In a May 16 follow-up to the story below, the Tucson Citizen reported:

- Neither suspended coach Larry Ray nor suspended bench player Baillie Kirker were at practice Tuesday. They are not expected to be with the Wildcats for the regional.

Arizona Wildcats softball: Assistant coach Larry Ray absent after arrest

by Ryan Finley on May. 12, 2012, under Arizona Republic News

Longtime UA assistant softball coach Larry Ray is scheduled to appear in Pima County Justice Court on Wednesday after being arrested on suspicion of criminal damage domestic violence and two counts of disorderly conduct domestic violence last month.

Ray, 61, was arrested April 29 after smashing the rear window of his wife’s car with a sledgehammer following a dispute at their home, according to Pima County Sherrif’s Department reports obtained by the Star.

Ray’s daughter called authorities around 10 p.m., according to reports, saying the coach was “extremely drunk” and arguing with his wife.

Through his lawyer, A. Bates Butler III, Ray denied being drunk. Butler said Ray offered to take a Breathalyzer at the scene but was refused.

Ray had wanted to leave the house, but his wife took his keys because he had been drinking, reports stated. Ray then smashed her car, according to reports, which was already “totaled out” and sitting in their garage.

Butler said Friday he anticipates the charges will be “favorably resolved” in the near future and compared the window-smashing of a totaled car to “breaking broken bottles.”

UA spokesman Tom Duddleston Jr. declined comment.

Ray missed Thursday night’s win over Oregon State for what UA officials said were personal issues. He missed Friday night’s game and Saturday’s regular-season finale. His status through the postseason is unclear. Operations director Alicia Hollowell, a former UA pitcher, has taken over Ray’s duties.

Ray has coached 21 seasons over two terms at the UA, with a stint as Florida’s head coach in between. Ray served as the Wildcats’ acting head coach in 2004 and 2008 while Mike Candrea coached the U.S. Olympic team.

“He’s been a loyal and excellent coach for 22 years and was there to help out the university in their time of need,” Butler said.

Note: this is tricky to post; some conferences honor just the top players, others honor first, second and even third team All Conference nominees. Then, there are All-Tournament teams, and often just a narrative. Some have final player of the week designees. Some have no identifiable report.  Bear with us.

AMERICA EAST

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In line to become just the second softball player in league history to win the triple crown, Albany’s Charlise Castro was unanimously chosen the 2012 America East Player of the Year Wednesday as the conference’s annual award winners and all-conference teams were announced. The Great Danes also picked up Rookie of the Year honors as Vicky McFarland shared the award with UMBC’s Taylor Hall. Stony Brook’s Allison Cukrov received the Pitcher of the Year trophy while Boston University’s Shawn Rychcik and Stony Brook’s Megan Bryant split Coach of the Year accolades.

ATLANTIC 10
A-10 Softball All-Tournament Team
Kalie Lang, Charlotte
Jamie LaBovick, Fordham
Jen Mineau, Fordham
Kara Clauss, George Washington
Heidi Penna, George Washington
Victoria Valos, George Washington
Kyllie Magill, Massachusetts
Cyndill Matthew, Massachusetts
Sara Plourde, Massachusetts
Erin Gallagher, Saint Joseph’s
Dana Parks, Saint Joseph’s

Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Sara Plourde, Massachusetts

ATLANTIC COAST

ATLANTIC SUN

2012 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Tournament Team:
Tournament MVP: Shelby Morgan, Florida Gulf Coast
Mariah Fernandez, Florida Gulf Coast
Jessica Barnes, Florida Gulf Coast
Chelsea Zgrabik, Florida Gulf Coast
Jessica Cross, Kennesaw State
Lindsay Vollmer, Kennesaw State
Abbey Mixon, Kennesaw State
Courtney Brandt, Stetson
Meredith Owen, Stetson
Mollie Mitchell, Lipscomb
Sarah Sigrest, Jacksonville

BIG 12

All-Big 12 and postseason honors are selected in a vote by the league’s head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.

Big 12 player of the week                             Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma

Big 12 pitcher of the week                           Chelsea Thomas, Missouri

2012 Big 12 Conference Softball Postseason Awards

Coach of the Year

Patty Gasso, Oklahoma

Player of the Year

Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma, LHP

Pitcher of the Year

Chelsea Thomas, Missouri, RHP

Freshman of the Year

Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma, INF

Defensive Player of the Year

Corrin Genovese, Missouri, INF

All-Big 12 First Team

Holly Holl, Baylor, So. INF

Maggie Hull, Kansas, Jr., OF

Erica Miller, Iowa State, Jr., INF

Ashley Fleming, Missouri, Sr., OF

Mackenzie Sykes, Missouri, So., UT

Chelsea Thomas, Missouri, Jr., P

Georgia Casey, Oklahoma, Fr., INF

Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma, Fr., INF

Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma, Jr., P/DP

Jessica Shults, Oklahoma, Jr., C

Lexy Bennett, Texas, Sr., INF

Courtney Craig, Texas, Sr., OF

Taylor Hoagland, Texas, Jr., OF/INF

Torie Schmidt, Texas, Jr., OF

Nadia Taylor, Texas, Sr., INF

Mel Dumezich, Texas A&M, Jr., P/UT

Nicole Morgan, Texas A&M, So., INF

Cassie Tysarczyk, Texas A&M, So., OF

Mikey Kenney, Texas Tech, Jr., OF

All-Big 12 Second Team

Kathy Shelton, Baylor, Jr., UT

Kayce Walker, Baylor, Sr. OF

Chanin Naudin, Kansas, Fr., INF

Maddie Stein, Kansas, Fr., INF/UT

Nicole Hudson, Missouri, Jr., INF/OF

Jenna Marston, Missouri, Jr., C/OF

Kelsea Roth, Missouri, Fr., INF

Destinee Martinez, Oklahoma, So., OF

Tamara Brown, Oklahoma State, Jr, OF

Shelby Davis, Oklahoma State, Fr, OF

Chelsea Garcia, Oklahoma State, Sr, INF

Blaire Luna, Texas, Jr., P

Emily Albus, Texas A&M, So., OF

Meagan May, Texas A&M, Jr., C

Natalie Villarreal, Texas A&M, Sr., INF

Brittany Walker, Texas A&M, Jr., INF

Emily Bledsoe, Texas Tech, Sr., INF

Sandy James, Texas Tech, Jr., INF

Adriana Perez, Texas Tech, Jr., UT

BIG EAST

BIG EAST Player of the Year
Kacee Cox, St. John’s, Sr., C

BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year
Laura Winter, Notre Dame, So., P

BIG EAST Rookie of the Year
Alyssa Landrith, Rutgers, Fr., P

BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year
Louisville

All-BIG EAST First Team

All-BIG EAST Second Team

All-BIG EAST Third Team

*unanimous choice

BIG SOUTH

NO DISCERNIBLE LIST

BIG TEN

Player of the week                          Brooke Thomason, Nebraska

Pitcher of the week                        Haylie Wagner, Michigan

Freshman of the week                  Anna Edwards, Northwestern

BIG WEST

Player of the week                          Sarah Carrasco, Long Beach

Pitcher of the week                        Shelby Wisdom, UC Santa Barbara

COLONIAL

2012 CAA SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Becca Bigler (Hofstra)

Ashley Christy (Georgia State)

