We are now officially 2 weekends into softball season! It’s been quite interesting so far! I’ve enjoyed it but it keeps me from concentrating on my school work! There were some things I just flat didn’t see coming and I know several others didn’t either. I mean really who would have guessed two weekends into the season the only undefeated Pac-10 team would be Washington?? I thought they were going to crack and fall apart at the seams! HA!
Alabama has been on fire as well! They are 10-0! They’ve outscored their opponents 108-21! Kelsey Dunne has been on fire! Also the Tides freshman pitcher has been bringing in great numbers in the circle and with her bat! The only close game they have had was a 9-8 win over Louisville! I listened to that game and let me you tell you it was a nail biter! They were down at one point by 5 runs! Keima Davis had never had a homerun in her collegiate career (she is a sophomore) and in that game she hit 2 of them! One scored the go head runs! That was a super emotional game for me to listen to for some reason and it just goes to show you anybody can step up and be the hero of the game!
Oklahoma has also been putting on quite the show. They’ve been whipping butts and taking names! They are 11-1! Their only loss was a close game against Arizona State! That wasn’t the story of the day for Oklahoma though that happened earlier in the game when the not just beat but run ruled Arizona! Kelani Ricketts was lights out in that game! They’ve outscored their opponents 104-19! I believe they are set to make a huge run for the National Championship!
And Washington! Last but certainly not least! The Huskies apparently didn’t get the memo that they were supposed to fall apart and not win a game all season! In one game alone last weekend they had 9 homeruns! That was a school record and the second highest number in NCAA history! They’ve outscored their opponents 104-33! They don’t have the pitching staff of Bama or OU but they are fighting and getting by! They are 8-0! Offensively I think they are play better than they did last year! I watched them play San Diego State this afternoon (A big Thank You to San Diego State for having this game on webcast, even with the technical problems it was great!). It was a crazy weekend which saw their first game Friday called because of rain, their second game cancelled because of rain, all the games on Saturday cancelled because of rain! They played a double header today starting with a very solid 8-1 win over Northwestern (which was called after 6 so Northwestern could catch their plane!). They had just a few minutes between the first game and the second so before it was all said and done they spent most of the afternoon on the field. The second game was a nail bitter. SDSU went up 1-0 in the first. But UW came back to tie it up in the second. There were several lead changes but Morgan Stuart put an end to that with a 3 run bomb and Niki Williams added another assurance run. They won 6-3! Those girls fought so hard today and even if they wouldn’t have won I would have still been proud of them! The one thing I noticed while watching them was how relaxed they seemed! They would come up to bat their shoulders were relaxed, they had a nice lose grip on the bat, and they seemed to be really seeing the ball well! Ingelsby is pitching well and picked up 2 wins on the day! She seems to get stronger every time she steps on the field! I am very interested to see what she will do in the future! Haris and Clifton seem to be consistently doing enough to hold the other teams off and take some of the pressure off of Ingelsby! One thing I didn’t realize before the season started was that Bryanna Walker was hurt! That’s left sort of an open spot that Whitney Jones has tried very hard to fill! Unfortunately college softball hasn’t been kind to her and she didn’t pitch at all today! She has made some great catches in the outfield and has hit well but the pitching needs work! This freshman class is special and I look for them to do big things! People seem to have a lot to say recently about Coach Tarr, most of which hasn’t been good! But I think she is doing a phenomenal job! So far this season she has done a great job making the best and helping the girls to make the very best out what they have and it’s very much paid off! I think Coach Tarr is a phenomenal coach not just because of what she does with and for these girls on the field but also off the field! I can’t say what this season holds for UW but they are off to a great start and I think we’ll hear more from them!
Looking forward to more softball next weekend! Can hardly wait!
Boomer Sooner, Roll Tide, and Let’s go Dawgs!!
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