[Sly Fox]

No slugs in this regional ....

[cruzan_flame13]

How good is Hofstra’s team?

[Sly Fox]

Apparently pretty strong based on RPI:

• 11. South Carolina
  22. Hofstra
  36. Liberty
  57. UNC-Greensboro

[FlamesHighontheTide]

They beat a good FSU team and a good Boston U team(who beat Oklahoma). I do think we match up well against them due to our pitching, speed and defense.

[flameshaw]

If we can win a game or two, that is progress and something we can build on. Continuous improvement.

[ballcoach15]

Columbia Regional is only regional in country where all 4 teams won 40 or more games.

[prototype]

Ouch... That was a tough draw...

[Cider Jim]

GREAT location, we're a #2 seed, and close enough for ballcoach to drive.

[ballcoach15]

It's almost like a "home game" for me. about 4 hour drive. I can stay at Fort Jackson, 7 minutes from ball park.

(only negative is , South Carolina may have the worst PA announcer in all of NCAA softball)

[flamehunter]

It's almost like a "home game" for me. about 4 hour drive. I can stay at Fort Jackson, 7 minutes from ball park.

(only negative is , South Carolina may have the worst PA announcer in all of NCAA softball)

They need to play a lot of loud music to drown him/her out then.

[ballcoach15]

Their complete game operations are terrible. PA announcer, music and video board. When I was there in March, I developed a headache during game. But hopefully they will "tone it down" for NCAA tournament. I don't think teams can do as much __________ for tournament games as they do for regular season.

[ballcoach15]

Our Final RPI is 32. (Hofstra is 19)

Only 3 teams in the nation won more games than Liberty:

Florida, Oklahoma, UCLA

[olldflame]

GREAT location, we're a #2 seed, and close enough for ballcoach to drive.

Pretty sure we are the 3 seed, but the matchup would be the same for game 1 either way.

[ballcoach15]

only difference between 2 and 3 seed is the 2 seed is home team.

[Jonathan Carone]

That's sort of a big difference.

[ballcoach15]

becomes even bigger in a one run ball game.

[Cider Jim]

From the Lynchburg paper:

The Flames (47-12) have won 17 consecutive games and will meet Colonial Athletic Association tournament champion Hofstra (40-12) in the 2-3 matchup.

http://www.newsadvance.com/sports/liber ... ac427.html

[A Sea of Red]

Liberty is the 3 seed

[Baldspot1]

This article on the number of twitter followers South Carolina’s softball hitting coach has came across my Facebook feed today. He has 127,000 twitter followers - more than South Carolina’s men’s and women’s basketball coach’s combined. I’ve read a lot of his stuff for my son’s little league baseball. Never realized he was a softball hitting coach for the Gamecocks.

http://www.thestate.com/sports/college/ ... 28789.html

[ballcoach15]

South Carolina leans into the strike zone to intentionally get HBP a lot. They have one girl who appears to wear more padding than some football players.

[Chippy]

Looks like we are in for a real battle with #24 Hofstra (RPI 19) who beat #8 Florida State and lost 1-0 to #1 Oregon as well as beating #23 JMU twice in CAA tournament. They are mostly a senior laden team with power and pitching. Our RPI is now 32

[ballcoach15]

No cupcakes in this regional

[ballcoach15]

No cupcakes in this regional

[flameshaw]

No cupcakes in the regional.

[prototype]

No cupcakes included in this regional