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Cantu was the only one on the Spring grad list. Being overly pessimistic, I have concerns about Simpson. She doesn't look happy, intimidated by MW, alot likely has to do with her age/adjusting to this level. Perhaps a positive showing in the SR will help if she has that opportunity. This is where a strong female assistant can build confidence. With her previous high accolades, her family may have concerns. Again, overly pessimistic. Really hope she stays and is successful. But MW has yet to develop a freshman pitcher at Texas. Both transferred (White, Green). Day may be a concern if she is not satisfied with her role as DP/DH, limited pitching. But we have the geat advantage of offering a UT education. https://texassports.com/news/2022/5/19/texas-athletics-ut-athletics-announces-2022-spring-commencement-participants.aspx Brianna Cantu Softball Economics, minor in Business

Wise choice ! Best to you all in the future.

Congratulations ! He is well beyond his years with the swing/mechanics at the plate. Who is his favorite MLB player ? 🙂

https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/2022/05/23/texas-back-back-ncaa-womens-champions-win-over-oklahoma/9887569002/ Congratulations to all ! Enjoy lurking this thread with great info. Above story from AAS gives a nice summary with great player/coach quotes and mutual respect from Joffe and OU's Cohen.

2022 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship ScheduleWednesday, May 25Game 1 – 9 a.m. – No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. No. 5 Texas - ESPNUGame 2 – 12:30 p.m. – No. 1 TCU vs. No. 8 Baylor - Big 12 Now on ESPN+Game 3 – 4 p.m. – No. 2 Texas Tech vs. No. 7 Kansas State - Big 12 Now on ESPN+Game 4 – 7:30 p.m. – No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 West Virginia - Big 12 Now on ESPN+Thursday, May 26Game 5 – Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser – 9 a.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+Game 6 – Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser – 12:30 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+Game 7 – Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner – 4 p.m. – ESPNUGame 8 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner – 7:30 p.m. – ESPNUFriday, May 27Game 9 – Game 7 Loser vs. Game 5 Winner – 3:15 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+Game 10 – Game 8 Loser vs. Game 6 Winner – 7 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+Saturday, May 28Game 11 – Game 9 Winner vs. Game 7 Winner – 9 a.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+Game 12 – Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner – 12:30 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+Game 13 – Game 11 Loser vs. Game 11 Winner (if necessary) – 4 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+Game 14 – Game 12 Loser vs. Game 12 Winner (if necessary) – 4 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+Sunday, May 29Game 15 – Championship Game – 5 p.m. – ESPNU https://big12sports.com/news/2022/5/21/tcu-wins-baseball-regular-season-seeds-announced-for-phillips-66-big-12-championship.aspx

Tell us why ? 🙂

Thanks for sharing that great story. Stanford is back with her as coach ! She communicates well and players show tremendous respect for her for good reason.

Listed as a Senior, Covid year ?

Great win for Stanford and Jessica Allister. She can coach softball. Sad ending for Montana Fouts' great career. @Js1 Was Alana Vawter a Connie commit, so she decomitted ? Shutout Bama with 4 hits.

Agree, I really like Cimusz at 1B, bases loaded double with 3 rbi's yesterday.

On the other side of the ball, UW fifth-year senior pitcher Gabbie Plain will likely be in line to toss back-to-back games, just as she did against Michigan last season. https://www.dailyuw.com/sports/softball/washington-prepares-for-do-or-die-regional-final-versus-texas/article_7616e032-d99d-11ec-a684-470785be3448.html Excerpt above from UW campus paper. UW pitched Nelson, their #2 vs Lehigh. Leaves them Lynch who stated game 1 vs Lehigh. Having to pitch Plain in game 1 for 2.2 innings/47 pitches set UW back. They have to go with Plain in at least game 1 today. . How will MW counter ? Time of year when heroes are made. Ala/Stanford, UK/Va Tech now underway. #6 Ala and #3 Va Tech have to win twice. Championship softball - best time of year.

