Softball at Maryland open thread

Submitted by South Bend Wolverine on

Softball team on the road against Maryland today, up 2-0 in the 2nd after a 2-run single from Tera Blanco.  I'm going to have to head out in a bit, but I wanted to open the conversation here since there was some good news.  Game is on BTN.

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April 24th, 2015 at 5:57 PM ^

HUGE nads to shake off the coach's pitch call.  Especially when she is having a bad day.  As a Coach, you hate to see this.

Bases loaded walk give us a 3-0 lead.

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Hail To The Blue

April 24th, 2015 at 9:13 PM ^

Kent State is 33-11, and we faced Emma Johnson, who is 7th nationally with a 1.02 ERA. Kent State is a good team, despite being a mid-major. That's not as nearly as bad as losing to Iowa, who is 16-34 on the year. No contest. We've lost six games this year: Florida twice, ASU (after sweeping them at their own field), Minnesota, Kent State, and Iowa. The Iowa one really is the only brutal one. We do have a couple of under-the-radar good wins as well, though: we run-ruled James Madison, who is 37-6 and we tagged their pitcher Megan Good, who is 4th in the country with a .95 ERA, and we also run-ruled Western Kentucky and Miranda Kramer, who is 2nd in the country with a .89 ERA.

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MGoSoftball

April 25th, 2015 at 12:42 AM ^

that Emma Johnson has the 1.02 ERA, it needs to be taken in context.  Kent State has played only 2 ranked teams (4 games total): Us and Central Florida.  They split with CFU and us so not a team known for a tough Out-of-conference-schedule..

So while the data is what it is, Kent State does not play any ranked teams.  Iowa has played in 11 games against ranked teams.  They played #1 Florida twice (but lost) and lost 2 other games by 1 run (#2 Oregon and #6 La-Laf.)

So Emma Johnson is a very good pitcher, no doubt; however, she has not pitched against Top-tiered teams like Iowa has.  So in a 3-game series, it is anyone's guess as to which team would win, but I would rather play Kent State in a 3 game series rather than Iowa in 3 game series.

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Hail To The Blue

April 24th, 2015 at 9:14 PM ^

Kent State is 33-11, and we faced Emma Johnson, who is 7th nationally with a 1.02 ERA. Kent State is a good team, despite being a mid-major. That's not as nearly as bad as losing to Iowa, who is 16-34 on the year. No contest. We've lost six games this year: Florida twice, ASU (after sweeping them at their own field), Minnesota, Kent State, and Iowa. The Iowa one really is the only brutal one. We do have a couple of under-the-radar good wins as well, though: we run-ruled James Madison, who is 37-6 and we tagged their pitcher Megan Good, who is 4th in the country with a .95 ERA, and we also run-ruled Western Kentucky and Miranda Kramer, who is 2nd in the country with a .89 ERA. Edit: Stupid double post.

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MGoSoftball

April 24th, 2015 at 6:35 PM ^

maintain contact with the pitching rubber through the delivery.  The foot may drag behind after the ball is released; however, the foot muct maintain contact with the ground.

Good call my the Umpires.

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MGoSoftball

April 24th, 2015 at 6:43 PM ^

highly rated recruit for Coach Hutch.  She just could not adjust to this level of ball qucik enough.  She was the heir-apparent to Dorian Shaw at first.

She transferred to Maryland after a very poor Freshman season.  She was my pick for Big Ten Player of the year in her Senior Year.

 

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