In a rematch of the 2025 Big EAST Tournament championship, it was deja vu for the UConn Huskies. For the second-straight year, the UConn Huskies are BIG EAST Tournament champions with a late, if-necessary 8-3 win over the Creighton Bluejays.  THE HUSKIES GO BACK TO BACK‼️ 🏆🏆 @UConnSoftball are the 2026 BIG EAST Softball Champions! pic.twitter.com/7MFc9zd3K9 — BIG EAST Conference (@BIGEAST) May 9, 2026 UConn now has an automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Softball Championship and will learn its seeding fate on Sunday during the Selection Show. This time, they’ll do it without two of their former best players. When twin sisters, Grace and Hope Jenkins, transferred in the offseason , the future looked bleak for the Huskies. Grace, the standout catcher, had an exceptional year at the plate, surpassing multiple single-season program records, including home runs, doubles, RBIs, walks, and total bases.…