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Your RPI will be off the charts ! Vandy, ASU, Gonzaga, even Wright St normally has a respectable program. You may be aware, Gonzaga just swept Fullerton this past weekend. I really like Josh Holiday.

Possible to get references from other parents, high school or college coaches ?

True ! Also, Pierce needs to play Gash and O'Dowd a couple of innings in these blowouts for infield experience to backup Melendez and Daly in case of injury. Gash was rated by Perfect Game as top 1B in Texas. O'Dowd got 3 innings against Corpus. Not to mention Peyton Powell. No idea about the backup for Faltine. Perhaps Staley.

Check the game threads. Streams often posted. MLB.com is schedule to telecast the entire Houston tournament.

Rant warning. Sry for the vent. Jordyn Whitaker being replaced in the middle of an inning is a reflection on the coaching staff as much or more than the player. Embarrassing for all. Google tells me Jordyn was a corner infielder in high school and fielding average was .889. She can be an asset as a power hitter DP but not as a fielder. iirc, she had key hits for us last year, hit .358 with an OPS 1.046. She is struggling this year hitting .200 because her role needs to be defined and she needs to embrace it. Her body language shows she is not happy which affects her performance. Pull your head out, Mike ! https://www.jacksonvilleprogress.com/sports/whitaker-to-take-big-bat-to-austin-set-to-join-longhorn-softball/article_0d15a368-4866-11ea-8ef9-efeee3eed1a0.html https://www.maxprepsP.com/athlete/jordyn-whitaker/_0-R3fSREeaT-Oz0u-e-FA/softball/stats.htm

https://www.mlb.com/network/tv-schedule MLB.com is scheduled to telecast all the Friday games from the Houston Shriner's Classic. Texas schedule shows they will do the entire tournament but they haven't posted their Sat/Sun sched. MLB.com telecasting likely means there will be "outlaw" available streams.

UTSA wins 6-5 in 10. Stanford committed 4 errors, 2 in 10th. Stanford 6-2, UTSA 7-1 (Tarleton St, Seattle). https://goutsa.com/sidearmstats/baseball/media;category=batting

aggy had a 5-3 lead going into the 9th and their pen failed. Schlossnagle had told the aggy faithful that Penn would be a test because they have an older, experienced team. This was their opening series of the year, they were eager since playing less than 15 games in '20 and '21. Despite lack of overall success, Penn has an established program. Kids on the East Coast can play. Penn has 4 Texans (2 from Austin area, 1 Dallas, 1 Houston) who play regularly. https://pennathletics.com/sports/baseball/roster Round Rock Classic scores: Stanford is 6-1 against a formidable schedule. Pierce disciples need to persuade him to put them back on schedule. (small print from RR site, only avail)

Do you monitor your blood pressure and heart rate ? If not, would begin. Age is not a factor. CBD will relax you but it would be good to visit a doctor. Good exercise program should also help.

This is an informative article as Vic and the players bemoan attendance for good reason. Article should have been written much sooner. CDC and company should be ashamed for lack of support. Does he even attend games like the Baylor game, etc ? (Excerpts, article worth the read) Over 13 games this season at the Erwin Center, Texas is averaging a crowd of 2,649. That's No. 37 nationally. The Erwin Center's capacity is 16,540. Four Big 12 schools are averaging bigger crowds. And Texas trails 19 unranked teams. Texas Tech (4,635), Minnesota (3,166) and Wisconsin (2,867) all have losing records, and Arizona State (2,725) is 12-12. "You've got a top-10 basketball team in your community, and you're not even in the top, whatever, in attendance. That's sad," Schaefer said. "It's very disappointing. It's frustrating for me as a coach. You know, these kids deserve better. In recent years, fans have shown plenty of apathy toward women's sports at UT. Last November, volleyball coach Jerritt Elliott pointed out that his perennial powerhouse program had historically been unable to sell out 4,000-seat Gregory Gym for first- and second-round matches of the NCAA Tournament, and said, "We need to be able to do that." As a department, Texas has seemingly skimped on the promotions for the UT women. There's been no "Party at the Tower" promised to the students. No mimosas have been given out at the women's games. "A lot of times, our away games have way more fans than we do at home, which it's more fun when there's more fans," Holle said. "So a lot of times, the away games are more fun than the home games, which I don't think it should ever be like that." In the aftermath of Schaefer's rant, a local reporter suggested that having football players in the crowd could draw in more fans. That led to starters DeMarvion Overshown, Xavier Worthy and Jake Majors pledging that they'd be in attendance Saturday night. https://www.hookem.com/story/sports/womens-basketball/2022/02/26/texas-basketball-longhorns-womens-team-struggling-attendance/6933446001/

🙂 Actually, I thought they played with a little more enthusiasm, came out of dugout between innings, more engaged, etc. Commend Dolcini for recovering from a shaky start. Ariz St was fielding .948 before today. Been working on their D. Infield turned 2, outfield played great. Jimmy Koalitis, asst to MW for 4 yrs at Oregon, is assistant on Ariz St. No idea of their personal relationship.