Lauren Coleman (Georgia State)

Olivia Galati (Hofstra) (Most Outstanding Player)

Jessica Grisler (Delaware)

Chenxi Jiao (Delaware)

Haley Johnson (James Madison)

Sarah Mooney (James Madison)

Paige Nowacki (Georgia State)

Tori Rocha (Hofstra)

Krista Thorn (Hofstra)

CONFERENCE USA

Conference USA Softball All-Conference Awards
Player of the Year – Camilla Carrera, UTEP
Co-Pitcher of the Year – Lacey Middlebrooks, Tulsa/Mackenzie Audas, UCF
Co-Newcomer of the Year – Whitney Fletcher, UAB/Ali Schmidt, UCF
Freshman of the Year – Mackenzie Audas, UCF
Coach of the Year – John Bargfeldt, Tulsa

All-C-USA First Team
C Haley Outon, Houston
C Mandy Lowman, UAB
IF Holly Anderson, Houston
IF Jill Barrett, Tulsa
IF Samantha Cobb, Tulsa
IF Natalie Land, UCF
OF Melissa Gregson, Houston
OF Caitlin Everett, Tulsa
OF Chelsea Troupe, UTEP
P Lacey Middlebrooks, Tulsa
P Mackenzie Audas, UCF
UT Camilla Carrera, UTEP

All-C-USA Second Team
C Rebecca Gamby, Marshall
IF Jennifer Klinkert, Houston
IF Alianna Telles, Marshall
IF Jazmine Valle, Marshall
IF Laura Curtis, Memphis
IF Farrah Sullivan, UCF
OF Suzanne Riggs, East Carolina
OF Catherine Crawford, UAB
OF Whitney Fletcher, UAB
OF Vanessa Perez, UCF
P Andi Williamson, Marshall
P Lannah Campbell, UAB
UT Kristen McGrath, UAB

All-Freshman Team
Sarah Christian, P, East Carolina
Jaime Edwards, IF, Houston
Jordan Richwood, P, Memphis
Caroline Walker, IF, Southern Miss
Julie Kernen, IF, Tulsa
Heather Pearson, IF, UAB
Mackenzie Audas, P, UCF
Farrah Sullivan, IF, UCF
Kahley Novak, OF/IF, UCF
Hayley Barrow, IF/C, UCF
Tahla Wade, OF, UTEP

HORIZON LEAGUE

2012 Horizon League Softball Awards
Player of the Year: Haley Thomas, Youngstown State
Newcomer of the Year: Brittany Duncan, Valparaiso
Pitcher of the Year: Brittany Gardner, Loyola
Coach of the Year: Brian Campbell, Youngstown State

All-League First Team
Haley Thomas, Youngstown State
Jordan Rutkowski, Valparaiso
Jordan Ingalls, Youngstown State
Dara Toman, Cleveland State
Melissa Preish, UIC
Joylyn Ichiyama-Drewry, Valparaiso
Lauren McNulty, Butler
Brooke Andresen, Loyola
Meaghan Sullivan, Butler
Brittany Duncan, Valparaiso (DP)
Brittany Gardner, Loyola (P)
Alex Lagesse, Valparaiso (P)

All-League Second Team
Lauren Arceneaux, Loyola
Melinda Macias, UIC
Annie Korth, Loyola
Vicky Rumph, Youngstown State
Miranda Reinke, Green Bay
Jessica Balzano, Loyola
Coryn Schmit, UIC
Kristi Boreing, Wright State
Jessie Marinec, Valparaiso
Sara Shields, Cleveland State (DP)
Krystian DeWitt, Wright State (P)
Alli Goecks, Green Bay (P)

All-Newcomer Team
Brittany Duncan, Valparaiso
Sara Shields, Cleveland State
Kristen Boros, Butler
Jessica Balzano, Loyola
Annie Korth, Loyola
Kayla Haslett, Youngstown State
Haley Mohrfeld, Green Bay
Nena Doran, Cleveland State
Jess Gorman, Wright State

IVY LEAGUE

METRO ATLANTIC
Player of the week                     Kate Bowen, Manhattan
Pitcher of the week                    Kim Bryant, Niagara
Rookie of the week                   Sammy Ruffolo, Fairfield

MID AMERICAN CONFERENCE
no identifiable report found

MEAC
no identifiable report found

MISSOURI VALLEY

MOUNTAIN WEST

NORTHEAST CONFERENCE
Player of the week                                 Arielle Bruno, Central Connecticut
Rookie of the week                               Chelsea Rex, Saint Francis
Pitcher of the week                                Heather Schwartzburg, Quinnipiac

OHIO VALLEY

2012 PCSC ALL-COASTAL DIVISION TEAM

First Team

Second Team

Honorable Mention: Olivia Alvarez (JR, C), Devin Caldwell (SO, 2B), Sacramento State; Shay Fryer (SO, SS), CSU Bakersfield; Kayla Gonzales (SR, 2B), Saint Mary’s; Alyssa Jepsen (JR, SS), Santa Clara; Chloe Kaneko (FR, 3B), San Diego; Britany Linton (SR, P), Saint Mary’s; Sara Smith (SR, 1B), CSU Bakersfield; Christine Torrise (SO, UTL), Saint Mary’s

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Sam Fischer (SR, SS), Loyola Marymount
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Jessica Lemmon (JR), Saint Mary’s
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Adrianna Cardoza (2B), CSU Bakersfield
COACH OF THE YEAR: Jessica Hanaseth, Saint Mary’s

* – Number of first-team selections
! – Unanimous choice

2012 PCSC ALL-MOUNTAIN DIVISION TEAM
First Team

Second Team

Honorable Mention: Crysta Conn (SO, 3B), Portland State; Janel Cunningham (FR, C), Weber State; Mikayla Duffy (FR, P/UTL), Northern Colorado; Ashley Huddleston (SO, 1B), Weber State; Krystin Jachim (JR, SS), Utah Valley; Gabby Lopez (FR, UTL), Idaho State; Carly McEachran (JR, 2B), Portland State; Symbree Minniear (SR, 2B), Weber State; Alex Neely (SR, UTL), Northern Colorado; Amanda Perez (SR, 1B), Utah Valley; Deianna Russell (SR, C), Utah Valley; Jessica Uresti (FR, 2B), Utah Valley

CO-PLAYERS OF THE YEAR: Amanda Fitzsimmons (JR, P/UTL), Idaho State; Lyndsey Minnich (SR, 3B), Weber State
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Anna Bertrand -! (JR), Portland State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Alicia Fine (SS), Portland State
COACH OF THE YEAR: Tobin Echo-Hawk, Portland State

* – Number of first-team selections
! – Unanimous selection.
# – Tie

PACIFIC 12
CALIFORNIA’S ARIOTO NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR

CALIFORNIA’S HENDERSON NAMED PITCHER OF THE YEAR

UCLA’S LAROSA NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

STANFORD’S HANSEN NAMED DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

CALIFORNIA’S NINEMIRE NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR

ARIZONA STATE’S BOYD NAMED PAC-12 BATTING CHAMPION

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – In a vote of the Conference’s head coaches, CALIFORNIA senior utility player Valerie Arioto has been named the 2012 Pac-12 Player of the Year, while her teammate, junior Jolene Henderson earned Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year for the second straight season. UCLA third baseman Stephany LaRosa has been named Freshman of the Year, STANFORD senior shortstop Ashley Hansen has been selected the Defensive Player of the Year and CALIFORNIA head coach Diane Ninemire has garnered Coach of the Year honors, as Commissioner Larry Scott announced the softball all-conference selections Wednesday. ARIZONA STATE senior shortstop Katelyn Boyd was also crowned the Pac-12 Batting Champion with a conference-leading .457 batting average.

