texas A+ACY-amp+ADs-M 4. Florida State 5. Auburn 6. Washington 7. Oregon 8. Minnesota 9. Tennessee 10. UCLA An explanation of what these … [Read more...]
Sunday Update (4/23/2017)
Two streaking teams (no, not that kind of streaking) saw their string of wins come to an end this weekend, as several match-ups of top teams took place...Baylor, looking to even its series with Oklahoma at one game apiece, leads 4-3 in the top of the seventh in today's first game of a … [Read more...]
Sunday (4/16/17) Softball Round-Up
Arizona, which had risen to No. 1 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll and No. 2 in the USA Today/NFCA ranking on the strength of a 40-1 overall record (the Wildcats'??only loss coming to Florida State on February 25) ran into a buzzsaw in Salt Lake City this weekend. After Arizona won the opening … [Read more...]
2017 Judi Garman Classic Preview; Weird Week for Texas A&M
This year's Judi Garman Classic at Cal State Fullerton, featuring 14 teams, gets underway today. Over the years, the Garman has shifted from late to mid to early March, so that now it comes the week after the Mary Nutter Classic. Possibly the two tournaments are now held consecutively so that teams … [Read more...]
2017 Mary Nutter Classic Round-Up
The big winner at the Mary Nutter Classic appears to be Texas A+ACY-amp+ADs-M. The Aggies went 5-0 in Cathedral City, including wins over No. 1 Florida State, No. 14 Michigan, No. 21 Arizona State, and No. 23 BYU, to extend their overall record to 15-0. Full scores from this past weekend's Mary Nutter … [Read more...]