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SAN FRANCISCO - ARIZONA’s Jessie Harper has been named the 2021 Pac-12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Conference office announced today. The award, which is presented in each of the 24 sports sponsored by the Pac-12, was established to honor collegiate student-athletes that are standouts both academically and in their respective sports disciplines. Harper, who completed her undergraduate studies in sociology last spring with a 3.71 GPA, is currently enrolled in Arizona’s master...

UCLAs Rachel Garcia discusses playing for team USA and defending the 2019 NCAA title UCLAs Rachel Garcia rejoined the Bruins after opting out of the 2020 season to play for team USA. This year, she will get to do both: defend their 2019 NCAA championship and play in the Olympics.  So far this season, the 2019 Honda award winner is hitting .383 has a 1.293 OPS and nine home runs. In the circle, she sports a 0.59 ERA and is 12-0 in the circle. The Bruins play Arizona in their last series on t...

Arizona-UCLA softball series will have major postseason implications and Senior Week emotions Share this story Photo by Jacob Snow/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Arizona-UCLA series is always one of the most anticipated events on the college softball calendar. The Pac-12 rivals are the winningest programs in the sport, producing 20 national championships and hundreds of All-Americans. Add increased fan capacity, senior week emotions and postseason implications into the equation, and this ...

Arizona’s offense is locked in and loaded for Top 15 Territorial Cup Series against the Sun Devils Share this story Brady Vernon To say Arizona softball has dominated the Territorial Cup Series with Arizona State lately might be an understatement. The Sun Devils haven’t won a series against their in-state rivals since 2015 and the Wildcats swept the most recent meeting in 2019 without allowing a single run across three games. Following the nine-game road trip that saw Arizona struggle agai...

Brooke Yanez, Allee Bunker lead No. 3 Oregon softball in shutout of No. 2 UCLA Updated 9:06 PM; EUGENE — Brooke Yanez was nearly untouchable and Allee Bunker was dialed in at the plate for Oregon softball against UCLA. Yanez struck out eight and allowed just two hits and Bunker went 3 for 3 with a two-run home run to lead the No. 3 Ducks to a 3-0 win over the No. 2 Bruins Friday afternoon at Jane Sanders Stadium. Other than feeling out the strike zone for the first few hitters, it was anothe...

VSPC partners with USA Softball to support U.S. Womens National Team 02/25/21 USA Softball, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, is proud to announce a one-year sponsorship agreement with Visit St. Pete/Clearwater Sports & Events (VSPC). VSPC is set to host the U.S. Women’s National Team (WNT) for a training camp March 3-18 at the Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex in an effort to support USA Softball and the National Team Program as they continue preparations for the ...

RPI: 15. Ballpark: Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field (1,277) Postseason history: 22 NCAA Regional appearances, 2 Super Regional appearances, 3 World Series appearances. Ace of the staff: Kelsey Oh. The senior right-hander had the 2020 season cut short with a foot injury. Oh finished 4-2 with a 2.14 ERA, 51 strikeouts and 16 walks in 32.2 IP. Impact player: Kenzi Maguire. The graduate senior will be in her sixth season of college softball. Maguire started all 23 games at shortstop ...