Road to the WCWS: Grace Jenkins powers Arizona softball past Marshall
Arizona and Marshall hit six home runs between them
Arizona's Grace Jenkins (8) rounds second after a three-run homer during a Big 12 Conference softball game, Friday, March 13, 2026, at Rocky Johnson Field. | Chase Seabolt/For the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Arizona Wildcats needed their defense to come up big. They needed the bats to come alive.
They needed their pitching to be solid enough to let those other aspects win the game against Marshall to advance to the winners’ bracket. All three did what was needed in a 7-5 victory in Arizona’s opening game at the Durham Regional. “It really feels good to get the first one,” said Arizona head coach Caitlin Lowe .
Grace Jenkins was the heroine for the second time this postseason. The senior utility player accounted for Arizona’s only run at the Big 12 Softball Tournament last weekend. She accounted for six of the seven runs against the Thundering Herd to open the NCAA postseason.
“I think Grace did a great job being ready for that first at-bat,” Lowe said. Jenkins went 2 for 3 at the plate. Both hits were 3-run bombs.
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