Jen Deering is returning to Berkeley, hired as the new assistant coach at Cal. She played for the Bears and was part of the 2002 national championship team.

LSU, Cal, Southern Illinois and Jackson State battle at Tiger Park for a place in the super regionals.

LSU is dominant at home, but the Tigers will have to solve a variety of softball styles with Cal, Southern Illinois and Jackson State coming to Baton Rouge.

It’s only the second ever Pac-12 softball tournament, yet it’s also the last as we know it. With seven of the nine softball programs moving into different conferences next season, emotions are high in the Conference of Champions.

Storylines abound in the nation’s most historic softball conference – the final season that the PAC-12 will play in its current form. Stanford enters the season as conference favorites, but there’s a pack of PAC teams that have other plans.

Among the hundreds – yes, hundreds – of assistant coaching transactions that were made this summer, here are the best moves from around the country.

Our Pac-12 road trip continues on In The Circle with a trip to Berkeley. We chat with Cal Head Coach Chelsea Spencer as the Golden Bears are coming off their first NCAA Tournament since 2018.

The Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic field for the 2024 event in February includes three-time defending NCAA champion Oklahoma and Nebraska’s Jordy Bahl.

The Pac-12 is on the brink of extinction with multiple schools leaving for other conferences. A rich history of softball will be left behind with the changes.

For No. 1 Oklahoma, Cal, Missouri and Hofstra, the road to the WCWS begins in the Norman Regional.

Reese Atwood did it again as Texas earns the sweep.

Central Arkansas shines atop the ASUN.

Montana Fouts gets her day.

Baylee Klingler wins it this time for Washington.

Cal head coach Chelsea Spencer joined Tara Henry and Gray Robertson on the D1Softball Podcast as the Bears made their way into the Top 25.

Michaela Edenfield started April strong.

Duke’s offense had a blast against Virginia Tech.

ASU picked up its biggest win under Megan Bartlett thus far.

Cal delivered the biggest upset of the season thus far.

Montana Fouts delivered a heroic effort.

Oklahoma State, Washington and Texas A&M evened their series.

All that and more in the D1Softball Daily Dozen.

South Alabama and Tulsa spring upsets in different fashions, Sydney McKinney’s hit streak ends and triples are wild for Texas Tech. That and more in Saturday’s D1Softball Daily Dozen.

In this week’s Pac-12 notebook, Baylee Klingler’s Triple Crown hopes and can Arizona State grab a Top 8 Seed?

In this week’s Pac-12 notebook, ASU and UCLA play the biggest series of the year, Washington is playing its best right now, highlighting Ellessa Bonstrom’s career at Utah and more.

In this week’s Pac-12 notebook, Gabbie Plain’s plan paying off, Stanford with another big weekend, and Utah’s future.

Texas A&M and Arkansas made program history. Kim Wert singlehandedly wrecked Kentucky. Pitchers from coast to coast threw no-hitters. And Miami won one for the mid-majors. Just a typical Saturday in D1Softball’s Daily Dozen.

In this week’s Pac-12 notebook, is Arizona set up for future success? Stanford and Cal’s look ahead. Are the Pac-12 awards already locked up?

Kelly Maxwell and Kelley Lynch put an emphasis on the K, VT falls, snd Bama comes back. That and more in D1Softball’s Daily Dozen.

OU and Bama win close ones, Arizona and Oregon slug it out on ESPN2, ASU’s win streak stayed alive and more in D1Softball’s Daily Dozen.

Alana Vawter’s career has been building for a national spotlight. Arizona State’s first-place look isn’t a mirage, now or for the future. That and more in this week’s Pac-12 notebook.

One Conference USA team is picking up momentum as another loses steam. But is the Big Ten home to this week’s biggest mover in D1Softball’s Bubble Watch?

Oregon State’s freshmen starred in a sweep over Cal. Can Arizona turn around its season against the Beavers? We discuss in the Pac-12 Netbook.

Arizona State had its best weekend in Tucson in recent memory. A lot of it has to do with the roster Trisha Ford has assembled. Oregon gets gritty wins. And a whole lot more in this week’s Pac-12 notebook.

Washington’s offense struggled to get anything going against Megan Faraimo. The Sun Devils took advantage of Arizona’s pitching. Brady breaks down the entire Friday night slate in the Pac-12.

UCLA made a statement in the first weekend of Pac-12 play and can extend the gap between themselves and the rest of the conference this week. That and more in the Pac-12 notebook.

Makinzy Herzog pitched the game of her life, Megan Faraimo continues to dominate and Prange delivers for the Tide. That and more in D1Softball’s Daily Dozen.