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Ranking the uniforms in the Women's College World series
The Women's College World Series gets underway on Thursday in Oklahoma City, with eight teams hoping to put their best foot forward in hopes of securing a national championship. The Oklahoma Sooners are hoping to become the first team to win five straight national titles but will face significant challenges from Texas, Florida, Texas Tech, Tennessee, Oregon, UCLA, and Ole Miss. It's one of the best events in college sports, as over the next week and a half, softball will take center stage. As the teams take the field, so will some iconic uniforms. From classics to alternates, there will be some fantastic fits on display in Oklahoma City. Who has the best? 8. Florida Gators Florida infielder Mia Williams (11) fields against Georgia during a NCAA super regionals softball game at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, May 24, 2025. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun] When you think of the Florida Gators, this is what you picture. It's a uniform that looks like something you'd expect out of a team from Florida. It's a solid look but not quite as nice as some of the others in the Women's College World Series. 7. Oregon Ducks Oregon’s Lyndsey Grein pitches against Weber State during the Eugene NCAA Softball Regional May 17, 2025. The Oregon football team has some of the best looks in college sports. This is the softball team's best uniform. It looks like a storm's brewing and with the way the Ducks have played this season, it's fitting. The only knock is that the all-green and all-yellow looks don't come together quite like some of the other solids in Oklahoma City. 6. Ole Miss Rebels Powder Blue May 25, 2025; Fayetteville, AR, USA; Ole Miss Rebels pitcher Aliyah Binford (4) and her teammates celebrate after the last out against the Arkansas Razorbacks in game three of the Fayetteville Super Regional at Bogle Park. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-Imagn Images There's a lot of blue on the list, but the Ole Miss Powder Blue is about as good as it gets. 5. UCLA Blue and Gold UCLA Bruins infielder Jordan Woolery (15) celebrates after getting on base Friday, May 9, 2025, during the Big Ten softball tournament game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Purdue University’s Bittinger Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. UCLA is one of the blue bloods of the sport and their UCLA Blue evokes memories of a long history of success in college softball. They get the blue bump over Ole Miss simply out of respect for what UCLA Blue and Gold have meant to the sport. 4. Texas Longhorns' Icy White The Texas Longhorns celebrate the 6-5 win over Clemson in game 3 of the NCAA D1 Softball Tournament Super Regional at Red and Charline McCombs Field on Saturday, May 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The all-whites are a great look, and not only because it minimizes the amount of burnt orange one has to see, but it's reminiscent of their best football look as well. 3. Texas Tech's All Black Texas Tech's NiJaree Canady (24) throws a pitch during the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship game between Arizona Wildcats and Texas Tech Red Raiders at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Saturday, May, 10, 2025. Few athletic programs wear black as well as Texas Tech. With red script and accents, it's an ominous look, especially when the best pitcher in the game, NiJaree Canady, is standing in the circle. 2. Oklahoma Sooners All-Crimson Oklahoma infielder Gabbie Garcia (42) celebrates after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of Game 2 of an NCAA super regional between the University of Oklahoma (OU) and the Alabama Crimson Tide at Love's Field in Norman, Saturday, May 24, 2025. The Oklahoma Sooners have a lot of really good looks, but none as clean as their all-crimson fit. It's strong and powerful, much like this team. 1. Tennessee Volunteers 'Summitt Blue' The Tennessee softball team does a cheer with Tennessee softball head coach Karen Weekly after winning a NCAA super regionals softball game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers and advancing to the Women's College World Series at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on May 25, 2025. Tennessee won 1-0 against Nebraska. When you think of Tennessee, you may not think of the blue they wore to clinch their super regional over Nebraska, but their "Summitt Blue," named after the Lady Vols legendary women's basketball coach Pat Summitt, is fantastic. The white accents, along with the orange lettering, are a great look. Advertisement Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow John on X @john9williams. This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: Ranking the Women's College World Series Uniforms
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23-05-2025
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Where is Liberty University? What to know of Lady Flames amid NCAA softball tournament
Where is Liberty University? What to know of Lady Flames amid NCAA softball tournament Show Caption Hide Caption Watch Oregon softball players react as Ducks advance in NCAA tourney Watch as Oregon softball reacts after defeating Stanford in the Eugene NCAA Softball Regional at Jane Sanders Stadium. For the past several years, Liberty University has asserted its presence in the broader world of college athletics. The Flames' football team, which has played just seven seasons at the FBS level, had an undefeated regular season and made the Fiesta Bowl in 2023. The school's men's basketball team has made the NCAA Tournament in three of the past six seasons in which the event was held, a run highlighted by an upset of Mississippi State in 2019. Now, Liberty's softball program is making its mark. REQUIRED READING: Liberty vs. Texas A&M softball highlights: Flames eliminate No. 1 seed in NCAA regionals The Lady Flames stunned much of the college softball world with a pair of victories last weekend over Texas A&M in the 2025 NCAA softball tournament, sending Liberty to the super regional stage of the tournament for the first time in program history — and sending the tournament's No. 1 overall seed home at a surprisingly early juncture. At a stage of the tournament in which few national seeds lose, let alone the best team in the nation, Liberty managed to pull off the improbable. The Lady Flames may not be done, either. With a victory in a best-of-three super regional series against Oregon — the same school that stomped Liberty's football team by 39 in the Fiesta Bowl — they would advance to their first-ever Women's College World Series. As it prepares to try to make more program history, here's a closer look at Liberty: Where is Liberty University? Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, about 115 miles west of Richmond. The school, which is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, was founded in 1971 by televangelist Jerry Falwell and academic Elmer L. Towns. At that time, the university was known as Lynchburg Baptist College before adopting its current name in 1984. With 16,000 students living on campus combined with an online enrollment of 124,000 for the 2024-25 academic year, Liberty is one of the largest universities in the country. In recent years, the school has become known for its prominent role in Republican politics, with the Washington Post describing it in 2015 as 'a bastion of the Christian right.' Given its religious affiliation, Liberty has strict code of conduct, with students forbidden from premarital sex, cohabitation, alcohol and drug use, and same-sex relationships, the last of which has made the university a frequent target of criticism from the LGBTQ community and elsewhere. REQUIRED READING: NCAA softball winners and losers: Texas A&M stunned; Oklahoma, Texas roll Liberty softball record Following its 3-1 record in the regional round, which included two victories against Texas A&M, Liberty improved to 50-13 this season. The 50 wins are the most in program history, breaking a tie with the Lady Flames' 2018 team, which went 49-13. This season marks the sixth time since 2018 that Liberty has made the NCAA softball tournament. Liberty softball schedule 2025 Here's a look at Liberty's past five games. To see the Lady Flames' full 2025 schedule, click here.
