NCAA softball 2025: Clearwater Invitational schedule, preview

[Central Floridave]

NCAA softball 2025: Clearwater Invitational schedule, preview​

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UCF Knights​

2024 record: 31-25

2025 record: 6-2

Tournament schedule:

at Texas A&M (Friday, 11 a.m., ESPN+)

at Auburn (Friday, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2, ESPN+)

at Clemson (Saturday, 9 a.m., ACCN, ESPN+)

vs. Ohio State (Sunday, 1 p.m., ESPN+)

vs. Florida State (Sunday, 8 p.m., ESPN, ESPN+)

Player to watch: Outfielder Madison Simon. When the Knights needed her most, Simon delivered in the box. The transfer from Oregon State hit a walk-off RBI in UCF's matchup against then-No. 15 Missouri to help the program secure its first win against a ranked opponent after being down by five runs. Simon was a standout at OSU, leading the team in runs (21) and walks (20), so this performance shouldn't have been a surprise.

Stat to know: The Knight's pitching staff boasts a 1.23 ERA in 40 innings pitched, which is good for second-best in the Big 12.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

Good tournament.

 

[Central Floridave]

UCF lost in the two games today.

 

[shoomie]

I was very impressed by our young freshman pitcher today. I have a feeling she is going to be one of the all time greats here if we can keep her here. Our offense is going to be a problem this year with having very little power.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

I was very impressed by our young freshman pitcher today. I have a feeling she is going to be one of the all time greats here if we can keep her here. Our offense is going to be a problem this year with having very little power.

It seems like compared to the real good teams, we don’t ever have power hitters. We were getting smoked when we played top competition.

 

[Central Floridave]

UCF beat Clemson this morning.

 

[Central Floridave]

UCF got smacked around by FSU last night on ESPN. The Daytona 500 was fun to watch as well, but I kept going back to the softball game thinking UCF would rally. But, nothing came. FSU is really good. I think UCF did beat Ohio State earlier in the day.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

UCF got smacked around by FSU last night on ESPN. The Daytona 500 was fun to watch as well, but I kept going back to the softball game thinking UCF would rally. But, nothing came. FSU is really good. I think UCF did beat Ohio State earlier in the day.

I think it ended in a tie on a rain delay.