Four out of 12 Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) draftees persevered to Super Regionals and will continue the road to the NCAA Women’s College World Series this weekend.
Sam Landry (Oklahoma), Korbe Otis (Florida), Bri Ellis (Arkansas), and Michaela Edenfield (Florida State) advanced, and each of their universities will host the next round of the NCAA tournament.
Sixteen Super Regionals will kick off across the country, determining the eight who will make it to Oklahoma City in best-of-three match-ups. Here’s how to tune in to the potential AUSL pros this weekend.
Norman Super Regional: Alabama vs Oklahoma
The Sooners and Crimson Tide will meet for the fourth time this season in the Norman Super Regional. Alabama won the regular season conference match-up between the two teams 2-1, with a victory in the Sunday game (1-6) and Monday game (1-2) that went to extra innings.
Pitcher Sam Landry logged a win and a loss to the Tide during the series. In the Sooners’ 5-1 win on April 12, she threw a complete game, allowing just three hits with two walks and striking out six. She also went the distance on April 14, but the Alabama offense squeaked a run in the eighth inning.
The win-or-go-home series begins Friday at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Game 2 will be Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Fayetteville Super Regional: Ole Miss vs Arkansas
The Fayetteville Super Regional will be another Southeastern Conference rematch between Arkansas and Ole Miss.
Ole Miss won the series 2-1 back in March, which featured multiple lopsided results. The Rebels run-ruled on March 7, 9-1 (6 inn.), prevailed again on March 8, 9-3, but the Razorbacks answered handily on March 9, winning 20-3 (5 inn.).
Bri Ellis was 4-for-8 in the series, including two homers.
Tune in to the first game on Friday at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU and again on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN or ESPN2.
Tallahassee Super Regional: Texas Tech vs Florida State
Florida State is looking to secure its 13th trip to the WCWS, hosting Texas Tech this weekend. This will be the first meeting between the pair in 2025 and the first time FSU and Texas Tech have ever met in the postseason. They last faced off at the 2024 JoAnne Graf Classic in Tallahassee, and FSU was victorious.
Catcher Michaela Edenfield is coming off a hot Tallahassee Regional, where she went 4-for-10 with one home run and three RBIs. She has come up big for the Noles all year and is hitting .336 with 10 home runs and 50 RBIs to pair with a team-high 41 walks.
Game one is set for 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, while Friday’s game will begin at 3 p.m. ET. Both games can be seen on ESPN2.
Gainesville Super Regional: Georgia vs Florida
These two conference rivals missed one another in the SEC regular season, creating a much-anticipated meeting in the postseason. The Gators’ offense has been explosive all season and kept that cadence through the start of the NCAA tournament; they scored 30 runs in three regional games.
Outfielder Korbe Otis was a little quiet at the plate through regional play, with only one hit, although she did draw three walks. She did have limited chances, with five at-bats in three games, due to Florida’s run-ruling in five innings in all games.
Punching a ticket to the WCWS would be the first back-to-back trip for Florida since 2017-2019.
The games on Friday (ESPN2) and Saturday (ESPN) will be at 11 a.m. ET.
Game details and results for Super Regionals can be found on NCAA.com
Savanna Collins is the Senior Reporter for the AUSL. You can follow her on X @savannaecollins.
