Provo • It didn’t take long for BYU’s highly successful softball program to find out what life would be like without star pitcher McKenna Bull.
The Cougars opened the season ranked No. 19 and No. 22 in the two major preseason polls, but went 1-4 at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz., last weekend, defeating Stanford 10-1 in six innings before losing to Western Michigan (2-1), Nebraska (5-4 in eight innings), No. 25 Georgia (13-1) and Oregon State (14-9).
It was the first of seven tournaments the Cougars will compete in this month and next before attempting to defend their West Coast Conference title in April.