ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Over the last decade or so, there is perhaps no women's sport in collegiate athletics that has grown more in relevance and popularity on a national stage than softball. In recent years that exponential growth has come thanks to increased television coverage by national networks such as ESPN and regional networks that are controlled by the prominent Power 5 conferences. Specifically, with the backing of the "Worldwide Leader In Sports," the sport of college softball now receives nearly two full weeks of wall-to-wall postseason coverage on TV each year; culminating in the Women's College World Series in early June.
Lobo Classics: 1981 softball reaches AIAW World Series
