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4 weeks into the season and the softball world acquired stood on its head as Louisiana ended Oklahoma’s NCAA document 71-game successful streak with a 7-5 win in eight innings at Love’s Subject. The Sooners clearly weren’t going to win each recreation for the remainder of eternity, however at instances it felt like that may be the case.
A number of different faculties have caught our consideration with a particular nod to the state of North Carolina. North Carolina State, below first-year head coach Lindsay Leftwich, opened ACC play with a 6-1 victory over Clemson. The Tigers bounced again to take the sequence, however recreation three was a back-and-forth affair wherein Clemson emerged with a 14-9 victory. The Wolfpack are presently 14-5 on the season and host one other upstart in Georgia Tech this weekend.
In the meantime up the highway in Chapel Hill, North Carolina the Tar Heels improved to 16-3 on the season following wins over Lafayette and Campbell to cap the weekend. UNC, below first-year head coach Megan Smith Lyon, is off to one of the best begin to a season for the reason that 2010 marketing campaign and the Tar Heels host Furman and Virginia this week.
One other group that has caught the eye of the softball world is the California Golden Bears. Cal is presently 19-2 on the season and is ranked within the High 25 in all 4 nationwide polls. The Bears defeated Virginia Tech earlier within the season after which handed Georgia a 7-2 loss this previous weekend.
The Bears journey to Eugene, Ore., this weekend because it opens Pac-12 play towards Oregon.
However our focus this week is on the gamers and coaches who’ve etched their names into the document books.
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All Hail, Kiki Milloy
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Through the opening weekend of the season on the Mary Nutter Traditional, Tennessee star Kiki Milloy belted a house run towards Loyola Marymount to maneuver into first place on the Vols profession dwelling runs listing. On the time, the house run pushed her profession whole to 58 and moved her previous Meghan Gregg into the highest spot on the profession listing. Milloy has since hit six extra dwelling runs and her profession whole stands at 64.
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