Softball Super Regional comments, outlook

Very little commentary has been made about the Super Regional between LSU and Florida State. I am sure Florida State fans think the better team won, and what matters most is who walks away the winner. Florida State won. I personally thought LSU was a better team. I am going to post a list of coaching blunders during the Super Regionals, which spans across all eight supers. (Posted on another forum by various members)

1.  Rocha/Walton pitching to Vidales in top of 7

2.  Torina bunting Doyle

3.  Murphy not starting AO in Game 2.  I know she had a lot of pitches the night before, but this is your last chance and there is no reason to save her.  Give her the ball.  She is full of grit.  It was the only shot your team had.

4.  Torina pitching to Warren 

5.  Kentucky coach having to bring in Humes in Game 1 because of sub error.  

6.  Opposing coaches not going crazy when Klaevemann and Mack stepped out of the box in every at-bat (nearly).

7.  Jo Evans putting Harington back in the 7th inning of Game 3 

Comments under this post suggested several other mistakes....

--Tennessee pulling Moss out toward the end of game 2, and ending up watching Arnold give up a homer to the Emanuel kid.

--putting Haff in (Arkansas) to bat at a crucial point in their second game with Oklahoma, only Haff's second at bat of the season.

--Georgia bunting DiCarlo with runners on first and second base, no outs. Georgia ended up with nothing that inning.

--Condrea not pulling McQuillin after she gave up three quick runs against UCLA in first inning of Game 1.

I'd personally thought leaving Carly Hoover in and not putting in Allie or Gorsuch, I thought that hurt them, Carly did her job but was out of gas by the time the 7th inning came around. She looked exhausted.

What I think everyone agrees on is the inconsistency in the plate umpire's strike zone, game 2 nd 3. A case can be made that he called the same inconsistent way for both sides. Florida State was working our pitchers, maybe better than we were working theirs, I dont know. Allie looked like she was burning up in game three, and I think part of the reason was she was not getting strikes called. Some umpires do not call drop balls as they should. I could see the frustration on Allie's face.

Bunting Doyle, I think, was a terrible mistake. We have FEW girls on the team that can bunt consistently, and, from what we have seen, Springfield and Sunseri can both bunt very well. Sometimes, you have to pinch-hit in order to get a sacrifice bunt in. Antoine cannot bunt, I dont trust her trying. I am sure it is not easy, but the coach should call time and throw a pinch hitter up there who can bunt. Those pop-up bunts are killer, and Andrews ran to second base without evening looking to see where the ball went. Maybe a miscommunication.


Hat tip to the four seniors. Great job, all four of them. Emily ended up playing four years and making only a handful of errors, ending her career with a .307 batting average. Definitely an asset for the team.

Our two pitchers were both All American and among the best in the country each year in ERA. Loupe was the team mule who worked tirelessly with our pitchers and, given her chance to shine in the SEC tournament, she made the most of it.