As the VT series demonstrated, it’s just about everything in college softball. VT’s ace pitched complete games in 3 of the 4 games this weekend. She gave up one hit in each game. She pitched 5 innings in a shortened Friday game because of the mercy rule. After sitting out the opener Saturday, she shut out Pitt one 1 hit in the second game, then repeated that 1 hit performance on Sunday.
Abby Edwards won for Pitt on Saturday and was the losing pitcher on Sunday. She pitched decently. She is a decent pitcher but on a good team would maybe be the 3rd option. Edwards was recruited by former coach Holly Aprille. To be fair, so was Brittany Knight, who has been uniformly terrible all year.
The three “pitchers” recruited by the current coach. Well, I put the word in quotes for a reason. Two of them have ERAs over 9. The third started for the first time Saturday. She lasted 1 1/3 inning and gave up 5 runs. I can’t compute her ERA.
The salvation? Of the 6 players signed for the 2021-22 class, one is a full time pitcher. She pitches in Class D in upstate NY. That has been the recruiting pattern since Holly left — trying to find a gem among HS pitchers who pitch in low level high school leagues. It hasn’t worked yet. Maybe, next year’s newcomer will be the next Lisa Fernandez or Jenny Finch. The odds are very much against it.
Piss poor recruiting has taken the program from being an NCAA qualifier under Holly to its current status as one of the dregs of the ACC. Thanks Heather. This one is in you!
Abby Edwards won for Pitt on Saturday and was the losing pitcher on Sunday. She pitched decently. She is a decent pitcher but on a good team would maybe be the 3rd option. Edwards was recruited by former coach Holly Aprille. To be fair, so was Brittany Knight, who has been uniformly terrible all year.
The three “pitchers” recruited by the current coach. Well, I put the word in quotes for a reason. Two of them have ERAs over 9. The third started for the first time Saturday. She lasted 1 1/3 inning and gave up 5 runs. I can’t compute her ERA.
The salvation? Of the 6 players signed for the 2021-22 class, one is a full time pitcher. She pitches in Class D in upstate NY. That has been the recruiting pattern since Holly left — trying to find a gem among HS pitchers who pitch in low level high school leagues. It hasn’t worked yet. Maybe, next year’s newcomer will be the next Lisa Fernandez or Jenny Finch. The odds are very much against it.
Piss poor recruiting has taken the program from being an NCAA qualifier under Holly to its current status as one of the dregs of the ACC. Thanks Heather. This one is in you!