2020 Texas Softball - Back to OKC!

[bschoolprof 6,271]

Fuck. 

[orangeut 212]

we're been trying so hard both games to get beat and I think we will succeed this game.

[Js1 85,526]

Feels like we were due for a loss. This may be it 

[ss13 1,832]

Their P looks older than 20. 

[orangeut 212]

typical Slack mistake.   

[orangeut 212]

I'll say it again, we need a shortstop.   

[bschoolprof 6,271]

Yes. One big glaring weakness White did not address. 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,781]

7 minutes ago, ss13 said:

Their P looks older than 20. 

 

[perfectchaos007 6,677]

1-0 Duke bottom 7. Now or never. Maybe we can recapture that magic we found against Utah

[bschoolprof 6,271]

Last 3 outs. 

[bschoolprof 6,271]

Terrible strike call on Rhodes. 

[ss13 1,832]

Glad UNT didn’t have their RF. 

[bschoolprof 6,271]

2 outs left. 

[perfectchaos007 6,677]

Washington tried to swing for the fences there

[bschoolprof 6,271]

Jefferson with a single. Barely. 

[TwiceHorn 31,529]

Geezuz h.

[ss13 1,832]

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Edited February 23, 2020 by ss13
Not just yet.

[perfectchaos007 6,677]

down to our last out

[bschoolprof 6,271]

Walkoff hr time. 

[ss13 1,832]

Interesting way to end it. 

 

Oh well, on to the next one. 

Edited February 23, 2020 by ss13

[perfectchaos007 6,677]

Duke shuts us out and wins 1-0

[TwiceHorn 31,529]

Dunno bout that.

Meaning the steal not the call.

Edited February 23, 2020 by TwiceHorn

[ss13 1,832]

She was out, shitty slide. 

[perfectchaos007 6,677]

Sucks that we lost to the only power 5 program that played in our little tournament

[bschoolprof 6,271]

Goddammit. 

[perfectchaos007 6,677]

not a great day of softball for us. shitty defense against lipscomb and we win by 1. shitty offense against Duke and we lose by 1

[orangeut 212]

no pitching or defense in the first game, no hitting in the second game.   

[Pato del Muerto 52,571]

Hit the ball decently with risp but always at someone. 
 

and of course duke scores on a leadoff double that advanced to third on a dropped third strike putout and a ridiculous swinging bunt. 

Edited February 23, 2020 by Pato del Muerto

[LTtxfan 49,331]

Got a lucky win against UNT earlier this week.

Great defense by Duke, and solid pitching allows a 1-0 lead turn into a WIN against Texas.. 😡

[ss13 1,832]

Just noticed baseball & softball are the same time again Sunday. Brilliant 

[Js1 85,526]

Mary and Shannon HRs

4-0 Texas

Edited February 23, 2020 by Js1

[TrashMaster G 17,588]

Thanks for the update

[Js1 85,526]

It’s 8-2 right now 

[GreenspointTexas 9,664]

They come out pissed?

[Js1 85,526]

I’m really concerned with our pitching 

9-4 Texas top 7

[Js1 85,526]

Texas wins 9-4

[Js1 85,526]

OU lost to Wisky, 4-3

This is the year. That team ain’t right 

[TwiceHorn 31,529]

9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

OU lost to Wisky, 4-3

This is the year. That team ain’t right 

Rep for use of "ain't right."

[Js1 85,526]

Shea’s 2.28 ERA sucks. She’s in danger of losing the #2 spot to Day. 

White said yesterday she’s overthrowing and he’s gotta let her work through it. 

[LTtxfan 49,331]

8 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Shea’s 2.28 ERA sucks. She’s in danger of losing the #2 spot to Day. 

White said yesterday she’s overthrowing and he’s gotta let her work through it. 

Day sucked against Lippy yesterday... Shealyn will get it together soon!!  🤘

[Js1 85,526]

5 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Day sucked against Lippy yesterday... Shealyn will get it together soon!!  🤘

Shea’s problem right now are walks. 7 already to only 18 strikeouts. Day hasn’t walked anyone. 6 XBH given up by Shea, 2 by Day. 

[bschoolprof 6,271]

Plus Day can hit, and with her in the circle we can have both her and Miranda at the plate.

