After another weekend filled with state championships, only a few teams in the MaxPreps Top 25 softball rankings have postseason games left on their schedule.
A dominant performance from standout pitcher
Abbey Lane helped
Woodgrove (Purcellville, Va.) capture its second-straight state title and 45th straight win. The Wolverines topped Jefferson Forest (Forest) 7-0 to win the Class 4A championship. Lane mowed down 11 batters and allowed three hits as Woodgrove claimed its seventh state title in program history.
Madison McDougall struck out her 300th batter and pitched a 13-strikeout, one-hit gem to lift
St. John-Vianney (Holmdel, N.J.) to a 4-1 victory over Mount St. Dominic (Caldwell) to bring home a second straight Non-Public A championship. Junior
Elisabeth Figliolino, who has been clutch all year, drove in two runs on a pair of hits. The Lancers enter this week's MaxPreps Top 25 at No. 22.
Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers, Ind.) was tied 1-all with New Palestine in the seventh inning of the Indiana Class 4A title game when
Alex Kiemeyer walked up to the plate. The Indiana-Indianapolis pledge smashed a base hit down the left-field line scoring the game-winner. The clutch hit helped the Royals win their first state championship since 2010. They join the rankings this week at No. 24.
The other newcomer this week is
Calallen (Corpus Christi, Texas) at No. 23. The Wildcats pieced together a pair of runs and sophomore
Jordyn Thibodeaux was lights out in the circle during their 2-1 Class 4A state title victory over Liberty. The victory gave them 30-straight wins to close out the season.
Sophomore pitcher Grace Swedarsky helped Hamilton Southeastern win the Indiana 4A title with 13 strikeouts in the victory over New Palestine. The Royals enter the MaxPreps Top 25 at 24. (Photo: Julie L. Brown)
1. Orange Beach (Ala.)
Record: 46-1 |
Last week: 1
Season complete. Class 4A state champion.
2. Northwest Rankin (Brandon, Miss.)
Record: 34-0 |
Last week: 2
Season complete. Class 7A state champion.
3. Pacifica (Garden Grove, Calif.)
Record: 27-2 |
Last week: 3
Season complete. Southern Section Division 1 champion.
4. Pace (Fla.)
Record: 28-2 |
Last week: 4
Season complete. Class 6A state champion.
5. Summerville (S.C.)
Record: 30-0 |
Last week: 6
Season complete. Class 5A state champion.
6. Austintown-Fitch (Youngstown, Ohio)
Record: 23-1 |
Last week: 6
Season complete. Division 1 state champion.
7. Weslaco (Texas)
Record: 37-6 |
Last week: 8
Season complete. Class 6A state champion.
8. Hewitt-Trussville (Trussville, Ala.)
Record: 37-6 |
Last week: 9
Season complete. Class 7A state champion.
9. Xavier College Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Record: 28-4-1 |
Last week: 10
Season complete. Class 6A state champion.
10. Calvary Baptist Academy (Shreveport, La.)
Record: 35-2 |
Last week: 11
Season complete. Division III Select state champion.
11. Ridgeline (Millville, Utah)
Record: 30-1 |
Last week: 12
Season complete. Class 4A state champion.
12. Melissa (Texas)
Record: 38-2-1 |
Last week: 13
Season complete. Class 5A state champion.
13. Carterville (Ill.)
Record: 37-1 |
Last week: 15
Season complete. Class 2A state champion.
14. Woodgrove (Purcellville, Va.)
Record: 26-0 |
Last week: 15
Erynn Thompson hit a two-run bomb in the bottom of the sixth to put an exclamation mark on the Wolverines' 7-0 4A state-title win.
15. Silverdale Academy (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Record: 50-3 |
Last week: 16
Season complete. Division II-A state champion.
16. Jackson (Mill Creek, Wash.)
Record: 25-2 |
Last week: 18
Season complete. Class 4A state champion.
17. Hudsonville (Mich.)
Record: 39-0 |
Last week: 19
Elly Koopman went deep and
Ava Snip went the distance striking out nine as the Eagles play Tuesday in the state quarterfinals.
18. Coahoma (Texas)
Record: 32-0 |
Last week: 20
Season complete. Class 3A state champion.
19. St. Anthony's (Melville, N.Y.)
Record: 25-0 |
Last week: 21
Season complete. CHSAA state champion.
20. Amador Valley (Pleasanton, Calif.)
Record: 19-11 |
Last week: 22
Season complete. Northern California Division 1 champion.
21. Garner (N.C.)
Record: 28-1 |
Last week: 23
Season complete. Class 4A state champion.
22. St. John-Vianney (Holmdel, N.J.)
Record: 26-1 |
Last week: NR
This team is young and will make a run at a three-peat next season. Sophomore
Gabriella Gonzalez hit 10 home runs and batted .500.
23. Calallen (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Record: 34-2 |
Last week: NR
Season complete. Class 4A state champion.
24. Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers, Ind.)
Record: 25-0 |
Last week: NR
Sophomore pitcher
Grace Swedarsky was phenomenal throughout the postseason, capping it off with a 13-strikeout performance in the state title game.
25. Sterlington (La.)
Record: 33-1 |
Last week: 25
Season complete. Division III Non-Select champion.
On the bubble: Mercy (Farmington Hills, Mich.), 33-1;
Masuk (Monroe, Conn.), 29-0;
Neshannock (New Castle, Pa.), 25-0;
Bartow (Fla.) 30-2;
Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.), 21-4;
Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills, Calif.), 24-5,
Kenosha Bradford (Kenosha, Wis.); 27-3;
Capital Christian (Sacramento, Calif.), 26-3-1;
South Warren (Bowling Green, Ky.), 37-3;
St. Charles North (St. Charles, Ill.), 26-6.