Pac-12 Player of the Year — Valerie Arioto, California
The Pleasanton, Calif., native becomes the first Cal player to be named Pac-12 Player of the Year. A three-time All-Pac-12 honoree, Arioto currently leads the Pac-12 with a 1.22 ERA, 1.000 slugging percentage, .626 on-base percentage and 22 home runs. She is also the NCAA leader with 1.37 walks per game (74 total). In Cal’s two wins over Arizona State to clinch the Pac-12 title, Arioto hit a walk-off home run in the first game and then pitched a shutout in the second game, striking out 11. She is a finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award.

Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year — Jolene Henderson, California
Henderson earns Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year for the second straight season. Only the second Cal pitcher to receive the award after Kristina Thorson in 2006, Henderson is also a finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She has a 1.22 ERA to go with her 29-2 record this season. In 211.2 innings of work, Henderson has struck out 249 batters and is holding opponents to a .191 batting average. The Elk Grove, Calif., native has been named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week five times this spring.

Pac-12 Freshman of the Year — Stephany LaRosa, UCLA
The fifth Bruin in Conference history and first since 2005 to earn Freshman of the Year, LaRosa leads UCLA and ranks second in the Pac-12 with a .455 batting average. She also ranks among the top players in the league with an .815 slugging percentage, 77 hits, 60 RBI and 16 home runs. LaRosa, who hails from Diamond Bar, Calif., earned Pac-12 Player of the Week and USA Softball National Player of the Week on April 17 after hitting .571 with 12 RBI, three home runs and seven runs in series victories over Stanford and Washington.

Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year — Ashley Hansen, Stanford
Hansen is the third Cardinal to be named Defensive Player of the Year after Laura Lappin (2005-06) and Rosey Neill (2008-10). The Chandler, Ariz., native has a .960 fielding percentage with 86 putouts. A four-time All-Pac-12 selection, she leads Stanford and ranks sixth in the Conference with 107 assists. The 2011 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and Pac-12 Player of the Year, Hansen holds the Stanford career records with 79 doubles and 18 triples.

Pac-12 Coach of the Year — Diane Ninemire, California
This is the second Coach of the Year award for Ninemire after winning in 1991. In her 25th season with the Golden Bears, Ninemire led the team to its first outright Conference championship since 1987 and only its second overall. Cal tied for the Pac-10 championship in 2005. Her squad has spent eight consecutive weeks atop both national polls. The Bears have also been No. 1 in at least one poll for 13th weeks. Cal is making its 28th NCAA Tournament appearance and 27th straight. Ninemire earned career win No. 1,100 on April 20, making her the 12th coach in the history of collegiate softball and sixth in Division I to reach the mark.

Pac-12 Batting Champion — Katelyn Boyd, Arizona State
The senior from Phoenix has been named the Pac-12 Batting Champion after hitting .457 during the regular season, an average that ranks fifth nationally. She leads the Conference with 70 runs, 15 doubles and 145 total bases. Boyd is also second in slugging percentage (.960), on-base percentage (.588) and home runs (19). A finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, Boyd sits atop the ASU record books with 236 RBI and 58 doubles in her career.

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
2012 Southland All-Tournament Team

Most Valuable Player: Chandler Hall, Texas State

SUMMIT LEAGUE
Softball Championship All-Tournament Team
Heather Black, Southern Utah, P
Ashleigh Bousquet, IPFW, 3B
Kaelene Curry, UMKC, SS
Brandi Enriquez, North Dakota State, 2B
Larissa Franklin, IPFW, OF
Whitney Johnson, North Dakota State, P
Brittany Kachur, IPFW, LF
Brea Konz, North Dakota State, SS – MVP
Miranda Kramer, IPFW, P
Tessa Loewen, Southern Utah, OF
Krista Menke, North Dakota State, P
Jenina Ortega, North Dakota State, C
Anna Sokolik, UMKC, OF
Megan Ussary, UMKC, 3B

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball announced today that California’s Valerie Arioto was named the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week for the week of May 7-13. Not only did the Pleasanton, Calif. native slug .800 with a .636 on-base percentage and a perfect fielding percentage, the senior was also named the Pac-12 Conference Pitcher of the Week after helping lead top-ranked California to its second outright Pac-12 title and first since 1987.

“I’m incredibly honored to have been chosen out of all the great players across the country for this very prestigious award,” said Arioto. “This is so much more a team award than it is an individual award for me. We couldn’t have won on Friday without the five runs the team scored and the incredible defense that my teammates played behind me.”

Going into the three-game series with No. 2 Arizona State, California needed two wins to capture the Pac-12 Conference Title. In game one, after the Bears battled back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the game, Arioto unleashed a two-run, walk-off homer in the bottom of the seventh to defeat the Sun Devils, 4-2. The win put the Bears one victory away from the Pac-12 title. In game two, Arioto produced from the circle pitching seven innings of shutout work, striking out 11 batters and giving up just one walk in a 5-0 shutout victory. Her performance helped the Golden Bears to their Pac-12 Championship while improving her record in the circle to 20-2 for the year.

“We are tremendously proud of Valerie,” said Head Coach Diane Ninemire. “For her to cap off her regular season with a walk-off home run and a Pac-12 title is just fantastic. Friday’s win was a complete team effort.”

This is the second USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week honor for Arioto this season as she garnered the award in week one as well. This marks the fifth time this season that a Pac-12 player has been earned the award. Arioto’s selection comes just a week after the Golden Bear was named a finalist for 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year which will be revealed on May 29 prior to the start of the NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS) in Oklahoma City.

2012 USA Softball Collegiate Players of the Week
Week 1 (Feb. 9-12): Valerie Arioto – California – Redshirt senior – Utility – Pleasanton, Calif.

Week 2 (Feb. 13-19): Christi Orgeron – ULL – Senior – Utility – New Orleans, La.
Week 3 (Feb. 20-26): Teagan Gerhart – Stanford – Junior – Pitcher – Norco, Calif.
Week 4 (Feb. 27-March 4): Jessica Cooley – Mississippi State – Junior – Outfielder – Birmingham, Ala.
Week 5 (March 5-11): Sara Nevins – South Florida – Sophomore – Pitcher – Pinellas Park, Fla.

Week 6 (March 12-18): Kaitlin Inglesby – Washington – Sophomore – Pitcher/Designated player – Portland, Ore.

Week 7 (March 19-25): Michelle Moultrie – Florida – Senior – Outfielder – Jacksonville, Fla.

Week 8 (March 26- April 1): Kirsten Verdun – DePaul – Sophomore – Pitcher/1B – Coal City, Ill.

Week 9 (April 2-8, 2012): Ashley Fleming – Missouri – Senior – Outfielder – Silex, Mo.

Week 10 (April 9-15, 2012): Stephany LaRosa – UCLA – Freshman – Third Base – Diamond Bar, Calif.

Week 11 (April 16-22, 2012): Hayley Miles – San Diego State – Sophomore – Shortstop – Antelope, Calif.

