2025 AUSL season Last updated July 28, 2025 Softball season
Sports season
The 2025 season of Athletes Unlimited Softball League was the inaugural season of the league, which began on June 7, 2025. The Talons defeated the Bandits in a best-of-three championship series to win the inaugural AUSL championship. [ 1]
2025 College Draft It was announced on April 13, 2025, that the College Draft would air on ESPNU on May 3, 2025. [ 2] Prior to the draft, players received golden tickets notifying them they were eligible for the draft. [ 2] [ 3] Sam Landry was drafted first overall by the Volts in the 2025 AUSL Draft. [ 4]
Teams Blaze Coaching Staff
General Manager Dana Sorensen Head Coach Alisa Goler Associate Head Coach Kara Dill Assistant Coach Sue Kunkle Assistant Coach Ryan Wondrasek
Talons Coaching Staff
General Manager Lisa Fernandez Head Coach Howard Dobson Associate Head Coach Kirk Walker Assistant Coach Jo Koons Assistant Coach Alex Ibarra (First week only) Assistant Coach Will Oldham (Remainder of Season)
Volts Coaching Staff
General Manager Cat Osterman Head Coach Kelly Kretschman Associate Head Coach Courtney Gettins Assistant Coach Kristen Zaleski Assistant Coach Josh Eurich
Standings Team GP W L Pct. GB Talons 24 18 4 .750 — Bandits 24 15 9 .625 3 Volts 24 8 16 .333 10 Blaze 24 7 17 .292 11
Schedule Each team played 24 games, with a total of 48 games played between four teams during the season. The games were played in a tour format across the United States in at least ten cities. [ 5]
2025 AUSL regular eason Date Time (CT) Matchup TV Result Location Saturday, June 7 2:00 p.m. Talons vs Bandits MLB.com 1–3 Parkway Bank Sports Complex 5:00 p.m. Volts vs Blaze MLB Network 5–1 Wilkins Stadium Sunday, June 8 1:00 p.m. Talons vs Bandits MLB.com 6–3 Parkway Bank Sports Complex 4:00 p.m. Volts vs Blaze MLB.com 10–3 Wilkins Stadium Monday, June 9 6:00 p.m. Volts vs Blaze MLB.com 1–3 Wilkins Stadium Tuesday, June 10 1:00 p.m. Talons vs Bandits ESPN 2 0–8 (5) Parkway Bank Sports Complex Thursday, June 12 6:00 p.m. Volts vs Bandits ESPN 2 5–6 (9) McMurry Park Friday, June 13 8:00 p.m. Volts vs Bandits MLB.com 1–6 McMurry Park Saturday, June 14 11:00 a.m. Talons vs Blaze ESPNU 14–12 Jim Frost Stadium 5:30 p.m. Talons vs Blaze MLB.com 7–6 Jim Frost Stadium 8:00 p.m. Volts vs Bandits MLB Network 0–6 McMurry Park Sunday, June 15 1:00 p.m. Talons vs Blaze MLB.com 10–8 Jim Frost Stadium Wednesday, June 18 6:00 p.m. Bandits vs Talons MLB.com 4–5 Wilkins Stadium 6:00 p.m. Blaze vs Volts MLB.com 1–6 Thursday, June 19 1:00 p.m. Bandits vs Talons ESPNU 8–4 Wilkins Stadium 3:30 p.m. Blaze vs Volts ESPNU 2–9 Friday, June 20 6:00 p.m. Bandits vs Blaze ESPNU 11–2 (5) Wilkins Stadium 7:30 p.m. Talons vs Volts MLB.com 3–2 Love's Field Saturday, June 21 4:00 p.m. Talons vs Volts ESPNU 4–0 Love's Field 6:00 p.m. Bandits vs Blaze MLB Network 11–3 Wilkins Stadium Sunday, June 22 4:00 p.m. Bandits vs Blaze MLB.com 9–7 Wilkins Stadium 6:00 p.m. Talons vs Volts ESPNU 8–3 Love's Field Monday, June 23 5:30 p.m. Bandits vs Blaze MLB.com 3–11 (6) Wilkins Stadium 7:30 p.m. Talons vs Volts MLB.com 8–6 Love's Fields
