Marshall Softball Earns At Large Bid to 2026 NCAA Softball Tournament
By Ben Anderson The historic season continues for Marshall Softball, as it will be going dancing for just the third time in program history and the first since 2017 by earning an at-large bid to the 2026 NCAA Softball Tournament, playing in the Durham Regional. Marshall is paired with another at-large team, the Arizona Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference. Duke, the No. 12 seed from the Atlantic Coastal Conference, and the hosting team of the regional will take on the Howard Bison, who are coming off its second consecutive MEAC Tournament championship. This comes off the heels of a long struggle for the Thundering Herd over the last two weeks of the regular season and the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Marshall dropped two of three games on the road against Louisiana and at home against Duke, before falling in the SBC Tournament quarterfinals 6-0 against No. 10 Coastal Carolina. The Herd’s other two appearances came in 2013...