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Thanks to Nat for staying and sending a message that this can be an attractive place for elite talent to spend their entire career. At least Lindaman gave us two exceptional years, and had Allister not left, I’m still not convinced Lindaman would have left, despite her post-transfer comments...

Two Gophers were honored today as NFCA All-Americans. Autumn Pease was named to the 2nd team and Taylor Krapf was named to the 3rd team. The pair are the first Gophers to be named NFCA All-Americans since 2019, when Amber Fiser was named to the 1st team. This was the first time since 2017...

There are any number of reasons she might have gone into the portal, but if she wants one shot at being a regular player before her softball career ends, this is her last chance to find the place where she has the best chance to do so.

Thanks for putting that together let’s be clear! Level of competition will affect the numbers some, so it’s tricky to jump to conclusions without weighing the numbers by strength of schedule. However, one can clearly see that batting average trended down under Trachsel and bottomed out in...

I don’t know the specifics, but I know Allister did not like something about the Mary Nutter, whether it was how they handled assigning the matchups, or the fact that some of the fields aren’t the greatest to play on, especially if it rains, or both. I vaguely recall she may have wanted...

First order of business is determining how many roster spots/positions we will need to fill via the portal. I really hope our major offensive threats choose to stay and continue to build this back to a consistent Top 25 program that is at least in the conversation to host regionals every year.

The lack of situational hitting and inability to move runners along, especially late in ballgames, was a recurring theme for this team, one I hope will be identified by the coaching staff in post-season assessments and remedied by whatever means necessary. Hopefully Piper makes the right hire...

Once again this year, we have a good number of regional upsets. It appears this could become the norm with the increased popularity of softball and as a result the talent distributed more evenly, with one notable exception. But perceptions die hard. Here is a conversation about the Seattle...

Yes, I too frown whenever I read something to the effect that “the B1G season/tournament is what really matters. Anything else above that is just a bonus.” Yes, conference championships are a big deal, but in a P5 conference, especially one with the resources B1G schools have, expectations...

McNeese is much better than people think. They have grit that we lack. In addition, their best power hitter left the team early in the season and transferred to Oklahoma State for next season. Overcoming that shows the chemistry, determination, and mentality the team has. That said, I think we...

Looking at these early national projections year after year, the Quick Lane Bowl seems like the most opined destination for the Gophers. Not every year, but they have to be #1 over the last four or five years, maybe longer.

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.