Matt from A700

Hopefully we don't fall into Charlotte's Web. We recently improved our record against Charlotte across the 6 spectator sports to 3-8-1 since moving to the AAC.

Wichita State has Rice and Tulsa left. If we beat Temple this Sunday, that would slingshot Wichita back into the #7 spot. Yuck.

Mean Green win 68-56! The ladies lock up the #2 seed and will play the winner of ECU/Memphis on Monday, 3/10 at 6PM.

Sadly with NIL hitting softball, too, not sure when we'll ever see another pitcher as dominant as Hope Troutwein or power hitter like Kailey Gamble suit up for the Mean Green. So far Rodney is managing quite well.

Took in Baylor's Gettleman Stadium for three games of the softball tournament this past weekend and got me thinking about the future of Lovelace. The annual progress is evident. Most recent upgrades include green lighting and a new video board. But I am especially excited to see the clubhouse and right field patio. It will be a nice touch to a stadium that still feels like a youth complex when you walk in, and is full of temporary structures - the metal bleachers, pressbox, and detached bullpens. I am also excited to think about what Phase 3 - the grandstand - will look like. With TCU and SMU not fielding D1 softball teams, UNT has a prime opportunity to be the biggest softball show in the Metroplex. Baylor was only the third opposing softball stadium I've visited, and while it's no Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas (a really fabulous ballpark) it serves its purpose. It seats about 1,200 fans compared to our 450. A third of that is chairbacks. The other 800 bleacher seats are divided four sections of roughly 200 - two on each side. With our new grandstand, I think taking off a section on both sides - having chairbacks behind home plate and a section of ~200 bleacher seats behind each dugout would be great. This would put seating capacity around 800 and allow crowds to grow beyond friends and family. The Maniacs could start coming out and you could sell group tickets to the countless number of schools in the area that currently feature a Mean Green player.

Mean Green extend their lead going into the fourth: 52-39.

To perhaps generate some more interest and following in our softball program, here's what's going on around the 10-team softball league. Schedule - Wednesday, 3/5 Away Home Time Location Charlotte Furman 4PM Greenville, SC Siena South Florida 4PM Tampa, FL Michigan East Carolina 5PM Greenville, NC Memphis Central Arkansas 6PM Conway, AR Toledo Florida Atlantic 6PM Boca Raton, FL Siena South Florida 6:15PM Tampa, FL Oklahoma State North Texas 7PM Denton, TX Standings

28-21 Green at halftime.

16-6 UNT in front after one.

Then let's win tonight. The 2 seed would play Monday at 6PM at Dickies. Those on the Fort Worth side of the Metroplex need to come out and support.

Last game before conference play starts this Friday vs. Charlotte. Would be nice to another Big XII win and see the bats wake up tomorrow. I have a ticket if anyone is interested in attending.

We lost against UTSA. That's it. We are 14-1 at home. Do not confuse our basketball team's performance with football's tendency to choke.

At this point this year is a wash for attendance. I don't care how bad the schedule fell, an attendance drop of 700 per game for a conference championship contender is unacceptable. I had been led to believe a huge push was going to be made to make Wichita State this year's SMU game.

It was when I left the house, but now it appears to be what you said. The game is back on!

Just that we had five bad years in the '80s. Honestly, I don't follow much college baseball at all. But I agree with Scott, I have a blast rooting on our softball ladies.

Make sure to do it before they start that stupid dice game!

Already 8PM start, now I see it's supposed to be raining tonight. There goes student attendance lol.

Even when we have had the same conference record with UAB, all the standings have listed us before them. Does anyone know what the next tiebreaker is after head-to-head?

For anyone still upset about losing to Cal Baptist, Northwestern State, who we run ruled in Arlington, shut out #20 Mississippi State today in Starkville. They were 2-17 entering the game. https://x.com/NCAASoftball/status/1896301720428544242?t=TbONJ-PAAcqXRk0H66Umpg&s=19

E3 score holds up as the final. UNT heads back to Denton winners 3-2 and 16-4 overall. Beat CBU yesterday and we're probably warming up to play Baylor for the title right now.

SHSU pulls their starter after two hits to start the bottom of the 4th. The latter was by Platt again, whose two hits in consecutive innings match her season total coming into the game.

Worthy of note that the comeback inning started with an infield hit by the true freshman Taylor Platt, who was originally ruled out at first but Rodney successfully challenged.

Simon with a two-run triple to tie it up in the bottom of the third! Still just one out.

SHSU gets on the board with a two-run bomb to left that was still probably ten feet over the fence when it got out. Two runs would have beaten us twice yesterday...

Ditto. But SHSU is 0-4 on the weekend, lost a tough 10-inning game to CBU in the semifinal, and we didn't blow them out of the water either. Bearkats are desperate for a W. I hope our bats can wake up.