Friday’s Softball Results
Akron 7, Monmouth 1
USC Upstate 10, Akron 7
Ball State 4, Oregon State 1
Ball State 3, Cal Poly 2
Bowling Green 5, Monmouth 4
USC Upstate 6, Bowling Green 4
Kent State 7, East Tennessee State 6
Campbell 5, Kent State 4
Northern Illinois 11, Montana 3
Wichita State 10, Northern Illinois 4
Ohio 18, UConn 14
Toledo 8, Saint Francis 1
Toledo 1, Providence 0
Western Michigan 8, Michigan State 0
No. 17 Arizona 14, Western Michigan 6
North Texas 5, Central Michigan 3
Troy 7, Central Michigan 4
No. 23 Oregon 21, Buffalo 1
UNLV 11, Buffalo 3
Maryland 6, Miami 4
Arizona State 15, Miami 7

Stories courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications Departments

Akron 7, Monmouth 1
Box Score
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Akron softball started the season with a 7-1 win over Monmouth before falling to USC Upstate 10-7 on Friday for 2025 opening weekend. The Zips pounded out 22 hits in two games as Lily Sullivan led the way with a 5-for-7 performance with a homerun, two RBI and three runs scored. Alexis Campbell followed with 4-for-7 with a homerun, two RBI and a run scored.

Akron received contributions from every part of their lineup, as all nine starters reached base safely, helping the Zips place seven runs on the board to defeat the Hawks 7-1 Friday.
 
At the plate, Campbell went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Freshman Andrea Day put together a standout performance at the dish in her collegiate debut, blasting a home run and two RBI. Sullivan also chipped in for Akron, putting together three hits in four trips to the plate.
 
Freshman Maddelynn Lee (1-0) got the win for Akron (1-0). The right-hander went five innings, giving up one run on three hits, allowing one walk and striking out five. Sophomore Madie Jamrog also pitched well, going two shutout innings while allowing one hit, walking one and striking out one.

Akron fell behind 1-0 after the first inning and grabbed control of the scoreboard in the second inning and never looked back. Lily Sullivan recorded the Zips first hit of the season to leadoff the second frame and Alexis Campbell followed suit in Akron's next at-bat. With two runners on Autumn Bailey was hit by a pitch and Sullivan scored as Haley Sanchez drew an RBI walk. Two batters later Morgan Sizemore drove in Akron's second run with an RBI single to right field, allowing Campbell to cross the plate.
 
The Zips put another crooked number on the scoreboard in the fifth inning with five runs on six hits. Sophia Wygast started the rally with a single to centerfield and freshman Andrea Day recorded her first collegiate homerun with a 2-RBI shot over the right field wall. Campbell followed with a 2-run blast to left center field after Sullivan registered her second hit of the day. Bailey scored the final run of the frame on a Brooke Sivek bunt.

Ball State 4, Oregon State 1 | Box Score
Ball State 3, Cal Poly 2 | Box Score
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - - The Ball State softball team did not let Thursday's rain out put a damper on the start of the season, as it opened play in the Mustang Classic with a 4-1 win over Oregon State and a 3-2 (8) victory over host Cal Poly Friday afternoon.
 
In the new season opener, it was the battery which provided the power the Cardinals (2-0) needed to pick up the 4-1 victory over the Beavers (1-1). It started with solid pitching from junior Ella Whitney who earned the complete game victory by scattering six hits and allowing just one run.
 
A two-way player for the Cardinals, who also logged BSU's first triple of the season in the nightcap, Whitney's biggest play in the circle came in the top of the fifth inning with two outs and bases loaded. After a ball to start the at bat to OSU's two-hole hitter, she followed with three straight strikes, getting Lici Campbell swinging for her second of three strikeouts in the game.
 
The bottom of the frame then produced a very familiar hero, as redshirt senior catcher McKayla Timmons worked her magic. Junior center fielder Grace Spencer opened the inning with a walk, while sophomore second baseman Maia Pietrzak drew another two batters later. With one out and limited options, the Beavers were forced to pitch to Timmons who did not disappoint by blasting a 2-2 pitch over the fence in left-center field.
 
