Always expect the unexpected in the BIG EAST, but Saturday proved that to be especially true.

It took some time for the gears to really turn, but the BIG EAST Baseball Championship finally got underway with the quarterfinal rounds Thursday and Friday.

It's funny how things change sometimes.

The 2022 BIG EAST Softball all-conference teams and major awards were released on Wednesday ahead of the BIG EAST Softball Championships Presented by Jeep, which begins Thursday. Creighton’s Kailey Wilson became the first Bluejay to be named BIG EAST Player of the Year, while Alyssa Graves unanimously became the first Butler hurler to win BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year. DePaul’s Maranda Gutierrez took home BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year for the third consecutive season. After winning the conference regular season title, the UConn coaches were honored as the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year.

BIG EAST Softball Player of the Week

Now that every BIG EAST baseball team has played at least one series this league season, there are plenty of takeaways from the conference slate’s early days.

Alyssa Chavez’s college softball career was supposed to begin and end in the Midwest. Multiple times.

With college basketball over and spring in full bloom, it means it’s time for one thing in the college sports universe.

When Georgetown Hoyas outfielder Jake Hyde first found out he was being moved to the leadoff spot in the batting order, he wasn’t sure he’d heard head coach Edwin Thompson correctly.

It’s UConn’s world, and the rest of the BIG EAST baseball world is just living in it.

The BIG EAST softball scene can best be described as a jumbled mess right now.

March. It’s here.

Another week of sunshine and swings, palm trees and pitches awaits as a new crop of teams descend on Madeira Beach for THE Spring Games.

BIG EAST Softball Player of the Week

BIG EAST Softball Player of the Week