It's NCAA Tournament time! Michigan Softball made the tourney for the 27th consecutive season on Sunday, being placed into the Orlando Regional with #16 UCF after losing in the B1G Tournament title game to Nebraska on Saturday. In today's piece we'll rehash what went down in the BTT, then talk about the selection show (including a fantastic night for B1G teams), and then preview the Orlando Regional, which appears winnable. Recapping the B1G Tournament Michigan was the 4-seed in the B1G Tournament and they drew the 5-seed Maryland Terrapins in the quarterfinals to begin the tourney. The two teams were decently close in the regular season, but this game was not competitive. Michigan jumped out to a lead in the first inning and then poured five runs on in the third, including a two-run HR by Taylor Bump and a two RBI triple from Annabelle Widra. In perhaps the best news of that day, Alex Storako looked more like her peak self, throwing five shutout innings with only
Oklahoma, the NCAA’s No. 1 overall seed, heads into the postseason atop the final 2022 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll of the regular season. The Sooners (49-2) received 31 of a possible 32 first-place votes and 799 points. Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament champs Florida State picked up one first-place vote and moved into the No. 2 ranking.
While Oklahoma enters its 27th consecutive week at No. 1, Arizona State and Duke cracked the top 10 for the first time this season in this week’s 2022 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Sooners (48-1) swept No. 7 Oklahoma State in Bedlam and captured their 10th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title.
Oklahoma enters its 26th consecutive week at No. 1, while Arkansas elevated to No. 5 in this week’s 2022 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Sooners (45-1), who have not relinquished their hold since ascending to the top spot on March 2, 2021, outscored Kansas 35-1.