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Softball Archive
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No. 3 ASU, No. 11 UA advance to softball Super Regionals
It took Arizona State a little longer to get the job done, but when the dust settled over the weekend, both of the state’s Pac-12 softball teams survived their regional tournaments and are headed to the Super Regionals. The Sun Devils had a little trouble with a pesky Syracuse squad that forced a double header [...] -
Long ball helps win state titles for softball, baseball teams
It was kind of ironic that Chaparral High School won the Division I state baseball championship last night with a home run. This was supposed to be the year of the small ball. Arizona’s high-school baseball teams were required to use bats this season that met a standard performance test to verify that the bat’s [...] -
ASU softball loses series to Cal…along with Pac-12 crown
Today’s game with California will be a particularly difficult one for the Arizona State softball team. But not just because the Golden Bears are the No. 1 team in the Pac-12 conference. This will be a tough one from a mental standpoint. The Sun Devils dropped the first two games of this series and, in [...] -
Basha HS one game from softball title shot vs. Red Mtn.
The Basha High softball team is doing it the hard way, but the Bears are getting it done. They have just one more hurdle to get to the Division I state title game. After being upset in the second round of the state tournament by Mountain Ridge High School, the No. 1-seeded Basha has won [...] -
Playoffs begin: 14 high schools bid for dual diamond titles
An interesting sidebar to this year’s Division I baseball and softball state playoffs involves a surprisingly high number of high schools that have at least a chance to sweep both titles. Of the three major sports, the chances of having solid boys and girls programs can generally be found on the diamond. Football, of course, [...] -
Strong pitching key to ASU softball defending its nat’l title
How do you beat Arizona State‘s two-headed monster on the mound? Only four teams have been able to figure that one out so far this season. And that’s why it’s going to be difficult for the rest of the college softball teams to keep ASU, the defending national champion, from working its way back to [...] -
GCU softball 2 games from Tournament of Champions title
Going into Friday’s opening game in the Tournament of Champions in California, there was no guarantee which Grand Canyon University softball team would show up. Apparently it was the right one, since the Antelopes have advanced through the three-day event in Turlock, Calif., to earn a spot in today’s Championship Bracket. (*Update: The Lopes beat [...] -
UA softball coach Candrea recovering after heart scare
The human body can take just so much punishment. Arizona‘s head softball coach, Mike Candrea, thought maybe his 56-year-old body had reached its limit when he quietly excused himself from the third and final game Sunday against Arizona State and was whisked off to the hospital. Candrea, who has been in the pressure-packed position of [...] -
Week-long tourneys test AZ prep baseball, softball teams
Get as many hits as you want, but it eventually comes down to pitching – particularly in tournament play. And that’s how it played out in this week’s big high school baseball and softball tournaments that wrapped up over the weekend. But the Hamilton High baseball team and Mountain View High School softball team took [...] -
After 2011 title, ASU softball at it again…16 straight wins
And the beat goes on. Sunday’s win against Creighton University is the 16th straight for the Arizona State softball team, last years’ national champion. The Sun Devils finished last season as the No. 1 team in the country and recorded a 50-6 record enroute to the national title, which they claimed by sweeping the Florida [...]