Boyd's RPI as of 4:42PM yesterday. D1 ranked the same #22. D1: https://d1baseball.com/nitty-gritty/ Division I Adjusted Overall Rank Rating W L W L W L Team 1 0.623 48 7 41.4 7.3 48 7 Tennessee 2 0.612 40 13 37.0 13.9 40 13 Oregon State 3 0.597 37 17 33.1 17.3 37 17 Auburn 4 0.597 44 10 42.8 8.8 44 10 Maryland 5 0.597 35 18 31.7 19.2 35 18 Vanderbilt 6 0.595 39 11 33.9 10.7 39 11 Virginia Tech 7 0.592 36 14 33.6 12.8 36 14 Stanford 8 0.591 37 17 33.7 15.5 37 17 Georgia Southern 9 0.590 33 20 30.9 19.4 33 20 Dallas Baptist 10 0.590 37 16 30.7 14.8 37 16 Louisville 11 0.590 38 16 33.2 16.0 38 16 Miami, Florida 12 0.590 34 20 31.0 19.4 34 20 Georgia 13 0.589 33 12 29.7 10.2 33 12 Notre Dame 14 0.588 38 14 31.4 12.8 38 14 Virginia 15 0.587 35 18 34.7 19.2 35 18 Oklahoma State 16 0.587 38 16 33.8 15.4 38 16 Wake Forest 17 0.587 35 19 31.7 19.3 35 19 Florida 18 0.586 40 14 39.4 14.6 40 14 Southern Mississippi 19 0.584 33 19 26.1 17.5 33 19 North Carolina 20 0.583 34 21 29.8 20.7 34 21 Oregon Division I Adjusted Overall Rank Rating W L W L W L Team 21 0.583 34 17 30.4 17.3 34 17 Texas A&M 22 0.582 38 17 35.0 16.7 38 17 Texas 23 0.581 32 21 28.4 20.7 32 21 Georgia Tech 24 0.581 33 14 35.7 12.2 33 14 Gonzaga 25 0.580 37 18 34.9 17.4 37 18 East Carolina 26 0.580 32 21 26.0 19.5 32 21 Florida State 27 0.580 36 18 30.6 18.6 36 18 Louisiana State 28 0.580 35 17 32.9 16.1 35 17 Coastal Carolina 29 0.579 43 11 40.3 11.3 43 11 Texas State 30 0.579 34 21 28.6 19.5 34 21 Clemson 31 0.577 38 15 32.0 14.7 38 15 Arkansas 32 0.575 33 19 28.5 19.3 33 19 Oklahoma 33 0.574 39 14 35.7 14.0 39 14 Wofford 34 0.571 32 20 30.2 21.2 32 20 Mississippi 35 0.571 34 18 31.0 16.8 34 18 Texas Christian 36 0.571 31 20 30.7 18.2 32 20 West Virginia 37 0.570 38 12 38.0 11.4 38 12 UC Santa Barbara 38 0.569 35 20 32.9 20.6 35 20 Arizona 39 0.567 35 18 32.9 16.8 35 18 Texas Tech 40 0.566 33 19 29.7 18.7 33 19 North Carolina State http://www.boydsworld.com/baseball/rpi/currentrpi.html

Word of caution: Washington had this same scenario last year at home and came back to win 2 from #20 Michigan. Lost in Supers to OU. But Wa was ranked #6 last year with 44 wins. That said, this was a tough loss. They came apart.

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Plain had to throw 47 pitches in 2.2 innings. Been awhile since we have seen a pitcher like Plain. Not notable velocity, but up, down, all around, lives on the black part of the plate, great location. Best hope is she will have trouble locating.

Great game by Czech and great decision by MW to start her with the LH hitters in Weber St's lineup. Looked like she did early in the year. 1 BB, 5H and 6 K's, 0 errors. Playoff quality stats. In her last outing against Baylor in game 2, Czech gave up 7 hits in 1 inning and walked 2. Props to MW for correcting.

https://www.ncaa.com/scoreboard/softball/d1 Regionals scoreboard.

https://texassports.com/news/2022/5/18/no-16-18-softball-preview-the-ncaa-seattle-regional.aspx Opening game 4:30PM vs Weber St scheduled for LHN. Likely will be an overlap with baseball scheduled at 6:30PM. Interesting to see what they will do.

