The college softball world changed in October.
A less restrictive transfer system created what Arizona State coach Trisha Ford calls "absolute chaos," not only in her program, which lost two key players from its 2018 Women's College World Series team, but throughout the country less than four months before the start of the 2019 season.
All-America junior pitcher Giselle Juarez left ASU for Oklahoma and sophomore first baseman Danielle Gibson (NFCA All-West region second team) for Arkansas. Also Terra McGowan, a freshman infielder yet to play for the Sun Devils, is transferring to a yet unannounced destination.