College Softball

[kepdawg]

No Texas teams good this year?

[3afan]

Texas, aTm, Baylor made the NCAAs

Angelo St made the DII World Series

[Reds fan]

Originally posted by 3afan
Texas, aTm, Baylor made the NCAAs

Angelo St made the DII World Series

also in NCAA Regionals:
Sam Houston State
University of Houston

UH played U Louisiana-Lafayette started at 1 pm today
A&M plays Sam Houston at 4pm today

[sahen]

USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Poll
(As of 05/15/2007)
Rank School W-L Points Prev
1 Oklahoma (14) 52-6 491 3
2 Tennessee (5) 54-5 479 2
3 LSU 53-10 442 4
4 Arizona 39-12-1 441 5
5 Alabama 51-7 433 1
6 Northwestern 45-11 385 7
7 Baylor 45-13 382 10
8 Texas A&M 40-10 359 6
9 Arizona State 49-15 354 9
10 Michigan 43-10 310 8
11 Washington 35-16 283 11
12 UCLA 36-16 280 12
13 Virginia Tech 48-14 266 24
14 DePaul 41-11 239 14
15 Georgia Tech 53-14 198 19
16 Hawai'i 46-11 194 13
17 Oregon State 39-21 173 15
18 Stanford 33-19-1 150 16
19 Missouri 38-22 121 22
20 Oregon 42-17 105 18
21 Ohio State 38-16 89 NR
22 Florida 46-20 76 20
23 Fresno State 45-16 72 23
24 Southern Illinois 39-14 52 21


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Creighton (26), Texas (21), Cal (11), UL-Lafayette (8), NC State (7), Cal Poly (6), Nebraska (5), Fullerton (2), Florida State (2), Louisville (1).

DROPPED OUT: Texas


So there is your ESPN poll...I think they have another one but i couldnt find it....

Baylor won their first game in their Regional 8-2 today against Albany....

[Reds fan]

Lady Aggies down 5-0 after 1st half inning to Sam Houston! Coach Brock had his ladies swinging the bats....

A&M coming to bat in the bottom of 1st....

[Snydertigersrul]

Western Texas College is in the junior college national tournament in Florida.

[Reds fan]

A&M came back to win over Sam Houston 9-5... hopefully a wake up call for the Lady Aggies.

I believe UT lost to Georgia Tech earlier today, but it is double elimination in the regionals.

[Bull19]

Originally posted by Reds fan
A&M came back to win over Sam Houston 9-5... hopefully a wake up call for the Lady Aggies.

I believe UT lost to Georgia Tech earlier today, but it is double elimination in the regionals.

IM NOT SURE IF YOU CAN REALLY SAY IT WAS A WAKE UP CALL....SAM SCORED ALL 5 IN THE TOP OF THE 1ST.....GIBSON JUST WASNT ALL THERE..WHEN AMY S. CAME IN IN THE 2ND TO PITCH EVERYBODY KNEW THAT IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE AGS WOULD TAKE THE LEAD,,,,AND OH HOW THEY DID...

[Reds fan]

Originally posted by Bull19
IM NOT SURE IF YOU CAN REALLY SAY IT WAS A WAKE UP CALL....SAM SCORED ALL 5 IN THE TOP OF THE 1ST.....GIBSON JUST WASNT ALL THERE..WHEN AMY S. CAME IN IN THE 2ND TO PITCH EVERYBODY KNEW THAT IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE AGS WOULD TAKE THE LEAD,,,,AND OH HOW THEY DID...

Agreed Bull19 but A&M has been relatively flat over the last 3 weeks or so, I am hoping they can move out of the regional strong and get to host a super regional next week.

[18handicap]

I was there and saw the game at A&M. It's a nice thing that A&M has 2 good pitchers and when one struggles, the other can come in and stop the bleeding. A&M does have more pitchers than their top two that are capable to do well and that depth really is a huge asset. I saw that USL (La.-Lafayette) looks like they are using one pitcher only by having a freshman pitch while limping in the 9th inning and no other pitcher was warming up. I don't think that team can go very far without depth in the circle. A&M doesn't need a wakeup call, they need some help behind the plate.