Week 12 (April 23-29, 2012): Raven Chavanne – Tennessee – Junior – Third Base – Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Week 13 (April 30-May 6, 2012): Jenna Caira – Syracuse – Senior – Pitcher – Toronto, Ontario

Week 14 (May 7-13, 2012): Valerie Arioto – California – Redshirt senior – Utility – Pleasanton, Calif.

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Senior pitcher Sara Plourde of Massachusetts has been named as the final Louisville Slugger Division I National Player of the Week of the 2012 season for games played May 7-13. This marks the second time this season and the third time in her career that Plourde has received the honor. She was previously named as the Louisville Slugger Division I National Player of the Week on April 3 of this season and April 5 of last season.

Plourde helped pilot the Minutewomen to their 23rd Atlantic-10 tournament championship last week by going 3-0 and allowing just four earned runs on five hits with nine walks and 33 strikeouts. She ended the week with a 1.33 ERA, 11 strikeouts per seven innings and an unfathomable opponent’s batting average of .075.

In the opening game of the tournament, the Bristol, Conn., native allowed two runs, but struck out 18 in a 5-2 over George Washington. In their next game, Plourde tossed a complete-game shutout against archrival Fordham, while allowing only two hits. The Minutewomen clinched the title against George Washington on Sunday behind a one-hitter from Plourde, who struck out 11 in the win.

The senior also proved she could be equally as effective on the other side of the rubber by batting .571 with a run, two RBIs and a .667 on-base percentage.

UMass’ all-time strikeout leader is currently 36-9 on the year with a 1.73 ERA. She currently leads the nation in victories with 36, strikeouts per seven innings with 12.3, hits allowed per seven innings at 2.61 and total strikeouts with 520.

Massachusetts will enter this weekend’s regional in Columbia, Mo., at 38-11 overall and on a 22-game win streak. The Minutewomen will begin their road to Oklahoma City on Friday when they face DePaul at 4 p.m. CT.

Other Top Performances
Louisville’s Jordan Trimble helped lead he Cardinals to the BIG EAST tournament title by batting .600 with four extra-base hits, including a walk-off home run in extra innings in the championship against Notre Dame… Chandler Hall of Texas State helped lead the Bobcats to the Southland tournament title by going 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA, including tossing a no-hitter in the title match… Oklahoma’s Lauren Chamberlain batted an even .500 with three home runs and five RBIs in the Sooners’ sweep of Iowa State… Dacia Hale of Louisiana Tech tied the NCAA record for RBIs in a game last week when she drove in 11 versus Fresno State in the WAC tournament… Georgia Tech’s Hope Rush went 3-0 with just four earned runs and a .143 opponent’s batting average as the Yellow Jackets won the ACC tournament.

2012 Louisville Slugger Division I National Player of the Week

May 15 – Sara Plourde – Massachusetts – Sr. – P – Bristol, Conn.
May 8 – Chanda Bell – Kentucky – Sr. – P – Indianapolis, Ind.
May 1 – Kacee Cox – St. John’s (NY) – Sr. – C/3B – Simi Valley, Calif.
Apr. 24 – Hayley Miles – San Diego St. – So. – UT – Antelope, Calif.
Apr. 17 – Tori Collins – Louisville – Sr. – P – Lafayette, Ind.
Apr. 10 – Olivia Galati – Hofstra – Jr. – P – West Babylon, N.Y.
Apr. 3 – Sara Plourde – Massachusetts – Sr. – P – Bristol, Conn.
Mar. 27 – Valerie Arioto – California – Sr. – 1B/P – Pleasanton, Calif.
Mar. 20 – Nerissa Myers – Louisiana-Lafayette – Jr. – IF – Petal, Miss.
Mar. 13 – Sara Nevins – USF – So. – P – Pinellas Park, Fla.
Mar. 6 – Keilani Ricketts – Oklahoma – Jr. – P – San Jose, Calif.
Feb. 28 – Monica Perry – Florida St. – Jr. – P – Whitesburg, Ga.
Feb. 21 – Brittany Schutte – Florida – Jr. – C – Fountain Valley, Calif.
Feb. 14 – Kaitlin Inglesby – Washington – So. – P/1B – Portland, Ore.

Thank you readers for your patience; Allison fixed the website.  All of the conference and other games from Thursday to Sunday, as well as NCAA RPI, final regular season individual and team statistics, and two printable versions of the NCAA bracket have been published daily on www.spysoftball.org.

OKLAHOMA CITY — In the final ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll of the regular season, the California Golden Bears captured the top spot for the 13th time this season, announced today by the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America. The Golden Bears (50-4, 21-3 Pac-12) took two of three from then-No. 2 Arizona State (46-7, 18-4 Pac-12) over the weekend to capture all 20 first-place votes in the poll. California was also named the No. 1 overall seed in the 2012 NCAA Division I Softball Championship.

Going into the weekend series, both California and Arizona State each had a chance to claim the inaugural Pac-12 Conference Championship. The Bears took game one of the series in style when senior Valerie Arioto, a Top 11 Finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, hit a two-run, walk-off homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Bears the 4-2 victory. The conference foes split the next two games of the series, each winning by a 5-0 margin, giving California the Pac-12 Title.

Arizona State is No. 2 for the fourth consecutive week. Despite an early week loss to Fordham, Alabama (50-7, 26-5 SEC) was able to make an impressive run in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) tournament going 3-0 and capturing the Conference Title and hold on the No. 3 spot in this week’s poll. No. 4 Oklahoma (45-8, 16-5 Big 12) used a series sweep of Iowa State to capture the Big 12 Championship. The Sooners outscored the Cyclones 27-2 over the course of the weekend finishing the regular season in convincing fashion. No. 5 Tennessee (46-10, 23-7 SEC) held their spot in the Top 5 after going 1-1 in the SEC tournament. The Lady Vols defeated Auburn 2-1 in the opening round before falling to then-No. 7 Florida 2-1 in the second round of the conference tournament.

Rounding out the Top 10: No. 6 Florida (46-11, 23-8 SEC) moved up one spot after a 2-1 week that included a trip to the SEC tournament Championship Game where they fell to No. 3 Alabama 10-1; Louisville (53-3, 20-2) also moved up one spot to No. 7 in this week’s poll after capturing a Big East Tournament Championship; No. 8 Texas won their lone game of the week 3-1 over Baylor to move up two spots from last week; Missouri(43-12, 17-7 Big 12) remains No. 9 after a 3-0 series sweep of Oklahoma State and a 3-1 loss to South Alabama in the Sun Belt Championship cost No. 10 Louisiana-Lafayette (49-4, 21-3 SEC) four spots in this week’s poll.

No. 11 Georgia (41-15, 18-12 SEC) and No. 12 Oregon (39-15, 13-9 Pac-12) held their positions in this week’s poll while No. 13 Texas A&M (39-16, 16-8 Big 12), No. 14 UCLA (36-18, 12-12 Pac-12) and No. 15 Arizona (35-17, 12-12 Pac-12) each jumped one spot as No. 16 Hawaii (44-7, 17-3 WAC) fell three spots following a 6-4 lose to BYU in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) tournament.

