The Southeastern Conference is primarily known for its brutal football schedule, but softball programs across the region would argue it brings challenging competition to their sport, as well. Recent years have seen the SEC evolve into one of the most dominant conferences in collegiate softball. It currently boasts five teams in the top 25 of [...]
One UK softball player continues to swing her way to the top of the record books. When senior shortstop Molly Johnson stepped to the plate to face Georgia’s Erin Arevalo, she had no way of knowing she would conclude the at-bat as the UK homerun record holder. After eyeing a pitch approaching the plate, Johnson [...]
In a season littered with highlights and broken records, the UK softball program found itself gasping for air in its most recent outing. Georgia’s power at the plate overwhelmed the Cats 17-5 on Sunday. The Bulldogs registered 14 hits, giving them the most runs scored and most hits against UK in any game this season. [...]
Things changed when Rachel Lawson was named the third softball coach in UK history. After a rocky 17-37 record in her first season in 2007, the Cats posted one of the best seasons in school history last year, going 34-23. This year, UK (19-12, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) is off to another hot start. Under her guidance, [...]
Scoring eight runs would have won each of the 28 games played by the UK softball team to this point in its season, but those eight runs were not enough on Sunday. Although the Cats (19-10, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) boasted their best offensive performance of the season, the team fell short to the Arkansas Razorbacks [...]
Rarely will a team allowing zero runs through seven innings lose a softball game, but such was the case for UK (14-6) on Wednesday night. Though sophomore pitcher Chanda Bell gave up no runs and only three hits through seven innings, the Cats were unable to come up with a victory in extra innings against [...]
By Chandler Howard The Cats’ softball program is off to one of its best starts in school history, but most hometown fans would not know it. UK (11-3) presently stands near the end of a 19-game away streak consuming the opening third of its season. The team travels to southern-based tournaments for the beginning portion [...]
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