Zips Baseball/Softball 2026

[ZipsBBjunkie]

 

[ZipsBBjunkie]

 

[Zips1991]

Zips win their first game of the tournament on a walk off Sac Fly. Now into the semifinals which I believe are tomorrow.

[csims0917]

Zips SB beat Ohio on a walk of in the 7th. Need 2 more wins!

[MDZip]

Gave up four home runs in the game and yet were still able to to pull out the win. Great job. Tomorrow at noon against the winner of Western Michigan and Northern Illinois. Western currently up 2-0 in the 4th.  

Edited Thursday at 07:39 PM by MDZip

[MDZip]

Zips will get number six seed Western Michigan tomorrow. WMU let Northern Illinois tie it in the bottom of the 7th and then scored five times in the first extra inning to win it. 

[Zips1991]

Updated bracket.

[csims0917]

Zips win on a walkoff Grand Slam in the bottom of the 7th. Zips were down 2 with 2 outs before the cleanup hitter hit a no doubter. Awesome

[Zips1991]

Zips win 4-2 on a walk-off, two-out grand slam!

[csims0917]

Akron will get two chances to win the MAC title because of double elimination. Let's hope we they can finish it off!

[Reslife4Life]

Wow what a finish for the zips! That’s what happens when you leave the starter out there for 128 pitches I guess

[72 Roo]

Outstanding game ladies! They never gave up battling to the very end. That grand slam walk-off homer has to be one of the greatest moments in Zip softball history. Hope the stadium is filled tomorrow with rabid Zip fans.  

[Let'sGoZips94]

Walk off sacrifice fly yesterday to beat Ohio and a 2 out walk off grand slam to advance to the Championship round with a 1-game advantage. Amazing stuff. 

 

 

[MDZip]

1 hour ago, csims0917 said:

Zips win on a walkoff Grand Slam in the bottom of the 7th. Zips were down 2 with 2 outs before the cleanup hitter hit a no doubter. Awesome

And one inning earlier the player who hit it, Lily Sullivan, was robbed of a two-run homer when the WMU outfielder reached over the fence and pulled it back. 

[MDZip]

2 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

 

Awesome that the guys were watching like that and had that sort of reaction. I have to admit I was thinking well they can still win it but it's just going to be a lot tougher. They had so many tough breaks today and still managed to come back and win it. This is a heck of a team. 

[csims0917]

2 hours ago, Reslife4Life said:

Wow what a finish for the zips! That’s what happens when you leave the starter out there for 128 pitches I guess

Zips pitcher went 150 yesterday! Softball is weird

[MDZip]

I just rewatched the bottom of the 7th and I'm still in awe. Zips got two quick outs and then their lead off hitter Meagan Lee dropped down a good bunt single. Hayley Glass went down 0-2 and maybe took strike three but it was called a ball and then she fouled off five pitches before she finally walked. Sophia Wygast then walked before Lily Sullivan hit her slam on an 0-1 pitch. Just amazing. 

[Zips1991]

40 minutes ago, csims0917 said:

Zips pitcher went 150 yesterday! Softball is weird

Underhand is a natural motion while overhand is not. That's why softball teams often use the same pitcher in back to back games.

[Zips1991]

1 hour ago, MDZip said:

I just rewatched the bottom of the 7th and I'm still in awe. Zips got two quick outs and then their lead off hitter Meagan Lee dropped down a good bunt single. Hayley Glass went down 0-2 and maybe took strike three but it was called a ball and then she fouled off five pitches before she finally walked. Sophia Wygast then walked before Lily Sullivan hit her slam on an 0-1 pitch. Just amazing. 

The difference between a win and a loss in that game is huge. 

 

With a loss, Akron would've needed 3 straight wins to capture the title. 

 

With a win, they now need to win just one of two tomorrow. 

[Blue & Gold]

 

[Zips1991]

Schedule updates for anyone who may be going tomorrow (and now, potentially Sunday).

 

Tonight's elimination game between Ohio and WMU will now be played tomorrow at 11 AM. The winner plays Akron at 2pm. If Akron loses, there's a rematch on Sunday. 

 

https://x.com/i/status/2052905749202739241

Edited 20 hours ago by Zips1991

[csims0917]

4 hours ago, MDZip said:

I just rewatched the bottom of the 7th and I'm still in awe. Zips got two quick outs and then their lead off hitter Meagan Lee dropped down a good bunt single. Hayley Glass went down 0-2 and maybe took strike three but it was called a ball and then she fouled off five pitches before she finally walked. Sophia Wygast then walked before Lily Sullivan hit her slam on an 0-1 pitch. Just amazing. 

Meagan is a bunt machine. She’s the perfect lead off. Great squad. Reminds me of guards ball 

[Zips1991]

Zips up 2-0 heading to the bottom of the 5th. Akron's pitcher (Maddie Jamrog) allowed a leadoff single and has since retired 15 straight batters.

[MDZip]

They made it a little interesting in the top of the 7th, Western Michigan scored a run and had the bases loaded with two out but a little pop out ended the game with Akron with their first MAC Championship 3-1!

Edited 55 minutes ago by MDZip

[adzip]

zips going dancing for the third time in the 2025-2026 academic year!  Four when you count our swimming/diving champs. Great day- once again- to be a zip.