[Reds fan]

A&M's catchers, Rowan and Wunderlich, have struggled with passed balls there is no doubt. They are recruiting the catcher's position hard but that won't help this year. Also with Ridley not hitting well this year, freshman Morrow has had a big load to carry and until yesterday had been slumping over the last month. Shortstop and catcher are such leadership positions and since Gregory graduated they have had nothing but youth at shortstop and their catching has dropped off with Spencer's graduation. The Aggies are still young overall and they need a strong team leader on the field to get them through post season.

[sic'em]

the lady bears won again this morning over hofstra 7-2 and will play in the regional championship tomorrow morning at 11 am. obviously they arent playing in waco. in new york i guess it doesnt matter that its during church. if we win, we will host a super regional next weekend in waco. sic'em

[KL3]

Hey Reds fan, who are they recruiting at catcher? I thought Wonderlich was supposed to be a good prospect out of Washington. Ridley was supposed to be much better as well.

They have the Houston area 2X player of the year coming in next year, Kliesing from Pearland. Not sure how much she'll get to pitch next year with our top 2 pitchers coming back next year, but she'll probably be in the lineup somewhere b/c she's a great hitter.

[Reds fan]

Originally posted by KL3
Hey Reds fan, who are they recruiting at catcher? I thought Wonderlich was supposed to be a good prospect out of Washington. Ridley was supposed to be much better as well.

.

Yes, Wunderlich is a top recruit at catcher but this is her soph year and she is batting only.043 and has 8 passed balls, Rowan is batting .143 with 17 paseed balls! Both catchers that I have heard of are '09 recruits.

Ridley is a puzzle, just not hitting either, but I think she'll bounce back when the opportunity arises.

[Reds fan]

A&M down 2-1 after 3rd. More passed ball trouble.

[Reds fan]

A&M down 8-1 after Grand slam off the bat of former A&M player Laura Durham, now going to bottom of 4th...

[Reds fan]

UH 8 A&M 1 Final

A&M will play winner of SHSU and Louisiana-LaFayette game later today.

[sahen]

Originally posted by sic'em
the lady bears won again this morning over hofstra 7-2 and will play in the regional championship tomorrow morning at 11 am. obviously they arent playing in waco. in new york i guess it doesnt matter that its during church. if we win, we will host a super regional next weekend in waco. sic'em

i hope we get to host...we should be hosting a regional but we arent so i wouldnt say we will host a super regional quite yet....for now we just need to win to make sure no matter what we are going, the first 2 games we looked very good though...Hofstra had only lost one game all year at home (where we played) and we had no problem w/ them today giving them their 2nd home loss....they are playing albany to see who we play tomorrow in the final....

[sic'em]

my understanding is that a super in waco next weekend (prob against michigan) is a done deal if we win tomorrow.
ou and us (big 12 tourney and season champs) not hosting this weekend are long, sorry stories. but the reward was being placed in weaker regionals than a&m, who got to host.

[sahen]

Originally posted by sic'em
my understanding is that a super in waco next weekend (prob against michigan) is a done deal if we win tomorrow.


thats what i have read but i read that on baylorfans...they thought us hosting a regional was a done deal as well so we will see, i dont put much stock into whatthey say on baylorfans anymore....since we didnt get a regional i wouldnt put it past the NCAA to not let us host a super regional as well...

[Reds fan]

A&M wins 11-0 over SHSU, must beat U of Houston twice tomorrow to advance.

Sahen, I was surprised Baylor did not host a regional as well. Was their bid turned down or what? In the past bidding for regionals was tricky and host team had to eat the loss if attendance was short, is it different now?

[18handicap]

Missed the first game at Aggie Field today as I was at the Giddings/Robinson game. Glad I wasn't there. SHSU had a huge victory for their program over ULL. Then they ran out of gas against a much determined A&M team 11-0. A&M has to beat UH twice tomorrow.

BTW, my alma mater beat Stanford 11-5 tonight at Palo Alto to win that regional and now go to Tempe to play Arizona State next weekend. Five home runs by the Lady Tigers tonight.

[sahen]

Originally posted by Reds fan
A&M wins 11-0 over SHSU, must beat U of Houston twice tomorrow to advance.

Sahen, I was surprised Baylor did not host a regional as well. Was their bid turned down or what? In the past bidding for regionals was tricky and host team had to eat the loss if attendance was short, is it different now?

i guess their bid was turned down? im sure we did bid cause we have hosted regionals and super regionals in the past....im pretty sure attendance wasnt an issue, baylor had several sellouts this year for softball...

