College Softball: Ridgewater swept by Minnesota West

College Softball: Ridgewater swept by Minnesota West

WORTHINGTON — The Ridgewater softball team dropped a pair of games to Minnesota West on Saturday. The Bluejays shut out the Warriors in an 8-0 Game 1 victory. In Game 2, Minnesota West held off a Ridgewater comeback for an 8-7 win. The losses drop the Warriors to 6-8 overall and 0-6 in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. The Bluejays are 7-4 overall and 6-2 in the MCAC. In the opener, Minnesota West pitcher Kya Alderson struck out 12 in a…

Softball: Mississippi State gets swept by four-time reigning champion Oklahoma

Mississippi State scored four runs in the first inning in both games of Sunday’s doubleheader, twice putting four-time defending national champion Oklahoma in an early hole on the Sooners’ own home field. But both times, the No. 16 Bulldogs let the lead slip away as the No. 2 Sooners became the first team to sweep MSU in a three-game series since 2023. More concerning was a shoulder injury to Bulldogs ace Raelin Chaffin, who was clutching her ri…