The Alliance Fastpitch Championship Series (AFCS) is being held all week in Kokomo, IN (All rankings are Line Drive Hot 50 Club National Rankings):

In 18U Regionals:

2027 IF/OF MJ Melvin got a one-out triple and scored on George Mason-committed 2025 UT Alyssa Hopkins’ walk-off single in the bottom of the 7th inning as #28 Virginia Glory National-Willemssen pulled out a 1-0 victory over #37 EC Bullets Gold-Schnute.

Penn State-bound RHP Abi Britton, the Maryland Gatorade State Player of the Year, pitched a four-hitter with 14 strikeouts in 7.0 innings to record the shutout for Virginia Glory.

“It was a super-tight affair,” Glory coach Suzy Willemssen said. “Strong pitching on each side. Abi Britton for VA Glory and (uncommitted 2026 RHP Victoria Na) from EC Bullets each brought the juice. One out, 0-0 score, 2027 MJ Melvin hits a huge shot for a triple. They tried to walk Alyssa Hopkins, but Ball 4 got a little too close and she poked it into right field for the game-winning walk-off.” …

Oklahoma-bound SS Gabriella Garcia went 1 for 2 with a double, a run and four RBIs and Duke-bound 2B/RHP Hailey Shuler and uncommitted 2025 2B Kyler Del Duca homered to power #1 OC Batbusters-Stith over Iowa Premier National-Shraiburg, 12-1. …

2026 RHP Caroline Stanton, Illinois-committed 2025 RHP London Park, Kentucky-committed 2025 RHP Hailey Nutter and Texas Tech-bound LHP Brenlee Gonzales combined on a three-hitter with six strikeouts in 6.0 innings as #6 Texas Bombers Gold-Smith blanked Lady Dukes 24/25-Kiemeyer/Lamar, 11-0. …

Ole Miss-bound RHP Miali Guachino faced two over the minimum and struck out 14 in 7.0 innings as Corona Angels-Tyson beat St. Louis Chaos-Mazzola, 1-0. …

North Texas-committed 2025 C/3B Jaley James was hit by a pitch in the bottom of 7th inning allowing McNeese State-bound UT/LHP Gwinn Hall to score the walk-off run as #26 Epic National-Smith defeated Indiana Magic Gold 06-Gerth, 4-3. …

Miami-bound 1B/OF Holly Merritt hit two home runs and drove in three runs to lift #21 Fury Platinum X-Higdon over AR Prime National, 12-1. …

Uncommitted 2025 RHP Charley Duran and Boise State-committed 2025 P/1B Loula Rae McNamara combined on a two-hit shutout with six strikeouts in 7.0 innings and Firecrackers Select-Rico/Brashear scored four runs in the top of the 7th inning to pull out the win over Illusions Gold-Plocheck, 4-0. …

George Mason-committed 2025 C/IF/OF Payton Auerbach drove in the winning run with a walk-off groundout in the bottom of the 7th inning as #48 EC Bullets-Cornett held on to beat Top Gun STL-Brown, 1-0. …

Texas Tech-bound P Samantha Lincoln, Louisiana Lafayette-bound P Mallory Wheeler and 2026 RHP Jillian Ondrick combined on a shutout and Missouri-bound 3B/SS Kadence Shepherd went 4 for 4 as #39 Louisville Lady Sluggers-Huecker defeated Glory Adkins Gold, 5-0. …

Notre Dame-committed 2025 3B Ava Zachary and Morehead State-bound OF Sophie Collins had three hits apiece as #49 Indiana Magic Gold-Green beat Oklahoma Exclusive National-Hughes, 8-0. …

Uncommitted 2025 OF Reaghan Warner, Liberty-bound OF Aubrey Fulcher and Boston University-bound 3B/OF Kieran McHugh homered to lift Starz Gold-Bigham over Batbusters Gomes-Ching, 9-4. …

2027 OF Mattea Stern went 3 for 5 and scored two runs to help OC Batbusters-Sith/Black defeat Fury Platinum National-Chiles, 8-2. …

Florida Atlantic-bound IF/OF Destiny Johns and Florida State-committed 2025 IF/OF Makenna Sturgis had three hits apiece to lead #31 Tampa Mustangs-Rene past Top Gun STL National, 12-3. …

Uncommitted 2025 RHP Reece Uehara and uncommitted 2025 RHP Addy Moorman combined on a two-hit shutout with four strikeouts in 5.0 innings and uncommitted 2025 1B Nina Peyton-Johnson went 2 for 2 with a homer as OC Batbusters-Stith/Maroon blanked AZ Bombers Gold-Williams, 10-0. …

In 16U Regionals:

2026 OF Regan Rohrlich, 2026 1B/P/OF Ella Kate Smith and uncommitted 2025 2B/CF Madalyn Davis had two hits apiece as #4 Impact Gold-Jazz rolled over #43 EC Bullets-Schnute/Bilz, 8-0. …

2026 IF Kennedy Bradley went 2 for 2 with a home run and 2026 RHP Madelyn “Madi” Doty pitched four hitless and scoreless innings with seven strikeouts to lead #20 Texas Glory-Shelton past American Freedom National, 8-0. …

2026 LHP/OF Lydia Anderson went 4 for 5 with a double, a homer, two runs and four RBIs as #44 Starz Gold National-Bunn outslugged #42 OC Batbusters-Fernandez, 14-11. …

2026 RHP Maddie VonSacken allowed three hits in four scoreless innings to get the win as Finesse-Munoz knocked off Louisville Lady Sluggers-VanBoxmeer, 2-0. …

2027 P/SS Amariee “Shug” Bradford hit two home runs and drove in five runs to propel #31 Texas Bombers Gold-Serie past Stars National-Gleason, 12-0. …

Penn-committed 2025 P Sienna Acosta pitched five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out five to get the win and UC Santa Barbara-committed 2025 1B/OF/P/UT Jaelyn Toledo went 2 for 3 with a grand slam as #5 Firecrackers Select-Brashear beat AZ Steel-Figueroa, 8-0. …

2026 3B/SS/C Gracie Britton hit a grand slam and drove in six runs to lead #10 Aces Fastpitch Club over Bombers NTX 08 Gold, 19-1. …

2026 1B/OF Kiya James had two hits and a homer as Iowa Premier National-Dickel/James took down Virginia Glory National-Buker, 10-1. …

Midwest Speed National-Wagner scored three runs in the top of the 3rd inning to pull away from #41 OC Batbusters-Hudson for a 7-4 win. …

2026 2B/OF Addison Young went 3 for 4 with a double, two runs and two RBIs, 2026 1B/OF/2B Avery Barnard went 3 for 3 with two runs and 2026 MIF/OF Kynleigh Ball went 3 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs as #24 Buzz Gold beat #45 Top Gun National-Burt, 10-3. …

Pittsburgh-committed 2025 3B/SS Gracie Helton had two hits and two RBIs to help #20 Fury Platinum X-Hutchins/Helton defeat NorCal Batbusters-Spingola/Mendonca, 6-0. …

— Carlos Arias, Line Drive Media (Follow Carlos on Twitter @los_stuff)