[sic'em]

there are few power teams in the east, but many get in b/c of auto bids. a&m got a regional b/c they had 3 other teams within driving distance of them. there were no other teams within driving distance of baylor and ou so in order to lower travel costs they had to travel instead of bringing hofstra, albany and harvard to waco. since they were forcing ou and baylor to travel, they were "rewarded" with "easier" regionals. where as, a&m's reward was playing at home, though it's against tougher competition. supposedly this is not abnormal in sports that do not generate much gate $. it had nothing to do with their bid or stadium, because bu bid enough and the stadium is arguably the best in the nation.

[Reds fan]

Best of luck to Baylor next weekend!

A&M is up 11-0 in first game against UH today, hope they can keep hitting the ball in game 2 today, if so they will host Florida in Super Regional next week. Florida defeated Texas today 3-0 in extra innings to advance.

[sahen]

the Bears run-ruled Albany in the Regional final today at Hofstra 10-0 in 5 innings....hopefully next weekend they can keep it up in the super regional....the Bears outscored their opponents (Albany twice and Hofstra once) 25-4 in their regional, thats something i can live w/...sic'em!

[3afan]

Texas loses to UF 3-0 in Gainesville final

[Phil C]

Originally posted by 3afan
Texas loses to UF 3-0 in Gainesville final

UT fought back and lost this game in extra innings. A tough year for the Lady Horns but they almost made the Sweet 16. With CAT graduating and the young team they had I wouldn't have expected them to do get this far. But after beating some top teams earlier in the year I thought maybe they would get to the tournament or at least Sweet 16 but they seemed to have a collapse the second half of the season. I think maybe they overacheived the first part of the year may have been a problem. They have some good young players coming back next year and a good recruiting class so hopefully things will be good next year as far as getting to Sweet 16 goes where anything can happen.

[Reds fan]

A&M defeated UH 13-2 and 5-0. They will host Florida in Super Regional this weekend.

[Phil C]

Originally posted by Reds fan
A&M defeated UH 13-2 and 5-0. They will host Florida in Super Regional this weekend.

Good job by the Lady Aggies. I think they will beat Florida. I know UT lost to them but a key difference was the game was in Florida and the home field was a big advantage. This week fortunately the Lady Aggies have the advantage and I think that will make the difference and they will advance to the finals.

[Reds fan]

Good job by Big 12 softball, three teams from the Big 12 will host three of the eight super regionals!
Baylor hosts Michigan
Oklahoma hosts DePaul
A&M hosts Florida

A great shot at putting the Big 12 in the NCAA World Series!

[sahen]

So the Lady Bears won their first game in their Super Regional by run ruling Michigan 9-0 in 5 innings, how'd the rest ofthe Big 12 ladies do?

[3afan]

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T
FLORIDA ..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas A&M .. 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 2

[Reds fan]

Gig 'em and Sic 'em!:clap:

[Reds fan]

Oklahoma vs Depaul on ESPN 11am today.

[howboutthat]

Baylor 1
Michigan 0
Bottom 2nd

[Reds fan]

Originally posted by howboutthat
Baylor 1
Michigan 0
Bottom 2nd

:thinking: Game 2 was scheduled for 1 pm today... you might be watching 1st game repeat on CSTV

[Reds fan]

DePaul batting in top of 7th with 1-0 lead...

[18handicap]

DePaul 3, OU 0 FINAL Game 1

Texas A&M vs. Florida -- game is DELAYED until at least one hour after rain stops. 12:50 update

[howboutthat]

Originally posted by Reds fan
:thinking: Game 2 was scheduled for 1 pm today... you might be watching 1st game repeat on CSTV

Haha, I apologize, I just realized that whenever the game ended and it was the same score as last night's.

[18handicap]

A&M now scheduled to start at 3:00
Baylor in rain delay and scheduled to start at 2:00

[kepdawg]

Some of those Aggie girls don't look to bad...for being Aggie girls! ;)

[kepdawg]

Top of the 4th and the Aggies lead 2-1

[Reds fan]

A&M 2 Florida 2, Ags set to bat in the top of the seventh with the top of the order....

[Reds fan]

Baylor 4 Michigan 0 in 3rd inning of game 3.

[kepdawg]

Florida just hit a walkoff to win 3-2.

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by kepdawg
Florida just hit a walkoff to win 3-2. That was a SHOT! WOW!!

