UCF coming off a 2 out of 3 games won in their series against top 10 Arizona. So should be a good game!
Would be nice if Rothrock is cleared and can throw a couple innings to knock the rust off before Texas comes to town.
UCF is 19-8-1, with wins over Cal State Bakersfield, NC State, Illinois (2), James Madison, Missouri, Clemson, Quinnipiac, Pitt, FGCU (2), Columbia, FAU, George Mason, Providence (2), UNF and Arizona (2), a tie to Ohio State and Losses to Georgia, Liberty, Texas A&M, Auburn, FSU, Ohio State, Georgia Southern and Arizona. Their RPI ranking is #20, SOS #9, ELO #36. They are a very good team who has played a tough schedule to date.
They did for a couple of polls: Softball America - 25 D1 Softball - 21 ESPN- Highest RV NFCA - Not updated at this moment Regardless, this is gonna be a great game for our RPI and a good test before Texas.
Florida is #3 in the nation in Team BA at .387. UCF is #119 at .287. Florida is #3 in Team ERA at 1.65. UCF is #43 at 2.60 Florida is #35 in Fielding % at .973. UCF is #166 at .957. Big discrepancies all 3 primary team categories.
UF Line Up Spot Pos # Player Bats Avg 1 cf 27 Kendra Falby L .483 2 rf 21 Taylor Shumaker L .459 3 lf 33 Korbe Otis R .373 4 c 8 Jocelyn Erickson L .367 5 1b 15 Reagan Walsh R .329 6 3b 31 Kenleigh Cahalan L .416 7 2b 11 Mia Williams R .408 8 dh 10 Gabi Comia L .406 9 ss 4 Rylee Holtorf R .320 10 p 18 Kara Hammock
UCF Line Up Spot Pos # Player Bats Avg 1 3b 8 Sierra Humphreys R .405 2 ss 3 Aubrey Evans R .271 3 rf 44 Stormy Kotzelnick L .333 4 dh 28 Izzy Mertes R .365 5 1b 27 Ashleigh Griffin R .296 6 cf 33 Madison Simon R .268 7 c 80 Beth Damon R .220 8 2b 12 Coco Jaimes L .149 9 lf 2 Samantha Rey L .276 10 p 15 Yessenia Lopez R -
I had a thought about Mia Williams last weekend and NO I’m not dogging her lol. She’s having a fantastic season offensively AND defensively and it’s all the more remarkable after her struggles the majority of last season. Fairly certain I’ve never seen such a drastic improvement in a player from one season to another. However I really wish CTW would have a little talk with her before EACH at bat. I think she gets a bit excited/amped up and gets herself out in one or two pitches sometimes. Of course she mashes a homer next time up lol. The more excellent at bats she has the better for the team. Anyhow I love the trajectory she’s on and I’m leaving town now so don’t bother with the torches and pitchforks, you’ll never catch me. Go Gators! Let’s get a quality win tonight!
