Workload gives Nelson a Game 1 edge over Lawrie
Graham HaysOKLAHOMA CITY -- Stacey Nelson and Danielle Lawrie proved throughout the season that they are the two best pitchers in the country. It's not revisioni...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 01, 2009Georgia wins record-setter to stay in WCWS
Graham HaysOKLAHOMA CITY -- Populated by parents, friends and other insiders of the teams on the field, there are two sections of seats at Hall of Fame Stadium i...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 31, 2009Salling gives UW big boost in tourney
Graham Hays, ESPN.comIt's taken Jenn Salling a long time to get to Washington, but the detours were worth the wait. Salling is boosting the 3-seed Huskies in the NCAA tournament.
Story | Conversation | May 21, 20095 Burning Questions for super regionals
Graham Hays, ESPN.comGraham Hays asks and answers the five most burning questions ahead of the NCAA softball tournament's super regionals.
Story | Conversation | May 18, 2009UMass seniors get another game
Graham Hays, ESPN.comMassachusetts' seniors remember their last trip to a super regional -- especially their fall just outs away from the Women's College World Series. Four years later, they're looking for another shot.
Story | Conversation | May 16, 2009UMass' ever-improving power: defense
Graham HaysDuring a game last week against Boston University, Massachusetts junior Sarah Reeves dug in at the plate to lead off the bottom of the second in what ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2009Stanford's Hansen holds true to hype
Graham HaysSAN DIEGO -- If you want to assign blame for the prevalence of hype in our modern world, there is plenty fairly handed out to those of us who persiste...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 15, 2009ESPN's 2009 softball preseason All-America team
Graham Hays, ESPN.comGraham Hays hands out the honors for ESPN's 2009 softball preseason All-America team.
Story | Conversation | February 04, 2009Softball preseason No. 17: UMass
Graham HaysNext up in the softball preseason top 20 is No. 17, a number worn by New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress. And after the way Burress' saga un...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 14, 2009UMass senior finding new ways to lead Minutewomen
Graham Hays, ESPN.comStacy Cullington is one of only two seniors on a UMass team that is a dark-horse candidate for the WCWS. But after tearing a ligament in her thumb mere weeks before the NCAA regionals, Cullington is finding a new way to lead her team to Oklahoma City.
Story | Conversation | April 23, 2008Oklahoma stays poised amid first-round obstacles
Graham Hays, ESPN.comAfter a weekend of wet fields, frigid wind chills and tough competition, No. 3 seed Oklahoma survived the Amherst Regional to advance.
Story | Conversation | May 21, 2007Not all softball success defined by wins, losses
Graham Hays, ESPN.comAfter battling concussion-related problems for three years, Jackie Teman finally returned to UMass' roster for her senior year.
Story | Conversation | May 21, 2007UMass assistant coach brings generations of experience
Graham Hays, ESPN.comJessica Merchant was a former All-American and WCWS champion at Michigan. Now the former all-star is bringing generations of experience to Massachusetts.
Story | Conversation | May 17, 2007Region-by-region breakdowns
Graham Hays, ESPN.comGraham Hays breaks down each of the regions in the NCAA softball tournament bracket.
Story | Conversation | May 17, 2007Young UMass squad struggling to meet expectations
Graham Hays, ESPN.comAfter a stellar 2006 campaign, experts predicted a similar showing from UMass in '07. After a slow start, the Minutewomen are working toward meeting those expectations.
Story | Conversation | April 11, 2007TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "umass" make the list?