The sun is setting on the regular season, and you know what that means, college softball fans: It\u2019s almost time for the selection show to tell us the exact route teams will be taking to get to Oklahoma City. The Women\u2019s College World Series is beckoning, and teams have only a few chances left to answer the call.<\/p>\n
In this penultimate week, the stars on the diamond were really giving us everything: home run races, record chases, slugfests, conference battles, and \u2014 my favorite part \u2014 lots and lots of senior days. Let\u2019s break down the most notable happenings.<\/p>\n
What is this, McGwire vs. Sosa? If you\u2019ve been keeping score at all, you know that Oklahoma and UCLA have each broken the NCAA team single-season home run record of 161. If you haven\u2019t, the Sooners lead the country with 167, and the Bruins aren\u2019t far behind at 162 \u2026 and counting. To put things in perspective, the next-closest team is Ohio State at 116.<\/p>\n
The two stars of the show? Oklahoma\u2019s Kendall Wells and UCLA\u2019s Megan Grant \u2014 who, as you may remember, already scored a championship ring as a member of the UCLA women\u2019s basketball team<\/a> as well \u2014 are giving us flashes of MLB\u2019s madness in 1998. With a laser to right field in the first inning of Game 2 vs. Georgia \u2014 a series the Sooners would end up sweeping \u2014 Wells tallied long ball No. 36 on the season, just one away from Laura Espinoza\u2019s mark of 37 set in 1995. If Wells stays at this pace, she\u2019ll have a really good chance at making history this weekend against Texas A&M. But not too far behind, Grant \u2014 otherwise known as Chef Megan \u2014 hit three homers of her own against former Pac-12 foe Washington, bringing her season total to 34. Believe it or not, we could have two players surpass Espinoza, and that means one thing: We are witnessing a special generation of softball players right now.<\/p>\n Megan Grant crushes her 3\ufe0f\u20e34\ufe0f\u20e3th home run of the year in @UCLASoftball<\/a>\u2019s win over Washington \ud83d\ude80 pic.twitter.com\/uF2MCAye4c<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Big Ten Softball (@B1Gsoftball) April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n And of course, UCLA\u2019s Jordan Woolery and Oklahoma\u2019s Gabbie Garcia also deserve honorable mentions, as Woolery launched her 31st of the year Saturday, and Garcia continues to send ones out in the most clutch moments for the Sooners.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t worry, Nebraska fans, we\u2019re watching. The readers have spoken, so I must oblige: It\u2019s time to give the Huskers their flowers. After sweeping Iowa this weekend, Jordy Frahm and company have extended their winning streak to 15 games, capped by a Game 3 run-rule victory over the Hawkeyes before honoring legendary coach Rhonda Revelle by naming Nebraska\u2019s field after her. Revelle is in her 34th season in Lincoln after she played there herself, and she is the third-winningest active coach in Division I.<\/p>\n Some of the competition the Huskers have faced in the Big Ten hasn\u2019t been the most challenging, but that takes nothing away from the fact that Frahm, Alex Jensen, Hannah Camenzind and Ava Kuszak are having incredible seasons. Nebraska just missed out on the WCWS last season after an intense Super Regional against Tennessee, but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if we see the Huskers at Devon Park come the end of May. This team is gritty, and it would be awesome to see Frahm close out her career in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n Watch out for the Cowgirls: Speaking of gritty, Oklahoma State, led by workhorse in the circle Ruby Meylan, is on quite a hot streak. After upsetting Bedlam rival Oklahoma last week, the Cowgirls continued their rise in the rankings by shutting out Texas 5-0 and then sweeping Baylor. Meylan, as mentioned, has been OSU\u2019s key to success, as she tossed gems against the Sooners and the Longhorns to announce her presence among the sport\u2019s best arms. She has an eye-popping 193 2\/3 innings pitched this season \u2014 which is nearing her 2025 total of 209 \u2014 while pitching to a 2.20 ERA and 1.04 WHIP and tallying 177 strikeouts.<\/p>\n Though Meylan is prone to give up a home run or two here and there, she has found another level lately, and here\u2019s hoping she can keep the Cowgirls on this pace before her arm tires out. If so, Oklahoma State could be a team to keep an eye on in the postseason. Kenny Gajewski\u2019s squad missed out on the WCWS last year for the first time since 2020, and it\u2019s clear the Cowgirls want back in.<\/p>\n Some wild competition: There were a handful of nail-biters this weekend, especially in the ACC. After winning a series in upset fashion against Virginia Tech last week, Georgia Tech once again brought the fight against one of the top teams in the conference, Florida State. Though the Seminoles swept the Jackets, that doesn\u2019t tell the whole story of the weekend. Notably, FSU ace Jazzy Francik threw a no-hitter to start the series, but Game 2 was an all-out brawl as the Seminoles eked out the 4-3 victory. The series finale took nine innings to decide a winner, as Isa Torres was held to 1-for-5 with a walk, and Jaysoni Beachum was also silenced at the plate.<\/p>\n A NO-NO FOR JAZZY\u203c\ufe0f#Team43<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/l0s9zR7dyt<\/a><\/p>\n