By Brenda June Temple Mon, Feb 12   RUTGERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS  RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY  Rodkin Academic Success Center • 201 Fitch Road • Piscataway, NJ • 08854-8053  www.scarletknights.com • @RUAthletics  Twitter: @RUSoftball PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Graduate student catcher Katie Wingert was named the Big Ten Player of […]

By Brenda June Temple Mon, Feb 12   Freshman breakout star tied for national lead in total victories with four ROSEMONT, Ill. – Penn State softball freshman pitcher Bridget Nemeth picked up the first Big Ten Conference Pitcher of the Week accolade of the 2024 season, […]

June 17, 2022 NORMAN — Oklahoma head softball coach Patty Gasso announced the addition of graduate transfer right-handed pitcher Alex Storako from the University of Michigan on Friday. “Alex will be a great addition to an already dynamic pitching staff,” said Gasso. “She is a proven pitcher at […]

NORMAN — Oklahoma softball redshirt senior Jocelyn Alo has been named the Honda Sport Award winner for Softball, announced Tuesday by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA).  Alo was chosen by a vote of administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools and was […]

NORMAN — The Oklahoma softball program, which won its sixth national title on June 9 in Oklahoma City, announced today it will hold its national championship celebration this fall at Marita Hynes Field.  A fall celebration will allow former players to return to Marita Hynes Field, […]

June 09, 2022 OKLAHOMA CITY – A ridiculously remarkable, record-setting season ended Thursday night for the Oklahoma softball team with the Sooners clutching the program’s sixth NCAA championship trophy. Such an achievement came as no surprise given OU spent every week atop the national rankings while […]

May 20, 2022 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In front of the largest postseason crowd in JoAnne Graf Field history (1,646), the second-seeded Florida State Seminoles (53-5) took down Howard (31-23), 8-0 behind a no-hitter from Danielle Watson. The Seminole’s no-hitter was the 31st under head coach Lonni Alameda […]

May 20, 2022 NORMAN — It’s rarified air when a softball team combines to win a game by two touchdowns while throwing a no-hitter, particularly in postseason tournament play. Such was the case Friday night in Oklahoma’s 14-0 rout of Prairie View A&M before a sellout […]

5 20 2022 CLEMSON, S.C. – In the first-ever inning of postseason softball at McWhorter Stadium, the No. 10 national seed Clemson Tigers plated six runs en route to a 9-0 run-rule victory over UNC Wilmington. The Tigers improve to 40-15 on the year while the […]

5/20/2022 BLACKSBURG – Senior Keely Rochard turned in a stellar performance on Friday in the first game of the Blacksburg Regional, throwing a no-hitter and striking out 17 to lead No. 3 Virginia Tech over Saint Francis (Pa.) 4-0. Rochard (24-2) racked up her ninth no-hitter in her storied career. The Hokies […]

4/26/2022 Dear JMU community, Our hearts are aching, hearing the news of the loss of one of our student-athletes. Lauren Bernett was a high-achieving member of our softball team and a great ambassador of JMU and our athletics program. She was a key member of our 2021 […]

June 18, 2021 NORMAN — Oklahoma head softball coach Patty Gasso announced the addition of graduate transfer right-handed pitcher Hope Trautwein from the University of North Texas on Friday. “We’re extremely excited to add Hope Trautwein to this pitching staff,” said Gasso. “She brings experience and leadership, which […]

June 13, 2021 NORMAN – Oklahoma softball senior Jocelyn Alo has been named the Jim Thorpe Oklahoma Athlete of the Year, the Oklahoma District of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) announced Saturday.  The award was determined by the Oklahoma AAU executive committee and considered nominations of amateur athletes […]

June 10, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY — Rewriting the Division I softball record book this season would have meant nothing had Oklahoma failed to win the national title in the final chapter. The top-seeded Sooners indeed closed the book at the Women’s College World Series by claiming […]

June 11, 2021 For the third year in a row, Rachel Garcia has been named the Honda Sport Award winner for Softball, as announced on Friday by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA). Garcia becomes the second Bruin to be named a […]

6/3/2021 OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Senior Kate Gordon drilled a full-count home run over the left-center-field wall in the top of the eighth inning to power James Madison to a 4-3 win over top-seeded Oklahoma in the opening game of the Women’s College World Series on Thursday […]

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Jordan Weber threw Mizzou’s 40th no-hitter in program history to send Mizzou to the Super Regionals for the first time since 2016. Weber and Laurin Krings fired back-to-back one-hitters to open the Columbia Regional. The Tigers defeated Iowa State 5-0 in the Final. As the designated visitors for […]

May 17, 2021 | OAC Tournament site | ADA — Senior Abby Davis (New Palestine, Ind.) and juniors Lauren Renner (Columbus/Hilliard Bradley) and Stacey Walters (Sunbury/Big Walnut) were named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Tournament Team. The Polar Bears (24-18-1 overall) the OAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament with […]

May 10, 2021 | 2021 OAC Tournament site | ADA — Ohio Northern will be the No. 4 seed in this week’s Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Tournament. The Polar Bears (20-17-1 overall, 19-16 OAC) will host No. 5 seed Capital in the Quarterfinals on Wednesday at 4 […]

May 10, 2021 ADA — Sophomore Allie Bican (Solon) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week for the week of May 3-9.Bican went 2-0 and did not allow an earned run in 16.0 innings of work in a pair of victories last week.She […]