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Softball Archive
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ASU going to softball World Series; UA must win 2 today
What a difference a year can make in college sports. Last year, the No. 1 Arizona State softball team lost two straight games to Florida in the Super Regionals to end their chance to get to the Women’s College World Series. Yesterday, they finished a two-game sweep of No. 16 Texas A&M to punch their [...] -
Big bats power ASU, UA softball wins as Regionals begin
The Arizona and Arizona State softball teams have taken that first big step on the road to this year’s Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. And it looks like they marched in lock-step through the first game of the Regionals. Both high-ranked teams enjoyed the advantage of playing at home. Both teams won their [...] -
Mtn Pointe wins baseball title; Red Mtn repeats in softball
Neither softball or baseball offered any real surprises at the high school state 5A-I championship games. But there were some interesting story lines on both sides. At the Rose Mofford Sports Complex, Red Mountain High School (Mesa) and Basha High School (Chandler) met in the softball championship game. No big surprise there. One or the [...] -
No. 1 ASU softball wins Pac-10 title for just second time
The No. 1-ranked Arizona State softball team took care of business this weekend, winning just its second Pac-10 championship in program history. The Devils clinched the title outright Thursday when they beat No. 11 Stanford in the opener to a three-game home series and boosted their conference mark to 16-3. They went on to take [...] -
ASU softball sweeps UA for first time in program history
The kitchen sink was just about the only thing the seventh-ranked Arizona softball team didn’t throw at No. 2 Arizona State yesterday, trying to stave off a first-ever Sun Devil sweep. But it wasn’t enough, and the Sun Devils’ 8-3 victory clinched the first 3-game sweep of the Wildcats in program history. Arizona sent a [...] -
Line drive fells Fowler; may miss softball series with ASU
There’s never a good time for a sports injury. But the timing of the fluke concussion to Arizona’s premier pitcher, Kenzie Fowler, couldn’t have been worse. Not only was the Wildcats softball squad moving up in the national polls after taking the weekend series from No. 8 Washington, but they are scheduled to begin a [...] -
No. 1 ASU softball struggling in early Pac-10 play
It looks like this weekend’s series with UCLA may determine just how far the ASU softball team falls from its No. 1 national ranking. The Sun Devils are ranked No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Softball and USA Today/NFCA Coaches polls, and No. 9 on the NCAA RPI chart. But that likely will change with next [...] -
Moving softball pitchers back changing high school game
Has increasing the pitching distance in high school softball had any noticeable effect on the outcome of games? To answer that question, you need look no further than the recent Desert Mountain Softball Invitational held at Horizon Park in Scottsdale. The field for the 14th annual tournament included many of the best teams in the [...] -
Arizona teams start Pac-10 softball in a winning way
Surf’s up for Arizona’s Pac-10 softball teams! Arizona’s representatives took to the road over the weekend to open conference play in California. Both swept their respective series, with No. 4 ASU taking two-of-three from the No. 8 Cal Bears and No. 9 UofA sweeping their three-game series against No. 12 Stanford. Arizona State won both [...] -
Yavapai softball back from lo-o-ong road trip, ranked No. 1
Every team has to deal with road trips. But the Yavapai College softball team has a legitimate gripe about being road-weary. The Lady Roughriders spent their first 31 games of the season away from home. And they lost just two games during that entire month-a-half span that began January 28 with the first game of [...]