Date Time (CT) Matchup TV Result Location Monday, July 7 6:00 p.m. Bandits vs Volts ESPN2 3–5 Parkway Bank Sports Complex 6:00 p.m. Blaze vs Talons ESPN2 1–9 (5) Tuesday, July 8 6:00 p.m. Blaze vs Bandits MLB.com 12–10 Parkway Bank Sports Complex 6:00 p.m. Volts vs Talons MLB.com 0–4 Wednesday, July 9 10:30 a.m. Blaze vs Bandits MLB.com 4–5 (8) Parkway Bank Sports Complex 10:30 a.m. Volts vs Talons MLB.com 0–2 Friday, July 11 6:00 p.m. Bandits vs Talons ESPNU 7–8 (8) Connie Claussen Field 9:00 p.m. Blaze vs Volts MLB.com 6–11 Husky Softball Stadium Saturday, July 12 6:00 p.m. Bandits vs Talons MLB Network 9–1 (6) Connie Claussen Field 8:00 p.m. Blaze vs Volts MLB.com 3–1 Husky Softball Stadium Sunday, July 13 12:00 p.m. Bandits vs Talons ESPN2 3–6 Connie Claussen Field 3:00 p.m. Blaze vs Volts MLB.com 10–2 Husky Softball Stadium Wednesday, July 16 6:00 p.m. Blaze vs Talons ESPNU 1–4 Dumke Family Softball Stadium Thursday, July 17 6:00 p.m. Bandits vs Volts ESPN2 8–7 Dell Diamond 8:00 p.m. Blaze vs Talons MLB Network 4–5 Dumke Family Softball Stadium Friday, July 18 7:00 p.m. Bandits vs Volts ESPNU 9–2 Dell Diamond 8:00 p.m. Talons vs Blaze MLB.com 3–2 Dumke Family Softball Stadium Saturday, July 19 5:00 p.m. Talons vs Blaze MLB.com 0–2 Dumke Family Softball Stadium 7:00 p.m. Volts vs Bandits MLB.com 3–4 Dell Diamond Sunday, July 20 6:00 p.m. Volts vs Bandits MLB.com 7–5 Dell Diamond Tuesday, July 22 6:00 p.m. Volts vs Talons ESPNU 4–6 Rhoads Stadium 7:30 p.m. Blaze vs Bandits MLB.com 12–6 Parkway Bank Sports Complex Wednesday, July 23 6:00 p.m. Volts vs Talons ESPNU 6–4 Rhoads Stadium 7:30 p.m. Blaze vs Bandits MLB.com 1–5 Parkway Bank Sports Complex
Date Time (CT) Matchup TV Result Location July 26 4:00 p.m. Bandits vs Talons ESPN2 1–3 Tuscaloosa, AL July 27 3:00 p.m. Talons vs Bandits ESPN2 1–0 Tuscaloosa, AL
Nationally, games will be broadcast on ESPN (40 games across ESPN2 , ESPNU and ESPN+ ), MLB.com (32 games), All-Women’s Sports Network (19 games), NESN Nation (7 games) and MLB Network (5 games). Only games on ESPN platforms and MLB Network will be exclusive. All non-ESPN games will stream on MLB.com.
Regionally, games will air on FanDuel Sports Network (27 games), MSG Networks (27 games), WPWR-TV /WFLD (27 games), Marquee Sports Network (20 games), SportsNet Pittsburgh (19 games), and NESN (17 games).
For all games, Eric Collins , Chuckie Kempf or Mark Neely will serve as play-by-play commentators, Amanda Scarborough (lead), Danielle Lawrie , Jessica Mendoza , Natasha Watley and Kenzie Fowler will serve as color commentators, and Savanna Collins will serve as an on-field reporter. [ 6]
References ↑ Sweazie, Cayla (July 27, 2025). "Talons claim Inaugural AUSL Championship Title" . theausl.com . Retrieved July 27, 2025 . 1 2 "AUSL to Hold College Draft Show May 3 on ESPNU" . theausl.com . Athletes Unlimited. Retrieved May 4, 2025 . ↑ Flores, Marisa. "The 12 NCAA softball stars who got a 'golden ticket' surprise for the AUSL College Draft | NCAA.com" . NCAA.com . Retrieved May 28, 2025 . ↑ "Oklahoma's Sam Landry No. 1 pick in Athletes Unlimited draft" . ESPN.com . May 3, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025 . ↑ Williams, Trevona (May 4, 2025). "Athletes Unlimited Softball League unveils locations, venues for inaugural season" . Sports Business Journal . Retrieved May 4, 2025 . ↑ "Broadcast Schedule Announced for Inaugural AUSL Season" . AUSL . June 4, 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2025 . This page is based on this
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