Ball State has hired Helen Pena as the program’s new head coach. Pena spent the 2023 season on staff at Middle Tennessee, helping lead the Blue Raiders to the Conference USA tournament championship and a berth in the NCAA tournament. The Blue Raiders reached the Tuscaloosa Regional final, playing in the winner-take-all regional title game. […]
Mike Stith’s OC Batbusters and Texas Glory Naudin 16U were crowned National Champions at the Alliance Fastpitch Championship Series in California on Sunday. Stith’s Batbusters won the 18U Tier 1 championship, while the Glory squad took home the 16U Tier 1 title. 18U In 18U, the Batbusters matched up against Aces Fastpitch. Both teams had […]
The 18U Tier 1 championship matchup was decided with some ease on Saturday at the Alliance Fastpitch Championship Series, but the 16U division came down to the wire to determine who would play for a title. In the 18U round, OC Batbusters Stith dispatched Iowa Premier in one game; the Batbusters relied on what has […]
Four teams are still standing in Tier 1 of the 18U division in the Alliance Championship Series. OC Batbusters Stith, Aces Fastpitch, Fury Platinum X, and Iowa Premier are the programs left to vie for the national championship. On Friday, both the Batbusters and Aces went 2-0 and are in the driver’s seats of their […]
Paige Williams was a college softball player at North Carolina from 2009-13, then went on to work in college softball as the Director of Operations at Arkansas for seven years. It was while she was at Arkansas that Williams added to her repertoire and began developing her Paige Rene Coaching brand, working with softball players […]
The Elite Eight, the final octet of teams that will vie for a championship, were officially determined on Thursday at the Alliance Fastpitch Championship Series. Bracket formatting for the final championship round at the AFCS mirrors the formatting of the Women’s College World Series, including winner’s and loser’s brackets and a bracket flip midway through. […]
Mark Montgomery has resigned as head coach at Maryland. “My four years at Maryland have been very rewarding and it was exciting to be a part of the resurgence of a proud program competing in one of the best conferences in the country,” Montgomery said in a statement. “The past two years our family has […]
Northwestern State is hiring Lacy Prejean as the program’s new head coach, sources confirmed to Extra Inning Softball on Thursday. The Natchitoches Parish Journal first reported Prejean’s hiring. Prejean spent the last five years as an assistant at Louisiana-Lafayette, working with the Cajuns’ infield and defense and serving as the first-base coach. In 2023, she was part […]
The Super Regional round of the Alliance Fastpitch Championship Series began on Wednesday. Despite its name, the round differs slightly from the collegiate format in that four teams in total compete in each Super Regional. One winning team from each will advance to the AFCS Elite Eight. Teams played twice on Wednesday; winners bracket games […]
North Florida is hiring Amber Fiser as an assistant coach, sources confirmed to Extra Inning Softball on Wednesday. Fiser is expected to serve as the Ospreys’ pitching coach. The position is Fiser’s first full-time coaching position; she spent the last two years on staff as a graduate assistant at Missouri, where she was part of the support […]
Virginia will hire Jeff Tylka as an assistant coach, sources confirmed to Extra Inning Softball on Tuesday. Tylka spent the last three years as an assistant at Penn State. He is expected to work with the UVA offense. At Penn State, Tylka was part of the staff that guided the Nittany Lions to the nation’s greatest improvement […]
The first day of the regional round of the Alliance Fastpitch Championship Series is officially in the books. Monday’s games saw the AFCS debuts for every team in the field, as some teams played once and others took the field twice to begin their attempts at a championship run. With games taking place at six […]
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