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Nipomo 56 said:
Looks like a very young team, majority are underclassmen. I didn’t see many additions from the transfer portal. Any thoughts about our pitching and hitting this season?
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Not sure how anyone can think this group will be better than last year's group. Maybe the pitching gets a little better with Richardson healthy and Susa and Schwartz a year older. Speaking of hitting, where is the production going to come from? Krapf, Valencia, and Tobias haven't been replaced by even remotely similar hitting prowess. For a team that struggled to score runs last year. This might get ugly. I'd love to see anyone put together a hitting lineup (don't even worry about defensive positions) and give your reasons why you place them where you did in the lineup.
 

I didn't think it would get any worse than last year lol
How long will it take for Ritter to get her butt kicked before she understands what it takes from a recruiting standpoint?
 

DietCokeFan said:
I didn't think it would get any worse than last year lol
How long will it take for Ritter to get her butt kicked before she understands what it takes from a recruiting standpoint?
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Trust me, this program has all the potential of going 0-50.
 


The Gophers' onfield performance gets a little worse for 6-7 years running, but the AD apparently does nothing to improve the coaching or the recruiting. It feels like a concerted effort to dump the program.
 

So many programs at the U of Minnesota are now under performing. Is it a possibility of the quality of athletes in today's world? After all, it is a different world we live in. Or their priorities do not lie with sports? IDK but it is so disheartening to see.
 

4EverAGopher said:
So many programs at the U of Minnesota are now under performing. Is it a possibility of the quality of athletes in today's world? After all, it is a different world we live in. Or their priorities do not lie with sports? IDK but it is so disheartening to see.
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I guess I'd like to know what your definition of underperforming means. Using the Director's Cup standings of the past 5 years post COVID, MN has finished from 28th-39th. Out of 293 Division 1 teams. With them finishing at about or near the middle of the B10 teams with the additions of the PAC12 schools.

MN athletics ranks 13th in the conference in athletics spending. There are still plenty of quality athletes, priorities change, and maybe being a middle of the pack athletic program is where the school is comfortable on their spending towards athletics.

Might be disheartening, but this is the world of NIL and everyone saw this coming. Those with the most money (or largest spending habits) will continue to have the majority of the success.
 

Minnesota @ Grand Canyon, Thursday, February 26th. The GCU schedule lists the game as part of a dual hosting Arizona State/Grand Canyon tourney, but Minnesota not listed as playing additional games on the weekend at GCU, so guessing they will be in Tempe for the other games in that weekend.
 



One thing about Ritter she will put together a tough/challenging non con; now if they could ever win some games lol
 



SomeGopherFan said:
Just in eyeballing it, the non-conference schedule seems softer than last year.
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Yeah still a ton of big names. Okalahoma, Kentucky, Arizona, Missouri -then you have some sneaky teams like San Diego State, Grand Canyon, Long Beach State etc...

Plus conference games this year with Nebraska, Washington, and Northwestern
 





I just hope we have a couple people that can get hits this year. Its sad how much this program has fallen.
 

I'm cautiously optimistic. I'm just not sure where the runs are going to come from. Someone (or multiple) has to make a serious jump in production, or this could be an ugly season.
 

Chase the Rise said:
I'm cautiously optimistic. I'm just not sure where the runs are going to come from. Someone (or multiple) has to make a serious jump in production, or this could be an ugly season.
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Uglier than last year? lol
 


Game 1 loss 5-3
Had 4 hits total. Two by Snippes and two by Johnson (batted #3 and #4)
Left I believe 9 on base but that was mostly by walks.
Some things just never change.
 



I took a look at Duke’s opening game box score and noticed Jess Oakland didn’t play. I wonder if she is hurt? Clearly she didn’t transfer to sit on the bench.
 

Game 2 - L 3-2
3 hits again and mostly weak contact. Was able to watch on mountain west app.
This team just doesn’t have much to work with. I have a feeling this year is actually going to be worse than last year and I didn’t think that could be possible.
 


Gophers lose 6-1 to Miami (OH) in opener today. Former Gopher Presley Hosick gets the complete game win in circle for RedHawks. Just 1 xbh and 2 more errors for Gophers. Rough start.
 

SomeGopherFan said:
Gophers lose 6-1 to Miami (OH) in opener today. Former Gopher Presley Hosick gets the complete game win in circle for RedHawks. Just 1 xbh and 2 more errors for Gophers. Rough start.
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Not a good start to the season. Could be 0-5 by the end of the weekend. I see fielding and wild pitches are still an issue. Hopefully the bats will wake up eventually.
 

The first few games are in the books and we are 1-4. Can anyone give a realistic estimate what our record could look at by the end of this regular season? Some posters have already mentioned that it appears we could be seeing a softer schedule than previous seasons.
 

4EverAGopher said:
The first few games are in the books and we are 1-4. Can anyone give a realistic estimate what our record could look at by the end of this regular season? Some posters have already mentioned that it appears we could be seeing a softer schedule than previous seasons.
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Ritter expense needs to end this year!!!
 

4EverAGopher said:
The first few games are in the books and we are 1-4. Can anyone give a realistic estimate what our record could look at by the end of this regular season? Some posters have already mentioned that it appears we could be seeing a softer schedule than previous seasons.
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1 and however many games they have left
 

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