It was Timmons first home run of the season, following a junior campaign which saw her blast a Ball State single season record 25 home runs. She now has 42 career home runs, which ties for second in program history and trails only Jenny Gilbert's (2011-2014) 75.
 
In the nightcap, freshman pitcher Breanna Severino turned in a brilliant effort in her collegiate debut, holding Cal Poly to seven hits and one unearned run over her 5.1 innings of work. She also struck out four of the 27 batters she faced.
 
Sophomore pitcher Brinkley Kita picked up were Severino left off in her Cardinals debut, working out of a bases-loaded jam with one out in the T6 and then holding the Mustangs to one unearned run and three hits over her 2.2 innings of work. She also collected a pair of strikeouts.
 
On the offensive front, it was sophomore third baseman Mandy Lauth who would play the extra-inning hero versus Cal Poly, using a two-out, two-run single to plate what proved to be the game-winning run.
 
The Cardinals close play in the Mustang Classic Saturday, with rematches versus Oregon State (2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT) and Cal Poly (5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT).

Bowling Green 5, Monmouth 4
Box Score
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Bowling Green State University softball team picked up a 5-4 win over Monmouth on Friday (Feb. 7) evening, coming away with a split on the opening day of the 2025 season. The Falcons were in action at the Spartan Classic, hosted by USC Upstate, at Cyrill Stadium.

The Falcons (1-1) nearly rallied all the way back from a six-run deficit in the opener, before falling, 6-4, against USC Upstate.

Addie Martin and Peyton Steffes each had three hits on the day, combining for five stolen bases. Martin, Katie Hutter and Hanna Massaro all homers, while Scarlet Anderson saw action in the circle in both games and picked up the win in relief vs. Monmouth.

Monmouth got on the scoreboard early in game two. The first three batters of the contest each doubled, and the Hawks had a 2-0 lead. After issuing a walk, BGSU starter Alyvia Roth proceeded to retire the next three batters. In fact, she set down seven batters in a row.

In the bottom of the inning, BGSU plated a pair of runs to tie the game. Steffes singled through the right side of the infield and stole second, and Behrendt reached on an error to put runners at the corners.

The lead runner was retired on a double-steal attempt, but Martin followed with her first collegiate homer, a shot to right-center, knotting the contest at 2-2 after one inning.

And, with one out in the BGSU second, Katie Hutter homered down the left-field line to give the Falcons the lead.

Roth's streak of seven-straight outs ended with a one-out single in the Monmouth third, but she set down the next two batters.

In the Falcon third, Steffes doubled, but a Behrendt liner was caught by the second baseman, resulting in a double play. But, Martin walked, then proceeded to steal second and third, and coming around to score on the latter play. Then, Hunt reached on an error and came all the way around to score on Kaufman's double to center. BGSU had a 5-2 lead.

The Hawks put runners on second and third with one out in the fourth, on an error and a double, but Anderson entered the game and got Lexi Castaneda to hit a soft liner to shortstop Kaufman, who stepped on second base to complete the unassisted double play and end the inning.

Davis singled and stole second in the Falcon fourth, and Giana Scotti doubled in the Hawk fifth, but the score remained the same.

Monmouth got a leadoff single and a one-out hit-by-pitch in the sixth, before Anderson set down the next two hitters. In the seventh, though, the Hawks would mount one final rally.

Kylee McLain led off with a single through the right side, and a Savannah Simons hit with one out was followed by a walk that loaded the bases. A fielder's-choice grounder to Martin at third resulted in the second out as a run crossed the plate.

Jayla Cadena then singled up the middle to score another run and cut the Falcons' lead to 5-4. But, Anderson got Bri Lawson to hit a ball that was caught by Martin to end the game.

Steffes went 2-for-3, while Martin had the two-run homer, along with a walk, two steals and two runs scored. Hutter homered as well, and the Falcons had four stolen bases as a team.

