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For those wanting to attend softball’s top event of the year in the Women’s College World Series, get ready to pay a pretty penny.

As pre-purchased all-session tickets started hitting AXS accounts last night, those same tickets have already hit the secondary market. Tickets in the backstop/dugout/baseline/upper deck areas are going for between $200-$350 PER ticket for each session (two games per session). Even the beloved “cheap seats” in the outfield of Hall of Fame Stadium in OKC once obtainable for $15 per session, are now showing up on the secondary markets for $150 per session/seat.

This weeks D1 Softball Top 25 has been released, and to no real surprise Oklahoma (5-0) still sits atop after an undefeated opening weekend. They are followed by UCLA (6-0) in the second spot. Florida (3-0), Arkansas (5-0) and Oklahoma State (3-1) round out the Top 5.

Rank	Team	Overall Record	Record Last Week	Previous Rank
1	Oklahoma	5-0	5-0	1
2	UCLA	6-0	6-0	2
3	Florida	3-0	3-0	5
4	Arkansas	5-0	5-0	8
5	Oklahoma State	3-1	3-1	3
6	Clemson	5-0	5-0	9
7	Florida State	3-1	3-1	4
8	Georgia	5-0	5-0	10
9	Tennessee	3-0	3-0	12
10	Washington	4-1	4-1	21
11	Virginia Tech	5-0	5-0	13
12	Alabama	2-1	2-1	6
13	Northwestern	2-2	2-2	7
14	Stanford	3-2	3-2	11
15	Kentucky	2-0-1	2-0-1	16
16	Texas	2-1-1	2-1-1	14
17	LSU	5-0	5-0	17
18	Arizona	5-0	5-0	18
19	UCF	3-1	3-1	15
20	Duke	3-2	3-2	22
21	Louisiana	4-0	4-0	20
22	North Texas	4-0	4-0	24
23	Auburn	4-1	4-1	19
24	Maryland	4-1	4-1	NR
25	Texas A&M	6-0	6-0	NR
Dropped Out
	Oregon	3-2	3-2	23
	Ole Miss	2-2	2-2	25

Texas A&M-Kingsville has made an early season coaching change to their program RTS has learned. Doug Eastman is seemingly out as head coach after a 2-4 start in his first season coaching the Javelinas. Request for comment from TAMUK has not been answered as of time of this posting. However, both an interim head and assistant coach posting has appeared on the institutes HR/employment site. According to the TAMUK Athletic Website the team canceled their appearance at the West Texas A&M Invitational last weekend with no particulars given in the release. Eastman had joined Texas A&M-Kingsville last August after 20 highly successful years on the junior college level.

The opening weekend woes continue for some top ranked DI squads. This time Maryland takes down No. 3 Oklahoma State in a shootout 11-6 at the Puerto Vallarta Challenge in Mexico. The offensive splurge was led by sophomore Amelia Lech who blasted a grand slam in the second inning.

The ranked teams keep falling on the opening weekend for Division I. This time Longwood knocks off No. 4 ranked Florida State on their home field in Tallahassee. The Lancers won 5-4 at the JoAnne Graf Classic while holding the Seminoles to just three hits.

First Friday of the DI College Season, and already a huge upset in a Power 5 Stronghold. Lehigh takes down No. 6 Alabama on their home turf. The Mountain Hawks defeated the Crimson Tide 7-4 banging out 12 hits at the Leadoff Classic hosted at Rhoades Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

Dramatics from Irvine, CA on Opening Day of the Division I Season. Two-time defending National Champion Oklahoma survives an upset bid by Liberty going eight innings before finally dispatching the Flames 1-0. OU wins it at the Mark Campbell Invitational in the ITB as Jordy Bahl scores from second after a fielding error on a bunt by Alyssa Brito.

Being a relative newcomer to Division I there are a lot of “firsts” for California Baptist. Today was no exception down south of the border at the Puerta Vallarta College Classic in Mexico. Freshman Presley Hosick threw the first no-hitter in the DI era for the Lancers with a 2-0 shutout win over Wisconsin. It was the first collegiate start for the Bakersfield native. CBU almost double-dipped the Power 5 on opening day, earlier getting edged by North Carolina 3-2 before knocking off the Badgers.

Oklahoma and Texas have reached an agreement with the Big 12 to depart the conference earlier than expected. Both schools will now join the SEC for the 2024-25 sports season. The agreement comes after an impasse was seeming hit earlier this week. As part of the agreement both institutes will pay the Big 12 $50 million dollars apiece to depart the conference, which will be distributed between remaining members.

The move will bring juggernaut and two-time defending National Champion Oklahoma, along with last seasons National Runner-up Texas to what is already considered the strongest softball conference in the country in the SEC.

UT Tyler Head Coach Mike Reed picked up his 800th career coaching victory on Friday to leadoff the 2023 season. The Patriots downed Regis University 4-1 at the DII Spring Invitational Kickoff in Conroe, TX. Reed holds a record of 800-168 in 22 years of coaching, last 19 of which has come leading UT Tyler.