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Husky Softball: 2026 Season In Review
May 22, 2026 | Softball
SEATTLE – The Washington softball team concluded the 2026 season in the Fayetteville Regional, finishing the year 37-20 after falling to South Florida in Regional action.
2026 marked the 32nd consecutive Regional appearance for Washington softball, which ties Oklahoma for the longest active NCAA streak.
In their second season in the Big Ten, the Dawgs earned a 16-8 record, which included sweeps over Northwestern, Maryland, Michigan, Iowa and Minnesota.
Washington began Big Ten play 9-0, the best start in conference in program history. The team won 20-straight games, including a 16-0 stretch in the month of March that was highlighted by 12 conference victories. The Huskies then went on to win their first ever Big Ten Tournament game, defeating Minnesota 4-2 in the opening round of the conference tournament.
The Huskies were ranked 12 of the 14 weeks of the 2026 season in the USA Softball Top-25, notching a spot as high as No. 14 in Week 8.
Husky Postseason Awards
Alexis DeBoer – Big Ten First Team All-Conference, Big Ten All-Defensive Team, NFCA First Team All-Mountain Region, CSC Academic All-District Team
Giselle Alvarez – Big Ten First Team All-Conference, NFCA First Team All-Mountain Region
Morgan Reimer – Big Ten Second Team All-Conference, NFCA First Team All-Mountain Region, CSC Academic All-District Team
Sophia Ramuno – NFCA Second Team All-Mountain Region
Jadyn Glab – NFCA Third Team All-Mountain Region
Ava Carroll – NFCA Third Team All-Mountain Region, CSC Academic All-District Team
Melody Acevedo – Big Ten All-Freshman Team
Kaycie Burdick – Big Ten All-Freshman Team, NFCA Third Team All-Mountain Region
Sophi Mazzola – Big Ten All-Tournament Team, CSC Academic All-District Team
Tia Durst – Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
MILESTONES ACHIEVED IN 2026
2026 marked the 32nd consecutive Regional appearance for Washington softball, which ties Oklahoma for the longest active NCAA streak.
In their second season in the Big Ten, the Dawgs earned a 16-8 record, which included sweeps over Northwestern, Maryland, Michigan, Iowa and Minnesota.
Washington began Big Ten play 9-0, the best start in conference in program history. The team won 20-straight games, including a 16-0 stretch in the month of March that was highlighted by 12 conference victories. The Huskies then went on to win their first ever Big Ten Tournament game, defeating Minnesota 4-2 in the opening round of the conference tournament.
The Huskies were ranked 12 of the 14 weeks of the 2026 season in the USA Softball Top-25, notching a spot as high as No. 14 in Week 8.
Husky Postseason Awards
Alexis DeBoer – Big Ten First Team All-Conference, Big Ten All-Defensive Team, NFCA First Team All-Mountain Region, CSC Academic All-District Team
Giselle Alvarez – Big Ten First Team All-Conference, NFCA First Team All-Mountain Region
Morgan Reimer – Big Ten Second Team All-Conference, NFCA First Team All-Mountain Region, CSC Academic All-District Team
Sophia Ramuno – NFCA Second Team All-Mountain Region
Jadyn Glab – NFCA Third Team All-Mountain Region
Ava Carroll – NFCA Third Team All-Mountain Region, CSC Academic All-District Team
Melody Acevedo – Big Ten All-Freshman Team
Kaycie Burdick – Big Ten All-Freshman Team, NFCA Third Team All-Mountain Region
Sophi Mazzola – Big Ten All-Tournament Team, CSC Academic All-District Team
Tia Durst – Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
MILESTONES ACHIEVED IN 2026
- 37 wins was most by UW since 2023
- 217 walks was most by UW since 2016
- .324 batting average was most by UW since 2020
- 501 hits was most by UW since 2018
- 363 runs was most by UW since 2017
- 328 RBI was most by UW since 2017
- .419 on-base percentage was highest by UW since 2020
- 47 hit by pitches ties the most in program history (2003)
- In Softball American's midseason rankings, two Huskies were ranked by position:
- Giselle Alvarez (No. 10 third base)
- Alexis DeBoer (No. 10 first base)
- Huskies swept Minnesota at home to improve to 15-0 in the Big Ten
- Minnesota was the fifth B1G sweep of the season and third at home for UW
- Four Huskies batted over .500 in the series, led by Sophi Mazzola (.556) who went 5-for-9 with three doubles
- Alexis DeBoer notched her first grand slam of her sophomore season in game two against the Gophers, finishing the weekend with a .500 average, two home runs, a team-high nine RBI and slugging 1.100
