Softball versus UTSA - Weekend Series

El Paso Eagle · March 17, 2023

Critical that we win all three.

RPI
UNT - 54
UTSA -256

**Hopefully, the ladies will wear Green**

El Paso Eagle · March 17, 2023

Tied at one after two innings. They come in 200 places lower than us in the RPI. Wagoner seems off tonight. No way around it other than saying our hitting, or lack of it, is a problem. We continue to make very average pitchers look good. Hopefully, we will get it going.

** I Cannot understand why this team will not wear Green as the primary color. Maybe we should actually let a school that wants to wear green be called the Mean Green

Edited March 18, 2023 by El Paso Eagle

El Paso Eagle · March 18, 2023

4-1 after 3. Nice 3rd for the home team

El Paso Eagle · March 18, 2023

It's a little funny to keep hearing the announcers talking about the Mean Green for the team wearing Black and White

El Paso Eagle · March 18, 2023

Ladies win 4-1. Another good performance by Wagoner. She didn't seem to have her best stuff tonight but made it count when she had to.

Side.Show.Joe · March 18, 2023

The girls still aren't hitting on all cylinders. There is too much uncertainty and hesitation at the plate and some really questionable swings that are not the norm for our usually disciplined hitting team. I'm not sure why this is a problem, bit ot is. DeLong knows his team. I trust he will get it figured out.

Too bad there aren't more softball fans on this board. If we had more, we could do an adoption thread like we do for football.

UNTLifer · March 18, 2023

I don’t get why he started the freshman third baseman, Sparks, over Donohoe earlier this year when the freshman was clearly struggling at the plate. He also replaced Ingle in LF with the transfer Nicholson when I thought Ingle played really well out there last year.
I don’t really question DeLong due to his success but those two moves surprised me.
The errors and the lack of discipline at the plate are the reflection of a team that is pressing. They just need to relax and play.

Honestly, they need a dominating win to regain their confidence.

Edited March 18, 2023 by UNTLifer

Side.Show.Joe · March 18, 2023

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

I don’t get why he started the freshman third baseman, Sparks, over Donohoe earlier this year when the freshman was clearly struggling at the plate. He also replaced Ingle in LF with the transfer Nicholson when I thought Ingle played really well out there last year.
I don’t really question DeLong due to his success but those two moves surprised me.
The errors and the lack of discipline at the plate are the reflection of a team that is pressing. They just need to relax and play.

Honestly, they need a dominating win to regain their confidence.

I'm all for getting the young players some experience and confidence, but maybe throwing them to the wolves isn't the best way... especially with our OOC schedule. Personally, I think Nicholson is doing an outstanding job so far. As for Sydney Ingle... she is no longer showing on our roster. I wondered why she wasn't starting too. After seeing her absence from our roster, it kind of made sense. Don't know why she's gone, I thought she was a solid player. Epperson is also a young freshman that is impressing me. She had an off night, but I think she will be a really great player for us over the next several seasons.

UNTLifer · March 18, 2023

Ingle, if off the roster, was just recently removed. She was on there earlier this season.

We are currently up 15-3 in game two of the series. Weirdest box score ever. 15 runs on 5 hits. UTSA pitchers have walked twelve batters.

Edited March 19, 2023 by UNTLifer

El Paso Eagle · March 18, 2023

Caught a little of the game. Not sure I have ever seen a team average 3 runs for each hit

Side note - The announcers were joking yesterday about where else would you want to be on Saint Patrick's day except for the home of the Mean Green. After the second time one of the announcers commented even though we were wearing black. Still not sure why they always seem to be wearing black. Another team wasting the Mean Green messaging opportunity.

Side.Show.Joe · March 19, 2023

4 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Ingle, if off the roster, was just recently removed. She was released on there earlier this season.

We are currently up 15-3 in game two of the series. Weirdest box score ever. 15 runs on 5 hits. UTSA pitchers have walked twelve batters.

Ingle's name appeared in the box score, but not as an active player. She does not appear in on the official roster at the Mean Green Sports website. Weird.

Side.Show.Joe · March 19, 2023

4 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Caught a little of the game. Not sure I have ever seen a team average 3 runs for each hit

Side note - The announcers were joking yesterday about where else would you want to be on Saint Patrick's day except for the home of the Mean Green. After the second time one of the announcers commented even though we were wearing black. Still not sure why they always seem to be wearing black. Another team wasting the Mean Green messaging opportunity.

