Taylor Roman hit a two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift Louisiana to a 3-1 victory over UNCW Saturday evening at McWhorter Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

UNCW dropped its opening game of the NCAA Softball Regional to the host 10th-seeded Clemson 9-0 in five innings Friday afternoon at McWhorter Stadium.

Seventeen Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) softball players earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region honors announced by the organization Thursday afternoon.

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Basketball has its madness in March. But college softball can lay claim to some mayhem of its own that begins in mid-May and runs into June.

Boseman Field’s tarp symbolizes an incredible championship run for UNC Wilmington.

Fresh off its first Colonial Athletic Association softball championship in program history, UNCW is headed to the Clemson Regional for its first NCAA Tournament appearance. The region is comprised of 10th-seeded Clemson, Auburn, Louisiana and the Seahawks.

Third-seeded UNCW won its program’s first Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Softball Championship following a 10-2 win over fourth-seeded Elon Saturday morning at Hunt Softball Park on the campus of Elon University.

Fourth-seeded Elon defeated top-seeded Delaware 6-3 in game seven of the CAA Softball Championship presented by Primis to advance to the Championship game, marking the 13th straight season the tournament host will make an appearance in the finals.

Fourth-seeded Elon edged fifth-seeded Charleston 1-0 in game six of the CAA Softball Championship presented by Primis and lives to play another game.

Fifth-seeded Charleston scored six unanswered runs to come back and defeat second-seeded Hofstra 6-5 in nine innings during game four of the CAA Softball Championship presented by Primis.

Top-seeded Delaware earned a dramatic 1-0 walk-off win over fourth-seeded Elon in game three of the CAA Softball Tournament presented by Primis.

Third-seeded UNCW outlasted second-seeded Hofstra 2-1 in a pitcher’s duel during the second game of the CAA Softball Championship presented by Primis.

Fourth-seeded Elon scored all five of its runs with two outs as the timely hitting lifted the Phoenix over fifth-seeded Charleston 5-0 in the opening game of the CAA Softball Championship presented by Primis.

James Madison’s Hannah Shifflett was named Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Player of the Year in the reveal of the conference's softball year-end awards. Additionally, Delaware and UNCW received two major awards each as voted by the league’s eight head coaches.