- Extended winning streak to 20 games
- Huskies went 16-0 in March (8-0 at home, 7-0 on the road)
- Improved to 30-6 overall record, extending win streak to 20 games
- Went 12-0 in Big Ten play, the only undefeated team in the B1G
- Recorded first no-hitter of the season (Sophia Ramuno and Rylee Rehbein) in win over Iowa
- First extra inning win of the year, a 10-6 win in 10 innings in game three of Iowa to secure series sweep
- Recorded four Big Ten sweeps (Northwestern, Maryland, Michigan and Iowa)
- Outscored opponents 142-44 in 16 games
- Morgan Reimer was named D1 Softball National Pitcher of the Week (March 24)
- Sophia Ramuno was named the Big Ten Co-Pitcher of the Week (March 30)
- Kaycie Burdick was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week (March 30)
- On 10-day road trip, went 7-0, picked up two Big Ten sweeps over Michigan and Iowa and a shutout of Loyola Chicago
- Batted .348 on the road trip with four players batted .400+
- Kaycie Burdick batted .467, Giselle Alvarez batted .429, Ava Carroll batted .423 and Melody Acevedo batted .400
- In Softball America's midseason rankings (April 3), five Huskies were ranked by position:
- Morgan Reimer, No. 21 pitcher
- Jadyn Glab, No. 15 catcher
- Alexis DeBoer, No. 7 first base
- Giselle Alvarez, No. 4 third base
- Ally Hetzel, No. 15 utility
- Ally Hetzel led UW with a .600 average (6-for-10) and three RBI in three games at Michigan, recording a double, a triple and two home runs
- Hetzel recorded her first career multi-HR game in game 3 versus Michigan
- Giselle Alvarez leads the team with multi-RBI games (11), recording three RBI against Michigan while batting .500 (6-for-12)
- The Huskies swept their second straight Big Ten series, picking up three more conference victories over Maryland
- UW outscored Maryland 21-4
- The first game of the series was the 11th run rule victory for Washington
- UW has now won 12 straight, last loss was Feb. 22 vs. LMU
- Jadyn Glab led the Huskies, batting .625 (5-8) with a double, five RBI and a game-winning home run that triggered a 12-2 run rule victory in game one
- Ally Hetzel (.571) and Kaycie Burdick (.500) also batted .500+
- Morgan Reimer picked up her 13th win of the season in a 1-0 game two shutout
- Washington swept Northwestern at home for its first B1G sweep of the year and improved to 3-0 in conference play
- Seven Huskies batted over .300 in the series, led by Sophi Mazzola with a .667 average and 1.333 slugging percentage
- Giselle Alvarez recorded her first career grand slam on Sunday, and first of the year for UW, to help the Huskies secure the sweep in a 10-4 victory
- Alvarez batted .455 on the weekend (5-11) with a grand slam, a home run and nine RBI
- Melody Acevedo recorded her first career home run in the Northwestern series finale, finishing the weekend with a .375 average
- The Huskies defeated crosstown rival Seattle U 11-3 on March 3 in the first home game at Husky Softball Stadium
- Alexis DeBoer registered the first home run on Montlake, notching a bomb to left field in the bottom of the fifth
- Five Huskies recorded two RBI against the Redhawks – Jadyn Glab, Alexis DeBoer, Ava Carroll, Melody Acevedo and Kaycie Burdick
- Morgan Reimer earned her 10th win of the season in the circle, pitching 4.0 innings with four strikeouts in the six-inning victory
- The Huskies entered Big Ten play at home with a 16-6 record with six straight run rule victories
- Washington played five games at the University of San Diego and run ruled all five, defeating Cal Poly twice, San Diego State twice and CSUN
- Washington outscored its opponents 53-7, including two shutouts in both games against Cal Poly
- At the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, Calif., the Huskies went 3-3, winning games over Saint Mary's, Auburn and BYU
- The Huskies dropped to 1-5 against ranked opponents, falling to No. 22 South Carolina and No. 4 Oklahoma while in Palm Springs
- After going 2-3 opening weekend, including a ranked win over then-No. 9 Nebraska, the Huskies added five more games to the win column (Feb. 13-15)
- UW swept a three-game series at Fresno State and defeated San Jose State (6-1) and Santa Clara (13-0)
- Alexis DeBoer, Jadyn Glab and Morgan Reimer were all named to the Big Ten Players to Watch List
- Alexis DeBoer was also named to USA Softball's Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List, as well as a D1 Softball and Softball America Preseason Second Team All-American.
