re: Softball Recruiting Update

This is my look on 2018 LSU softball

LF: Aaliyah Andrews
CF: Emily Griggs
RF: Taryn Antoine
1B: Sydney Springfield or Amanda Doyle
2B: Nicky Dawson? Shemiah Sanchez?
3B: Amanda Doyle? Shemiah Sanchez?
SS: Amber Serrett
C: Cunningham? Caccamise? Transfer?
DP: ?

Potential Lineups #1 ( This is the lineup I would like to see)

1.) So. Aaliyah Andrews LF
2.) Fr. Taryn Antoine RF
3.) So. Amanda Doyle 3B
4.) So. Sydney Springfield 1B
5.) Sr. Emily Griggs CF
6.) Fr. Shelby Sunseri DP
7.) So. Michal Cunningham C
8.) Jr. Amber Serrett SS
9.) So. Nicky Dawson 2B

Analysis: I like this lineup because it is a good mix between speed and power. Something that I did not notice was that the 2018 team is EXTREMELY YOUNG. Only 2 (Maybe 3, Shemiah Sanchez) upperclassmen might be in the lineup. I think that 2017 Shemiah Sanchez is like 2016 Elyse Thornhill. I think that there are better players on this team. If Shemiah starts, I hope that it is at DP. With everything she goes through, if she could mostly focus on her offense, I think she could be a .320, 5 HR type player. I preferred moving Emily Griggs down in the order because if she was left leading off, we woukd have too many slappers bunched up. However, I could see the slappers being lined up 8-2 like
8.) Taryn Antoine
9.) Nicky Dawson
1.) Emiky Griggs or Aaliyah Andrews
2.) Aaliyah Andrewsoir Emiky Griggs

Pitching Staff:
1A: Carley Hoover
1B: Allie Walljasper
2: Maribeth Gorsuch
3: Shelby Sunseri

This was much easier than the lineup. We are gonna stick with the fire and ice combo of Hoover and Walljasper. However, I think that Gorsuch and Sunseri will get innings to prepare them for 2019

Transfers:
I don't know much about Transfers, but I know that Oklahoma has some candidates. Oklahoma return every starter except one and has a top recruiting class coming in. Alissa Dalton, Vanessa Taukeiaho, and Melissa Olmos. Alissa and Vanessa both got at bats, but did not start that often towards the end of the year. Paige Parker even started taking at bats away from them. There is only one vacant spot in the Oklahoma lineup and them two plus freshmen will be fighting for that spot. Melissa Olmos was a top recruit coming out of High school but got very few to no innings at Oklahoma behind four other pitchers who are all returning.