No. 19 Michigan (39-15, 18-5 Big Ten) made the greatest jump this week, rising four spots in the poll following a 3-0 series sweep of Purdue. New to the Top 25 this week and for the first time this year is Tulsa (41-12, 19-5 Conference USA) following a 3-0 week and a Conference USA Championship Title. Dropping out of the Top 25 is last-week’s No. 25 Syracuse (40-14, 17-5 Big East).

The last ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll of 2012 will be released June 12 after the conclusion of the NCAA Women’s College World Series, which is May 31 – June 6 in Oklahoma City. For complete coverage of the NCAA Championships and the run to Oklahoma City for the NCAA WCWS, visit www.ncaa.com/wcws.

ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25

May 15, 2012 — Week 14 (May 7-13, 2012)

Parenthesis denotes first place votes.

Dropped Out: – Syracuse (25)
New to Poll: – Tulsa (RV)

Others receiving votes: Syracuse (29); Georgia Tech (26); UMASS (18); Kentucky (13); Notre Dame (12); Virginia Tech (8); LSU (7); Baylor (7); BYU (1); South Alabama (1)

May 6 Conference Standings are on www.spysoftball.org.

May 6 NCAA Individual and Team Statistics are on www.spysoftball.org

May 6 NCAA RPI is on www.spysoftball.com

Complete D1 tournment listings (below) were posted previously on www.spysoftball.com

Weekly conference honors have been posted on www.spysoftball.com

ESPN USA TODAY TOP 25
POLL May 8 2012

1.  California def Arizona State 5-0

2.  Arizona State def by California 5-0

3.  Alabama def Georgia 1-0 (Conley HR)

4.  Oklahoma def  Iowa State 12-0 (OU 4 HRs, Shults grand slam)

5.. Tennessee def by Florida 2-1

6.  Louisiana Lafayette def Western Kentucky 12-2

7.  Florida def Tennessee 2-1

8.  Texas

9.  Louisville def DePaul 2-0

10.Missouri def Oklahoma State 4-0

11. Hawaii upset by BYU 6-4, and by Fresno State 9-7

12. Georgia  def by Alabama 1-0

13. Oregon def UCLA 3-2

14, UCLA def by Oregon 3-2

15, Stanford def Utah 9-1

16. Texas A&M 10, Boise State 8

17. Arizona def by Oregon State 4-0

18. Washington

19. South Florida eliminated

20. Florida State 1, Georgia Tech 9

21. North Carolina upset by Virginia Tech 4-1

22. Michigan def Purdue 2-1

23. Baylor

24. Syracuse eliminated

25. Texas Tech

GAME NOTES

REGULAR SEASON

BIG 12

Oklahoma 12, Iowa State 0

Missouri 4, Oklahoma State 0

BIG TEN

Illinois 2,  Northwestern 3/DH Northwestern 7-4

Wisconsin 3, Nebraska 1/DH

Indiana 4, Michigan State 2

Ohio State 5, Penn State 2/DH Penn State 6-5 (8)

Purdue 1, Michigan 2

Iowa 1, Minnesota 0 (8)

BIG WEST

UC Riverside 6, Cal Poly 3/DH Cal Poly 6-5

Pacific 3, Long Beach State 2/DH Long Beach State 9-1 (8)

UC Santa Barbara 2, CS Northridge 0/DH Santa Barbara 7-0

UC Davis 5, CS Fullerton 0/DH Fullerton 9-1 (5)

MOUNTAIN WEST

San Diego State 10, UNLV 3

New Mexico 5, Colorado State 10

PACIFIC 12

Arizona State 0, California 5

UCLA 2, Oregon 3

Stanford 9, Utah 1

Oregon State 4, Arizona 0

May 10 NCAA Conference Championships
SPY has copied brackets from conference web sites.  Scores will be obtained from these sites, as well as Gametracker, ESPN/NCAA, softballscores now, and emails from participating schools.

Spy will also update brackets as games are decided.  Several Wednesday games were not played, and those brackets will have to be amended.

AMERICA EAST

Thursday’s games were pushed to Friday because of weather, field conditions

11am     #1 Boston 3, #4 Maine 2

130         #2 Stony Brook 6, #3 Albany 4

ATLANTIC 10

1pm       Game 7                                #1 Massachusetts 2, #2 Fordham 0

330         Game 8                                #4 George Washington 1, #6 Saint Joseph’s 0

6pm       Game 9                               George Washington 4, Fordham 1

ATLANTIC COAST

100                                         #3 Georgia Tech 9, #2 Florida State 1

330                                         #4 Virginia Tech 4, #1 North Carolina 1

ATLANTIC SUN

1230                                       #6 Stetson 0, #1 FGCU 3

300                                         #4 Lipscomb 2, #2 Kennesaw State 9

530         Game 9

BIG EAST

400         Game 5                                #5 DePaul 0, #1 Louisville 2

630         Game 6                                #6 St John’s 3, #2 Notre Dame 9 (Buntin 3-run HR)

BIG SOUTH

Game 7: No. 2 Coastal Carolina 2, No. 3 Charleston Southern 5
Game 8: No. 1 Radford 1, No. 5 Gardner-Webb 0 (10)
Game 9: No. 4 Campbell 2, Coastal Carolina 3
Game 10: No. 7 Presbyterian College 9, Gardner Webb 11

COLONIAL

CONFERENCE USA

200         #1 Tulsa 4, #5 Houston 3
330         #2 UAB 2, #3 Marshall 3 (10)

HORIZON LEAGUE

12PM    #4 Youngstown State 0, #1 Valparaiso 10
$5 Butler 1, #2 Loyola 9
#5 Butler 2, #1 Valparaiso 1

IVY LEAGUE

200         Game 1                                Penn 0, Harvard 1

Game 2                                               Penn 2, Harvard 5

METRO ATLANTIC

11am     Iona 1,  Fairfield 2

100         Canisius 4, Marist 1

300         Iona 5, Canisius 0

MID AMERICAN

11AM    Game 9                #3 Bowling Green 2, #1 Ball State 3

130         Game 10              #8 Kent State 1, #2 Miami 4

500         Game 11              #5 Western Michigan 0, #6 Central Michigan 2

730         Game 12              Miami 4, Ball State 2

MID EASTERN

Savannah State 7, NC A&T 4
Florida A&M 7, Norfolk State 4
Bethune-Cookman 3, Hampton 2
Florida A&M 8, Savannah State 0

MISSOURI VALLEY

12pm     Game 5                                #1 UNI 0, #4 Southern Illinois 4

230         Game 6                                #3 Drake 0, #2 Illinois State 3

NORTHEAST

10AM    Game 3                                #3 LIU 1, #1 Robert Morris 0

1230       Game 4                                #2 Quinnipiac 4, #4 Monmouth 1

300         Game 5                                Quinnipiac 4, Robert Morris 3 (12)

OHIO VALLEY

 Jacksonville State 9, Eastern Kentucky 0
Jacksonville State 7, Eastern Illinois 5
UT Martin 6, Tennessee Tech 2
Murray State 5, Jacksonville State 3

PATRIOT

11am         Army 0,  Lehigh 4
pm             Lafayette 2, Colgate 1
pm             Lafayette 0, Army 7