Anderson, pitching in her second game of the day, picked up the win in relief. Both Roth (3 1/2 innings pitched) and Anderson 3 2/3 IP) allowed two runs and five hits while walking one batter. Roth had two strikeouts and Anderson one.

The Falcons will return to Cyrill Stadium for two more games in the Spartan Classic on Saturday (Feb. 8), against the same two opponents. BGSU will face Monmouth in a 12:30 p.m. start before meeting USC Upstate at 3:00 p.m. Then, BG wraps up tournament play on Sunday (Feb. 9), facing Mid-American Conference foe Akron in a 10:00 a.m. game.

Kent State 7, East Tennessee State 6
Box Score
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – The 50th season of Kent State softball started with a pair of one-run games on Friday at the Camel Stampede, as the Golden Flashes beat East Tennessee State in 11 innings, 7-6, and then fell to host Campbell, 5-4.

Six different players recorded multiple hits on opening day. Senior Delaney Robeson led the way with four hits, while redshirt sophomore Kendal Leitner, junior Brynn Libler and senior Katie Jo Moery added three hits each.

All four members of the pitching staff tossed at least three innings, and the unit allowed only four earned runs on the day.

Kent State scored in its first trip to the plate, as Aaralyn Nogay led off the bottom of the first inning with a double. Nogay advanced to third on a wild pitch and came home on a sac fly by Kendal Leitner.

East Tennessee tied it in the top of the fourth and went ahead 2-1 in the top of the seventh.

Leitner drew a walk to start the bottom of the seventh and moved to second on a sac bunt by Delaney Robeson before being replaced by pinch runner Brooke Aberle. Following a fly ball for the second out of the inning, Katie Jo Moery tied it with a triple to send the game to extra innings.

With the international tiebreaker in effect, ETSU was able to score in the top half of the next four innings. The Golden Flashes were able to match the run each time with RBI hits by Kam Utendorf in the eighth, Robeson in the ninth and Moery in the 10th.

In the bottom of the 11th, a sac bunt by Leitner advanced Wing to third. Wing then tied it on a single by Robeson. Brynn Libler followed with a single. A fielder's choice then accounted for the second out, bringing Maddy Miklesh to the plate. An error by the shortstop allowed Libler to cross the plate for the walk-off win.

Leitner (1-0) tossed the final three innings and earned the victory. She finished with three strikeouts and did not allow any earned runs. Abbey Pochie got the start in the circle and allowed one run over four innings. Ella Johnson threw four relief innings in her collegiate debut and recorded five strikeouts while allowing one earned run.

Kent State will play the same two teams on Saturday. First pitch against Campbell is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. and the Flashes will finish the day against ETSU at 6 p.m.

Northern Illinois 11, Montana 3
Box Score
PHOENIX—The Northern Illinois University Huskies softball program (1-3) split action today at the GCU Kickoff Classic, taking on the Montana Grizzlies (1-1) and the Wichita State Shockers (1-0). The Huskies defeated Montana 11-3 in five innings before dropping a 10-4 game to the Shockers. 

Jenna Turner (Marengo, Ill./Marengo) went 2-of-2 against Montana, scoring a pair of runs for the Huskies. Danielle Stewart (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln Way East) and Madison Mathews (Yuma, Ariz./Cibola) recorded a pair of runs as the trio accounted for six of the 11 Huskie runs.
 
NIU head coach Kathryn Gleason marked her first win at the helm of the Huskies as NIU defeated Montana in the first game.
 
Turner led the Huskies against the Shockers, going 3-of-4 at the plate and adding a run and stolen base.
   
Stewart hit the first home run of the season for NIU, mirroring the start of the 2024 season. Stewart hit a 3-run home run to left center field to bring home Turner and Alana Powell (Chicago, Ill./Kenwood Academy). Rylie Hartman (Kankakee, Ill./Herscher) scored the fourth run of the day for NIU as NIU took a 4-0 lead in the top of the first.
 
The Grizzlies added a pair of runs in the bottom of the first before tacking on a third in the second inning to cut into NIU's lead.
 