I agree with pitching looking shaky this year. Even Miranda doesn’t look as sharp to me. Don’t have any stats to back that up.

[Js1 85,526]

29 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

Plus Day can hit, and with her in the circle we can have both her and Miranda at the plate.

I agree with pitching looking shaky this year. Even Miranda doesn’t look as sharp to me. Don’t have any stats to back that up.

She’s doing great. 0.53 ERA, 48 K to 5 BB. 1 XBH. .136 BAA

[LTtxfan 49,331]

I think y'all might be getting a little ahead of yourselves on Day's current pitching ability.  We'll learn a lot more about just how good Day is in the Circle when Texas plays much better opponents soon. 

I still believe Shealyn will be our #2 pitcher in B12 play, and will round into much better form soon. 🤘

[Goodman 3,273]

IDK what her ranking was coming out of HS but Day is showing signs of being a special player. They type I expect Mike to land in most of his classes moving fwd. She's one hell of a ball player. 

[Js1 85,526]

9 minutes ago, Goodman said:

IDK what her ranking was coming out of HS but Day is showing signs of being a special player. They type I expect Mike to land in most of his classes moving fwd. She's one hell of a ball player. 

Unranked. We “stole” her from Sam. Mike saw something he liked 

[Js1 85,526]

11 hours ago, Goodman said:

IDK what her ranking was coming out of HS but Day is showing signs of being a special player. They type I expect Mike to land in most of his classes moving fwd. She's one hell of a ball player. 

Also, her appearances right now are huge because of the Grace Green injury from HS she is still recovering from.  I expected her to be the #3 because of her accolades, but Day has come out of nowhere to be the #3.  

I talk shit about Shea, who may just be having a real sophomore slump or truly is just overthrowing, but we have a legit 1-2-3 right now that I am happy with.  For Big 12 play, I know Mike will go Elish-Shea-Elish but Day can come in any time and we'd feel okay.

Back to Shea, it's still early enough that she is learning how to make her own adjustments now that teams have film on her.   And Mike is the right coach to have for that. 

[Js1 85,526]

#1 UCLA goes 4-0 with wins over #9 UF and RV Auburn
#2 Washington goes 5-0 with wins over #3 OU and RV Northwestern
#3 OU goes 3-2 with losses to #2 Washington and unranked Wisconsin
#4 Texas goes 5-1 with a loss to RV Duke
#5 Arizona goes 3-2 with losses to A&M and #9 UF and wins over RV SDSU and RV Auburn
#6 Michigan goes 1-3 with losses to Iowa State, #22 South Carolina and Liberty
#7 LSU goes 5-0
#8 FSU did not play
#9 UF goes 5-1 with wins over #5 Arizona, RV Northwestern, #16 ASU and a loss to #1 UCLA
#10 ULL goes 4-1 with a win over #14 OSU and a loss to #14 OSU

Don't think there will be too much movement in the top 10

UCLA
Washington
Texas
OU
LSU
Arizona
FSU
UF
ULL
Michigan

Was not a great weekend for some of our P5 non-conference opponents: Michigan 1-3 and Tennessee 1-4

[Js1 85,526]

Morning poll update:

CSM - Texas #5 (down from #2) - (this is bullshit, as we dropped 3 spots for losing 1-0 to Duke, but OU dropped 1 spot for losing by 10 to Washington and by 1 to unranked Wisconsin)

D-1 Softball - Texas #3 (no change and OU drops from #2 to #6) 

Using the D-1 Softball rankings, Texas will play this week: 

#7 (twice)
#1
#2
#13

The winning % of those 5 games - 62-10 (86.1%) 

We will learn A LOT about this team after ULL, UCLA, UW, Michigan and Fresno State/Boise State (aka, how we respond to adversity or big wins and not let a loss beat us twice) 

[Js1 85,526]

NFCA: Texas #3 (up from 4) - UCLA, UW are #1/#2, ULL is #10, Michigan is #13 - OU drops from #3 to #5

Forgot to mention, the unofficial RPI has Texas #5 

NFCA top 10: UCLA, UW, Texas, LSU, OU, Florida, Arizona, Alabama, FSU, ULL