Super Regional: Kentucky @ Oregon
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 12:50 pm
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I have followed Duck softball for a few weeks but still very new to it. Question, Do the Ducks have a series against UK or is it a one and done.
Look at the top of the bracket... "Best of 3 series".Alan wrote:I have followed Duck softball for a few weeks but still very new to it. Question, Do the Ducks have a series against UK or is it a one and done.
Here's the super regional bracket:
http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket ... ll/d1/2017
Ahhh, the small print! One of my many faults, lol thankswoundedknees wrote:Look at the top of the bracket... "Best of 3 series".Alan wrote:I have followed Duck softball for a few weeks but still very new to it. Question, Do the Ducks have a series against UK or is it a one and done.
Here's the super regional bracket:
http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket ... ll/d1/2017
Pretty impressive... 5 of the remaining 16 teams are from the PAC 12. The Force is strong with this conference!
Agreed on the offense. It scored runs in the regional, but it is a far cry from the offense of last season.The biggest difference is in the power, not nearly as many home runs, but the stolen bases are up. Mack is very similar to Gillespie, Udria had a 43 game streak of getting on base snapped a while back, and really hasn't picked it up since. Lilly has found her swing lately, Mercado has been very consistent, and the big star for the last month has been Rhodes. Pitching is the big advantage this team has, and it may really show in the Super against KY and then hopefully in the WS, with 3 quality pitchers instead of relying on Cheridan Hawkins, as great as she was.oregontrack wrote:we beat kentucky 5-4 in february, but obviously one softball game four months ago doesn't mean much.
looking at their schedule:
they played a very weak non-league.
they benefited greatly from the sec's perceived strength, finish .500 in-league but still warranting the #13 seed.
they only won one series all year against another school that finished seeded, taking 2/3 from texas a&m. before anyone reads too terribly much into that, we only won two series all year against seeded schools: florida state and utah.
we should probably win, but we've been upset in the supers before. and i still don't fully trust our offense. we'll see!
The big thing this team does offensively that power teams in the past didn't is put the bat to the ball on the ground and force defenses to make plays. That can wear on you, especially in a close game.Merganzer wrote:Agreed on the offense. It scored runs in the regional, but it is a far cry from the offense of last season.The biggest difference is in the power, not nearly as many home runs, but the stolen bases are up. Mack is very similar to Gillespie, Udria had a 43 game streak of getting on base snapped a while back, and really hasn't picked it up since. Lilly has found her swing lately, Mercado has been very consistent, and the big star for the last month has been Rhodes. Pitching is the big advantage this team has, and it may really show in the Super against KY and then hopefully in the WS, with 3 quality pitchers instead of relying on Cheridan Hawkins, as great as she was.oregontrack wrote:we beat kentucky 5-4 in february, but obviously one softball game four months ago doesn't mean much.
looking at their schedule:
they played a very weak non-league.
they benefited greatly from the sec's perceived strength, finish .500 in-league but still warranting the #13 seed.
they only won one series all year against another school that finished seeded, taking 2/3 from texas a&m. before anyone reads too terribly much into that, we only won two series all year against seeded schools: florida state and utah.
we should probably win, but we've been upset in the supers before. and i still don't fully trust our offense. we'll see!
Absolutely! Along with the no pickoff moves, just the time between pitches is so much faster. The defense is so important, as good as the offense for the Ducks was in the Regional, where they really won was on the defensive side, totally uncharacteristic errors kept the first game against Wisconsin close. UIC was overmatched in every facet against Oregon, but especially on the field, relays, cutoffs were hazardous for UIC.duckduckgoose wrote:Does anyone here besides me prefer watching softball over baseball? I really think those games are far more interesting than watching college baseball. Faster paced no 20 pickoff moves to hold the runner close to first. Anyone? Anyone?
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Noduckduckgoose wrote:Does anyone here besides me prefer watching softball over baseball? I really think those games are far more interesting than watching college baseball. Faster paced no 20 pickoff moves to hold the runner close to first. Anyone? Anyone?
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