Mathews added the fifth run for NIU in the third inning. Mia Morera (Simi Valley, Calif./Westlake) scored the sixth run of the game in the fourth inning before Mathews hit a two-run home run to left field to bring home Stewart. Katy Ramage (Germantown Hills, Ill./Metamora Township) added the ninth run of the game in the fourth, scoring on an error by the Montana defense as NIU led 9-3.
 
Stewart added to her day with an RBI single to right field as Brianna Pechman (West Chicago, Ill./West Chicago Community) scored for the Huskies. Turner added the final run of the game for NIU, scoring on Mathews' RBI single to left field.
 
The Huskie defense shutdown the Grizzlies in the final three innings, allowing just two hits in the third inning.
The Huskies conclude action in Arizona as they take on Colgate on February 8. First pitch is set for 10 a.m. CT.

Ohio 18, UConn 14
Box Score
ELON, N.C. – The Ohio softball team (3-0) returned to action Friday morning (Feb. 7) at the 2025 Elon Softball Classic, defeating UConn (0-1), 18-14 in eight innings. The Bobcats' 18 runs are the third most scored in a single game in program history and the most since March 15, 2019. 
 
Overall, Ohio scored 18 runs on 16 hits and had two errors, while UConn scored 14 runs on 13 hits and had three errors. 
 
Individually, sophomore Brenna Farmer (Mt. Blanchard, Ohio) led the Bobcats with three hits, two doubles and six RBI, while senior Emma Hoffner (New Stanton, Pa.) added two hits, one double, two walks, four runs scored and three RBI. Junior Shelby Westler (Marion, Ohio) recorded four hits, one double, one homerun, four runs scored and one RBI. Senior Maddie Wilcox (Grove City, Ohio) hit her first career homerun and added three RBI, while sophomore Izzie Wilson (Delaware, Ohio) also hit a three-run homerun. 
 
In the circle, freshman Anna Wise (Broadview Heights, Ohio) recorded her first career start, allowing three runs on five hits with one walk and one strikeout, while redshirt junior Skipp Miller (Bradford, Ohio) pitched four innings, allowing three runs on four hits, while walking one and striking out six to earn the win. 
 
Ohio struck first in the top of the first inning. After senior Lauren Yuhas (West Mifflin, Pa.) reached on a double and Hoffner was hit by a pitch, Wilcox game to the plate with two outs and crushed her first career home run to left field, giving Ohio a 3-0 lead going into the bottom of the frame. However, UConn responded with three runs of their own to tie the game at 3-3 headed into the second inning. 
 
Ohio retook the lead in the top of the second. After Westler led the inning off with a single to center, she would later score on an RBI single by junior Belle Hummel (Cincinnati, Ohio). Then after drew a bases loaded walk to score senior CiCi Keidel (Hilliard, Ohio), Farmer reached on an error, scoring Hummel and giving Ohio a 6-3 lead. 
 
Ohio added on four more runs in the top of the third inning, highlighted by a three-RBI double to left center by Farmer, putting the Bobcats up 10-3 going into the bottom of the third. UConn threatened to get runs back in the bottom of the inning, loading the bases with one out. Sophomore Mikie Lieving (New Haven, W. Va.) entered the game and got the next two batters to strike out swinging to end the inning. 
 
Ohio added on two more runs in the top of the fourth thanks to a two-RBI double from Hoffner, giving the Bobcats a 12-3 lead headed into the bottom of the frame. However, UConn got the runs back in the bottom of the inning, taking advantage of an Ohio miscue to help plate four runs on three hits to cut the Ohio lead to 12-7 going into the fifth inning. 
 
UConn tied the game up in the bottom of the fifth inning, scoring five runs on three hits to tie the game at 12-12 heading into the sixth inning. Ohio retook the lead in the top of the sixth on an RBI double from Farmer, however, UConn took its first lead of the game in the bottom of the inning on a two-run home run to put the Huskie up, 14-13 headed into the seventh. 
 
Ohio rallied in the top of the seventh. With one out, Westler hit a one-out solo homerun to tie the game at 14-14 headed into the bottom of the seventh. 
 