Pardon for again visiting this subject, just need to vent. Channel surfing this PM, LHN had replay of McNeese game, saw and inning or two. Sophia Simpson's first collegiate start, Mike replaced her after 4.1 innings (6H 2R, 9K's). When she returned to the dugout no bench players came to greet her after her first collegiate start. 2 of them slightly clapped while sitting down, no emotion, and did not greet her as she passed. Barrett gave her an uninspiring high five and turned away. She then stood by a player I did not recognize and conversed. Hang in there, Sophia, you are going to be a good one. Team has issues.

Thursday Texas Classic games postponed. New schedule being drafted. https://texassports.com/news/2022/2/23/no-23-24-softballs-texas-classic-thursday-schedule-postponed.aspx

https://texassports.com/news/2022/2/22/no-23-24-softball-announces-time-change-for-north-texas-game.aspx UNT game Wed moved to 4PM due to weather. Forecast 45 degrees at game time. LHN will still broadcast.

Recently read an article on this (sry, dont have link, google tips of car buying, etc). Stated the opposite is true, better discounts/deals when car is financed. Agree on price of car, get it on paper before they send you to Finance, then tell them you will pay cash. Never tell the salesman/manager you want to pay cash. Lot of good YouTube vids on car buying.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/article/2022-02-21/d1softball-top-25-rankings-florida-state-jumps-ucla-northwestern-climbs-after-week-2 As expected, drop out of Top 25. OU #1, OKSt #11. After five consecutive defeats, and almost as many errors as runs, Texas (5-6) suffered another setback by dropping out of the Top 25 entirely. Auburn, USF and BYU join the poll this week. https://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/article/2022-02-21/d1softball-top-25-rankings-florida-state-jumps-ucla-northwestern-climbs-after-week-2 Cold, damp weather in the ATX beginning Wednesday (low 40's mid 50's, 10mph wind), ray of sunshine on Sunday 62 degrees.

Don't subscribe. $14.99 per month, $129 annual. Steep, imo. May want to try a month, I never have subscribed. Sometimes searching other team's boards will provide info including D1 info. They do seem to have good content from A-Z including coaching changes, injuries, predictions, players to watch, etc. I especially enjoyed the Monday Chat which was free but no more. In their defense, Baseball America and other sites are the same though lower priced ($7.50) Baseball America also covers MLB and not totally dedicated to college like D1 and at times has limited free content. Coverage doesn't seem as in-depth for college.

As stated by @zlavydra, Maryland is solid. Won over 35 games last year, lost to ECarolina in Regional Final. Up and coming young Coach Rob Vaughn from Humble, played at KSt. The sweep does mean Baylor has problems. Need the B12 to be strong for conference RPI purposes.

Everyone report back in the morning at 10AM, Notre Dame

Last year White stated the team did not know each other well and could not bond with off field activities because of Covid. This year is no excuse. And as someone mentioned above, there seems to a void in leadership. Iakopo, Jennae, Burke, and Parker just don't have that personality. This is where we miss you know who, now at Ok St.

Tough to bring young Simpson back same day, mental thing.

Very much so. Not sure there has been a dedicated strength/performance coach for softball, but it would help. Melissa Schmitz, below, has the duty along with Golf and Cross Country so her plate is full. Lance Sewell at one time did both baseball and softball. He did a great job and was well liked. Pierce may not want to share the baseball person. It is very important for flexibility and proper strength training and most importantly nutrition. Some of the players look like they have added bad weight and lost flexibility and speed. https://texassports.com/sports/softball/roster/staff/melissa-schmitz/68

True. I mean if they don't do it on their own.

Notice no one comes out of the dugout to greet Dolcini, not even the other pitchers. Sign of problems in this program. The coaches, Barrett and Singleton, need to tell them to do that. Barrett is worthless.

Credit to Czech for staying focused.