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Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Super 16 college softball rankings: Texas keeps No. 1 spot, but it's complicated at top
Chaos has come to the Super 16. Coming off a week of clarity at the top of the poll — Texas received every first-place vote — softball supremacy is much more of a free-for-all this week. The Longhorns remain the No. 1 team in The Oklahoman's College Softball Super 16, but this week, they are one of four teams that received first-place votes. And they didn't receive the most. Oklahoma was voted No. 1 by four of nine pollsters while Texas and UCLA received two first-place votes each and Florida received one. Why the upheaval? It starts with Texas having its first major struggles of the season. The Longhorns suffered their first loss of the season, a 9-5 loss to Stanford, then they needed extra innings to beat Arizona 8-4. UCLA might've been able to bypass Texas after wins against Missouri, Nebraska, Tennessee, Baylor and Arkansas at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, but a weekend-ending 1-0 loss to Duke created some doubt. While Oklahoma and Florida didn't lose this past week, neither the Sooners nor the Gators played opponents nearly as tough as the Longhorns or Bruins. But Oklahoma (12-0) and Florida (18-1) still finished the weekend with gleaming records. The result is a log jam at the top of the Super 16. Here's a look at this week's rankings: More: Kasidi Pickering's walk-off home run gives OU softball extra-inning win over Bowling Green Team (first-place votes) Points, Record through Sunday, Last week's ranking 1. Texas (2) 136, 15-1, 1 2. Oklahoma (4) 133, 12-0, 2 3. Florida (1) 123, 18-1, 3 4. UCLA (2) 114, 14-2, 6T 5. LSU 105, 14-0, 6T 6. Texas A&M 100, 15-1, 8 7. Duke 79, 13-3, 14 8. Arizona 75, 15-2, 9 9. Tennessee 72, 13-3, 5 10. Florida State 66, 11-3, 4 11. Arkansas 47, 14-1, 10 12. Texas Tech 45, 14-3, 12T 13. Oregon 35, 15-1, RV 14. Georgia 29, 14-0, 12T 15. Oklahoma State 28, 7-4, 11 16. Nebraska 17, 12-4, 15 Receiving votes: Stanford 9 (12-2), San Diego State 4 (12-3), Auburn 2 (14-1), Mississippi State 2 (13-2), Virginia Tech 2 (12-3), South Carolina 1 (15-0) More: OU softball run-rules Abilene Christian as Ella Parker, Sooners sweep doubleheader Voters: Ryan Aber, The Oklahoman; Jenni Carlson, The Oklahoman; Cora Hall, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel; Eric Lopez, In The Circle; Justin McLeod, Anna Snyder, Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News; Brady Vernon, Softball America; Kirk Walker, UCLA director of softball administration; Scott Wright, The Oklahoman. This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Super 16 college softball rankings: Texas stays No. 1; OU in pursuit
USA Today
17-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Nebraska softball blows out Montana in 16-3 five inning bout to close out Troy Cox Classic
The Nebraska softball team concluded the Troy Cox Classic against Montana on Sunday morning. The Huskers capped off their dominant weekend with another big outing, demolishing the Grizzlies 16-3 in five innings. This is the first time in program history that Nebraska scored 10 or more runs in five consecutive games. The Huskers finished the weekend with a batting average of hit .446 with 20 home runs, outscoring their opponents 69-9. Nebraska scored in all four innings in its win over Montana, including nine in the third to go up 13-3. Ava Kuszak led the Huskers in the blowout, going a perfect 4-for-4 in the batter's box and delivering three home runs to finish with six RBIs. Kuszak's three home runs tied the school record for home runs in a game. She is only the third player in Nebraska history to finish a game with three home runs. Jordyn Bahl also hit a perfect 4-for-4, getting two doubles and a triple for one RBI. Hannah Camenzind earned one hit and two RBI while also closing out the game in the pitching circle. There, she threw two strikeouts and allowed one hit. Caitlin Olensky started in the circle for Nebraska and finished with a strikeout while allowing two hits and three runs across two innings. Emmerson Cope earned the win in the circle, pitching through the third and fourth innings, throwing two strikeouts and allowing two hits. The Huskers now stand with an 8-2 record on the season. They head west to compete in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic this weekend. Nebraska starts the tournament on Thursday in a doubleheader against Baylor and UCLA. The team faces Baylor at 4:30 p.m., then UCLA at 9:30 p.m., with both games streaming on FloSoftball.
