A Sea Of Red

Bring your comments, concerns and predictions here for the conference tournament which opens on Thursday. Lady Flames are #2 seed.

Not impossible but certainly a big challenge for LU. Central Arkansas (ranked 22 in the country) have the 2 best pitchers (ERA and Ks) in the conference - 39 wins between the 2 of them. Beaver is a Top 25 player (pitcher) on the NCAA POY watchlist. The way we've been playing/hitting gives us a great chance. Our pitching is not nearly as dominant as theirs but I'm optimistic. We'll have to beat them at least once.

Waiting for Ballcoach's scouting report.

Several individuals have told me, "get Central Arkansas out of their stadium and on a dirt/grass field, they're not same team, as they are at home". Personally I think they're a little overrated. If we go to DeLand, FL "to play", I think we bring the to Lynchburg. I'll be very disappointed if we lose a game down there.

Is this single elimination throughout?

No there is a losers bracket.

We have to stay out of the snake pit (losers bracket). I can’t see us winning two in a row over CA.

National recognition for Rachel Roupe
https://www.asunsports.org/sports/sball ... 0510ggt3sc

We play Jacksonville State tomorrow at 10AM. Some stats on JSU:

31-20 record.
4 of the top 5 hitters have a BA over 300 with their top one hitting a shade under 400. She also leads the team is home runs (8). We can't let her beat us!
Top pitcher has an era in low 2's and is averaging just under a strikeout per inning.
We are the superior team but we have to come to play. I expect a fairly close game.

Anyone aware of a listing that shows which games are televised and on which platform?

DStewart wrote: ↑May 11th, 2023, 10:59 am Anyone aware of a listing that shows which games are televised and on which platform?

Normally on website link on Libertyflames.com.

This game against JSU is on ESPN3

6-4 Liberty, bottom of 6th.

prototype wrote: ↑May 11th, 2023, 11:47 am 6-4 Liberty, bottom of 6th.

Final score 4-2 Liberty.

Forgive my ignorance as I’ve barely followed softball this year but if we don’t win the conference tourney are we in a good position for an at-large NCAA tourney bid?

Great question- some quality wins and, if I dare say, some “quality “ losses.

sorry 4-2. posting quick and knew we won by 2:)

Looks like CA will lose 1 game and head to loser's bracket!!!!

Go Flames.

aredd33 wrote: ↑May 11th, 2023, 1:08 pm Forgive my ignorance as I’ve barely followed softball this year but if we don’t win the conference tourney are we in a good position for an at-large NCAA tourney bid?

I think we're in, even if we don't win tournament. I've seen 2 or 3 projections that have us going to Georgia regional as the #2 seed in that Regional.

UNA tomorrow in winners bracket championship. UNA stats below.

5 hitters have BA over 300 and 1 hitter is over 400!
2 main pitchers with very similar stats - era around mid 2's and averaging less than a strikeout per inning.
Big game!! We want to stay as the one who everyone else is chasing

Did anyone catch this graphic?

All of the ASUN softball tourney games are on ESPN+

A Sea of Red wrote: ↑May 12th, 2023, 8:05 am All of the ASUN softball tourney games are on ESPN+

And today's game is at 12:30. If you tune in, you might see Ballcoach in the stands wearing his red NASCAR headphones.

He needs to get louder and get these girls to score!!!!

That was a HR they called foul - no review...awful.

Garbage.

The escape from the abyss will require 3 straight wins to reach the promise land!