2026 Florida SouthWestern Softball News
For the third time in program history, the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers will head to the NJCAA World Series as the #1 seed as revealed during the NJCAA Selection Show Tuesday night.
Fresh off their 2026 FCSAA Championship, three Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers were honored by the NFCA on Monday as Zoe Yzaguirre, Noelani Livingstone, and Stephanie Basso were named to the All-South Region Team.
For the second straight season, the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers are the queens of the FCSAA after defeating Northwest Florida State 7-6 Friday in the FCSAA Championship Game, in what was a rematch of the 2025 NJCAA National Championship Game.
It took them a little bit to get going, but once the #1 Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers did, they were rolling, scoring nine runs in the final three innings of a 9-1 run rule win over the #11 Eastern Florida State Titans to punch their ticket to the 2026 FCSAA Championship Game Friday against #2 Northwest Florida State.
Stephanie Basso blasted a pair of home runs to lead the way for the #1 Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers in their FCSAA Championships opener Wednesday afternoon against #20 Seminole State in Clearwater as FSW downed the Raiders 5-1 to advance to the tournament semifinals Thursday night.
A pair of Florida SouthWestern legends received the top honor one can at the NJCAA level on Tuesday, as Bucs Head Coach Robert Iamurri and former All-American pitcher Courtney Gettins were announced as members of the NJCAA Softball Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
A state high six Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers were honored prior to the start of the FCSAA Championships in Clearwater on Tuesday as Zoe Yzaguirre, Noelani Livingstone, Lizzy Kwakernaak, Stephanie Basso, Giorgiana Woods, and Charlotte Graham were named to the 2026 All-FCSAA Team as announce by the state office.
After running away with the 2026 Citrus Conference Championship, 11 Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers were honored by the league on Monday, earning spots on both the 1st and 2nd All-Citrus Conference Teams. Sophomore pitcher Zoe Yzaguirre earned Citrus Conference Pitcher of the Year honors while Robert Iamurri was tabbed the Conference Coach of the Year.
The #1 Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers finished off a perfect 26-0 season at home at Buccaneers Park on Tuesday, sweeping the #22 Daytona State Falcons to close out the regular season on a 26 game winning streak and put an end to the Falcons 2026 campaign.
The Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers will enter the 2026 postseason ranked #1 in the country as the NJCAA released its final poll of the year with FSW on top Monday.
Nine was the magic number for the #1 Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers on Saturday as the Bucs swept their Top 25 doubleheader with #19 Seminole State by scores of 9-6 and 9-1 to run their winning streak to 24 games and bump their 2026 record to 49-5 on the year.
For the third time this season and the fifth time in her career, Florida SouthWestern righthander Zoe Yzaguirre has been named the FCSAA Pitcher of the Week as announced by the State office on Tuesday.
In 1789 Benjamin Franklin famously said "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes". Those two things remain true, but if that quote came 225 years later, he would have included the Florida SouthWestern Softball team winning a Conference Championship as Tuesday, the Buccaneers swept Hillsborough, clinching their unprecedented 10th consecutive conference title.
Riding a 20 game winning streak, the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers were the unanimous #1 team in the country in the NJCAA Division I Softball Week 10 poll released on Monday.
The #1 Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers flexed their muscles on Saturday, sweeping the #6 Santa Fe Saints by the scores of 5-2 and 10-2 to extend their winning streak to 20 games and all but seal up their 10th straight Conference Championship with six games left to go.
In a highly anticipated matchup between the winners of four of the past five NJCAA National Championships at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers on Tuesday, the #1 Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers outlasted the #10 Indian River Pioneers twice, taking game one 7-5 and game two 6-2 to take a stranglehold on the race for the Citrus Conference Title with eight games left to go.
