The place to watch the best college softball being played on the planet is the Women’s College World Series, but there’s no closer equivalent during the regular season than the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.

In most conferences, one team enters the season as the odds-on favorite to win the league’s regular-season title, but in 2023, the South Atlantic League is shaping up to buck that trend on the softball diamond, with four teams tightly bunched at the top, according to the league’s coaches.

Reigning D-II national champion and the unanimous No. 1-ranked team in the preseason poll, Rogers State, headlines an impressive field at the 2023 edition of THE Spring Games.

Rogers State head coach Andrea Vaughan wasn't shy about sharing the goal for her team in 2023, despite knowing it hadn't been done in decades: Repeat as the Division II national champion.

When the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic schedule was revealed late last year, one matchup stood out from the rest.

For two weeks in February, Puerto Vallarta becomes one of the hotbeds for college softball in North America.

Should you encounter a gang of students riding scooters on the Duke University campus, chances are it's the Blue Devils softball team.

The NCAA Softball season is on the horizon, and at the Division III level, traditional powers will clash with upstarts, all with hopes of taking the title in Texas in June.

The long wait is almost over.

Two runs were all that separated Grand Valley State from advancing to Denver and the 2022 Div. II Women's College World Series. The Lakers head into 2023 ranked No. 10 nationally, but return a corps with the potential to finish No. 1.

With the return of NCAA softball just days away, the storylines heading into the 2023 season are endless, particularly at the Division II level, where a new power could be emerging in the sport, while other top programs return loaded lineups, strong pitching staffs or some combination of the two – all with their sights set on a trip to Denver.

The 2023 college softball season gets underway in the coming days, with numerous tournaments and invitationals taking place across the southern United States.

No team came closer to ending the Oklahoma Sooners 2022 softball season than UCLA at the Women’s College World Series, and the Bruins enter 2023 as the Sooners’ biggest threat to a three-peat.

The BIG EAST softball season usually is bound for a feverish fight, but that rings especially true for the 2023 campaign ahead.

THE Spring Game Opening Weekend softball tournament features teams from the Big Ten, BIG EAST, Conference USA, Big Sky and Patriot League as the programs play a total of 17 games over the weekend.