NCAA Softball: Stanford, Cal Win Openers, Santa Clara Facing Elimination

Sydney Stewart's grand slam powers Arizona to regional-opening win over Santa Clara

Arizona softball wobbled briefly before pulling away from Santa Clara in the opening game of the NCAA Tournament's Tucson Regional. Sydney Stewart's grand slam provided the knockout blow.

NCAA softball: Stanford, Cal win openers, Santa Clara facing elimination

The Cal Bears and Stanford Cardinal softball teams took different paths to first-round NCAA Tournament victories, but both Bay Area teams moved closer to a College World Series berth on Friday. Santa Clara’s Hope Alley homered three batters into the Broncos‘ first-ever NCAA tournament game and the Broncos didn’t fold after yielding a four-run second inning, but couldn’t complete the comeback against 13th-ranked Arizona and are one loss from elim…

Wisconsin-Stevens Point tops Central to open NCAA softball tournament

OSHKOSH, Wis. — The Central College softball team suffered a 3-0 loss to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the opening game of the NCAA division III softball tournament.

Cal Softball’s Road to Omaha Starts With a Win Against Omaha

After a disappointing 8-0 loss to Georgia Tech (27-23, 10-11 ACC) resulted in a first round exit from the ACC conference championship tournament in early May, Cal softball’s (36-19, 11-13 ACC) attention turned to the NCAA WCWS tournament. The Golden Bears were one of 64 teams selected to participate, landing themselves in the Norman Regional along with Boston University (39-18, 14-4 Patriot), University of Nebraska Omaha (39-12, 14-4 Summit) , a…

From Foundation to Firsts: Broncos Softball Breaks Through - Santa Clara University

Gina Carbonatto always saw opportunity and promise in the Santa Clara University softball program, even during the 15 years she spent playing and coaching against the Broncos before accepting the head coach job in 2019.