Karina Gaskins may be Notre Dame’s most valuable run producer, Kate Drohan is our kind of innovator and college softball can get in the March spirit. Find out what else the D1Softball staff learned in Week Six.

Northwestern heads into the 2022 season with a veteran-heavy roster. Of the 21 girls on the team, only six are underclassmen.

In our latest Big Ten Notebook, Graham Hays looks at rising Northwestern, Indiana and focuses in Illinois joining the great arms race.

Michelle Gascoigne’s arrival as pitching coach at Northwestern in 2015 helped the program discover the value of having left-handers on the staff.