Softball

UC Davis softball avoids a loss in an 8-2 victory   By EMMÍA J RIVERA — sports@theaggie.org   To conclude a three-game series at La Rue Field, the UC Davis softball team beat the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, preventing another loss for the Aggies on April 27. Following two losses the day before, the Aggies […]

Aggies take two losses and one win   By EMMÍA J RIVERA — sports@theaggie.org   Aside from the emergence of spring, mid-March also introduces a new season for UC Davis: Aggie softball. Since the official start of Big West conference play on March 15, Davis has played three sets of competitions against opponents Cal State […]

Aggies take on three teams in the top 30 strongest teams in the United States   By LUCIENNE BROOKER — sports@theaggie.org   Despite weather troubles plaguing the first couple weeks of the season, the UC Davis softball team has gotten off to a strong start. Since garnering a substantial amount of opening season wins, the […]

The Aggies’ championship aspirations come to an end in the postseason after a historic season   By ELOISE ENGS — sports@theaggie.org   On May 18 and 19, UC Davis women’s softball (29-22 overall, 15-12 in conference play) made a postseason appearance in the National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC) in Fort Collins, Colorado. After a strong […]

Head Coach Erin Thorpe has created a winning program full of talent   By CAROLYN (CARI) FENN — sports@theaggie.org   While the UC Davis women’s softball team still has six games left in the 2023 season, they have already shown great improvement compared to their 2022 season. Despite having highs and lows in a 49-game […]

Libbie McMahan’s late heroics are not enough as the UC Davis Softball team drops to 13-7 on the season   By CAROLYN (CARI) FENN — sports@theaggie.org    The Aggies’ softball team couldn’t keep up with their four-game win streak from the previous weekend, losing 8-5 to UC Berkeley on Tuesday, March 7 at La Rue […]

UC Davis Softball lose three-game series at home and are now 3-10 in the last 13 games  By MARLON ROLON — sports@theaggie.org Consistency has been an issue in the second half of the season for the UC Davis softball team — some games the pitching is firing on all cylinders but the batters can’t seem […]

UC Davis rides a five-game win streak after sweeping Bakersfield in three-game series By MARLON ROLON — sports@theaggie.org    UC Davis second-year star pitcher Kenedi Brown continues to impress on the mound striking-out 17 batters, a career high, shutting down Cal State Bakersfield in the process of the first game of the double header on […]

The Aggies throw out the first pitch of the season with big goals in mind By MARLON ROLON — sports@theaggie.org For the first time in two years, fans were in attendance at La Rue Field to cheer for the UC Davis softball team. The season opener didn’t go as planned, as the Aggies fell 3-0 […]

After a long layoff, the team is grateful to be back on the field Back in March 2020, all UC Davis sports games were put to a halt to avoid the spread of COVID-19. After much progress and a lot of movement, most spring sports returned to play this year’s season. Some fall sports, like […]

Sophomore pitcher continues historic run for UC Davis softball Sophomore pitcher Brooke Yanez fired a no-hitter for the UC Davis softball team in Sunday’s series-winning victory over Cal Poly, striking out seven batters and walking just two. Yanez’s sensational performance comes just 33 days removed from the perfect game she tossed against Sacramento State on […]

The UC Davis softball team struggled early in the weekend series against the Cal State Fullerton Titans, dropping both games of their May 3 doubleheader, 5-4 and 10-5 respectively. However, UC Davis avoided the sweep and defeated Cal State Fullerton 9-6, on the series finale. After trailing the Titans 3-0, the Aggies managed to score […]