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The Shockers begin their 2025 campaign this weekend with a trip to Phoenix for the Kickoff Classic hosted by Grand Canyon University. Opponents on Friday are Northern Illinois with a 3:30 pm start and GCU at 8:30 pm. Games on Saturday are against Colgate at 1 pm followed by Montana at 3:30 pm. A second game with Colgate is on Sunday at 10 am. All times are CT.
The host Antelopes have won three consecutive WAC tournament championships and were a Regional finalist in the NCAA tournament last year. They sit atop the conference Preseason Poll this year. Savannah Kirk as Player of the Year and Meghan Golden as Pitcher of the Year are Preseason Award winners. Makaiya Gomez joins them on the Preseason All-WAC team.
Northern Illinois are members of the Mid-America Conference. The Huskies are picked for eighth among the eleven teams. Pitcher Danielle Stewart was named to the All-MAC First Team last year while Alana Powell was on the All-MAC Freshman team.
The Raiders of Colgate are members of the Patriot League, where they were picked fifth of seven teams in the Preseason Poll. Seniors Jillian Herbst and Quinn Livesay are members of the Preseason All-League team.
Montana are in the Big Sky Conference. The Grizzlies are a unanimous pick for last of the six teams playing softball in the Big Sky. They were 1-14 in the conference last year.
The Shockers are picked to win the American Athletic Conference with Florida Atlantic and North Texas also receiving votes for first place. Taylor Sedlacek is a returning First Team All-Conference player while Chloe Barber was on the All-Rookie Team. Lauren Lucas is back after missing a year due to an injury.
This is a pretty soft tournament which serves as a warm-up for the Clearwater Invitational the following weekend. Not that they could beat the not-GCU teams batting opposite-handed, but still. As always, we will see what happens when the teams play the games.
The host Antelopes have won three consecutive WAC tournament championships and were a Regional finalist in the NCAA tournament last year. They sit atop the conference Preseason Poll this year. Savannah Kirk as Player of the Year and Meghan Golden as Pitcher of the Year are Preseason Award winners. Makaiya Gomez joins them on the Preseason All-WAC team.
Northern Illinois are members of the Mid-America Conference. The Huskies are picked for eighth among the eleven teams. Pitcher Danielle Stewart was named to the All-MAC First Team last year while Alana Powell was on the All-MAC Freshman team.
The Raiders of Colgate are members of the Patriot League, where they were picked fifth of seven teams in the Preseason Poll. Seniors Jillian Herbst and Quinn Livesay are members of the Preseason All-League team.
Montana are in the Big Sky Conference. The Grizzlies are a unanimous pick for last of the six teams playing softball in the Big Sky. They were 1-14 in the conference last year.
The Shockers are picked to win the American Athletic Conference with Florida Atlantic and North Texas also receiving votes for first place. Taylor Sedlacek is a returning First Team All-Conference player while Chloe Barber was on the All-Rookie Team. Lauren Lucas is back after missing a year due to an injury.
This is a pretty soft tournament which serves as a warm-up for the Clearwater Invitational the following weekend. Not that they could beat the not-GCU teams batting opposite-handed, but still. As always, we will see what happens when the teams play the games.
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