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Thought about this all week. I do agree we can win this Regional, but.. Unless MW has found some Tom Herman "pixie dust" for the pitching staff, seems likely he will start Dolcini every game like the Connie Clark - Blair Luna scenario. He chose to start Dolcini against lowly Tech in the first game of the B12 tournament. Simpson's start against Baylor in game 2 was a disaster though she was competitive vs OU. MW has done a poor job of developing this staff and recruiting from the portal last year. Czech and Hulon have not been significant, though Czech has had her moments. As @Goodman stated upthread, we thought he would have a few "ringers" on the pitching staff. Several key transfers has to fall partially on MW. Hope I'm wrong and he has worked with Simpson and Czech this week to correct their mechanics. Simpson has talent. UW has an experienced team. Starting the same pitcher 2 consecutive games is not good. But in true MW fashion, we will just try to oustscore them. Offense mate, Offense.

A candid critique of UW by the UW campus paper. Should note that Plain 2 hit Pac12 Champ Az St with 13k's in her last appearance on 12 May. Don't disrespect Weber St. They have an ace pitcher (Arissa Henderson) with a 1.88 era, hit .313 as a team. (excerpt) Fifth-year senior Gabbie Plain, while still effective, has had the worst season of her career, with a 2.02 ERA behind career-high walks and home runs surrendered with 53 and 14, respectively. Plain has pitched by far the most innings on the team with 159 1/3. Seniors Baylee Klingler and Madison Huskey batted .378 and .329 in conference play, respectively, but no other qualified Washington player hit over .256 in Pac-12 games. https://www.dailyuw.com/sports/softball/uw-softball-to-host-ncaa-regionals-as-no-13-overall-seed/article_c7e91cac-d4a4-11ec-8df6-97bc1eceaf10.html https://weberstatesports.com/sports/softball/stats/2022

Baseball America projection. #2 Seed in South Bend with ND, Iowa, Ball St matched with aggy regional. (if so, go ahead and make your hotel/flight reservations for Omaha) D1 Baseball @ Fayetteville, with Ark, SE Mizzou, La Tech vs Miami regional https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2022-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-51822/ https://d1baseball.com/postseason/2022-field-of-64-projections-may-18/ PROJECTED FIELD OF 64 Knoxville, Tenn. Hattiesburg, Miss. 1. (1) Tennessee*^ 1. (16) Southern Mississippi*^ 2. Georgia Southern 2. Georgia 3. Clemson 3. Coastal Carolina 4. Alabama State* 4. College of Charleston* Corvallis, Ore. Charlottesville, Va. 1. (2) Oregon State*^ 1. (15) Virginia^ 2. Gonzaga* 2. East Carolina* 3. North Carolina 3. Rutgers 4. Long Island* 4. Campbell* Blacksburg, Va. Stillwater, Okla. 1. (3) Virginia Tech*^ 1. (14) Oklahoma State^ 2. Wofford* 2. Dallas Baptist 3. West Virginia 3. LSU 4. Delaware State* 4. Southeastern Missouri State* Stanford, Calif. College Park, Md. 1. (4) Stanford^ 1. (13) Maryland*^ 2. Oklahoma 2. North Carolina State 3. San Diego 3. Liberty* 4. Nevada* 4. Army* College Station, Texas South Bend, Ind. 1. (5) Texas A&M^ 1. (12) Notre Dame^ 2. Texas State* 2. Texas 3. UC Santa Barbara* 3. Iowa 4. McNeese State* 4. Ball State* Coral Gables, Fla. Fayetteville, Ark. 1. (6) Miami^ 1. (11) Arkansas^ 2. Florida 2. TCU 3. Pennsylvania* 3. Louisiana Tech 4. Fairfield* 4. North Dakota State* Louisville Nashville 1. (7) Louisville^ 1. (10) Vanderbilt^ 2. Arizona 2. Connecticut* 3. Mississippi 3. UCLA 4. Wright State* 4. Southern Illinois* Auburn, Ala. Lubbock, Texas 1. (8) Auburn^ 1. (9) Texas Tech*^ 2. Oregon 2. Florida State 3. Georgia Tech 3. Grand Canyon* 4. Davidson* 4. Maine* * denotes automatic bid ^ denotes regional host D1 Baseball D1Baseball Projected Field of 64: May 11 KNOXVILLE SPOKANE 1 Tennessee* (1) 1 Gonzaga* (16) 4 Delaware State* 4 Pennsylvania* 2 Connecticut* 2 Oregon 3 Clemson 3 NC State CORVALLIS LUBBOCK 1 Oregon State* (2) 1 Texas Tech* (15) 4 North Dakota State* 4 Campbell* 2 Oklahoma 2 LSU 3 Grand Canyon* 3 Arizona BLACKSBURG NASHVILLE 1 Virginia Tech (3) 1 Vanderbilt (14) 4 Long Island* 4 Davidson* 2 East Carolina* 2 Southern Miss* 3 West Virginia 3 Liberty* CORAL GABLES FAYETTEVILLE 1 Miami* (4) 1 Arkansas (13) 4 Florida A&M* 4 SE Missouri State* 2 Florida 2 Texas 3 Rutgers 3 Louisiana Tech AUBURN TALLAHASSEE 1 Auburn (5) 1 Florida State* (12) 4 Maine* 4 Coll. of Charleston* 2 Georgia Southern 2 Georgia 3 North Carolina 3 Coastal Carolina* STANFORD SOUTH BEND 1 Stanford (6) 1 Notre Dame (11) 4 UNLV* 4 Ball State* 2 UC Santa Barbara* 2 Dallas Baptist* 3 San Diego 3 UCLA COLLEGE PARK STILLWATER 1 Maryland* (7) 1 Oklahoma State (10) 4 Fairfield* 4 Army* 2 Virginia 2 Texas State 3 Old Dominion 3 Georgia Tech LOUISVILLE COLLEGE STATION 1 Louisville (8) 1 Texas A&M (9) 4 Wright State* 4 McNeese* 2 Wofford 2 TCU 3 Ole Miss 3 UTSA

