(SB) Ongoing UF Softball Commentary

Because no media shows up except Herb Brooks.

 

FYI....Florida Gulf Coast two leading pitchers have an ERA of .082 & .088. Could be a problem.

 

Just hit the ball hard and see what happens. Make them make plays

 

LSU just lost their second game in a row to Miss 9 - 2. Miss had 13 hits. Wow. Anybody can beat anybody in this league this year.

 

Wow is right. Ole Miss is historically one of the worst softball programs in the conference. They opened conference play losing 2 of 3 to MSU.

 

Thinking sweeps will be precious commodities

 

i thought hockey was his sport.....

 

What the puck?!

 

Gators remained 10th in the rankings this week. Doesn’t mean much this early in the season but after destroying 28th ranked Indiana last weekend, I think they deserved a little better ranking.

 

25th currently in the RPI poll

 

We’re climbing.., it’s where we end up.

 

If we beat fgcu today that's another good win. Not sure of their RPI but I know they have a win over fsu so it has to be better than a lot of teams.

 

Gators have played 169 innings so far this season. Ava (55 ) & Keagan (89) have pitched 144 of those innings. Remarkable. I didn’t think it possible two freshman could immediately jump into a new program, pitch 85% of the innings and be this successful so quickly.

 

Why haven't we seen more of Olivia Miller. I haven't seen her at all, so I have no idea what she brings to the pitching staff. She last pitched against Michigan on March 2 out in California when she gave up 4 earned runs in UF's 10-2 loss to the wolverines. Hard to hold that loss on her as that was apparently a pitching staff fail and little offense against Michigan. The wolverines would be wrong, but they couldn't be too impressed after having beaten this Gators team twice.

 

Totally agree. She should get the start today but I'll bet she won't. If she got beat today so what. She needs the experience. A loss today is no big deal. It is now all about the SEC schedule. Our final ranking will be based on how we do against SEC teams.

 

When was the last year UF had 3 terrific pitchers, 2017 maybe?

Gourley
Ocasio
Barnhill

Gourley got a fair number of starts, but she was groomed to come in to close out and save games. UF went 55-10 losing in the WCWS championship series in two excellent deciding games against OU which could have gone either way.

Rothrock
Brown
Miller

Could UF do the same thing in 2024 to maximize the use of these remarkable freshmen?

EDIT:

Miller, like Gourley, is a lefty. I didn't realize that until Olivia pitched to the last batter in the win over FGCU. This threesome could be exactly like the 2017 pitching staff which did everything except win the national championship.