Episode 6- ACC softball starting to take shape

ACC in RPIVT- 5 SOS 7Clemson 14 SOS 16Duke- 20 SOS 136FSU- 25UVA- 40UL-41GT 42NC St- 57ND-61UNC- 68Virginia Tech (18-3-1, 6-0) vs Louisville (16-8, 0-3)VT #3 in country with 44 HR’sSwept Louisville IN LouisvilleLouisville coming off of an impressive W vs Arizona on Tuesday of last week5-3 victory, couple HR’s from Vanessa Miller and Bailee RichardsonAlyssa Zabala went 7 complete, scattered 3 runs, 5 k’s, 11GB’sGame 1 (DH on Saturday)VT 11-1Lindsay Grein in the circle, just 1 hit 0 ER in 5IPAlyssa Zabala (10-2) only made it 1.2 IP… Surprising no HR’s or xtra base hits w/ 11 hits, showing VT can win in other waysGame 2 10 innings! -- crazy how same teams can play, same day, and turn around and a completely diff game5-2 VTAll VT runs were from HR’ssolos by Bre Peck, Emma Ritter & 3run shot by Cori McMillan in top 10th to go aheadMazzarone  started- 5.1 IP, 4h, 2 r (none earned)Lemley in relief went 4.2-- 0 ER, 0 BB & 11 K’sLouisville didn’t score an earned run on the day, putting pressure on defense to make mistakes, but have to find some ownership of scoring their own runsVT committed 2 errors in each gameGame 34-3 VTLate inning comeback run from Louisville, cut shortScored all 3 ER’s off Lemly in her relief in the 6&7th but still came up one run shortVT threw Grein, Mazzarone and LemleyHuge advantage to be able to pitch by committee in game 3UNC (19-4, 2-1)  vs Virginia (15-7, 3-3)UNC’s Sanaa Thompson .557 and Alex Coleman .556 #1 &#2 in country in BA.400 team BA is #2 in country behind Texas at .401#1 in country in SB at 75 (2nd place is IU at 62)Virginia’s Madison Harris is #4 in the country in ERA with a .31 earned run averageGame 1, 0-3 VirginiaEden Bigham continues to show us she is the real deal7IP, 3BB, 6K’s 0 runs, against the top offensive team coming into the weekendUVA offense same names leading the way Jade Hylton and Leah BoggsGame 2, 4-1 UNC (DH)Alex Coleman, Sanaa Thompson and Abby Settlemyer with multi hit gamesLead off Coleman, as she goes this team goes. UVA pitch by committeeUNC’s Kenna Raye Dark, faced just 3 above the minimum-- not overpowering, no strikeouts or walks--she lets teams put it in play and if defense is solid behind her she can put her team in a position to win. Game 3 (DH) 6-1UNC’s offense opened up- Alex Colman 2-3, HR’s by Sanna Thompson and Autumn OwenEden Bigham did get the start, gave up 6 BB’s Britton Rogers looked solid for UNC, i think fatigue started to be an issues in late innings saw BB’s go up and had to be relieved in the 7thUNC’s defense looked solidNC State (14-8, 1-5) vs GT (18-7, 6-0)-GT #2 in country with 48 HR’s-Matched last season's HR total (48 HR’s in 53 games), current 48 HR’s in 25 games.-GT didn’t commit an error on the weekend-T3 in country in double plays with 15- defense secures championshipsGame 1, 4-1 GT 11 inningsGT Sophia Voyles looked great in the circleNo hitter until the 7th, and Taylor Ensley hit solo shot to tie itGT defense was big this game, 0 errors, closing doors of potential ralliesNC State 4 errorsInscoe and Weixleman held their own in the circle, but the depth of the pitching is concerningBut both teams showed fightGame 2 , 8-1, GTGTMal Black 5 rbi, including a Grand SlamNeleman and Dennis combine for 1 run, 2 hits -- We like this comboGame 3, 10-2, 5inn GTGT timely hitting- 6 players with RBI’s, 4 with 2 RBIsSophia Voyles started, only made through 2 innings- gave up 2 runsChandler Dennis coming in relief again, 1h 0 runs--looking really good in this relief roleClemson (17-6) had Tenn (L), and a DH with Minnesota this week (split w/ Minn), W’s vs Mercer, Longwood, FordhamVs Tenn, 1-2Cagle went 9 IP, 10 k’s, 9th inning 2 out BB and then a double for Tenn to take the leadClemson left 7 runners onDepth on Clemson, no pinch hitters and DH JoJo Hyatt had