USF is 27-15, 7-8 in the AAC. Their best wins are over Kansas, Pitt and Louisville (2), and they come off a road sweep at Memphis. The Gators beat them 12-3 on February 11. USF is a weak hitting team, with a Team BA of just .247 and only 1 player hitting over .300, Grad Senior Alanah Rivera hitting .358. The team only has 13 home runs with 129 walks and 161 strikeouts. They're fielding at .974. USF's team ERA is a very good 2.40, .226 BA against, 115 walks and 215 K's. Their 2 primary pitchers are RS sophomore Peyton Dixon, 14-5, 1.30 ERA, 124 innings, 45 BB, 114 K's, .188 BA against, and junior Belle Sardja, 10-7, 2.56 ERA, 112 innings pitched, 30 BB, 68 K's, .249 BA against. This is a game the Gators should win, but USF is a well-coached team and we can't take them for granted.
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I love TW and think he is a great coach but I don't understand why he doesn't give Olivia more time in the circle. Give her the start tonight and see how she does against a decent team. If we loose so what, it won't have much effect on rankings one way or the other. Our final rankings are going to be based pretty much on how we do against SEC teams.
USF Line Up Spot Pos # Player Bats Avg 1 lf 4 GALLIGANI, Alexa L .293 2 rf 16 ELLIOTT, Olivia L .262 3 dp 24 DRAPOLA, Bailey R .305 4 1b 2 TRIVELPIECE, Marissa L .204 5 ss 19 RIVERA, Alanah R .358 6 c 9 EIGENMANN, Rian R .298 7 3b 8 BROOKS, DaNia R .163 8 2b 21 GARCIA-SOTO, Kathy B .231 9 cf 72 KADLUB, Jordyn R .266 10 p 6 DIXON, Payton L UF Line Up Spot Pos # Player Bats Avg 1 cf 27 Kendra Falby L .430 2 ss 17 Skylar Wallace L .443 3 lf 33 Korbe Otis R .434 4 c 8 Jocelyn Erickson L .416 5 3b 15 Reagan Walsh R .390 6 dp 50 Baylee Goddard R .316 7 rf 29 Katie Kistler L .365 8 p 0 Ava Brown R .272 9 1b 1 Brooke Barnard R .214 10 2b 11 Mia Williams R .161
Falby with another great catch in center, took away a 2 run HR> Still USF with the bases loaded and only 1 out... error and 2 singles. And Brown pitches out of it.