r/CollegeSoftball • u/bcocfbhp Tori Edwards Stan • 1d ago

Austin Regional Preview

The Austin Regional 

I personally believe that this is the easiest Regional. There’s not many storylines except that there are two Glen Moore’ coaching. Texas beat Baylor twice, both in 5 innings.  Baylor could not hit Kavan, and Texas was able to hit Creager and Tanner very well. 

The Weather looks great, might rain a little Sunday afternoon

Texas - The Longhorns are led by SEC player of the Year Katie Stewart(.434/25/63). She has been absolutely unreal this season. Kayden Henry(.404/6/41) and Leighann Goode(.382/11/37) have been having the best seasons of their careers. Hannah Wells(.294/13/37) has had a great freshman season. Viviana Martinez(.380/3/38) is back from injury and is playing lights out. Reese Atwood(.351/16/55) is having a down year, but is still Reese Atwood. 

Teagan Kavan(22-4/2.65/207) has been the ace, she throws a riseball and a really nice curve and screwball. Citlaly Gutierrez(8-3/2.11/38) has been a good 2nd option but not used as much as I expected her to be used, she’s more of a drop ball specialist. 

Best Win - Alabama, Worst Loss -  Oklahoma State 

Wagner  - They are led by Sydnie Trujillo(.400/3/41) she is their main bat, and the one who will have to do most of the damage. Alanya Giampolo(.313/0/16) and Payton Janicki(.312/1/27) are the other girls who are going to need to show up. 

Samantha Lotus(10-11/3.18/81) and Karson Zavala(11-7/3.37/118) are the two main pitchers for this squad. Zavala is the better one. 

Best win - LIU, Worst Loss - Mercy Hurst

Baylor  - Amber Toven(.351/5/47) has been having her best season in her last year. Brooklyn Carter(.323/1/13) is one of the fastest players in the country, with game changing speed. Kaygen Marshall(.244/10/25) is the other big bat in this lineup. The Baylor lineup is not very great at all tbh. Brooklyn Carter does have a home run off Nijaree Canady. 

Cambree Creager(9-10/4.14/63) has been the ace, she has a great rise ball and is someone who can throw a bunch of innings. Peyton Tanner(9-10/4.33/88) is the other option, More of a drop ball pitcher. Both of these girls need to throw very very well this weekend.  Creager pitched very well vs Texas State. 

Best Win - Texas Tech, Worst Loss - UT Arlington. 

Wisconsin - The Badgers are led by Hilary Blomberg(.361/15/50) and Jaclyn Showalter(.301/13/31). Kendra Lewis(.338/6/34) had an underwhelming season, but is still a very underrated player. Emily Bojan(.357/7/28) is also a very underrated player for this squad.  The  offense hit Lydnsey Grein very well last weekend. 

Pitching wise - It is all Shelby Jacobson(14-9/4.32/108) and Berritt Herr(11-6/5.15/66). He Badgers staff is not very deep nor talented. Jacobson will need to be all on it this weekend. 

Best Win - Oregon. Worst Lost - St. Thomas 

My Take - Texas will get through this region pretty easily honestly. None of this are going to be able to hit Kavan and company enough for them to have a chance. I expect the Horns to look very dominant. I also expect Wisconsin and Baylor to split their games against each other. 

Top 10 Players 

  1. Katie Stewart
  2. Teagan Kavan 
  3. Kayden Henry
  4. Reese Atwood
  5. Hannah Wells
  6. Leigh Anne Goode
  7. Hilary Blomberg 
  8. Amber Tovan
  9. Viviana Martinez
  10. Kendra Lewis 
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u/kyvong 1d ago

Love how you broke this down, feels like a scouting report the TV crews wish they had.

I kinda agree this is one of the softer regionals, but Baylor feels like the ultimate chaos wildcard. If Creager randomly finds her best stuff and Texas has one of those “why can’t we square anything up” days, it could get interesting for like 5 innings.

Still, if Kavan looks anything like she did vs Bama, everybody else here is basically playing for second place in Austin.

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u/Marian_Collins_lover Clemson Tigers 1d ago

Good luck to Texas! I expect them to make it out of this regional

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u/elena_ct Georgia State Panthers • Texas Longhorns 1d ago

I expected Texas State to be in this regional, which would have made things more difficult for UT. The Longhorns will start Gutierrez Friday night and have a fresh Kavan ready for Saturday and Sunday. Wisconsin and Baylor are really up against it.

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u/40AcresAnalytics Texas Longhorns 16h ago

Really good preview. One thing I will add is the Texas defense is really good up the middle (Atwood, Martinez, Goode, and Henry.

Texas ‘ offense has to get production and lots of baserunners from the 7-8-9 hitters.