SB at Charlotte (5/3-5/24)

[Matt from A700]

It all comes down to this. The softball ladies are a game behind FAU and Charlotte for first place in the conference. The Mean Green already own the tiebreaker 2-1 with FAU, so winning two of three in Charlotte this weekend would also be huge in that it would give the ladies the tiebreaker over both teams in case there is a three-way tie at 19-8. The biggest reason to try to take two of three in Charlotte is that second and third place in the conference is the difference between having to win just two games in two days to make it to the NCAA Tournament, or four games in four days.

We can't finish lower than third. Fourth place Tulsa is 3 games behind UNT, and we swept them earlier in the year. Tulsa plays at FAU this weekend.

Charlotte will be a tough out. Last year by way of playing one fewer conference game due to a rainout, they finished with one loss fewer than UNT and won the regular season title. However, we took two of three at home to the 49ers before beating them again in the conference tournament. They still made it to the NCAA Tournament as an at-large.

This year, Charlotte has taken 2 of 3 at USF and vs. Wichita State while sweeping the likes of UAB and Tulsa, and are on an 11-game win streak overall.

Standings going into the final weekend. The conference tournament is May 8-11 in Wichita. If we make it to the final on Saturday at 11 am, be prepared to drop everything and head up to Kansas to support!

SCHOOL	CONF	CPCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL	STREAK
Florida Atlantic	18-6	.750	38-13	.745	22-6	13-7	3-0	W2
Charlotte	18-6	.750	33-16	.673	15-8	13-7	5-1	W11
North Texas	17-7	.708	30-20	.600	17-9	10-9	3-2	L1
Tulsa	14-10	.583	29-19	.604	15-4	9-11	5-4	L1
Wichita State	13-11	.542	22-21	.512	7-7	10-10	5-4	W1
East Carolina	12-12	.500	36-16	.692	23-8	9-8	4-0	W5
UAB	12-12	.500	21-27	.438	13-8	3-15	5-4	L5
South Florida	11-13	.458	32-20	.615	24-13	8-7	0-0	L2
UTSA	4-20	.167	14-39	.264	3-10	4-19	7-10	W1
Memphis	1-23	.042	6-40	.130	4-22	2-13	0-5	L3

[UNTLifer]

Be on the look out for changes to the schedule of games for this series.  The forecast for tomorrow and Sunday in Charlotte isn't conducive to outdoor activity.

[Matt from A700]

44 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Be on the look out for changes to the schedule of games for this series.  The forecast for tomorrow and Sunday in Charlotte isn't conducive to outdoor activity.

Like last week, doubleheader today and third game TBD.

 

 

[Matt from A700]

Mikayla gets the scoring started in the 4th inning of Game 1 with her 11th bomb of the year!

[SUMG]

1-1 going to the 6th.  Skylar pitching a great game. 

Even though they listed the start time as 4.....that must have been 4 Eastern time. 

Go Mean Green!!!

[SUMG]

We take a 2-1 lead in the 7th....they tie in the bottom half.

2-2 in the 8th......Mean Green batting. 

[Side.Show.Joe]

So hard to watch this team crumble when everything's on the line. It's happened all season. No excuse for losing this game. Sure the bats were cold, but this is completely on our pitching staff. DeLong has to find us better pitchers with more mental toughness for next season. I can't believe a team this senior heavy that has done what they've done, can't play better than what we are watching.

I'll go ahead and say it now. this team (especially the pitching staff) isn't mentally tough enough to win the conference tournament. 

[GrandGreen]

1 hour ago, Side.Show.Joe said:

So hard to watch this team crumble when everything's on the line. It's happened all season. No excuse for losing this game. Sure the bats were cold, but this is completely on our pitching staff. DeLong has to find us better pitchers with more mental toughness for next season. I can't believe a team this senior heavy that has done what they've done, can't play better than what we are watching.

I'll go ahead and say it now. this team (especially the pitching staff) isn't mentally tough enough to win the conference tournament. 

I agree a disappointing season, but the hitting is a much bigger problem than the pitching.  

[Tom McKrackin]

He finally lost all pf Tracy Kee’s players.

[UNTLifer]

2 hours ago, Tom McKrackin said:

He finally lost all pf Tracy Kee’s players.

Idiot alert

[Matt from A700]

The bats have definitely been the biggest disappointment the past two years. The run support simply hasn't been there enough. Now, I'm still optimistic for the tournament. Last year we won three straight to make it to the title game. But that double bye would have been nice especially if we only have two reliable pitchers right now.

[Marty]

Lost 2 games to Charlotte. Game 3 today at 2 pm.

[SUMG]

29 minutes ago, Marty said:

Lost 2 games to Charlotte. Game 3 today at 2 pm.

That's local time start.....should be 1 pm here in the Central. 

[SUMG]

Looks like today's game is pretty meaningless....for us anyway. We're locked in as the #3 seed....and would face Memphis in round 1. 

[Marty]

Lost game 3 2-1.

[UNTLifer]

24 minutes ago, Marty said:

Lost game 3 2-1.

Once again, no offense.

[Hunter Green]

On 5/5/2024 at 2:57 PM, Marty said:

Lost game 3 2-1.

Wow. What a choke job.

[GrandGreen]

On 5/7/2024 at 1:43 PM, Hunter Green said:

Wow. What a choke job.

They got beat by a significantly better team, hardly a choke job.