Ohio then took the lead for good in the top of the eighth inning. After an RBI single from Farmer gave Ohio a one-run lead, the Bobcats were able to put two runners on, setting up Wilson for a three-run homerun to give Ohio the 18-14. 
 
UConn came to bat in the bottom of the inning looking to rally once again, however, the Ohio defense was able to shut the door on the Huskies and secure the 18-14 extra inning win. 
 
Up next, the Bobcats wrap up the 2025 Elon Softball Classic on Saturday, Feb. 8 against UNC Greensboro. First pitch is set for 9:30 a.m. 

Toledo 8, Saint Francis 1 | Box Score
Toledo 1, Providence 0 | Box Score
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Senior pitcher Kylee Graham pitched a shutout against Providence on Friday afternoon as the Toledo softball team grabbed two wins on opening day. The Rockets (2-0) clobbered Saint Francis, 8-1, to begin the day and followed with a 1-0 victory over Providence.

Graham (1-0) surrendered five hits and one walk to the Friars en route to the one-run victory. Senior Sophia Knight (1-0) threw a complete game against Saint Francis, giving up one run on four hits.

Senior shortstop Eli Enriquez recorded a double and two RBIs on Friday, including driving in the game's only run in the fifth inning against the Friars. Freshman Samantha Bolding tallied a team-high three RBIs on two hits in the win over Saint Francis.

Freshmen Payton Abiley, Samantha Bolding, Audrey Miller and Marissa Warren earned starts in one or both of Friday's games.

Against Saint Francis, the Rockets used a three-run first inning to take the momentum and never looked back. They added two runs in the fifth and seventh innings to insure the victory.

Enriquez drove in the winning run against Providence with a single to center in the top of the fifth inning.

Four Rockets recorded multi-hit games on Friday. Enriquez had three hits against Saint Francis while Abiley added two hits against the Friars.
Toledo will face Virginia on Saturday, Feb. 8 in the Gamecock Invitational. First pitch from Columbia, S.C. is set for 10:30 a.m. Live Stats can be found here.

Western Michigan 8, Michigan State 0
Box Score
TUSCON, Ariz. -- The Western Michigan softball team opened the 2025 campaign an 8-0 win over Michigan State and a 14-6 loss to No. 17 Arizona at the Candrea Classic, hosted by UA, on Friday.

Jensen Gremillion was stellar on the mound, going the full 6.0 innings with just two hits allowed. WMU's defense behind her was stellar as well, with Gremillion only striking out one batter, the Broncos made 18 putouts without a single error. 

Outfielder Riley Dittmar was 2-for-2 with a solo home run, a 2 RBI single and a sacrifice fly for four RBIs. Taylor Wolfe and Riley Chumbley each had doubles, with Chumbley recording a RBI and Wolfe scoring two runs and driving one in while going 3-for-3 from the plate. Caitlin Tighe was 2-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored. 

WMU got to work early, putting up three runs in the top of the second inning. Wolfe dropped a bunt to score Tighe. Wolfe then stole second and Payton Kelly was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Dittmar then singled to right-center to score Micaela Booth and Wolfe and take a 3-0 lead. 

The Broncos added three more in the top of the fourth. Wolfe opened the inning with a double and was moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Kelly. Dittmar then came up to the plate hit a sacrifice fly out to left field to score Wolfe. Tristen Head singled to left field and moved to second when Jadeyn Merrill was hit by a pitch. With two runners on Chumbley singled to left to score Head and load the bases. Merrill then score don a wild pitch to push the lead to 6-0. 

Dittmar opened the top of the sixth with a home run to right field to make it 7-0. Later on in the inning, Chumbley doubled to left field and was pinch run for by Emily Yacapraro. Tighe then singled down the left field line to score Yacapraro for WMU's final run. Gremillion got the Spartans out in order in the bottom of the sixth for the win. 

Western Michigan squares off against Michigan State again on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET That is followed by the Broncos taking on the Washington Huskiest at 4:30 p.m. Both games can be watched live on FloSoftball.com.