Softball - Starts the Season Against Michigan

[BullyPulpit]

Exciting game right now. 1-1 in the Bottom of the 8th. USF with a chance to walk it off against a Michigan team that's receiving votes in the polls. 

[BullyPulpit]

2-1 walk off on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 8th. Great opening win for the Bulls!

[BAMABULL]

DIXON MAY BE OUR NEW CORRICK

[GoBulls84]

I honestly didn't think I was gonna see any of this game since my daughter's softball scrimmage started at the same time. I managed to tune in for the last batter, about 3 pitches before we walked it off lol

[BullyPulpit]

Doubleheader today. Doubleheader tomorrow. Then the #4 Florida Gators at home on Sunday. It's a shame they overlapped the women's basketball and the softball games. Would have been better to start softball at noon and the WBB at 2:30 or 3. 

I really hope that Dixon can be our ace. The redshirt year was huge for Eriksen and staff to get her where she needed to be this season. He made the right move pulling her after the 6th. We are going to have to be a scrappy team this year while we see what we have. We were predicted to finish 3rd in the conference behind UCF and Wichita State, with Houston a close 4th. The transfer from Lehigh, Gabriella Nori, will be relied upon as well. The schedule is daunting as usual, with preseason #4 Florida (x2), #9 Clemson, #13 Virginia Tech, #12 Tennessee, #14 Texas (x2), #15 UCF (x3), and #22 Duke. Michigan, Texas A&M, and Wichita State are all teams that are top-25 caliber as well. At least 10 games against teams that are currently ranked in the top 15 and 16 games against top-40 opponents. Iron sharpens iron! I hope CKE can find a way to win post-Corrick. 

Edited February 10, 2023 by BullyPulpit

[Cubanbull]

Two loses today

4-2 to BC

8-0 to Boston U.

Edited February 11, 2023 by Cubanbull

[79 Bull]

22 hours ago, BullyPulpit said:

Then the #4 Florida Gators at home on Sunday. It's a shame they overlapped the women's basketball and the softball games. Would have been better to start softball at noon and the WBB at 2:30 or 3. 

And none of these games have started on time due to various reasons.  We're the second game on Sunday which means there's a 75% chance it won't start until 1:30-1:45 which is even worse for those of us trying to catch both SB and WBB.

GO BULLS!

[Dave_Glaser]

Another standard Ken Eriksen team with no offense. He’s won A LOT of games in his career, but almost always leaning heavily on one player (pitcher). We rarely have an offense that produces much of anything. We’ll hit around .250-.260 as a team with little to no power - year-in and year-out. But he wins more than he loses, so that’s always a good thing. Kinda disappointing that his status with the national team hasn’t translated into USF becoming more of a powerhouse program. You’d think it would have some residual effect - but maybe it has in the sense that we’re annually competitive.

Edited February 11, 2023 by Dave_Glaser

[KB]

How come USF only has 4 games in the upcoming Clearwater Invitational?  Most teams have 5 games.  Louisiana as 6.  Just curious. 

[GoBulls84]

On 2/11/2023 at 9:24 AM, Dave_Glaser said:

Another standard Ken Eriksen team with no offense. He’s won A LOT of games in his career, but almost always leaning heavily on one player (pitcher). We rarely have an offense that produces much of anything. We’ll hit around .250-.260 as a team with little to no power - year-in and year-out. But he wins more than he loses, so that’s always a good thing. Kinda disappointing that his status with the national team hasn’t translated into USF becoming more of a powerhouse program. You’d think it would have some residual effect - but maybe it has in the sense that we’re annually competitive.

I've always been curious about this as well. He's gotta be very well respected in the coaching ranks to get the nod for that, feel like at this point it should have translated to a different level of recruits and such.

It is maddening that we haven't been able to figure out the offense.