SOUTHEASTERN

300         Florida 2, Tennessee 1 (8) (Vols 19-game win streak halted; Castro HR in 8th

530         Alabama 1, Georgia 0 (Conley home run)

Championship: Florida vs Alabama

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

1000       College of Charleston 6, UNCG 3

1200       Elon 4, Appalachian State 0

300         Georgia Southern 5, Chattanooga 2

500         College of Charleston 4, Elon 2

SOUTHLAND

11am     Central Arkansas 3, UTSA 4

130         Texas A&M CC 3, McNeese State 11

400         Texas State 2, UTSA 1
Sam Houston State vs McNeese State/susp

SOUTHWESTERN

6pm       Arkansas Pine Bluff vs Alabama State

6pm       Prairie View vs Grambling State

8pm       Jackson State vs Texas Southern

8pm       Mississippi Valley State vs Alabama A&M

SUN BELT

930         Game 7                                #3 FIU 1, #2 South Alabama 9

1130       Game 8                                #5 Western Kentucky 1, #1 Louisiana-Lafayette 12

pm          Game 9                                    W Kentucky 5, Louisiana Monroe 3
North Texas 8, FIU 0
South Alabama 4, Western Kentucky 2
Game 12                                             Louisiana-Lafayette 5, North Texas 1

SUMMIT LEAGUE

12PM    UMKC 10, Southern Utah 0

3pm       IPFW 1, North Dakota State 2

6pm       Championship IPFW 9, UMKC 0 (6)

WESTERN

1130       Game 6                                #5 Nevada 5, #6 Louisiana Tech 6

2pm       Game 7                                #1 Hawaii 4, BYU 6

430         Game 8                                #3 Fresno State 11, Louisiana Tech 2 (5)

7pm       Game 9                                 Fresno State 9, Hawaii 7

NCAA Selection Show Sunday Night 10pm

May 6 Conference Standings are on www.spysoftball.org.

May 6 NCAA Individual and TDeam Statistics are on www.spysoftball.org

May 6 NCAA RPI is on www.spysoftball.com

Complete D1 tournment listings (below) were posted previously on www.spysoftball.com

Weekly conference honors have been posted on www.spysoftball.com

ESPN USA TODAY TOP 25

POLL May 8 2012

1.  California def Arizona State 4-2

2.  Arizona State def by California 4-2

3.  Alabama def Mississippi State 5-2

4.  Oklahoma

5.. Tennessee def Auburn 2-1

6.  Louisiana Lafayette vs Western Kentucky

7.  Florida def LSU 1-0

8.  Texas

9.  Louisville def Connecticut 8-0

10. Missouri

11. Hawaii def San Jose State 5-1

12. Georgia def Kentucky 6-4

13. Oregon def by UCLA 10-0 (6)

14, UCLA run-ruled Oregon 10-0 (6)

15, Stanford upset by Utah 6-0

16. Texas A&M vs Boise State

17. Arizona vs Oregon State//Wildcats lead 7-3 after 4

18. Washington

19. South Florida shut out by DePaul 6-0

20. Florida State def NC State 6-2

21. North Carolina def Boston College 10-4

22. Michigan

23. Baylor

24. Syracuse upset by St John’s 2-1

25. Texas Tech

GAME NOTES

Florida 1, LSU 0.  WP Lauren Haeger.  LP Brittany Mack.  Each team had 2 hits, typical of their battles during the SEC season.  Bottom 6th: Castro walked, and advanced to 2nd on Medina’s sac bunt.  Fagan flied out.  Sami Fagan singled up the middle, rbi.  After Haeger singled to open the Gators 6th, Rachele Fico relieved Mack and shut down the Gators.  Haeger had 8 Ks.  LSU left bases loaded in the 2nd and again in the 5th, taking advantage of Haeger’s 5 walks.  Mack also worked out of a bases-loaded situation in the 2nd. the Tiger defense turned two inning-ending double plays in the 2nd and 3rd innings.  Florida will face Tennessee.

Georgia Tech 6, Virginia 4.  WP Hope Rush.  LP Melanie Mitchell.  Not as close as it seems.  Tech led 6-0 until the top 7th when the Cavaliers scored their four runs.Gillen and Johnson hit solo homers.  Earlier, Tech had three dingers: Rudnik, Rush and Bear all went yard.  Georgia Tech will play the winner of North Carolina State vs Florida State.

Tennessee 2, Auburn 1.  WP Ellen Renfroe 3H. LP Jenee Loree 4H.  Each pitcher was tagged for a home run; Holly Baker’s solo in the 6th gave the Vols the win.  Bottom 3rd: Lewis singled; Chavanne sac bunt; Lewis to 3rd on a wild pitch; two out, Shipman walked; Gibson singled, rbi.  Bottom 6th: Baker led off with a home run.  Bunning relieved Loree.  Top 7th, two out, Mavromat homered.

California 4, Arizona State 2.  WP Jolene Henderson.  LP Mackenzie Popescue.  Classic battle, stars pitching, stars fielding and batting at every position. The game began with Dallas Escobedo hurling for the Sun Devils, and she took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the 7th.  Boyd walked, scored on Caporuscio’s sac fly in the 4th.  ASU scored top 6th when Freeman slugged a 2-out homer.  But, Escobedo, who had given up just 4 hits, loaded the bases and walked in the two tying runs.  One out, Ariotso walked; Williams singled; Kostreba walked; Decker hit into a fielder’s choice, Arioto out at home 6-2.  Bases loaded, Danielle Henderson drew an rbi walk.  Jones followed with an rbi walk.  ASU sent Popescue to the circle; she struck out Echevarria, 2-2.  Top 7th, after a walk by Boyd, the Sun Devils went down in order.  Bottom 7th: J Reid reached on a bunt single; Vonk struck out swinging, Arioto jacked a 1-0 pitch over right field, 2 rbi on a walkoff homer.

Stanford upset by Utah 6-0.  WP Generra Nielson.  LP Teagan Gerhart.  The Utes have had a tough first year in The Pacific 12, with 7 opponents ranked in the Top 25.  But today surely eased some pain.  Nielson held the Cardinal to 4 hits, while coasting behind a 5-run second inning, highlighted by a 3-run homer by Hoopiiani, and a 2-run double by Clements.

Georgia 6, Kentucky 4. WP Erin Arevalo.d d Not as close as scoreboard indicated.  Bulldogs plated 2 in 1st on Razey double.  Bottom 2nd: Georgia loaded bases; Goulder scored on Wilson sac fly; Sandberg belted a 3-run homer, Dawgs led 6-0 after two.  Cervanted led the Wildcats 4th with a homer.  Kentucky scored three runs in the 7th; two on a double by O’Brien.  Georgia will face the winner of the Alabama/Mississippi State game.

North Carolina 10, Boston College 4.  WP Lori Spingola.  LP Morgan Kidd.  D’Argento opened the game with a double, scored on a sac bunt by Delagramm.  The Tar Heels took control, bottom 2nd.  Scarboro doubled in a tying run; Wheeler jacked a 3-run shot, 4-1.  Carolina added 3 in thew 2nd; Orr rbi groundout; Scarboro 2-run homer. 7-1.  Wilkins scored on Speer’s single in the BC 4th.  LoBue singled in 2 runs in the BC 5th.  UNC sealed the deal bottom 6th with Blake’s 3-run homer.

Florida State 6, NC State 2.  WP Monica Perry.  LP Morgan Peeler.  NC State pitchers issued 13 walks.  One out, bottom 1st, Jackson walked, O’Brien slugged 2-run homer.  Three more walks loaded the bases; Weiman relieved Peeler.  Gomez ripped a 2-run double.  5-0.O’Briend drew a bases-loaded rbi walk in the Seminole 5th.  NC State scored its runs top 7th; after loading the bases, 2 runs scored on errors.

