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Softball Archive
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ASU softball bringing hot bats to go with pitching talent
The Arizona State softball team knew it needed a strong pitching effort to be able to return to the Women’s College World Series after missing the trip last year. With the addition of Dallas Escobedo, the outstanding freshman from St. Mary’s High School in Phoenix, ASU has arguably the deepest pitching staff in the Pac-10, [...] -
Fowler, Escobedo throw first pitches to open great rivalry
And so it starts… the battle of the young guns in college softball. Arizona softball fans will be treated to a chance to watch two of the best softball pitchers in the country this season as Arizona’s Kenzie Fowler and Arizona State’s Dallas Escobedo take the mound. Both are throwing in this weekend’s Kajikawa Classic [...] -
UA softball using fall play to get back on winning track
Nothing like a little fall ball to shake off the lingering hangover from last year. The University of Arizona softball team, still smarting from its loss to UCLA in the Women’s College World Series last year (PhxFan article 6.09.10), got its mojo back in gear by coasting through the Arizona Fall Classic with five straight [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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, [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...]
