NCAA softball regionals: Live updates, schedule, scores
We have a packed weekend of school softball forward of us with as many as 112 video games getting performed inside 72 hours.
Don’t know what to search for and who to observe? We obtained you coated.
Before the all motion begins Friday at 11 am ET, try these storylines to observe throughout the NCAA softball event.
1. UCLA’s and Oklahoma’s historic residence run battle
Oklahoma and UCLA have turned the season into a house run race for the document books. The Sooners turned the quickest DI staff ever to succeed in 100 homers, doing it in simply 25 video games to interrupt their very own NCAA single-season document since 2021 in April.
But UCLA caught hearth late, fueled by Megan Grant’s NCAA-record 38 residence runs, and surpassed the Sooners throughout the Big Ten event. Entering this weekend, UCLA leads with 182 residence runs to Oklahoma’s 174.
2. Mya Perez’s on-base streak
Texas A&M’s Mya Perez stands as the one DI participant to succeed in base safely in each recreation this season. Through the Aggies’ 53 video games, the junior is batting .435 with 57 hits, 52 walks and a .615 OBP.
3. Dark horses to know
Earlier this week, NCAA’s Michella Chester listed her dark horses to watch in the NCAA tournament. From Belmont to Texas State and Grand Canyon, these three groups are set to shake issues up within the area of 64.
4. Maya Johnson
Speaking of Belmont, the Nashville faculty is residence to probably the greatest pitchers within the nation. Maya Johnson has recorded over 1,000 profession strikeouts and presently leads the NCAA with a 0.66 ERA.
After final season, she entered the switch portal as one of many greatest names however determined to stick with the varsity that selected her first. Johnson has cemented his legacy, successful an ideal recreation in opposition to Missouri State to open the season and a win over a then-No. 14 Mississippi State in Starkville.
Johnson will take his staff to Tuscaloosa this weekend.
7. Nebraska’s 21-game win streak
Nebraska presently holds the longest win streak within the nation, getting into the NCAA event with 21 in a row. The Huskers are additionally coming off a Big Ten event title after defeating UCLA 7-2. With momentum on their facet, will the streak proceed of their matchup in opposition to South Dakota at 6:30 pm ET?
6. Toughest roads to the WCWS
NCAA’s Michella Chester analyzed the sector and introduced what she believes is the toughest path to OKC. Although Alabama and UCLA each have a case, Oregon’s regional with South Carolina and potential Super matchup in opposition to Oklahoma received out.
5. Texas title defenders
No. 3 Texas has hopped on a heater. The 2025 reigning nationwide champions are coming off an SEC event title from a 7-1 win over Alabama — the highest total seed within the NCAA event. Longhorn ace Teagan Kavan has confirmed dominant within the circle, incomes 21 wins on the season heading into the weekend.
Can they make a run and defend their title?
8. Oklahoma in OKC
The Sooners have appeared within the WCWS for 9 straight years (excluding 2020), the longest streak within the nation. They have the bats and the ability to do it once more. OU’s lineup options seven gamers with double-digit residence runs on the 12 months, led by freshman phenom Kendall Wells’ 36.
Oklahoma will host Kansas, Michigan and Binghamton of their regional with the potential to face Oregon (if high seeds stay) in Supers.