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Softball Archive
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August tells story of GCU’s growing role in local recruiting
A flurry of recruit signings announced by Grand Canyon University this month helps to illustrate the impact the private, Christian-based college in west Phoenix is having on the college careers of local athletes. The Antelopes are sucking up the local talent like a vacuum. Arizona State in Tempe and University of Arizona in Tucson play in the [...] -
Will an Arizona pitcher be the next Jennie Finch?
When the queen of softball retired last month, there was no successor to the throne in waiting. And that presents a problem for the sport. Jennie Finch’s retirement announcement was somewhat unexpected. She just decided she wanted to spend more time with her family. But she’s only 29 years old and has been the face of [...] -
Jennie Finch, the face of women’s softball, retires at 29
As recently as 10 years ago, the retirement of a woman softball player wouldn’t have earned even a few lines of type in the back of a sports section. But when Jennie Finch, one of the most recognized athletes to come out of the University of Arizona, announced yesterday that she’s hanging up her cleats, it [...] -
Cochran moving from ASU outfield to softball world stage
Katie Cochran, considered by many to be the best hitter in college softball during her career at Arizona State, is one of three Arizona players on the USA team that nailed down the title of “best softball team in the world.” The former ASU slugger joins pitcher Jennie Finch and outfielder Caitlin Lowe from the University [...] -
AZ college softball players tour with USA Softball
Five college softball players from Arizona have been living the dream this summer. Four players from the University of Arizona and one from Arizona State were selected last month to the 2010 USA Softball Women’s Futures National Team. The prestigious team is made up of athletes who currently play, or have played, at 13 different schools [...] -
Dallas Escobedo will lead USA junior softball team
It looks like Dallas Escobedo will get a chance to wash away that bitter taste left over from her final high school softball game that went very sour. She can move on to her college career at Arizona State without that baggage she was carrying from a state championship loss. Escobedo, regarded by most people as the [...] -
UCLA softball channels Wooden to win NCAA title
Somewhere up there, John Wooden must be smiling. His Bruins just captured another national title, this one in softball. They buried University of Arizona in a record-setting offensive barrage that lasted two games. Wooden’s sport was basketball, but he kept an eye on the softball program, from the day he made a congratulatory call to Kelly Inouye-Perez [...] -
UA women play for nat’l softball title, but men stumble
The University of Arizona softball team dug itself out of a deep hole at the Women’s College World Series to go on to win the right to meet UCLA for the national title. The Cats (52-12) dropped their opening game of the WCWS to Tennessee, 0-9, in a bizarre contest that saw UofA’s ace pitcher, Kenzie [...] -
UA softball makes College World Series, ASU heads home
Arizona will be represented in this year’s softball College World Series. But just one team will be making the trip to Oklahoma City. The University of Arizona softball team earned a berth in the CWS by beating Bringham Young University in the super regional, 2-1 and 10-2, in the best-of-three series played in Tucson. But Arizona State, [...] -
ASU, UA both win NCAA Region softball titles
Super-size our softball, please. Both Arizona State and University of Arizona softball teams won their regionals and will prepare this week for Super Regional play. The Sun Devils will play the Florida Gators in Gainsville, Fla., and the Wildcats stay at home to host Brigham Young at Rita Hillenbrand Stadium Friday night. ASU won the Amherst Regional [...]