Little League Softball World Series 2026 Thursday Bracket Results and Highlights

Four undefeated teams remained in the Little League Softball World Series field entering Thursday's action from Greenville, North Carolina, where the modified double-elimination tournament is taking place.

The four teams faced off beginning at 1 p.m. ET, with Southeast taking on North Carolina and Latin America then playing Central.

Here's a snapshot of the day's scores, recaps and highlights. You can also take a look at the updated bracket through this link.

Thursday Scores

1 p.m. ET: North Carolina (Clayton) 5, Southeast (Lake Mary, Florida) 2

5 p.m. ET: Latin America (Guayama, Puerto Rico) vs. Central (Owensboro, Kentucky)

North Carolina 5, Southeast 2

Anna-Lynn Clark pitched a complete-game gem for North Carolina, striking out 13 batters while allowing just one earned run en route to a 5-2 victory over Southeast (Lake Mary, Florida) that vaulted her team into Friday's orange bracket final.

Both teams were scoreless going into the fifth inning of a pitching duel. In the top of the fifth, Southeast's Kylie Green hit a triple and then scored after the throw back into the infield got away.

Green made a fantastic catch earlier in the game as well.

However, North Carolina got rolling in the bottom half of the frame after getting its first five baserunners on courtesy of an error, a single, a double, another single and a walk. The double was courtesy of Abbey Robinson and gave North Carolina a 2-1 edge.

The entire sequence ultimately plated three runs and put runners on first and second with one out.

The next two North Carolina batters got out, but the two baserunners scored after an error on a pop fly.

Southeast got one back in the sixth, but Clark closed the door with a strikeout to end the threat.

These two teams may meet again soon, but we'll find out soon enough as Southeast will now play Mid-Atlantic (Toms River, New Jersey) in an elimination game on Friday. The winner meets North Carolina, and the team emerging from that game advances to the championship.

This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.

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