I watched the whole game today. The team looked much more relaxed at the plate. Very disciplined, and it paid off with tons of walks and a big run-rule score.

I liked how the pitch speed had been displayed behind the backstop. But, I was glad to see it moved into the scoreboard on the screen. UNT video production has really improved over the last year or so.

UNTLifer · March 19, 2023

13 hours ago, Side.Show.Joe said:

I liked how the pitch speed had been displayed behind the backstop. But, I was glad to see it moved into the scoreboard on the screen. UNT video production has really improved over the last year or so.

I agree but found it interesting that the speed shown on the screen was usually about 5mph slower. I wonder which is accurate? I would think the clock in the field.

DeepGreen · March 19, 2023

On 3/17/2023 at 7:23 PM, El Paso Eagle said:

It's a little funny to keep hearing the announcers talking about the Mean Green for the team wearing Black and White

And this is total bullschit!

El Paso Eagle · March 19, 2023

Just saying ..... the ladies wearing green today and have a great hitting day 💚

Matt from A700 · March 19, 2023

Yes, much different than yesterday. The Green weren't going to wait to be walked a dozen times with the way they were swinging the bats today. Homers by Cierra Simon, who had a grand salami yesterday, and a walk-off three-run shut by Donahoe. Kalei went 4-4 and is hitting over .375 on the season.

I went to the game today and noticed Gamble is from OKC. She didn't hit a home run this series, but I hope we can keep someone like OU from snatching our power hitter like they did Hope a few seasons ago.

Side.Show.Joe · March 19, 2023

14 hits and 0 errors today. Every player that went to the plate got on base a least once by either getting a hit or drawing a walk. Outstanding. Hope they take this same approach to Stillwater on Wednesday.

Matt from A700 · March 20, 2023

On 3/17/2023 at 9:54 PM, Side.Show.Joe said:

Too bad there aren't more softball fans on this board. If we had more, we could do an adoption thread like we do for football.

Asking for a separate softball subforum is probably asking too much, but even having an official thread for every series like football and basketball can at least raise awareness. The women's basketball team can't even get a thread for every game. Heck, there's probably already been more posts about softball halfway through the season than women's basketball got all year.

El Paso Eagle · March 20, 2023

11 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Asking for a separate softball subforum is probably asking too much, but even having an official thread for every series like football and basketball can at least raise awareness. The women's basketball team can't even get a thread for every game. Heck, there's probably already been more posts about softball halfway through the season than women's basketball got all year.

If we have teams that are competitive people will follow and comment.

Matt from A700 · March 20, 2023

4 hours ago, Side.Show.Joe said:

14 hits and 0 errors today. Every player that went to the plate got on base a least once by either getting a hit or drawing a walk. Outstanding. Hope they take this same approach to Stillwater on Wednesday.

OSU (25-2) is ranking second in the nation, even better than Arkansas. This was a good confidence-building series against a the CUSA bottomdweller, but it's going to take a complete effort. One advantage we might have is famaliarity, since we played them twice last year (and were only outscored 6-2).

ADLER · March 20, 2023

19 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Just saying ..... the ladies wearing green today and have a great hitting day 💚

They did look FABULOUS in green. I wish they would wear it more often and get rid of that other crud.

DeepGreen · March 20, 2023

How about an email campaign to the softball coach? All white home uniforms, green numbers and lettering.

Side.Show.Joe · March 21, 2023

22 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Asking for a separate softball subforum is probably asking too much, but even having an official thread for every series like football and basketball can at least raise awareness. The women's basketball team can't even get a thread for every game. Heck, there's probably already been more posts about softball halfway through the season than women's basketball got all year.

I love softball. It's among my favorite sports. Right there with football and basketball. I doubt softball will get it's own forum, but I'll keep commenting. I want our girls to know that their sport is important, and hopefully others will join us in the fun.

When DeLong is selling our program to recruits, I want them to know that UNT has fans that will support them. El Paso Eagle does a great job of posting thread about our series. I enjoy commenting on our games and share his enthusiasm. I don't live in the Denton area anymore, so I can't get to the games as often as I once did. But, the wife and I will be heading down on April 15th to watch the girls play Charlotte. That should be a good series.

I'd be willing to adopt a player or two, post their stats, and give them praise as the season goes on. But, at least 5 or 6 others would need to be involved to make it work.