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Softball: Strength and Success! The Women’s College World Series and Why It Matters - A Big Moment in Sports Something really exciting is happening in sports right now. More people than ever are watching college softball. More girls are playing, and the best college teams in America all want to win one thing: the Women's College World Series (WCWS). Every spring, the top teams travel to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,… Read More
Holding the Lead: How Reese Atwood Anchored Texas in the WCWS - Devon Park was deafening for Game 1 of the 2026 Women's College World Series Championship Finals. Devon Park Oklahoma City OK Home of the Women's Fastpitch World Series The Texas Longhorns had just exploded for five runs in the top of the first inning against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Katie Stewart had just hammered… Read More
Texas & Texas Tech Sweep Semifinals to Reach WCWS Finals - An All-Texas Showdown: How Texas Tech and Texas Swept the WCWS Semifinals The Women's College World Series Championship is officially set, and the trophy is heading to the Lone Star State. On June 1, the WCWS Semifinals delivered a grueling test for the final four teams. Both the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Texas… Read More
Reese Atwood Hits First Career WCWS Home Run to Send Texas to the Championship Series - The pitch arrived. Atwood swung. The ball cleared the center-field wall at Devon Park. Texas catcher Reese Atwood led off the top of the fourth inning with a solo home run against Tennessee on June 1. It was her first career Women's College World Series home run. The Longhorns won that opening semifinal game 5-2.… Read More
Atwood’s Walk, Ramirez’s Tag: What Two Elimination Games Taught Us About Catching - Atwoods walk Sunday May 31st, two elimination games played back to back at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. Four teams walked in. Two walked out. Both games turned on a catcher. Game One: Reese Atwood Breaks the Spell Through four and a third innings, Jordy Frahm had not allowed a single Texas hitter to reach… Read More
Marlie Giles Called the Meeting. Then She Hit the WCWS Homer. - Marlie Giles HR Earlier in the game, two Alabama errors had put a wobble in the Crimson Tide's night. Marlie Giles called a meeting. She is the team captain. The letter C is literally sewn into her jersey. When things go sideways at Devon Park, she is the one who pulls her teammates together and… Read More
Kennedy Miller’s First WCWS Ended in a 9-Run Inning. She’ll Be Back. - Arkansas Catcher Kennedy Miller The second inning started normally enough. Then it did not stop. UCLA sent 14 batters to the plate in the top of the second inning Friday night. Aleena Garcia led off with a home run — the first pitch she saw. Megan Grant, a senior utility player for the Bruins, hit… Read More