UCLA 10, Oregon 0 (6).  WP Jessica Hall. LP Jessica Moore.  A very tight 1-0 game blew up in the 6th when the Bruins scored 9 runs, all earned, off the Ducks ace Moore.  UCLA scored the first run of the game top 5th; Fox singled, one out, scored on Snow double.  Top 6th: Bates singled, scored on Yudin double Tiumalu singled, rbi; one out, Schroeder singled, rbi; bases loaded, Bates walked, rbi; Hovinga relieved Moore; Camuso jacked a grand slam. UCLA outhit Oregon 11-3. UCLA 36-16/12-10.  Oregon 37-15/11-9.

Alabama 5, Mississippi State 2.  WP Jackie Traina.  LP Kylie Vry.  If the SEC awarded coach enthusiasm, it would go to Vann Stuedeman; well before the Bulldogs scored two runs in the 6th, Vann was physically and vocally building confidence.  Bama scored 3 runs, bottom 3rd, an rbi single by Locke, a 2-run single by Hunt.  Dunlap relieved Vry.  Braud and Fenton opened the Bama 4th with singles, setting the tage for rbi’s by Hunt and Boccia.  The Bulldogs owned the 6th.  Shape led with a triple; scored on Lanahan’s double.  One out, Lanahan on 3rd, Cooley singled back to Traina who looked at home then threw an errant ball to 1st; Lanhan scored.  But, Nesbit lined out, Fisher grounded back to Traina.  MSU went down in order in the 7th.  Alabama 48-7.  MSU 33-22.  Bama plays Georgia on Friday.

Virginia Tech 5, Maryland 2.  WP Jasmin Harrell.  LP Kendra Knight.  Each starter was charged with 4 hits, includinga homer.  The TRerps were on the threshhold of a first round victory, leading 1-0 on Beards rbi single in the 4th; until Tech amassed 3 of its hits bottom 6th.  McGoldrick was hbp, and advanced on a wild pitch.  Courtney Liddle singled; and stole 2nd.  One out, Spaw walked.  Rose singled, rbi, tying the game.  Banks crushed a grand slam.  5-1.  Van Meter homered for the Terps in the 7th.  Tech 39-18.  Maryland 34-20.

Arizona 11, Oregon State 4. Starting the 6th.  Down 3-0 after three, the Wildcats scored 8 runs in the 4th, 3 in the 5th.  In the 4th, Arriola belted a 3-run homer; De Ponte slugged a grand slam.  Shelby Babcock pitching for Arizona.

May 10 NCAA Conference Championships
SPY has copied brackets from conference web sites.  Scores will be obtained from these sites, as well as Gametracker, ESPN/NCAA, softballscores now, and emails from participating schools.

Spy will also update brackets as games are decided.  Several Wednesday games were not played, and those brackets will have to be amended..

AMERICA EAST

Game 1  #1 Boston vs #4 Maine//ppd
Game 2 #2 Stony Brook vs #3 Albany//ppd

ATLANTIC 10

ATLANTIC COAST
Noon     #6 Virginia 4, #3 Georgia Tech 6
230         #7 NC State 2, #2 Florida State 6
500         #8 Boston College 4, 1 North Carolina 10
730         #5 Maryland 2, #4 Virginia Tech 5
all Games on ESPN and on Gametracker

ATLANTIC SUN

BIG EAST
*All Times Eastern and subject to change

BIG SOUTH
Thursday, May 10
Game 1: No. 4 Campbell v2, No. 5 Gardner-Webb 4
Game 2: No. 2 Coastal Carolina 8, No. 7 Presbyterian College 0
Game 3: No. 3 Charleston Southern 14,  No. 6 Liberty 3
Game 4: No. 1 Radford 8, No. 8 Winthrop 0
Game 5:   Campbell 10, Winthrop 9
Game 6: Presbyterian 4, Liberty  1

COLONIAL

C-USA Softball Championship Schedule:

Thursday, May 10

Gm.1 – (1) Tulsa 6,  (8) Southern Miss 0

Gm. 2 – (4) UCF 2,  (5) Houston 6

Gm. 3 – (3) Marshall 8, (6) East Carolina 1

Gm. 4 – (2) UAB 2, (7) Memphis 0

HORIZON
Green Bay will meet second-seeded Loyola at 2:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, while UIC will play the loser of the Valparaiso-Butler game at 7:30 p.m. EST in an elimination game.
Green Bay 0, Loyola 2
Butler 6, Valparaiso 1
UIC 0, Valparaiso 3
Youngstown State 8, Green Bay 4

MAAC

MEAC

The 2012 MEAC Softball Championship tournament gets underway Thursday, May 10 beginning at 10 a.m.

Savannah State (S1) will face Hampton (N4) while Delaware State (N1) will meet North Carolina A&T (S4) in the first games of the day. Games three and four will include Coppin State (N2) against Florida A&M (S3) and Bethune-Cookman (S2) against Norfolk State (N3), both games will begin at 1:30 p.m. The championship finale is set for Saturday, May 12 beginning at 1 p.m. A complete tournament schedule of events is available on MEACsports.com.
NC A&T 3, Delaware State 1
Hampton 5, Savannah State 4
Florida A&M 5, Coppin State 1
Bethune-Cookman 3, Norfolk State 2
Savannah State 6, Delaware State 4
Norfolk State 6, Coppin State 3
Hampton 15, NC A&T 6
Florida A&M vs Bethune-Cookman

MISSOURI VALLEY

Game 1      #5 Creighton 6, #8 Evansville 5
Game 2      #6 Missouri State 4, #7 Bradley 1
Game 3     #4 Southern Illinois 3, Creighton 2
Game 4      #3 Drake 2, Missouri State 1

MOUNTAIN WEST

Colorado State 8, New Mexico 0 (5)
Colorado State 6, New Mexico 5
San Diego State 11, UNLV 7

NORTHEAST

OHIO VALLEY

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#6 Tennessee Tech 2,  #3 Jacksonville State 1
#5 Eastern Kentucky 1,  #4 Murray State 3
#6 Tennessee Tech 3, #2 Eastern Illinois 1
 #4 Murray State 1,#1 UT Martin 7

PATRIOT TOURNAMENT
#1 Lehigh 2, #4 Lafayette 0
#3 Colgate 3, #2 Army 4

SOUTHEASTERN

Friday: Florida vs Tennessee//Georgia vs Alabama

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

Thursday, May 10 Live Stats Live Video Wednesday games not concluded; will be updated

 #4 UNC Greensboro 2, #5 Appalachian State 6
#7 Elon 7, #6 Western Carolina 3
#4UNC Greensboro 6, #9 Samford 6
#3 Charleston 1, #2 Chattanooga 6
#5 Appalachian State 0, #1 Georgia Southern 6

SOUTHLAND

Tournament Schedule//all games postponed
Thursday, May 10
Game 1: No. 4 UTSA, vs. No. 5 Central Arkansas, 10 a.m.
Game 2: No. 3 McNeese State vs. No. 6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 12:30 p.m.
Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. No. 1 Texas State, 3 p.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 2 vs. No. 2 Sam Houston State, 5:30 p.m.

