Arizona softball celebrates senior day with 3rd straight run-rule defeat of Houston

Arizona softball celebrates its six seniors on Apr. 26, 2026 | Photo courtesy of Arizona Athletics It was a big day for both teams. No.

19 Arizona softball was holding its senior day and likely last game of the season at home. The Houston Cougars, having been eliminated from the Big 12 Tournament and coming up on their conference bye week, were playing their final game of the season before the calendar even turned to May. “I don’t know if I love it,” said Arizona head coach Caitlin Lowe , noting that it’s even tougher for Houston since most teams don’t want to play out-of-conference during the final week.

“I think it’s kind of cool to have everyone involved [with the conference tournament], and then there’s a true champion at the end of the day. But we’ll see. I mean, this is the first time…it’s going to be done this way, and we’ll probably talk about it.

I kind of think it’s nice to have everyone there. I mean, the SEC is doing it with how many teams? I think they’re starting on a Tuesday, because it’s going to take all week long.