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I don’t think Smith is going anywhere. She was brought here in part because she has some experience and training in helping players deal with mental health issues, which more than one player or former player in recent years cited as an issue that needed to be addressed post-pandemic. I have...

If you are going to single out a player, Krapf isn’t who you should be singling out. She didn’t have a good weekend, but she drove in the tying run in the 6th inning of the first game, and she represented the run that was thrown out at the plate. She isn’t a player who likes to take walks, yet...

And I’d like to remind everyone that I consider UCLA to be extremely competitive, but they just went out and lost back-to-back home games to Grand Canyon and Liberty. Some Gopher fans feel that our team doesn’t get enough respect nationally for their accomplishments and that’s why missed...

Maybe with the 3rd paid coaching position we can get someone who can help with situational hitting. We hit the ball hard a lot this weekend but the opponent positions its defense with a purpose. In certain situations you have to look specifically for pitches in locations that don’t force you to...

I have thought for several games now that we’d be better off if DenHartog and Krapf switched places in the batting order. That way, not only do you make teams pitch to Krapf more, but when Ehlke, who hits a lot of doubles but not many home runs, you have DenHartog more likely to be a base runner...

I watched McNeese’s conference championship game, which Tate pitched, and she looked exactly the same in this game as she did in that one. Facing a conference opponent, who should have more familiarity with her, they also consistently chased balls in the dirt, even worse than we did. When...

We miss Reili Gardner bad for situations just like this one. But I will defend the decision to send the runner anyway. Two outs, #9 hitter up next, bottom of the 6th. Make the defense make two good throws. If they don’t, you are up one going to McNeese’s last at bat. If it were the tying run, I...

McNeese is good. We needed to play better than we did to beat them. Most likely we will have another chance tomorrow.

Not a fan of trying to sacrifice down one with runner at second. Very little reward. Runner already in scoring position. Much prefer to go for the base hit to bring her in, especially when we have been hitting the pitcher hard.

We’re hitting the ball much harder this time through the order, but right at defenders. And usually when you get a hitter guessing it’s a good thing. But on McNeese’s HR, she guessed a change up strike and she got one.

Time to use this umps puny strike zone to our advantage. No more swings at first-pitch balls.

Hope we can calm down at the plate soon and attack strikes and let the balls pass. I’m also not too happy with this home plate ump so far. All the more reason we need to be more patient in the box.

There’s a chance, as far as we know. If the NCAA has already decided the bids are on equal footing, which they usually are unless you start really splitting hairs, we have a good chance if both 2-seeds win. Unfortunately, that’s not information that is made public in advance of the scenario...

I should have added that the above rules for a pair of 2-seeds winning opposite regionals is based not just on applying to host, but the NCAA deeming both host bids equally acceptable. Potential hosts must submit a budget and complete a facility site scorecard when submitting a bid. It asks the...

Before the tournament, all teams have the opportunity to submit bids to host regionals and super-regionals. Usually, this is something most teams do routinely even if they know there is little chance they will be seeded 1-16. It does come into play if two unseeded teams win opposite regionals...

Assuming there are no key injuries afflicting a regional host, regionals are rarely won by beating a 2-0 regional host team twice in one day. It’s still probably only a 50-50 proposition for a 2-seed to win a regional even if the 2-seed is sitting at 2-0 and the regional host must win two in...

I do like the fact that Massey at least thinks we have a better chance of beating Washington than of McNeese beating us. Still have to win Game 1, especially in a road regional.

No doubt the Gophers are overdue for a win over Washington. They are so overdue, in fact, that they are due for two wins against them!

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...