The WAC is a league that may have finally found its identity as a softball conference after a few recent years of realignment moves. A group of teams could show themselves as real contenders in the conference race.

Kendall Daniel was involved in a nearly fatal car crash last year after a game. Not only did she survive, the Tarleton State redshirt freshman has returned to the field this summer in the Music City Collegiate League.

If at first you don’t succeed against Oklahoma, keep trying. And trying. Baylor’s persistence ended OU’s reign at No. 1. And that’s just one of Week 2’s lessons.

Any fans hungry for softball in Texas may want to consider attending the Whataburger Invitational hosted by Tarleton State University this weekend.

UCF retains the top spot in the Around the Nation Power Rankings, and Sam Landry has Louisiana climbing. But no one had a busier week than Bowling Green ace Peyton Gottshall. Check in on softball beyond the Power 5.

Georgia Capell began her Tarleton State career in Division II. She’ll finish it with the Texans now in Division I. But not much has changed for one of softball’s best sluggers.