SOUTHWESTERN

Thursday, May 10
SWAC Softball Championship Tournament
Irondale, Ala.

TBA

Jackson State vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff

6:00 PM

Live Stats

Prairie View 3, Alabama A&M 4

6:00 PM

Live Stats

Texas Southern vs. Alabama State

8:00 PM

Live Stats

Mississippi Valley State vs. Grambling State

8:00 PM

Live Stats

SUN BELT

SUMMIT LEAGUE

WESTERN

Game 2: Louisiana Tech 17, Fresno State 7

Thursday, May 10

Softball

Live Stats Live Video

Other games

1.  California 4, Arizona State 2

2.  Arizona State lost to California 4-2

15, Stanford 0, Utah 6

16. Texas A&M vs Boise State

17. Arizona vs Oregon State

14. UCLA 10, #13. Oregon 0 (6)

May 6 Conference Standings are on www.spysoftball.org.

May 6 NCAA Individual and TDeam Statistics are on www.spysoftball.org

May 6 NCAA RPI is on www.spysoftball.com

Complete D1 tournment listings (below) were posted previously on www.spysoftball.com

Weekly conference honors have been posted on www.spysoftball.com

SPY is attempting to work with the brackets posted on conference websites.  A very diverse lot.

ATLANTIC 10

RESULTS
George Washington 9, Charlotte 2
St Joseph’s 6, Temple 0
Charlotte 4, Temple 2

ATLANTIC SUN

COLONIAL

RESULTS

HORIZON LEAGUE

MAC

MAC RESULTS
Western Michigan 8, Toledo 0
Central Michigan 2, Kent State 1
Western Michigan 7, Ohio 2
Central Michigan 2, Bowling Green 1

 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

Softball

Georgia Southern vs. Samford 5:00 PM  Live Stats Live Video//??

SOCON RESULTS
Samford 3, Furman 2

SUN BELT

SUN BELT RESULTS
FIU 4, Troy 1
South Alabama 6, Louisiana-Monroe 0
Western Kentucky 3, North Texas 1
Louisiana-Lafayette 7, Florida Atlantic 1

WAC RESULTS
San Jose State 9, Nevada 6
Louisiana Tech vs Fresno State//Tech leading 13-7 after 4.5 innings

A COMPLETE LIST OF TOURNAMENTS IS POSTED ON Spy May 8 edition

This report will be updated as games are played.

May 6 Conference Standings are on www.spysoftball.org.

May 6 NCAA Individual and TDeam Statistics are on www.spysoftball.org

May 6 NCAA RPI is on www.spysoftball.com

Complete D1 tournment listings (below) were posted previously on www.spysoftball.com

Weekly conference honors will be posted on www.spysoftball.com

SCORES

Utah Valley vs Utah

*Conference champions are not necessarily automatic qualifiers for the NCAA tournament.

America East player of the week                                               Jessica Bump, Binghamton

America East pitcher of the week                             Whitney Tuthill, Boston U

America East rookie of the week                              Alexa Toole, Albany

Atlantic 10 player of the week                                    Megan Hodgson, LaSalle

Atlantic 10 pitcher of the week                                  Sara Plourde, U Mass

Atlantic 10 rookie of the week                                   Melissa Ruf, St Joseph’s

Atlantic Coast player of the week                             Vangie Galindo, Maryland

Atlantic Coast co-pitcher of the week                     Jasmin Harrell, Virginia Tech

Atlantic Coast co-pitcher of the week                     Kendra Knight, Maryland

Atlantic Sun player of the week                                 Shellie Robinson, USC Upstate

Atlantic Sun pitcher of the week                                               Brittany Eppley, Jacksonville

Big 12 co-player of the week                                       Taylor Hoagland, Texas

Big 12 co-player of the week                                       Nicole Morgan, Texas A&M

Big 12 pitcher of the week                                           Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma

Big East player of the week                                         Alicja Wolny, Louisville

Big East pitcher of the week                                        Jenna Caira, Syracuse

Big South player of the week                                      Taylor McGee, Campbell

Big South pitcher of the week                                    Kiana Quotas, Coastal

Big Ten player of the week                                          Adrienne Monka, Northwestern

Big Ten pitcher of the week                                        Pepper Gay, Illinois

Big Ten freshman of the week                                   Amy Letourneau, Northwestern

Big West player of the week                                       Jenessa Jeppesen UC Santa Barbara

Big West pitcher of the week                                     Taylor Petty, Long Beach State

Colonial player of the week                                         Olivia Galati, Hofstra

Colonial pitcher of the week                                       Kaitlyn Medlam, Georgia State

Colonial rookie of the week                                        Casey Rowland, UNCW

CUSA hitter of the week                                                               Haley Outon, Houston

CUSA pitcher of the week                                            Andy Williamson, Marshall

Horizon player of the week                                         Brittany Duncan, Valparaiso

Horizon pitcher of the week                                       Amanda Ciran, Loyola

Ivy League player of the week                                   May 1^st report not updated

MAAC player of the week                                            Kate Bowen, Manhattan

MAAC pitcher of the week                                          Kim Bryson, Niagara

MAAC rookie of the week                                           Sammy Ruffolo, Fairfield

MAC player of the week                                                               Report not updated; yearly announced

MEAC player of the week                                            Madison Hedderly, Savannah State

MEAC pitcher of the week                                           Casey Beighley, Delaware State

MEAC rookie of the week                                            Amber Hallman, Savannah State

Missouri Valley player of the week                          Hayley Nybo, Drake

Missouri Valley pitcher of the week                        Rebecca Schmidt, Drake

Mountain West player of the week                         Stefany Valentino, UNLV

Mountain West co-pitcher of the week                 Aubray Zell, Boise State

Mountain West co-pitcher of the week                 Bailey Micetich, San Diego State

Northeast player of the week                                    Arielle Bruno, Central

Northeast pitcher of the week                                  Katie Alfiere, Quinnipiac

Northeast rookie of the week                                    Tess Apke, Robert Morris

Ohio Valley player of the week                                  Shelby Holley, Jacksonville State

Ohio Valley pitcher of the week                                                Stephanie Maday, Eastern Illinois

PCSC player of the week                                              weekly report not updated

Pacific 12 player of the week                                      Cassandra Roulund, Stanford

Pacific 12 pitcher of the week                                     Teagan Gerhart, Stanford

Patriot player of the week                                           weekly report not updated

Southeastern player of the week                             Brtittany Cervantes, Kentucky

Southeastern pitcher of the week                           Chanda Bell, Kentucky

SEC freshman of the week                                          Paige Wilson, Georgia

SoCon player of the week                                            Mackenzie Maples, Charleston

SoCon pitcher of the week                                          Sarah Purvis, Georgia Southern

Southland hitter of the week                                     Katie Doyle, Southeastern Louisiana

Southland pitcher of the week                                  Anne Marie Taylor, Texas State

Southwestern player of the week                            weekly report not updated

Sun Belt player of the week                                        Amanda Thomas, Western Kentucky

Sun Belt pitcher of the week                                      Jenn Gniadek, Florida International

Summit League player of the week                         Jessica Haskins, IPFW

Summit League pitcher of the week                        Miranda Kramer, IPFW

Western player of the week                                       Kelly Majam, Hawaii

Western pitcher of the week                                     Tori Almond, Brigham Young

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