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Play ball! These famous words are being said all over the country to note the start of the 2012 Division 1 NCAA softball season. Keeping with the traditional fastpitch season openers, the majority of our local teams are attending some very challenging tournaments.

The Kajikawa Classic hosted by Arizona State University

This year the Kajikawa Classic is hosted by the 2011 Women’s World Series Champions and #1 ranked Sun Devils. Notable schools in attendance are Nebraska #21, Washington #12, Tennessee #14, University of Arizona #8, Texas A&M #17, Oregon #16, Stanford #9 and Cal Berkley #4. This promises to be a highly competitive tournament with rankings on the line in most match ups. The schedule and results can be found at the following link 

 http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/kajikawa-12.html

The Texas Classic hosted by the University of Texas

The much smaller Texas Classic hosted by the #18 ranked Longhorns, hosts Cal State Fullerton, Colorado St., and University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). For all of us softball junkies some games will be televised on the Longhorn network. For schedule and results please follow this link

http://www.texassports.com/sports/w-softbl/tex-w-softbl-body.html

Fresno State Kickoff hosted by Fresno State

The Fresno State, only four spots out of the top 25 in the preseason poll, opener will not be hosting any ranked teams for their opener.The Bulldogs will host University of California at Riverside, Long Beach State, Sacramento State, University of Toledo and North Dakota. For schedule and results please use the following link 

http://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/w-softbl/sched/fres-w-softbl-sched.html

Please checkout the preseason polls at 

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/softball/d1

Please let me know if you think there are any surprise teams that made or did not make the polls!

Enjoy the season!

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