The softball world is talking on Saturday night, especially after Tennessee’s Karlyn Pickens broke her record by delivering a pitch against Nebraska’s Jordy Bahl at 79.4 mph on Saturday night during Game 2 of the Knoxville Super Regional.
While Pickens was quite impressive with her feat, what Bahl did defied logic because she fouled it off.
Karlyn just hit 79.4 on the gun 🔥🔥🔥the new fastest pitch in NCAA Softball history, breaking her own record of 78.2 pic.twitter.com/WuVWJrccdr
— Tennessee Softball (@Vol_Softball) May 24, 2025
Years ago, Sports Science broke down a pitch from Canadian Olympic medalist Danielle Lawrie. The show studied her movement and physiology to determine that the average softball pitcher who starts at a rubber from 43 feet away from home plate, releases the ball just 37 feet from the batter…