[Reds fan]

Originally posted by kepdawg
Florida just hit a walkoff to win 3-2.

On to game 3, Lady Ags need to pick it up!

[kepdawg]

Baylor has advanced to the World Series

[kepdawg]

Caitlin Lowe of Arizona just got carted off after going face first into the center field wall!

CSF has a 5-0 lead on AZ after the top half of the first inning.

[kepdawg]

Aggies lead Florida 1-0, bottom 5

[kepdawg]

Aggies add a run in the bottom of the fifth

Top of 6

Aggies 2
Gators 0

[kepdawg]

Aggies win 2-0 and advance to the World Series

[sahen]

I think the Sooner ladies lost their super regional....so the Bears and the Aggies will both be playing for all the marbles in Oklahoma.....

Ironically, IF the Baylor baseball team can win against Oklahoma tonight in Oklahoma City they will be playing each other for the tourney championship tomorrow....Aggies are already in, the Bears still need to wintonight to get in....Sic'em!

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by sahen
I think the Sooner ladies lost their super regional....so the Bears and the Aggies will both be playing for all the marbles in Oklahoma.....

Ironically, IF the Baylor baseball team can win against Oklahoma tonight in Oklahoma City they will be playing each other for the tourney championship tomorrow....Aggies are already in, the Bears still need to wintonight to get in....Sic'em!

OU softball lost Game 1 to Depaul today. They play Game 2 and if needed Game 3 tomorrow.

[sahen]

Originally posted by kepdawg
OU softball lost Game 1 to Depaul today. They play Game 2 and if needed Game 3 tomorrow.

ooo ok then....well nm we could still have 3 big 12 teams in...that would be pretty cool

[Reds fan]

Originally posted by kepdawg
OU softball lost Game 1 to Depaul today. They play Game 2 and if needed Game 3 tomorrow.

How interesting it would be if OU can rebound and sweep their way into the NCAA Softball World Series joining Texas A&M and Baylor as Big 12 representatives!

[sahen]

Originally posted by Reds fan
How interesting it would be if OU can rebound and sweep their way into the NCAA Softball World Series joining Texas A&M and Baylor as Big 12 representatives!

have to behonest...as a baylor fan now that i think of it i'd rather have depaul there....playing OU in Oklahoma City during the Softball World Series seems like a tall task...not that the Bears couldnt do it, just i'd rather not have to play them....

[Reds fan]

Originally posted by sahen
have to behonest...as a baylor fan now that i think of it i'd rather have depaul there....playing OU in Oklahoma City during the Softball World Series seems like a tall task...not that the Bears couldnt do it, just i'd rather not have to play them....

lol, yeah as an aggie fan I have to agree with sahen!

As I said, it would be interesting, not appealing, but interesting.

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

#8 from Florida's softball team, I don't remember her name, but damn...She is one of the best looking softball players I've seen in awhile, along with the pitcher who threw tonight for Arizona. Too bad the Lady Ags aren't too blessed in the looks department. How does Baylor look, Shane?

[sahen]

Originally posted by BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
#8 from Florida's softball team, I don't remember her name, but damn...She is one of the best looking softball players I've seen in awhile, along with the pitcher who threw tonight for Arizona. Too bad the Lady Ags aren't too blessed in the looks department. How does Baylor look, Shane?

i only got out to one softball game this year so i dont really know that well cause its hard to tell from the stands....in years past we have always had a couple lookers so i imagine this year is the same....we can find out next week when they are on tv....hope the bears and aggies are on opposite sides of the bracket and we meet in the finals

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

Originally posted by sahen
i only got out to one softball game this year so i dont really know that well cause its hard to tell from the stands....in years past we have always had a couple lookers so i imagine this year is the same....we can find out next week when they are on tv....hope the bears and aggies are on opposite sides of the bracket and we meet in the finals

I'll be on the lookout for good looking Lady Bears. I hope so too, it will be good for the Big XII as far as recruiting goes if that happens, but you know who I'm going to be pulling for.

