Softball Announces 2018 full schedule

Hoping Oregon brings their cheerleaders.

You would have to go to Palm Springs to see them.

I disagree on the fact that we should sweep all of our home series. Auburn lost some players, but they’re still a good team. They return both of their top pitchers, yes they lost Carlee Wallace and Kasey Cooper, but they are just as unproven as LSU. Ole Miss is still a team that SWEPT us last year and they return almost all their team. Texas A&M went to the WCWS last year and lost 0% of starting production. Gerry Glasco is a very good hitting coach, but if you look at A&M’s hitting numbers before Glasco, they’re just as good. I think LSU can win all of these series, but it’s not certain. However, when Hoover and Walljasper are on, they are tough to beat!

I,personally, really like the way the schedule is this year. In the early part of the year we can allow our young team to get confidence, something both Doyle and Springfield both struggled with last year. Then we have the Mary Nutter Classic where we play UCLA, Oregon, and Fresno State. With UCLA and Oregon (both WCWS teams that return a lot of players), we can measure where the is.
The month of April is brutal for LSU as we play Ole Miss, @Tennessee, Texas A&M, And @Florida. All of these team went deep in the postseason last year and return the majority of their teams. This is where we need our 3 super sophomores (Doyle, Springfield, Andrews, maybe even Gorsuch) to play well and use there confidence they gained from earlier in the year.

Wow! I’m so excited for the 2018 season. I will miss Jaquan and Landry (still miss Bell, Kloss, and Simmons), but I am so excited to see these youngsters grow up and get better!

How do you guys think the lineup will look come February? This is just my guess:

Lineup:
1.) Griggs CF
2.) Andrews LF
3.) Doyle 1B
4.) Springfield DH
5.) Schulte 2B?
6.)Caccamise C?
7.) Sanchez 3B
8.) Serrett SS
9.) Antoine RF

Pitching:
1A: Allie Walljasper
1B: Carley Hoover
Gorsuch, Sunseri

Analysis:
This has been the hardest lineup to predict in the last 5 years. 6 of the 9 “starters” in my lineup are underclassmen. And Sanchez only became a regular last year so truly 7 of the 9. I have no clue about the 5 and 6 hole. Schulte, Caccamise, And Schlattman all could go there but I have no clue what Coach Torina will do. I think the rest of the lineup (not the order) is pretty much set. Griggs and Andrews at the top. They are our most consistent players from last year. Sanchez and Serrett in the 7 and 8 hole. Sanchez can be such a good player, but last year her health held her back. In the final game against Oregon and through the season, she showed glimpses of how good she can be. I feel like Serrett is And always has been suited for the 8 hole. Her defense is excellent and her offense is good. But last year as our offense struggled, Coach Torina was moving her higher in the lineup, like in the 6 hole. I think in the 8 hole, Serrett can be confident and not press. We’ve all seen Serrett be a good hitter, this year I think she can get back up to .320 - .330 Batting average. Doyle and Springfield are great they just need some tweaks in their swings and Confidence. Springfield struggled pretty much the whole year and still hit 12 homeruns, I think they’ll be considerably better this year. Lastly is Antoine. She’s a freshmen, but she is just too good to stay out of the lineup. I think she’ll be a great 4 year starter and hopefully another all American (knocks on wood). I still have questions about the rest of the lineup. Will Torina let Sunseri hit (I was watching one of her PGF games and she hit 2 bombs with ease)? I know the SEC is way different than PGF, but I think she can be a good hitter. Will Torina start Bourg or Thornhill? I feel like Torina trust players like Boirg and Thornhill And that’s why they’re always in the lineup to start the year. How will the transfers look? Each year I feel as if some player comes outta nowhere and has a good year for us. Last year the talk was all about Dawson, Doyle and Springfield coming in and Aaliyah Andrews just surprised us all with how good she was and really did a great job. The year before it was Sandra Simmons. Who will it be this year?

Now on to pitching. Our two seniors have been absolutely excellent, but I’m excited to see them improve. Allie Walljasper is just excellent. She’s our rock. I absolutely love her just because she’s so consistent. I know when she goes out there, we will have a great chance to win. My question is Carley Hoover. Don’t get me wrong, Carley Hoover is Excellent, but I want to see her take it another level. Each year we talk about improved control, but we haven’t really seen it. I want to see her healthy and consistently having control. We all know that when Hoover is on, she’s almost unstoppable. I would also like to see her develop her change up (does she even have a change up? I actually don’t know). And I would just like to see improvement from Gorsuch. In that South Carolina game, she showed us that she can be very good. And I just wanna see Sunseri pitch. I’m excited about her coming to LSU. I want to see her excel.

I’m so sorry for the long posts, but I’m just so excited. Please tell what y’all think about the team!

There is no way this is the real ticket prices right?!?!

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I disagree on the fact that we should sweep all of our home series.

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I said win or sweep

We will not sweep every SEC, its rare for any team to sweep every conference opponent

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If you're going for one team it's a ripoff but if you're floating around watching games it's a good deal. There's like 30 teams playing from 10 am to 11 pm.

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Even if it’s all day that’s a little excessive. Either way I will be attending, however my 4 and 3 year old daughters have the attention span of barely one game.

Should be a fun year again! Let's make it 4 years in a row to get to OKC and win the whole thing this time.

How did the scrimmage go?