Louisville Softball AAC Tourn Champs!!!!

[had1- 2manyCardfan]

The girls took out regular season conference champs UCF 3-2 to bring home the tournament hardware!!!! I do believe that's 11 straight NCAA tournament appearances for CSP and her softball program
This post was edited on 5/11 1:54 PM by had1- 2manyCardfan

 

[71card]

Thanks for the heads up, Had1. They will get their seeding tonight at 10:00.

Another NCAA for the softball Cards

 

[had1- 2manyCardfan]

This is only the 15th season for UofL softball. In 15 seasons they have made the post season 11 times. 4 years after starting a program from scratch CSP had her team in the post season and hasn't missed one since while hosting 4 times.....that is the most overlooked/underappreciated coaching job at UofL without a doubt

 

[Bardman]

They have turned in a good season. They started our pretty shaky but have gotten back into the fight. I think that big time pitcher is that is missing at this stage. They hit the ball really well, show good defense and speed. I hope they can win a couple in the tourney. Big win today!

 

[ulcards1]

Early in the year, I felt like this was a pretty average team but they have really improved.
I agree with other poster that we need a dominant pitcher to move to the next level.

Question for experts-Can Becker, freshman pitcher and first basement, be that type of pitcher?
I've been impressed with her and several other new additions to the team this year.

 

[had1- 2manyCardfan]

I don't want to comment on Becker because Im not educated enough on the sport to recognize early talent. The one thing that we have battled is we were recruiting to a non P12/SEC conference. While the ACC is not as strong in softball as those 2 conferences its still better than CUSA/BE/AAC. If CSP achieved what she has in those conferences, finding a dominate pitcher in the ACC should be a reality. I look for our softball team to compete for a NC/CWS before our baseball team in the ACC. We will start seeing west coast talent migrating this way IMO.

 

[71card]

Our first game is in Friday at 8:30 on ESPN3 against LSU. If we win our bracket, we will be the 11th seed in the round of 16. A dominant pitcher would sure help.

NCAA printable bracket

 

[Bardman]

Tough draw. With decent pitching - going against Arizona (potentially) who has the best hitting in the country. Well, the odds are not in our ladies' favor. They mentioned during the selection show - great pitching beats out great hitting. The ladies hit fairly well but v. top-notch pitching who knows. I am nervous if UL gets to Arizona the Wildcats may brutalize out pitching.