[sahen]

Originally posted by BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
I'll be on the lookout for good looking Lady Bears. I hope so too, it will be good for the Big XII as far as recruiting goes if that happens, but you know who I'm going to be pulling for.

well of course...i would hope you would pull for the aggies since they are your team....as i will be pulling for the bears....in other news...the Baylor baseball team is winning 7-1 going to the 8th againstthe sooners right now...barring a huge blow up by my bears we will be playing yall for the big 12 baseball title tomorrow

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

Originally posted by sahen
well of course...i would hope you would pull for the aggies since they are your team....as i will be pulling for the bears....in other news...the Baylor baseball team is winning 7-1 going to the 8th againstthe sooners right now...barring a huge blow up by my bears we will be playing yall for the big 12 baseball title tomorrow

Good, because I hate OU.

[sahen]

actually it is just in the 7th now....this game is taking forever, im ready to crash....however the baylor pitcher has 11 K's through 6 innings, i never seen him pitch like this....

[kepdawg]

On TV today:

DePaul vs. Washington noon ESPN
Arizona St. vs. Northwestern 2:30 ESPN
Tennessee vs. Texas A&M 6:00 ESPN
Arizona vs. Baylor 8:30 ESPN

[kepdawg]

Aggies and Vols 0-0 in the 4th

[kepdawg]

Tennessee wins 2-0 :(

Monica Abbott pitched a no-hitter striking out 16! :eek:

[OnceABucJr]

Abbott makes Ag batters looking akinda weak. Oh well, she does hold all the major college sb pitching records. That really doesn't make me feel any better about this game.

[kepdawg]

Those Arizona girls are hot!

[kepdawg]

AZ and BU scoreless after 2

[kepdawg]

AZ takes a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 4th

[kepdawg]

BU ties it up on a controversial passed ball/foul tip that allowed the runner from third to score.

[sahen]

go bears!

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

Sic 'Em Bears


Sidenote: That catcher from Arizona has definitely caught my eye. Also, the pitcher has too. Baylor has some good looking girls on theri team too, but if it were a beauty pageant, Arizona would win hands down.

[kepdawg]

1-1 after 7

[kepdawg]

1-1 after 8

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

Originally posted by kepdawg
1-1 after 8

Man, this Arizona team is stacked with good looks....I can't just bring myself to change the channel, haha.

[kepdawg]

AZ wins 2-1

Walkoff HR by SS Kristie Fox

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

A walk-off homerun from Christie Fox of Arizona leads to a 2-1 victory over the Lady Bears.....:(

[sahen]

lady bears looked nervous at the plate....they werent their normal aggressive selves....now the 2 big 12 teams have to play an elimination game....go figure....

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

Originally posted by sahen
lady bears looked nervous at the plate....they werent their normal aggressive selves....now the 2 big 12 teams have to play an elimination game....go figure....

Looks like I'll have to be cheering for the winner of the game. Hope it's the Lady Ags, though.

[kepdawg]

It's 11PM and Washington just beat Northwestern.

Arizona and Tennessee play next!

[tigerpride_08]

Originally posted by kepdawg
It's 11PM and Washington just beat Northwestern.

Arizona and Tennessee play next!

extra innings...:confused:

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by tigerpride_08
extra innings...:confused:

rain delay

bottom of 1 in the second game right now

it was scheduled to start around 8:30

[kepdawg]

Game just ended. Tennessee won 1-0

[kepdawg]

Depaul eliminated Arizona State and will face Arizona later tonight.

Aggies and BU Bears play next.

[kepdawg]

Baylor eliminated A&M 7-4 and will play Northwestern later tonight.

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

The Lady Bears had Scarborough's number this game, and that was the difference. It's too bad that the Aggies were eliminated, everyone played hard, but that's just the way things go sometimes. Good luck to the Lady Bears, bring a National Championship back to Texas.

[sahen]

Go Bears! Northwestern will be tuff to beat tonight, i think i remember hearing they had a beast of a pitcher....The lady bears did look more alive in the game today than in the game against Arizona on friday...Sic'em!

[kepdawg]

Top of 2 BU trails 2-0.

Northwestern has runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs.

Shortridge got the start and was lucky to get out of the 1st only allowing 2 runs.

Ferguson is now on to pitch.

[kepdawg]

First batter Ferguson faced cleared the bases with a 3 run homer.

BU now trails 5-0 still top of 2.

[kepdawg]

Back to back homers

6-0 Northwestern leads

[sahen]

well this has been a disaster so far

[BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END]

Man, this sucks....:(

[kepdawg]

Baylor has 2 outs to score 7 runs

[kepdawg]

BU Bears eliminated 7-0

[sahen]

oh well....that was enough college softball til next year....