UPDATE 06/25/19: The Arizona Wildcats on Tuesday announced in a press release that Lopez is transferring to Tucson. ORIGINAL STORY: After enjoying a breakout season in 2019, Oklahoma pitcher Mariah Lopez has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. Lopez threw a career-high 117.2 innings this season, with a 1.25 ERA that was also a career best. As a junior, Lopez also set career-best marks in wins (19), strikeouts (159), and opponent’s batting average (.159). Emerging as a quality #2 option to all-American Giselle Juarez, Lopez was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for week one of the regular season. She…
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Former Tennessee pitcher Caylan Arnold is transferring to Florida State. The Seminoles announced the addition via Twitter on Saturday night. “Thrilled to announce the newest member of the Seminole family, Caylan Arnold!!” the FSU program wrote in a tweet posted Saturday evening. Arnold entered the NCAA’s transfer portal in late May after finishing the 2019 season in the Super Regional round with the Lady Vols. After completing her junior year with the 2019 season, Arnold will have a single season of eligibility remaining in 2020. During her career at Tennessee, Arnold was named the SEC’s Freshman of the Year in…
Oklahoma State alum and internet sensation Samantha Show has signed to play professionally with the Scrap Yard Fastpitch franchise. Dubbing Show the “Queen of Bat Flips”, the Scrap Yard ownership acted fast, inking Show to a professional contract just days after her collegiate career ended with Oklahoma State in the Women’s College World Series. A transfer from Texas A&M, Show spent a single season with the Cowgirls, collecting twenty home runs and a .333 batting average on the year. She hit a pair of home runs in the Women’s College World Series opener for her team, providing the only offense…
Green Bay has parted ways with head coach Scott Wachholz after three seasons. Wachholz posted a 27-95 overall record during his trio of seasons leading the Phoenix, including an 18-49 mark in Horizon League play. The Phoenix went 12-29 (7-17) during the 2019 season, with the team’s overall record at its best showing under Wachholz’s tenure. Before assuming the position at Green Bay, Wachholz served as head coach at UW-Parkside for two seasons and at Williston State College for a single year. His resume also includes stints as an assistant coach at Southwest Minnesota State and Columbus State, as well…
Jaycee Carter, a LSU-Eunice commit, passed away Thursday night at the age of 18. Carter was a recent graduate of Montgomery High School in Montgomery, Louisiana, and was to join LSUE in the fall to help the Bengals on their quest to repeat as NJCAA Division II national champions. A catcher, Carter led her Montgomery High team to the state tournament three years in a row and played in the LHSCA All-Star Game. Along with twin sister Carlee, Jaycee signed with LSUE in May. In a statement released by LSUE, head coach Andy Lee said, “We are all in shock and…
The 2019 edition of the Women’s College World Series set an all-time record for fan attendance, according to numbers confirmed by the NCAA. A total of 78,361 fans watched the WCWS in-person at Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, with an average of more than 8,700 fans in attendance per game. Hall of Fame Stadium’s official sell-out figure is 8,400. Three sessions broke individual records during the week, with Thursday’s session 2, Friday’s session 3, and Monday’s session 8 & first game of the Championship Series all breaking attendance records for their particular time slots. Friday’s winner’s bracket session,…
Rhode Island assistant coach Mary Holt-Kelsch has been promoted on the Rams’ coaching staff. Holt-Kelsch, now entering her fifth season at Rhode Island, will now hold the title of Associate Head Coach. Holt-Kelsch has been on Bridget Hurlman’s coaching staff since 2015, when Hurlman took the helm of the Rams. As a staff, Hurlman and Holt-Kelsch took over a 3-win Rhode Island team and during the 2019 season record seventeen victories, the most for the Rams’ program since 2011. During the 2019 season, the Rams set single-season program records in a trio of categories, including home runs; slugging percentage; and on-base percentage, the…
John Bargfeldt has resigned as the head coach at Tulsa, according to a school release Friday afternoon. Bargfeldt resigned “to pursue other opportunities”, according to the press release. Bargfeldt spent fourteen seasons at the helm of the Golden Hurricane program, leading his team to eleven NCAA tournament appearances during that time. During Bargfeldt’s tenure, his Tulsa squad won eight conference titles, while Bargfeldt owns the highest winning percentage in school history. The Golden Hurricane posted a winning record in each of Bargfeldt’s years as head coach, as he finished his tenure with a 535-270-1 overall record. Bargfeldt’s team reached the…
Former Baylor infielder Kassidy Krupit has announced her intentions to transfer to South Carolina. In a statement posted on her Twitter account, Krupit said, “I am excited to announce that I am transferring to the University of South Carolina! I can’t wait to fulfill my childhood dream of playing softball in the SEC at such a great school! GO GAMECOCKS! SPURS UP!” Krupit spent a single season at Baylor, starting all forty-nine games for the Bears. She hit .235 in her sole season in Waco, with ten home runs and twenty-nine RBI to her credit. She collected a .443 slugging percentage…
Former DePaul head coach Eugene Lenti will be named the new assistant coach at Auburn, sources have informed Justin’s World of Softball. Lenti spent more than three decades as the head coach at DePaul, a tenure that ended following the 2018 season. Lenti boasts more than 1,300 wins in his career and led DePaul to the Women’s College World Series four times. During Lenti’s 3+ decades at the program’s helm, the Blue Demons made twenty appearances in the NCAA tournament, including the quartet of WCWS appearances and with back-to-back tournament berths in 2017 and ’18. In 2006, Lenti was inducted into…