OU's Jordy Bahl has a hairline fracture in her forearm. Availability will be determined by doctors, Gasso, and Jordy. Jenny Finch pitched with a similar injury in her career.

Reading Hutchens' bio on his Twitter, he is a young, inexperienced writer playing to the OKSt audience. Kenny G did the same, though not in detail, before the regular season series. Saying we welcomed Miranda knowing what she has been through, etc. Before the tournament series, he told ESPN "there is not as much emotion now playing Texas as there was in our first meeting during the regular season." Still alluding to the Elish situation. If Hutchens had experience he would have replied to Mary's tweets by asking about her suspension earlier in the year. I agree with @bschoolprof this is an interesting drama. Due to Kenng G's comments, I do hope Nebraska wins the Stillwater Regional.

D1 Chat: Can you handicap the Big 12 hosting scenarios for us? Tech all of the sudden looks like a host, but the RPI isn’t there. Texas has a much better RPI, but only 11-10 in the league. If Texas finishes 14-10 and only 2 games back of league champ TCU or TTU, can they snatch a host bid from one of those schools? Or can they just add a third Big 12 host? Yeah the Big 12 hosting picture is pretty fascinating. Both of the teams at the top of the standings, TCU and Texas Tech, are mid-30s in the RPI, which is normally not where you want to be as a host candidate, of course. But it feels like a scenario where the committee will make an exception for the Big 12 champion, we've seen that sort of thing before. OK State is still in good RPI shape at No. 12 and solid enough in the standings, so they're a host. I think I agree with your thinking that if Texas sweeps that last series to get to 14-10, it could move into hosting position too. But a lot could be decided at the conference tourney. Fun race to watch. Even Oklahoma is still in the mix. Example of importance of RPI: Texas Tech and Arkansas have been in the Top 20 for the entire season and have really good series wins, but the RPI is not as high as you would think. Maryland is at 11 in the RPI, higher than both of those teams. What would the pecking order be for those three teams when it comes to regional hosting? This is such a fascinating question, because it really is a test of how much weight the committee is going to put on the RPI this year. Last year, we expected the committee would use the RPI less, because all the weird COVID-related scheduling stuff really made it have less meaning -- but when the dust settled it was still almost straight RPI all the way through that bracket. So if that's the case again, you'd have to think Maryland will be ahead of Arkansas and Tech. The fact that Maryland has managed to build a No. 11 RPI as a team in the Big Ten is very loud, and the Terps are also atop their league. That's just a really good body of work.