Rounding Third Softball

North Carolina State has parted ways with head coach Jennifer Patrick-Swift after a 5-10 start to the season. Patrick-Swift was in her fifth season leading the Wolfpack. She exits with a 114-91 overall record. She joined NC State after seven successful seasons as head coach at St. Francis (PA). Assistant coach and husband Patrick Swift was also let go.

RTS will be in Birmingham this weekend for a three-game series as UAB (10-7) welcomes No. 13 ranked Florida (11-3) to the Magic City. The Blazers and Gators get the three-game tilt started on Friday at 6 pm CST at Mary Bowers Field. Check-in on Twitter @Rounding3rdSB and on all RTS Social Media platforms for live in-game action and updates throughout the weekend.

The NJCAA has released their week one Division I Rankings. Grayson College (15-3) out of Texas sits in the top spot followed by Northwest Florida State College (22-2) and defending National Champion Florida Southwestern State (12-3).

	Place		Team	Record	Points	First Place Votes	Previous Rank
	1		Grayson	15-3	160	8	8
	2		Northwest Florida State	22-2	133		NR
	3		Florida SouthWestern	12-3	126		1
	4		Wallace State-Hanceville	9-2	119		5
	5		Odessa	18-3	112		3
	6		Walters State	14-0	105		NR
	7		McLennan	13-5	98		2
	8		Seminole State (OK)	8-2	91		4
	9		Central Florida	19-5	84		12
	10		Chattanooga State	11-2	77		6
	11		Seminole State (FL)	19-4	70		NR
	12		San Jacinto	12-5	63		20
	13		Southern Idaho	10-5	56		10
	14		Lake Land	10-4	49		18
	15		Indian Hills	2-2	42		13
	16		Utah State Eastern	10-1	35		NR
	17		Butler	4-4	28		7
	18		Galveston	15-3	21		NR
	19		Crowder	11-3	14		NR
	20		Hutchinson	10-3	2		17

Receiving Votes: Indian River State, Volunteer State, Pensacola State, Eastern Oklahoma State, Wallace State-Dothan

Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate… RTS will be at one of most bitter rivalries in all of college sports tomorrow as No. 18 ranked Georgia (12-4) will visit Georgia Tech (8-7). Action starts Tuesday at 6 pm EST at Mewborn Field in Atlanta. Check-in on Twitter @Rounding3rdSB and on all RTS Social Media platforms for live in-game action and updates.

While it was only a week removed, Oklahoma (13-1) is back on top of this weeks D1 Softball Top 25 Poll. After the Sooners romped previous No. 1 UCLA (17-1) 14-0 on their home turf in California on Sunday, OU returns to the spot they held for nearly two years previously.

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

Note of interest this weekend at the 20th Annual Georgia Classic. Bulldog great Kristyn Sandberg returns to Jack Turner Stadium as an assistant coach with Hofstra. Sandberg helped lead Georgia to WCWS appearances in 2009 and 2010.

RTS will be down in Athens Town this weekend for the 20th Annual Georgia Classic. Georgia (7-4) will host California Baptist (4-6), Hofstra (0-5), and Lipscomb (2-5). Action starts Friday at 12:30 pm EST between Lipscomb and Hofstra. Check-in on Twitter @Rounding3rdSB and on all RTS Social Media platforms for live in-game action and updates throughout the weekend.

RTS will be back in Atlanta on Thursday as East meets West when California Baptist (4-6) visits Georgia State (4-7). Action for the single game starts at 5 pm EST at Bob Heck Softball Complex. Check-in on Twitter @Rounding3rdSB and all RTS Social Media platforms for live in-game action and updates between the Lancers and Panthers.

Last year Monica Abbott announced her storied career in the Japanese Professional League would end after the conclusion of that season. Today Abbott decided to call it a career all over the Globe.

Abbott, one of the most storied players in the sport, announced her retirement via Social Media today. The 37-year-old played four of the greatest collegiate seasons on record at the University of Tennessee holding career records for victories with 189 and strikeouts with 2,440. She spent the past 20 years playing professionally and with Team USA around the world winning multiple World and Professional Championships.

For the first time in nearly two years Division I Softball has a new No. 1.

UCLA (12-0) has taken over the top spot from now No. 2 ranked Oklahoma (8-1). The Sooners had been the No. 1 team in every poll presented by D1 Softball since February 22, 2021. OU dropped just their eighth game in the past three seasons on Sunday against No. 23 Baylor (8-1).

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