The Women’s College World Series began on Thursday, as eight teams vie for the 2024 NCAA championship title. UCLA, Oklahoma, Texas, and Florida have already moved on to the winners’ bracket, emerging from Thursday’s first round victorious. Meanwhile Alabama, Duke, Stanford, and Oklahoma State will face elimination tonight after all suffering first-round losses. Texas and Oklahoma enter the final week of the postseason as top seeds, with the Longhorns winning the regular season and the Sooners taking the Big 12 Tournament Championship. Oklahoma is currently eyeing their fourth-straight title, h ..read more

The USWNT officially kicks off the Emma Hayes era in style this weekend, going up against South Korea in the first of two pre-Olympic friendlies.  The matches will serve as the final two opportunities to impress before Hayes names her 18-player roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics. After formally taking over late last week, the ex-Chelsea coach has gotten nothing but praise from the American side.  “Anyone in the soccer world knows Emma Hayes,” forward Sophia Smith told reporters at USWNT training camp. “She’s a legend and her resume speaks for itself. We all just trust her. Obviously ..read more

World No. 1 Nelly Korda got off to a career-worst start at the US Women’s Open on Thursday, shooting a 10-over 80.  A mere three holes into the tournament, the LPGA star carded a 10 on a par-3, watching as her ball rolled into the water three consecutive times. “Making a 10 on a par-3 will definitely not do you any good at a US Open,” Korda told reporters afterwards. “Just a bad day in the office.” With 15 holes to go, Korda said her hope was to keep her score below 80. Instead, she finished with three birdies and six bogeys on the remaining holes. The round marked her second-straight rou ..read more

Women’s hockey history was made on Wednesday, with PWHL Minnesota taking home the inaugural league championship Walter Cup. After Boston forced a Game 5 in double-overtime on Sunday, Minnesota went on to notch a decisive victory with a final score of 3-0. Liz Schepers, Michela Cava, and Kendall Coyne Schofield all found the back of the net for Minnesota, with Schofield’s coming on an empty-netter to end the game.  The win came after a disappointing Game 4 loss at home that saw a game-winning — and possibly championship-winning — Minnesota goal waived off. But back in Boston, Minnesota was ..read more

WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier have released more details about Unrivaled, their professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league set to debut in January 2025. The co-founders announced early Thursday that player salaries will start in the six-figure range, making Unrivaled the highest-paid league in professional US women’s sports history. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Just Women’s Sports (@justwomenssports) “It’s really important to us,” Collier told the Associated Press. “Compensation is a huge part of Unrivaled as a league and a business. All the players in ..read more

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas has withdrawn her 2024 Olympics bid.  Douglas made it official when she exited the Xfinity US Gymnastics Championships this weekend, citing an ankle injury suffered during training this week. The move ends her recent comeback attempt to make the 2024 Paris Olympic team after an eight-year hiatus. Had she made the Olympic squad, the 28-year-old would have been the oldest American woman to compete in an Olympic gymnastics event since 1952. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Just Women’s Sports (@justwomenssports) “I love this spor ..read more

There’s been no shortage of drama at the 2024 French Open so far, with four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka giving world No. 1 Iga Swiatek a run for her money in Wednesday’s second-round match.  Osaka looked every bit the former No. 1 that she is, despite the clay court not being her favored surface. After losing the first set to Swiatek in a tiebreak, Osaka took the second set 6-1. But up 5-2 in the third, Osaka could only watch as Swiatek fought back for a 7-5 set win to take the match. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Just Women’s Sports (@justwomenssports) “For su ..read more

Arsenal captain Leah Williamson is staying in North London, signing a new contract with the club while Barcelona’s Mariona Caldentey has also reportedly accepted the club’s offer. Williamson, who also captains the England women’s national football team, has spent the entirety of her pro career at Arsenal, in addition to being a lifelong fan of the Gunners. The defender has made 232 appearances for the club since 2014, stating in a press release that she’s “very happy to be staying.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Just Women’s Sports (@justwomenssports) “Everyone knows what Ar ..read more

2024 WNBA Draft No. 1 pick Caitlin Clark continues to improve, dropping a professional career-high 30 points in Indiana’s 88-82 loss to Los Angeles on Tuesday.  She also had six assists and five rebounds alongside three steals and three blocks. Clark is the first rookie to record 30 points, three blocks, and three steals in a game in WNBA history. She’s just the fourth player overall to register the stat line.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Just Women’s Sports (@justwomenssports) Clark’s 30-point game is also the third-most points by a rookie in Fever history behin ..read more

After earning two league MVP awards and back-to-back WNBA championships in the last four years, Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson has witnessed the WNBA’s recent glow-up firsthand — along with all the growing pains that come with it. “Even after 2020, it was kind of like ‘Oh make me a sandwich, get back in the kitchen, this isn’t a real sport,’” she told Just Women’s Sports last week. “Now we get the barbershop talk, we get the rivals, we get the talks, and I feel like that is when we see really true growth.” Growth in the WNBA can take a lot of different forms: There are the sold-out crowds ..read more