Little League Softball World Series 2026 Tuesday Scores, Bracket Results, Highlights

The Little League Softball World Series progressed with a quartet of games on Tuesday in Greenville, North Carolina's Stallings Stadium.

Here's a look at the scores, the updated bracket, recaps and highlights from the modified double-elimination, 12-team tournament.

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Monday Scores

10 a.m. ET: Northwest (Snohomish, Washington) def. Southwest (Helotes, Texas), 7-3

1 p.m. ET: Mid-Atlantic (Toms River, New Jersey) def. New England (Bristol, Connecticut), 13-3 (4 innings due to 10-run rule)

4 p.m. ET: Asia-Pacific (Sangō, Japan) def. West (Live Oak, California), 1-0

7 p.m. ET: Canada (Repentigny, Quebec) def. Europe & Africa (Bologna, Italy), 2-1

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Monday Highlights

Canada 2, Italy 1

Canada stayed alive on Tuesday, ending Italy's time at the LLSWS with a 2-1 win.

It was actually Italy that struck first on Sarah El AbassiIt's RBI double. But it was all Canada from there, as Eva Benoit scored on a fielder's choice in the third inning and Olivia Puga scored on a sacrifice fly later in the frame.

Livia Hardy was lights out on the mound for the Canadians, giving up just one run, two hits and two walks while striking out six.

Asia-Pacific 1, West 0

After plenty of runs earlier in the day, a pitcher's duel broke out.

Sara Matsuda was brilliant for Japan on Tuesday, giving up just three hits, a walk and no runs while striking out three in her team's 1-0 win over California.

Mio Okamura scored the game's lone run, coming home on a sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the third.

That spoiled a fantastic performance from California pitcher Charlotte Dudek, who struck out eight across five innings while only giving up a hit and two walks. It wasn't quite enough to out–duel Matsuda, however, eliminating California from the competition.

Northwest 7, Southwest 3

Madison Locke starred at the plate and in the circle en route to leading Northwest to a 7-3 victory over Southwest to start the day.

Locke posted three hits, three runs and four RBI. She hit a first inning home run to give Northwest an early 1-0 lead.

Later on, Locke hit a clutch two-out, bases-loaded double in the top of the sixth inning to turn a thin 3-2 edge into a more comfortable 6-2 lead.

Locke also pitched a complete game, allowing just two hits while striking out four.

Southwest hung tough, scoring two in the bottom of the first and taking a 2-1 lead into the top of the fifth. However, Northwest scored two in that frame thanks to Avery Calamusa's RBI single and Janessa Malone's RBI groundout.

Northwest scored four in the sixth off Locke's aforementioned double and Jocelynn Day's RBI double. Southwest got one back in the sixth.

This matchup was an elimination game after both teams lost their openers. Northwest will now play the winner of Canada (Repentigny, Quebec) and Europe & Africa (Bologna, Italy) in another elimination matchup on Wednesday.

Mid-Atlantic 13, New England 3

Mid-Atlantic (Toms River, New Jersey) scored nine runs in the first and four in the second en route to a 13-3 elimination game victory that ended after three-and-a-half innings due to the 10-run rule.

Juliana Florek-Doslik provided the big first inning hit with a bases-clearing triple to put Mid-Atlantic up 5-0.

Carly Leonard and Leiana Gay also provided RBI singles.

Mid-Atlantic kept it up in the second inning, going up 13-0 capped by Gay's second RBI single.

New England fought back, scoring two off a Keeva Knowles two-run triple in the third. They added another run in the fourth and had the bases loaded with two outs, with the run rule-stopping baserunner on third. However, a groundout ended the game.

Mid-Atlantic will now play Wednesday against the winner of (Live Oak, California) vs. Asia-Pacific (Sangō, Japan).