Virginia Tech’s Cameron Fagan, Boston University pitcher Kasey Ricard, and Penn State freshman Bridget Nemeth earn the D1Softball national awards following week seven.

Nevada’s Haley Painter earns Player of the Week honors following week two, while Kasey Ricard of Boston University and Florida’s Keagan Rothrock round out the weekly awards.

The newest Wildcat stunned No. 2 Stanford, Southern Illinois sisters were perfect in their first game together and Texas shines in Easton. All that and more in the Daily Dozen.

Boston University ace Kasey Ricard had a cool summer job. She was a ball girl for the Boston Red Sox, the team she has grown up watching, and was featured on the Today Show.

Texas-Virginia Tech entertains, Dariana Orme stars again for Baylor and Lexi Kilfoyl is back on track for OSU. That and more from Friday in the D1Softball Daily Dozen.

Boston University had a strong case as the best team left out of the NCAA tournament. But with most of the core returning, the Patriot League juggernaut spent fall ball preparing for a better end to the story.