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Preview: No. 11 Nebraska Softball at Clearwater Invitational with Breakdown

After a successful 3-2 trip to San Antonio to begin the 2026 season, the No. 11 Nebraska Cornhusker softball team is headed to Florida for the Shriner Children's Clearwater Invitational at the Eddie C.

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Preview: No.1 Texas Tech Softball at Twisted Vines Bayou Bash

The Texas Tech Red Raiders open the 2026 softball season on Thursday as the top-ranked team in the country, according to Softball America, and will split the weekend between two tournaments.

Preview: No. 10 Nebraska Softball at UTSA Invitational with Breakdown

The groundhog says six more weeks of winter, but spring is in the air with softball season getting underway on Friday. The No. 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers will open their 2026 slate in San Antonio at the UTSA Invitational with two games on Friday, two on Saturday, and one on Sunday.

Alabama Crimson Tide News / Alabama Crimson Tide on SI / February 4

Preview: No. 16 Alabama Softball at Buzz Classic

Softball season is back! Alabama softball is kicking off a milestone 30th season at the Buzz Classic in Atlanta on Thursday. The Crimson Tide will play five games in three days from Thursday to Saturday.

Creighton Bluejays News / Creighton Bluejays On SI / January 23

Creighton Softball Standout Named to D1 Softball Preseason Mid-Major Rankings

A junior utility player for the Creighton Bluejays softball program earned preseason honors from D1 Softball on Wednesday. Kaelan Schultz was named one of the outlet's Preseason Top 100 Mid-Major Players, coming in at No.

Texas Tech Red Raiders News / Yardbarker / June 3

Injury reveal adds to Texas Tech pitcher NiJaree Canady's lore

Texas Tech Red Raiders pitcher NiJaree Canady's legend continues to grow.

Texas Tech stuns Oklahoma to reach WCWS final

Texas Tech's $1M ace ready for WCWS final vs. Texas

Oklahoma Sooners News / Oklahoma Sooners on SI / June 2

Patty Gasso has nothing but pride for Oklahoma's 'joyous ride'

All runs, no matter how historic, must come to an end.

Texas Tech stuns Oklahoma to reach WCWS final

College Softball News / Field Level Media / June 2

Texas Tech stuns Oklahoma to reach WCWS final

Lauren Allred hit a shallow fly to right in the bottom of the seventh and Mihyia Davis raced across to score the game-winning run to give No. 12 Texas Tech a 3-2 walk-off win over four-time defending champion Oklahoma in the Women's College World Series on Monday.

Patty Gasso has nothing but pride for Oklahoma's 'joyous ride'

Texas tops Tennessee to reach WCWS final

Jim Schlossnagle’s quote on winning national title comes back to burn him

Oregon State will host Super Regional after 9-0 win over USC

Vanderbilt makes wrong kind of history in stunning upset loss to Wright State

College Softball News / Field Level Media / June 2

Texas tops Tennessee to reach Women's College World Series final

Katie Stewart's fourth-inning home run helped lift Texas to a 2-0 win over Tennessee in the Women's College World Series semifinals Monday.

Texas Tech stuns Oklahoma to reach WCWS final

College Softball News / Field Level Media / June 1

Cydney Sanders, Oklahoma bounce Oregon to stay alive in WCWS

Cydney Sanders hit a pair of home runs to lift second-seeded Oklahoma to a 4-1 win over 16th-seeded Oregon in a Women's College World Series elimination game Sunday.

No. 7 Tennessee walk off No. 9 UCLA to keep WCWS title hopes alive

UCLA softball gets home run on controversial play at plate

College Softball News / Larry Brown Sports / June 1

UCLA softball gets home run on controversial play at plate

The UCLA Bruins softball team received a nice break from the umpires during their elimination game against the Tennessee Lady Vols at the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City on Sunday.

No. 7 Tennessee walk off No. 9 UCLA to keep WCWS title hopes alive

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College Softball News / Heartland College Sports / May 30

Three Takeaways From Texas Tech’s 1–0 Win Over Ole Miss at 2025 WCWS

Texas Tech is moving on to the winner’s bracket after outlasting a red-hot Ole Miss team in both teams’ first-ever Women’s College World Series appearance.

College Softball News / 5 GOATs / May 28

2025 Women’s College World Series Odds: Ranking the betting favorites to win NCAA Softball Tournament

After beginning with 64, the NCAA Softball Tournament is down to eight teams. Oklahoma City now takes center stage for the Women’s College World Series, just a few games away from crowning a 2025 national champion.

College Softball News / Yardbarker / May 19

What lies ahead for Liberty softball after historic victory?

If the Flames can make a Cinderella run and win the entire thing, they would join 2014 Florida and 2018 Florida State as the only three teams in the last 10 seasons to have double-digit losses and still win the WCWS.

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College Softball News / Larry Brown Sports / May 12

Softball team had amazing reaction after drawing vaunted Oklahoma in NCAA Tournament

Boston University earned an automatic bid into the 2025 NCAA Softball Tournament by winning the Patriot League on Sunday, but the Terriers will now face their steepest challenge in program history.

College Softball News / Heartland College Sports / February 18

Arizona’s Miranda Stoddard Earns National Player of the Week Honors

Arizona softball’s Miranda Stoddard was named the NFCA Player of the Week and Big 12 Player of the Week after a breakout weekend for the 11th-ranked Wildcats.

College Softball News / Heartland College Sports / February 18

Where Does Big 12 Softball Stand in the Latest Top 25?

There are still so many questions to be answered just two weeks into the 2025 college softball season, but the action to this point has given us at least a few things to glean.

College Softball News / Larry Brown Sports / February 8, 2025

Softball player delivers amazing catch of the year candidate

The seventh-ranked Texas A&M Aggies kicked off their softball season on Thursday in dramatic fashion, sweeping a doubleheader over Utah State and Purdue at Davis Diamond.

College Softball News / Heartland College Sports / February 5, 2025

Big 12 Softball is Center Stage for the Start of the 2025 Season

The 2025 college softball season is set to get underway on Thursday, and despite losing two of the top three teams in the country to the SEC, the Big 12 will be center stage for the first weekend of action.

College Softball News / Heartland College Sports / February 5, 2025

ESPN to Provide Unprecedented College Softball Coverage in 2025

The 2025 college softball season is set to get underway on Thursday, and as the fast-growing sport in America, there will be more eyes on the sport than ever before–thanks in part to ESPN.

College Softball News / Heartland College Sports / February 3, 2025

Ten Big 12 Softball Names to Know Ahead of 2025

There’s officially less than one week between us and the start of the 2025 Big 12 softball season, as several programs will kick things off on Thursday.

College Softball News / Yardbarker / June 6, 2024

Watch: Oklahoma softball beats Texas to four-peat as NCAA champion

Watch: Oklahoma softball beats Texas to four-peat as national champion

Oklahoma is the first team to win four consecutive titles in NCAA history, and this is the eighth championship for the program overall.

Women's College World Series finals mark an end of an era

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College Softball News / Yardbarker / June 4, 2024

Women's College World Series finals mark an end of an era

The WCWS finals start Wednesday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN), and Oklahoma plays longtime rival Texas in the teams' final head-to-head meeting as Big 12 members.

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