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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The 20 biggest underdogs in sports movies

College Basketball News / Yardbarker / July 24, 2023

The Rock is signing athletes to NIL deals

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson signs multiple college athletes to NIL deals

Dwayne Johnson signed a fleet of collegiate athletes to NIL deals relating to his energy drink.

Ole Miss HC Lane Kiffin explains why college football is in disastrous state

NCAA to debut new women's basketball tournament in 2024 season

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart offers thoughts on QB timeline

Alabama, Nick Saban to 'let the cake bake' entering 2023

Four-star F Marcus Adams Jr. requests release from Kansas

Oklahoma Sooners News / Yardbarker / June 8, 2023

OU softball caps record-setting season with third-straight title

Oklahoma softball caps record-setting season with third-straight title

The No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners ended a historic 2023 season with a bang Thursday, downing No. 3 Florida State 3-1, sweeping their way to a third-straight Women's College World Series Championship.

Oklahoma Sooners News / Yardbarker / June 17, 2022

ESPN's Jessica Mendoza talks WCWS, Jocelyn Alo, Title IX with Yardbarker

Watch: ESPN's Jessica Mendoza talks Women's College World Series, Jocelyn Alo, Title IX with Yardbarker

ESPN's Jessica Mendoza chatted with Yardbarker about the Sooners' run to the title, Alo's record-breaking career and her own memories during her time playing.

Oklahoma sweeps Texas to win Women's College World Series

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College Softball News / Yardbarker / June 9, 2022

Oklahoma sweeps Texas to win Women's College World Series

The Sooners capped their record-breaking season with a 10-5 win on Thursday to win the Women's College World Series. The title is the fifth for Oklahoma softball in the last nine years.

Sooners win second-straight title behind dominant defensive display

Watch: Oklahoma's Jayda Coleman robs home run in WCWS finals

How Oklahoma and Texas got to the WCWS finals

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College Softball News / Yardbarker / June 7, 2022

Oklahoma, Texas to meet in Women's College World Series Finals

The Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns softball teams will bring the Red River Rivalry to the Women's College World Series Final.

Longhorns become first unseeded team to reach WCWS finals

How Oklahoma's Jocelyn Alo, facing elimination, found another gear

UCLA softball blown out by Oklahoma, knocked out of WCWS

Tom Brady's niece Maya hits two HRs in UCLA's earlier upset of Oklahoma

ABC camera gets drilled by foul ball during WCWS broadcast

College Softball News / Yardbarker / May 2, 2022

James Madison softball cancels season after death of Bernett

James Madison softball cancels remainder of season after death of Lauren Bernett

Five of the Dukes' games were previously scrapped following the news of Bernett's death and upcoming contests against Virginia and Elon have now also been called off.

James Madison softball star Lauren Bernett dies at age 20