- DeBoer was named in the Top-40 overall player rankings and Top-5 by position by both organizations
- Jadyn Glab was ranked as D1 Softball's 94th overall player in its Top-100, as well as a Top-10 catcher by both D1 and Softball America
- Freshmen Marley Teasley, Mila Reddy and Melody Acevedo were all named to Softball America's Big Ten Preseason Freshman Watch List
- Acevedo was one of 100 freshmen named to D1 Softball's Preseason Freshman Watch List
- Eight Huskies made their debuts during opening weekend at UTSA – sophomore transfer Ryan Maddox and freshmen Kaycie Burdick, Mila Reddy, Marley Teasley, Amira Rodriguez, Allie Thomsen, Ally Hetzel and Zuri Patterson
- Ally Hetzel recorded her first career home run, a three-run homer in UW's 17-0 win over UTSA, as well as three RBI last weekend
- Teasley played and started in all five games, batting .333 with four hits on the weekend
- Burdick saw action in four games and got one start, registering two hits and four RBI on the weekend
- Reddy scored a run and saw action in three games
- Ryan Maddox, Amira Rodriguez and Allie Thomsen all saw action in the circle during opening weekend
- Maddox pitched an inning against UTSA and 2.1 innings in Washington's loss to No. 1 Texas (Feb. 7)
- Rodriguez, Maddox and Thomsen each pitched in the Huskies' second matchup with Texas
- During opening weekend in San Antonio, the Huskies earned their first Top-10 win of the season, thanks to a walk-off single from Jadyn Glab to win it 3-2 over No. 9 Nebraska
- It was Washington's first Top-10 win since defeating No. 8 Oregon 4-3 on March 16, 2025
- Glab also blasted a game-ending home run in the opening game against Maryland on March 13
- Washington went 2-3 at the UTSA Invitational, picking up a 17-0 win over UTSA and a walk-off 3-2 win over No. 9 Nebraska
- The Huskies lost their opening game to the Huskers 5-8 and dropped both to top-ranked Texas by scores of 6-11 and 0-5
- Alexis DeBoer hit a .462 average in the opening five games of the season, while also recording a 1.231 slugging percentage and .611 on-base percentage. She scored three home runs and 4 RBI while notching a perfect fielding percentage at first base
- Ava Carroll had a strong opening weekend for Washington as well, batting .438 with five runs and seven hits in a team-high 16 at-bats
- Giselle Alvarez hit .267 opening weekend, registering five runs, four hits and five RBI while playing primarily at third base for the Huskies
- Gabi Toney hit two dingers in the opening game of the season against No. 9 Nebraska, her second and third career home runs. On the weekend, Toney played in all five games and started in four, scoring four runs along with four RBI
- Dating back to 2014, the Huskies are 52-11 during opening weekend.
- In 2025, Washington went 2-3 at the Candrea Classic in Tucson, Ariz. In 2024, UW went 3-1 in the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge with the lone coming against the Oklahoma Sooners in extra innings.
- In 2023, UW also went 3-1 with their lone loss coming against the Sooners, 4-5.
- Prior to that, Washington went undefeated the previous three seasons over opening weekend (2022, 2021, & 2020)
- The Huskies started off 2026 with four straight weekends on the road
- Week 1: UTSA Invitational in San Antonio (Feb. 6-8)
- Week 2: a three-game series at Fresno State with single games against San Jose State and Santa Clara
- Week 3: the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral City against South Carolina, Saint Mary's, Auburn, BYU, Oklahoma and LMU (Feb. 19-22)
- Week 4: University of San Diego Tournament, including two games against San Diego State, two vs. Cal Poly and one vs. CSUN
- The Huskies built up a 15-6 record in preseason tournament play, including two 5-0 weekends in both Fresno (week 2) and San Diego (week 4)
- UW went 11-3 at home in 2026
- Washington finished the 2025 season 8-4 at home and was third in the Big Ten in average attendance in those 12 home games at Husky Softball Stadium (1,460) behind Nebraska (2,306) and Oregon (2,100)
- The Huskies were No. 17 in the nation in average attendance in 2025
- The 2026 season marks the second for Washington as a member of the Big Ten Conference
- On Aug. 2, 2024, the Huskies became official members of the Big Ten along with UCLA, USC and Oregon
- The Dawgs concluded their inaugural season in the B1G with a 12-9 record and a 7th place finish. Washington lost in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament in 2025 to Indiana, 0-2
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