After placing three teams into the NCAA tournament last season, the Sun Belt readies for the 2025 season. Troy will host this year’s conference tournament.

Big Ten softball fans have a lot to anticipate this season. The additions of three former PAC-12 teams and the return of Jordy Bahl to the circle top the list of headlines.

South Alabama made their second NCAA tournament appearance in four years last season. The Jags sport a young roster in 2025 after graduating two-thirds of their starting lineup and bringing in a dozen newcomers.

Emily Needham is a right-handed pitcher from Pike Road, Alabama. Directly rooted in the Yellowhammer State’s softball scene, she plays travel ball for the Birmingham Thunderbolts organization and, in mid-September, committed to the South Alabama Jaguars.Needham plays volleyball in addition to her exploits on the softball diamond and also previously played basketball. Her softball journey included a torn hip labrum at one point, something that […]

The Gainesville Regional features host and No. 4 seed Florida, along with South Alabama, Florida Atlantic, and FGCU.

The Ragin Cajuns are the favorites and seem to be locked into a regional hosting berth, but Texas State defends its home turf well and a large pack of teams are ready to pull off an upset.

Check out the Top 100 Hitters and Top 100 Pitchers from weekend 10 of the 2024 college softball season!

Eric and Victor look back at LSU’s victory Tuesday in front of an energetic Tiger Park crowd. We’ll chat with Jaguar Pitcher Olivia Lackie who reflects on her season so far and some of the big wins she’s had in her career.

Saturday’s showcase between No. 2 Texas and No. 9 Stanford lived up to the hype, while Georgia and Virginia Tech met for a rematch and both Robyn Herron and Olivia Miller were perfect.

The Sun Belt has been and remains one of the best softball leagues outside the Power Five. With the Ragin’ Cajuns looking to build off of a Super Regional appearance and some solid teams fighting for space in the conference standings, another banner year could be ahead.

All it takes is one season for a college softball program to drastically improve; these are the programs that engineered the greatest turnarounds from 2022 to ’23.

With a historic win to sweep the season series against Arkansas, Central Arkansas offered a fitting opening act for a big weekend in the mid-major ranks.

Charlotte registered Wednesday’s big win at Virginia Tech to boost its stock, but Central Arkansas is the most upwardly mobile mid-major after a perfect ASUN start.

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.

Marshall and James Madison arrive to strengthen the Sun Belt, but star-studded Louisiana is still the team to beat in a league full of standouts.

The Sun Belt earned four NCAA Tournament bids last season. Could the league emulate that type of performance in 2022?

The Road to Oklahoma City starts here. The D1Softball Staff has you covered with everything you need to know heading into the Regionals.

Selection Day for college softball is tomorrow and our Tara Henry and Graham Hays release the updated Field of 64 Projections as of May 15.

The top plays from Week 13 of the D1 season. Follow all the action & tag us using #D1Top10 throughout the 2021 campaign.

From a wild walk-off in Gainesville to clinch a share of the SEC title to Oklahoma taking Bedlam in Stillwater find out what the D1Softball staff learned from the weekend.

UCLA got revenge, Autumn Storms was masterful and walk-off home runs were flying. That and more in Saturday’s Daily Dozen.

Everyone in the SEC has a loss, Oregon had UCLA’s number again and Jessie Harper keeps climbing the charts. That and more in Friday’s Daily Dozen.

Tara Henry and Rhiannon Potkey host Episode 30 of The D1Softball Podcast! This week they welcome Clemson’s Valerie Cagle and South Alabama’s Olivia Lackie on our Players Only segment.

More home runs, more no-hitters, more diving catches and a clutch steal of home. That and more in Sunday’s Daily Dozen.

NC State’s Sam Russ, Florida’s Elizabeth Hightower and South Alabama’s Olivia Lackie pick up our weekly awards after stellar week four performances.

South Alabama springs a major upset, walk-off home runs come in bunches and Rachel Garcia returns to the circle. Sunday’s Daily Dozen is a doozy.