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It’s a tall order to beat Washington twice in Seattle. However, after winning 28 straight, they have lost 3 games in their last two home regionals. They were one of five teams not to survive a home regional last year. As noted above, Minnesota has only advanced to a winner-take-all regional...

Yes, but I think I prefer trying to beat Washington for this group of players. I see Florida was sent to Stanford. Florida has outstanding hitting but spotty pitching. Complete opposite of Stanford. We are more balanced but I just didn’t see us scoring many runs against Stanford’s exceptional...

Regan is a pretty good pitcher. She was Stanford’s #2 last year. With Canady arriving on The Farm, she was relegated to #3 this year, but she has had a pretty good year nonetheless. Her sister must be a highly-sought prospect if she’s better than Regan, and your daughter’s team must be pretty...

It seems Washington has been the better team lately, BUT Stanford has two aces who are more consistently difficult to score against than Washington’s. That’s really tough for a team that doesn’t get to play a three-game series against those pitchers. They can throw one each game against you like...

It’s one game. In the Ohio State series, our hard hit balls and even some of our bloops found gaps. Against Indiana, they didn’t. And if Breezy’s long fly ball is called fair, it changes the entire complexion of that game. There’s a reason the NFL stations a referee under each goal post on FG...

I wasn’t trying to change anyone’s mind. Post-season is different than regular season. I think we should start Pease as well, and I’ll be surprised if she isn’t the starter. Indiana is on a 10-game win streak. We are on a 12-game win streak. This morning we moved into the 25th spot in the RPI...

We started Hambrick in Game 2 against Indiana. She pitched two innings without giving up a run. Enter came in and between an error and her inability to find the plate, Indiana scored five runs to lead 5-1 heading to the bottom of the 4th. Schwartz relieved and pitched 2+ innings without giving...

Former Badger Ally Miklesh doubles to lead off the 8th, advances to third on a passed ball, and scores on a wild pitch to win it for Clemson 2-1. In the top of the 8th, North Carolina had a runner on first and one out and pinch hit former Gopher Kionna Jones. I was rooting for her to hit a HR...

Can’t wait to watch the replay! I am entertained by all things buffoonish.

Lefty pitcher Lilli Backes of North Carolina is doing to Clemson what she did to us at the ACC-B1G challenge in Chapel Hill earlier this year. Tied 1-1 heading to extras. All-America Cagle in the circle for Clemson.

The D1 analysis measured Wins Over Replacement, which is which an attempt to see which players provided the most wins over an “average” replacement. The results would probably be similar to measuring team performance when the player is in the game vs not in the game, but it makes the replacement...

I’d have to watch it again but it looked like a risky move when the LF fielded the ball but the high throw didn’t beat her by as much as I thought it might, so she could have been safe with a throw that was better than that but not perfect. I don’t scout Ohio State, but if Wynn sent Strelow...

As we all lamented our inability to pick up a pitcher or two at semester break the prior year, and people were writing off the program the minute news that Kinch was leaving became public, this move was applauded here, but not because people anticipated her eventual impact, it was primarily...

Hutch’s teams always seemed to be among the national leaders in fielding percentage, and I would assume proper positioning and situational anticipation was a big part of her teams’ defensive success. The CF was simply way too far to the LF side of second as the play unfolded. Proper positioning...

They wouldn’t dare do that to Oklahoma. :sneaky:

Agreed, the SEC has been a power since the late 2000s. I feel that part of their post-season success is due to the large number of SEC teams that have hosted regionals in recent years. We will never know, but I’d love to know how different their record would have been had those teams played...

I can think of multiple reasons off the top of my head. This in no way means I endorse any of these as valid, as I believe Northwestern deserves a Top 10 national ranking. 1) Northwestern played a very tough schedule in non-conference, but they started the season struggling offensively and they...

Landing that caliber of player consistently is the long game. I certainly don’t expect Coach P to do that out of the gate. Those players will always have reasons to want to play at established national brands under legendary coaches. However, a coach who knows what type of player she wants and...

I’m very thankful the current portal rules weren’t in place in 2017/2018.

Lindsay had plenty of time to show that she had the program moving in the right direction, with an established identity and style of play that would be attractive to top high school players who wanted to learn from one of the greatest. Yet after several years in charge, the only traits all of...