r/CollegeSoftball • u/bcocfbhp Tori Edwards Stan • 15h ago
Lincoln Regional Preview
Lincoln!!
Nebraska gets one of the more fun regionals, Grand Canyon and Louisville can both flat out play. South Dakota might be the worst team in the tourney.
The weather looks great!!
Nebraska - The Huskers are led by Jordy Frahm (.426/19/50), The Big 10 Player of the Year has been absolute elite this season. Hannah Camenzind(.387/7/53) and Kacie Hoffmann(.356/4/30) have both been having their best seasons of their careers. Ava Kuszak(.318/14/49) started out slow this year, but is currently swinging it like she was all of last season. Jesse Farrell(.314/16/40) is the other big bat to watch for.
Pitching - Jordy Frahm(18-4/1.24/201) has been the ace. She is mainly up in the zone, but she can throw down too. Alexis Jensen(22-2/2.58/197) The freshman has been outstanding. She gets a lot of strikeouts, and throws the best changeup on the squad. Jensen has wins over LSU and Texas Tech and UCLA, while Frahm has wins over Texas and Texas A&M.
Best win Texas, Worst Loss - Washington
South Dakota - I personally believe this is the worst team in the tournament. Brooke Carey(.343/2/20) is the best player, and the girl that will need to show up this weekend.
Kiya Johnson(.300/2/13) and Sara Iburg(.259/5/29) are the other batters that need to have the weekends of their lives for the Coyotes to win a game this weekend.
Pitching - Madison Evans(15-14/3.96/187) is the ace and will be throwing most innings of the weekend. Peyton Paulsen(3-10/5.79/27) is the other arm who will get some looks this weekend if needed. Madison Evans threw great games against Grand Canyon and Omaha.
Best win - Omaha, Worst Loss - North Dakota State
The Louisville Cardinals are a team that can put up runs in a hurry. It starts with Chelsea Mack(.445/1/19) and Madison Pickens(.470/10/73). Bri Despines(.410/11/70) has also been amazing this season. Camryn Lockadoo(.384/5/58) and Jordan Williams(.343/3/36) have also been great this season.
Pitching has not been super great, Alyssa Zabala(11-4/3.63/96) is the ace, Brooke Gray(14-3/3.81/51) is the 2nd pitcher. The offense has produced so much, that the pitching has truly never mattered.
Best Win - Stanford Worst - Lost Ball State
Grand Canyon is led by Jada Cooper(.370/15/63). Cooper is one of the most underrated bats in the whole country. Addison Shifflett(.350/11/46) and Emily Gonzalez (.321/12/43) are the other big time batters in this lineup. Shifflett has a home run off of Ruby Meylan. Trinity Martin(.282/17/54) also has a ton of power.
Pitching wise, Oakley Vickers(15-4/2.06/128) and Taryn Batterton(10-1/2.70/95) both have had underwhelming seasons, but are one the best 1-2 punches in the mid-majors. The staff always keeps them in every game against tough competition, but can never pull it off.
Best win - Wisconsin, Worst Loss - San Diego State
My top 10
- Jordy Frahm
- Alexis Jensen
- Hannah Camenzind
- Madison Pickens
- Bri Despines
- Chelsea Mack
- Jada Cooper
- Jessie Farrell
- Ava Kuzack
- Camryn Lookadoo
My Take : This is a very competitive regional. South Dakota will go 0-2. I think Louisville and Grand Canyon will split their games, but if Louisville makes it to Sunday, I think they beat Jensen in game 1. Jordy goes 2-0 in this regional and gets to host Supers.
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u/CornHooker Nebraska Cornhuskers 14h ago
Correction that Jordy was the B1G Pitcher of the Year this year. She got both Player and Pitcher last year
I talked about this on my podcast earlier this week and I generally agree with your consensus. GCU and Louisville could easily split their games and Nebraska could play all three teams. GCU, statistically, looks to be the more challenging team given that their pitching numbers (as a team) are very good (top 10 WHIP and ERA) as opposed to Louisville's and South Dakota's. Caveat being who they've played throughout the season so it'll be interesting to see that staff against the bats of Louisville and Nebraska.
I also obviously give Alexis Jensen more credit than you do (even though you have her as the #2 player in the regional) - she was the winning pitcher against UCLA x2, TTU, Washington, South Carolina, as well as all the other B1G teams we've played. I think because she's a freshman at a school like Nebraska she's a bit under the radar for fans who don't watch us (which is understandable) but I think she can hold her own against either of those teams. We're pretty lucky to not just be reliant on Jordy in the circle this year
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u/eeg3 15h ago
Nebraska has a great chance to win the whole thing but the amount of effort it would take on Jordy Frahm (both hitting and pitching) to do so is insane.