Rachel White of Anchorage pitched the best game of her college softball career to help Corban University beat Carroll College 2-1 in Salem, Oregon. The senior right-hander threw a career-best 6.2 innings and earned her first winning decision of the season and the 10th since 2017. White, of South High fame, allowed just four hits… Read more »
University of Texas at El Paso cleanup hitter Kacey Duffield of Fairbanks had four hits in four games, including two home runs, during the season-opening tournament at the NM State Invitational in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She finished the tournament with a .444 batting average and .583 on-base percentage. She drove in three runs, scored… Read more »
Northwest Kansas Technical College freshman Kamryn Frisk of Anchorage has earned First Team NJCAA All-Academic honors for softball. She finished with a 4.0 GPA and is taking business classes. Frisk, of Service High fame, was one of three NW Kansas Tech players to earn first-team honors. On the field, Frisk was one of the best… Read more »
Anchorage’s Sierra Rosenzweig was part of the go-ahead rally that propelled the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to the Super Regional title and punch a ticket to the NCAA D3 Softball Championships. With the game tied in the fifth inning, Rosenzweig led off with a walk and later scored the go-ahead run in a 7-5 victory… Read more »
Wasilla Tesa Finley was part of a North Dakota State College of Science team that made a nice run at the National Junior College Athletic Association D3 Softball Championships. The Wildcats reached the final day of the national tournament in Rochester, Minnesota, before losing 6-0 to Herkimer College in the third-place game. Finley, of Colony… Read more »
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish, and Kacey Duffield of Fairbanks was fabulous down the stretch for the University of Texas El Paso. An excellent ending to the softball season helped the junior first baseman turn in a terrific season in her first year after transferring to the NCAA D1 school in… Read more »
A sour end to the season shouldn’t overshadow Anchorage’s Morgan Hill sweet showing at the plate for the University of Missouri St. Louis at the NCAA D2 Midwest Regional. Despite winning Game 1, the visiting Tritons dropped the next two games to lose the series to Illinois Springfield and end their season with a 35-24… Read more »
Whitney Shapp of Anchorage joined the Wenatchee Valley College softball team in a pinch, but her big bat has provided a punch of adrenaline to the NWAC team. The Knights improved to 10-1 when the second baseman records an RBI after she batted in a run in the fifth inning in an 8-6 victory over… Read more »
In need of playmakers for its first season in softball, the Northwest Kansas Technical College Mavericks turned to Anchorage’s Kamryn Frisk. And she delivered an MVP-type season. Frisk was a terrific two-way player for the first-year NJCAA team as she hit .368 in 40 games as a first baseman and threw five complete games in… Read more »
Eagle River’s Lauren Frost lined a two-out double in the fourth inning to score the go-ahead run that put Stanford University ahead for good in a 5-1 victory over visiting Santa Clara in California. The junior outfielder also drove in a run in the sixth inning to give her two RBIs, the third time she’s… Read more »
