Tennessee Softball 2024

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anecwnrjcns12 said:
After having hours to decompress and gather my thoughts I will say that this game was an emotional roller coaster, but it did hurt. I imagine just as much as the early exit in the sec tournament. There were a lot of good things today, but unfortunately a lot more bad things. Yes there will be games that will be the case and a team/coach will outplay you, but what separates good and great teams in the postseason is how you respond. I think Payton did okay at times it was a little too predicable on what pitch was going to be called and correct me if I am wrong, but I have not seen an "offspeed" from her since the beginning of the year? I think if Karen can call that pitch a little more it will help. As far as Karlyn goes, man she was a dog out there just battling every inning no matter what traffic was going on around her. I feel for her the most considering she did everything asked of her on what looked like a very hot day. I will say that Boo needs to clean up the defense at 3rd, too many balls that she is misplaying that are allowing baserunners. And finally the most disappointing part of the day....the offense. I truly do not know what conversations were being had, but clearly they did not work. Once we got past the 8th inning obviously beaver was implementing the changeup more often, but to hitters like Boo, West, G she was hammering strikes over the plate that we NEEDED to drive. I hated seeing how we kept getting underneath the ball when if we were a little more disciplined and just had a better bat path with our hands we could square up a couple of more balls. I do not know if the issue was timing or pitch identification, but some hitters just went up there guessing or getting jammed....for someone that Pannell who had at least 3 ABs in a row where she could've driven someone in if she just lets the ball travel a little longer she is barreling up a couple balls. Let's be honest, we got our free passes with some walks/hbps but just kept trying to lift the ball when their defense was shaky anything could've happened if we just put the ball on the ground. I will say I would have liked Karen to be more aggressive on the base paths with hit n runs, bunt n runs, stealing bases at the right times in order to make some chaos happen. I think this time of year the homers will come when they come, but good teams against good pitching are able to play all different types of offense whether it'd be the long ball, station to station, or the speed game. Create momentum early in the game on defense/pitching and take the wind out of their sail early and we are putting ourselves in a position to win, if we wait until the latter part of the game our backs are against the wall. Leadership from Milloy, West, Gottshall, and Puni are going to be critical.
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I do not know for sure but have a good inkling that the pitches that Peyton threw to the back stop over everyone's head and the ones thrown into the ground were Coach's called "off speed pitches ".
 
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Baylor Starting Pitcher
#31 RyLee Crandall
THROWSERAWHIPLEADOFF
R3.051.32.387
SEASONW-LSIPHRERBBK2B3BHR
17-8115414774675711129118


Florida Starting Pitcher
#7 Keagan Rothrock
THROWSERAWHIPLEADOFF
R2.441.10.264
SEASONW-LSIPHRERBBK2B3BHR
29-72226.216594798418328223
 
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Lady Vols Fan said:
if it hasn’t been for the portal, Karen’s lack of recruiting has hurt the depth of this team. The last three recruiting class have been disappointing for high level starters. You got Boo, Pannell, and Pickens and that is it out of 17 girls recruited out of Karen’s last 3 classes. Faw and the Leaches are nice players but not all conference type of players. So why is she trying harder to get them playing time than rather than focusing on winning in the post season. I would be surprised if we don’t have more leave in the portal with how those 3 freshmen have been force playing time and haven’t earned it. They haven’t done enough to earn playing time over Katie and Jam. If Faw didn’t break her foot she would still be at SS and Laura would be on the bench. I’m not in favor by playing upperclassman because they are older. You got to earn it and I’m not seeing were they have earned anything. The lack of competition for playing is this teams problem. Just my opinion
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A great post..you are so right about the current depth based on marginal recruiting.The incoming class has 5 players ranked in the top 10 nationally. Number 4 is Peyton Tanner a pitcher ,#5 is Amayah Doyle an infielder, number 7 is Erin Nuwer a pitcher/hitter,#8 is Emma Clarke infielder, Number 10 is Saviya Morgan a speedy outfielder. That should help somewhat with the depth although we are losing a very good class of seniors and maybe others to the portal..This incoming class on paper has a lot of promise BUT THEY WILL BE FRESHMAN...Karen and the staff still has a lot of room to improve on in recruiting..
Thanks for your post..
 
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Lady Vols Fan said:
Have you watch Alabama this year. This is Murphy’s worst team for talent ever. I’m sure the players are taking accountability but it’s on the coach to manage the game, with bunts, steals and hit in runs. And Weekly has failed doing that all year and a good example of that yesterday. We aren’t Oklahoma and can’t wait on the homer…. We need to be more aggressive on the bases and moving runners. Put the pressure on the defensive. We have done a good job with power this year but we need to also manufacture runs against good pitching.
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We simply need to not leave nearly 20 on base.................... That is execution, nothing else. They got on base through hits, plate discipline, or taking one for the team. Get them off the pond.
 
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UT Line Up
SpotPos# PlayerBatsAvg
1cf9 Kiki MilloyR.355
2lf5 Rylie WestR.350
33b11 Zaida PuniR.281
41b24 McKenna GibsonR.337
5dp7 Sophia NugentR.272
6rf3 Taylor PannellR.293
7ss2 Laura MealerR.277
8c27 G. KoutsoyanopulosR.264
92b22 Bella FawR.088
10p33 Payton GottshallR-

Tennessee Starting Pitcher
#33 Payton Gottshall
THROWSERAWHIPLEADOFF
R1.210.82.264
SEASONW-LSIPHRERBBK2B3BHR
20-43144.29329252616014210
 
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After yesterday I don't know what to expect. They did not look like 3rd ranked team yesterday. They looked weak. All of a sudden they're gonna start hitting? I guess we'll find out.
 
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RebKell said:
UT Line Up
SpotPos# PlayerBatsAvg
1cf9 Kiki MilloyR.355
2lf5 Rylie WestR.350
33b11 Zaida PuniR.281
41b24 McKenna GibsonR.337
5dp7 Sophia NugentR.272
6rf3 Taylor PannellR.293
7ss2 Laura MealerR.277
8c27 G. KoutsoyanopulosR.264
92b22 Bella FawR.088
10p33 Payton GottshallR-

Tennessee Starting Pitcher
#33 Payton Gottshall
THROWSERAWHIPLEADOFF
R1.210.82.264
SEASONW-LSIPHRERBBK2B3BHR
20-43144.29329252616014210
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WOW, we didn’t hit yesterday and we make the bottom of the lineup weaker today
 
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