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Full TV and Web Stream Schedule for the Women's College World Series June 2- June 8
by Women in Sport International
posted June 3, 2011 at 3:44pm

The Women's College World Series is getting some serious TV and Web Streaming coverage over at ESPN. Pretty remarkable considering the NHL and NBA playoffs are in full string and the MLB season is kicking into high gear. Lets show these women some support...more

Top-seeded Arizona State has topped Oklahoma, 3-1
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted June 3, 2011 at 3:43pm

In a relative slugfest (compared to the afternoon session), top-seeded Arizona State has topped Oklahoma, 3-1, to open up the evening session.I had a busy day at the office, so I could only follow the opening afternoon session of the Women's College Worl...more

Women’s College World Series ready to throw first pitch
by Pretty Tough
posted June 2, 2011 at 10:58am

When the NCAA Women’s College World Series opens Thursday at the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, the eight teams represented will have each traveled a thrilling road to the championships. If you’re a softbal...more

Arizona senior catcher Stacie Chambers falls just short of home run record
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted June 2, 2011 at 10:26am

Before the Women's College World Series gets underway today, I wanted to revisit a story that ended with Arizona's elimination in the super-regionals at the hands of Oklahoma. Arizona senior catcher Stacie Chambers had been seeking the all-time NCAA Divis...more

NCAA Softball: Super Regional Match-ups
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 26, 2011 at 10:00am

Here are the match-ups for the super-regionals, which begin today. I will update the table as the results come in... Teams Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Texas A&M; (16) at ASU (1) Thurs Fri Fri Stanford (15) at Alabama (2) Thurs Fri...more

University of Montana adds women's softball
by Title IX Blog
posted May 22, 2011 at 1:36pm

A while ago, we mentioned University of Montana's plans to add women's softball. By way of update, here it's reported that the Regents have approved a plan to raise the student athletic fee (by $12.50 per year) thereby confirming the funding source for ...more

Quick Softball Update: No. 10 seed Michigan loses to Kentucky
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 22, 2011 at 12:04pm

The seeded teams are holding their own, for the most part, thus far. However, No. 10 seed Michigan has lost to Kentucky, 7-6, in early Saturday play. The Wolverines' furious comeback attempt from a 7-0 deficit, consisting of a run in the sixth and 5 in...more

NCAA Softball: Non-Scientific Poll Results
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 21, 2011 at 10:42am

As visitors to this site over the past month are probably aware, I ran a little non-scientific poll on who you all thought should be the favorite to win the Women's College World Series. With the bulk of the NCAA tournament getting underway today, it's ti...more

NCAA Softball Tourney underway
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 20, 2011 at 1:21am

The NCAA tournament begins today, with the Seattle region (Washington, Portland State, Auburn, and BYU). This regional is starting a day earlier than the other 15, apparently to accommodate BYU's school policy of not competing on Sundays.The host Huskies...more

Annual Geo-Spatial NCAA Softball Tourney Travel Map
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 16, 2011 at 4:12pm

At roughly four hours post-announcement of the NCAA tournament brackets (which translates to 1:30 a.m. Central), this is one of my fastest turnarounds for posting my annual geo-spatial bracket! Unless you have some really fine eyesight, you are urged to ...more

NCAA Softbal weekend update 5/14
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 15, 2011 at 1:33pm

Cal has beaten Arizona, 6-3, this afternoon to take two out of three in the series and finish in second place (15-6) in the Pac 10. Arizona State had clinched the conference title Thursday night.Talking about clinching conference titles, Michigan (18-2)...more

Upcoming NCAA softball selections
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 12, 2011 at 12:24am

With the NCAA selections coming up Sunday night, a recent discussion thread on Ultimate College Softball reminded me of how the tournament seedings don't always match up with the media/coaches' poll rankings. I thus decided to make the following chart, ...more

College Softball: it's Michigan's turn to test-drive the #1 spot
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 20, 2011 at 11:27am

The way the present season has gone, each new set of weekly national polls seems to have a new team at No. 1. Such as the case this week, as the Michigan Wolverines have now ascended to the top of the USA Today/NFCA and ESPN.com/USA Softball rankings. Acc...more

Weekend Softball Roundup: AZ/AZ State win respective series, face each other this week
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 18, 2011 at 10:41am

No. 1 Arizona State and No. 7/8 University of Arizona each won their respective series this weekend, leading into a key series between the Arizona schools starting this upcoming Thursday in Tucson. ASU shutout UCLA in the final two games of the teams' thr...more

NCAA Softball: the hierarchy has been shaken up!
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 15, 2011 at 10:12am

The hierarchy among the nation's top college softball teams has been shaken up in the last week, so perhaps this weekend's games will help restore order. On the other hand, perhaps we'll just see more upsets!Alabama, No. 1 in recent weeks, got swept at LS...more

College softball on TV
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted March 29, 2011 at 8:00pm

The ESPN family of networks will be televising a number of college softball games in the coming weeks, as part of its larger portfolio of springtime collegiate athletics. The schedule is heavily, though not exclusively, oriented toward the SEC. There are...more

NCAA Softball Weekend Roundup
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted March 28, 2011 at 10:57am

Georgia swept a three-game series from Florida this weekend in SEC play, to reassert itself as a conference and national force. The SEC softball website always provides nice weekend wrap-ups; here is today's.In the Big 10, Michigan swept a two-game series...more

What's on in college softball this weekend 3/17/11
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted March 17, 2011 at 10:12pm

With this being the opening weekend of college basketball's March Madness, probably only the most hardcore softball fans will be focusing on the diamond rather than the hardwood. If so, it will be too bad, as this weekend also features arguably the best m...more

Latest NCAA Softball Polls
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted March 9, 2011 at 10:14am

The latest rankings from the nation's two major softball polls both have SEC teams in the top three slots, albeit in different orders. The ESPN.com/USA Softball poll has it: 1. Florida, 2. Alabama, and 3. Georgia. The USA Today/NFCA has it: 1. Georgia, 2...more

Softball: Texas Tech goes undefeated at Kajikawa Classic
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted February 15, 2011 at 10:32am

That Texas Tech (the school where I teach) could go undefeated in a major tournament, including wins over two nationally ranked teams, would have been unimaginable a few years ago. Under coach Shanon Hays who came on board last year, however, the Red R...more

Welcome to another college softball season!
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted February 10, 2011 at 10:14am

Welcome to another college softball season! As longtime visitors to this blog may have noticed, I've totally redone the graphic design. I hope you like it.The season's pre-conference tournaments get underway tomorrow. The annual Kajikawa Classic, hoste...more

NCAA Softball Preseason Polls - UCLA or Arizona for Number 1?
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted February 3, 2011 at 9:06am

The two major national polls -- ESPN.com/USA Softball and USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association -- released their preseason rankings about a week ago. The two polls agree that UCLA and Arizona, last year's NCAA finalists, should be the top t...more

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