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College softball’s most consistent giant killer for three decades, Louisiana snapped Oklahoma’s record winning streak at 71 games.
Oklahoma’s long-awaited Love’s Field opener nearly went historically awry against a Miami team eager to show off its power credentials. Then Kinzie Hansen delivered. Again.
From Taylor Pleasants’ return to form to Tallen Edwards making the leap and Isabela Emerling emerging as a potential star, what’s the story behind some of college softball’s hottest starts?
Omaha’s Kamryn Meyer is a once-in-a-generation mid-major ace. But her legacy will have more to do with how much the high school coach and kindergarten student-teacher cares about the next generation.
As her longtime travel coach, Josh Bloomer put Allie Skaggs on the road from Louisville to Tucson. It turned out she did the same for Arizona’s newest assistant.
Taryn Kern grew up near Palo Alto, but it took a continent-wide detour for the All-American to return home as Stanford’s first transfer in nearly 25 years.
At 48-3 in the league over the past two seasons, Samantha Heyer, Alexis Pupillo and Northern Iowa may be impervious even to the transfer portal.
Oklahoma feels inevitable these days. But its rise to rule college softball was anything but preordained. Follow 10 turning points that launched a dynasty.
Northwestern is the team to beat in the Big Ten. Nebraska’s Jordy Bahl and Indiana’s Brianna Copeland may be the stars capable of doing it.
The MAC is stocked with a strong collection of aces, but will that be enough to stop Karli Spaid, Allie Cummins and Miami’s dynasty from rolling to another title?
With Sydney Berzon, Taylor Pleasants and one of the nation’s best defenses, LSU has all the tools to erase memories of last May and play into June.
With Boston University and Lehigh’s mid-major dynasties fighting to be the team no one wants to play in a regional, the Patriot League remains one of college softball’s hidden gems.
BYU, UCF and Houston herald the start of a new era for the Big 12, but Oklahoma and Texas will be tough to beat in their farewell seasons.
What does Kayla Beaver have in common with Montana Fouts? Maybe more than just an Alabama uniform, as D1Softball looks at 10 intriguing mid-major transfers.
Even as Oklahoma opens a new ballpark, its unconquerable seniors—with a little help from a former rival—will try to write the perfect final chapter in an unprecedented story.
Growing up on a Nebraska farm, Tori Kniesche steered clear of the big animals. But on the softball field, the two-time Summit League Pitcher of the Year was made to take down Goliath.
For Houston, a new conference means new players, a new outlook, new assistant coaches and a new opportunity in the Big 12.
The only team that stopped OU a season ago, Baylor returns almost intact and ready to complete its return to national prominence against a loaded schedule.
After a tumultuous summer, 2024 will be a year of change for Oklahoma State. But with a talented freshman class and, yes, returning pitching, the expectations for success remain the same.
From a Division II record breaker and role model to Danielle Lawrie’s tenacity and Angela Tincher’s unhittable rise ball, D1Softball’s Graham Hays gives thanks for softball memories.
Looking for its first super regional appearance since 2010, BYU has a roster ready to compete from the outset in its inaugural Big 12 season.
Statistically, Isabella Smith kept company with Montana Fouts and Kelly Maxwell. But from being the self-described worst player on the field to finding a home at her late father’s alma mater, the Big South Pitcher of the Year’s journey is uniquely her own.
Reigning Big 12 Freshman of the Year Kailey Wyckoff leads a committed returning core intent on building something special in Lubbock.
There’s no more Montana, but Alabama aims to fly high with newfound pitching depth and a lineup wiser for the experience of last year.
Last year’s sensational freshmen set a high bar. But in its final Big 12 season, Texas may have an incoming class capable of a sequel.
With the reigning MVC Pitcher and Freshman of the Year leading the way, Northern Iowa’s homegrown excellence is ready to chase a third consecutive regular season title and return to the NCAA Tournament.
Give Anna Dethlefson a sign and the reigning Big West Player of the Year will run with it, whether that’s in switching from baseball to softball or charting a course as a biology major.
Seeking a 17th Patriot League regular season title since 2000 and a return to the NCAA Tournament, Lehigh returns a loaded roster in 2024.
San Diego State doesn’t ask its pitchers to be the aces of yesteryear. As a result, Mountain West Pitcher of the Year Allie Light provides a blueprint for the future.
A Yankees fan in Red Sox country. A baseball pitcher turned softball shortstop. A big-time star for a mid-major power. Two-time reigning Patriot League Player of the Year Kayla Roncin excels her own way.
The numbers say Emily Johansen is one of the best hitters beyond the Power 5. But for a film major and creative soul, hitting and life are as much art as science.
Pitching is reigning CAA Pitcher of the Year Emily Winburn’s first love, and that may yet take Delaware to its first NCAA Tournament.
Tess Cites used to wonder if she was good enough to play D1 softball. These days, the only unanswered question is how high the Big East Player of the Year can climb.
The former NJCAA Player of the Year, Primrose Aholelei wasted no time making an impression in her first Division I season with Texas A&M Corpus Christi.