It didn’t take long for the Stanford softball team to wash away the bad taste of a walk-off loss to UC-Davis. The No. 8 Cardinal returned to the Farm for its first home games of the year and went 4-1 overall on the weekend, winning the Stanford Nike Invitational title.
On Wednesday, the No. 8 Stanford softball team’s big bats were quieted and UC-Davis walked off with a 2-1 win, its first triumph in the annual series since 1995
The pitching duo needed just 65 pitches to mow down Santa Barbara’s lineup in a game that was shortened to five innings after the No. 9 Cardinal (4-1) scored four runs in the top of the fifth and run-ruled the Gauchos.
The Cardinal will need her to remain dominant in the circle if it is to blaze a path to the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2004 after coming up short in the Super Regionals in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2011.
Three weeks before the start of the season, the Stanford softball team earned the No. 9 ranking in the National Coaches Association preseason poll and the No. 10 slot in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25, it was announced on Tuesday.
The Stanford softball team played a very rude host to the San Francisco State and Santa Clara squads this weekend, sending both teams home disappointed after sweeping back-to-back doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday
The Stanford softball team kicked off its fall schedule in style, riding plenty of bench support to a 6-1 victory over visiting St. Mary’s on Friday night
The Stanford softball team heads to Tuscaloosa, Ala., this weekend to clash with the Alabama Crimson Tide in a best-of-three series with a trip to the Women’s College World Series on the line.