only gotten 1 hit on the season coming into this game (1-23)3rd time Clemson has lost by 1 run to TennVs Minn split - G1, 3-5 (9inning) G2, 3-1My big take away…is Clemson pressing, example-Game 1, Bottom of 9th down by 2 w/ runner on 1st and 1 outClark tries to sneaky bunt her way on and is thrown outGame 2, - bottom of 7th, runner on, 1 outClark hits walk off HRGo on to W 3 more outsourcing opponents 28-3Duke 2 (19-1, 3-0)  wins vs Elon & SDSU DHStill only the 1 loss of the year, coming in their 1st game this season vs Oklahoma14 shutouts on the season, has not allowed a single run in the month of march159-15, .73 ERA, .980 field %, Jala Wright #5 in country w/ .32 ERACassidy Curd still #3 in the country for strikeouts per 7 innings- 11.7Team ERA .73 top in the country.359 BA 5th in country.980 field % 11th in country/top in ACCFSU (15-5)4-1 on the weekend, 2 W’s over Purdue, W Michigan and FGCUAmaya Ross is #4 in the country for runs scored per game with 1.45Playing from behindVs Purdue, Purdue put 3 runs T1Down 3-0 until scoring 1 in the 6th in Loss vs FGCUVs Purdue, down 6-1 after 1st (went on to score 15 runs and win 15-9)Vs FGCU down 4-0 after 1st (went on to score 13 and win 13-6)From this past weekend- team #sMakenna Reid- 2-0 on the weekend in Fort Myers18 for 19 on stolen basesFinding ways to get in scoring position other than by hits…Always been a solid base running team10 HRs on the weekend 43 runs scoredRoyalty leads team in IP with 37.1 and has given up 21 runs but only 11 earnedFSU pitching by the numbers…. Team totalsFSU- 130IP, 125 H, 90 R, 61 BBs, 100 KsDuke- 125IP, 66 H, 15 R, 29 BBs, 149 KsDuke has given up ½ the amount of hits, ⅙ the amount of runs, and ½ the amount of BBs, while having…. 50% ?? more strikeouts than FSUClemson (3 more games played than the others)- 157 IP, 139 H, 58 Rs, 35 BBs, 140 KsClemson has also given up a lot of hits, almost 1 hit an inning but has given up ½ the runs and ½ the walks while adding another 40% more strikeouts than FSUPitt (8-14)Also played in the FGCU tournament alongside Florida State but the two teams did not play against each otherLost to Purdue, lost to Western Michigan on Friday; came back to win against both of those teams on Saturday, then lost to FGCU on SundayLooking for consistencyCameron Compson- 3 for 3 with 3 HRs against PurdueGrandslam, 1 run HR, 2 run HR (7RBI)SyracuseLast played against Duke on March 3; played 8 days later against Le Moyne & Norfolk state (yesterday) and run ruled both, also play another double header today against Norfolk State and Quinnipiac Interesting schedulingRebecca Clyde looking good for the Orange; a couple HRs and several RBIs yesterdayTaylor Posner also with a long ball and a few RBI on a timely single late in the game put the run rule into effect…Syracuse outscored opponents 20-1 in the first 2 games of their tournament in NorfolkBCA lot of scheduling mishaps for the Eagles last week, 3 of their games ended up getting canceled, they beat George Washington University on TuesdaySplit with Maryland, lost game 2 in extrasGood showing against B1GAbby Dunning still showing off in the circleNicole Giery looking good for BC offenseNDKarina Gaskins holds the top spot for on base percentage in the country with a .654 percentage of getting on baseACC holds 3 of the 5 top spots for OBPKarina Gaskins makes Notre Dame history with the most walks in a career with 121, also hit a HR this weekend30 bbs this season for Gaskins, the next highest on the team is 10 (Kronenberger) Went 4 and 1 on the weekend in West VirginiaBeat Indiana State twice, Marshall, and Ball State and also lost a game to Ball StateJane Kronenberger hit a few HRs on the weekend Addison Amaral had some timely hits as well on the weekend securing a run rule against Ball StateLooking aheadMidweeksWednesdayFSU vs Bama GT @...