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He looked physically stronger and more assertive last night than he ever did the first two years. Made AD (a 5x All-Defense selection) look like a helpless JAG out there. If he’s gonna do that to AD and Lively, he’s gonna go for 60+ a couple times this year against some of the smaller, weaker defending teams. Last night was one of the most breathtaking individual performances I’ve ever seen. Just the size and skill set and ability to influence everything whenever he’s on the court. Special special player.

I was guilty of overreacting to Nick Brooks’s bad start coming off the heels of that showing in Gainesville. He got it together and played well today. If we can get that kind of showing from the OL the rest of the year, we just might still have some hope of turning it around.

Someone check my math here but a catcher nicknamed Chubs has a 100% chance of being awesome.

Arch’s inability to hit layup throws ultimately cost us the game. He missed at least 7 that should be gimmes for a starting SEC QB. Was Sark too conservative early? Probably. But Arch has to hit those throws. Not sure if that’s something that has shown up in camp or if it was just nerves in a huge game on the road. But it has to get better for this to be a playoff team this year. Defense was incredible as expected. Run game looked solid. OL was very good.

Galvan is gone but he's been replaced by one of the few catchers in the country who would represent an upgrade in Carson Tinney, a transfer from Notre Dame.

Schloss: what if we just build our staff only out of Volantises?

Some additional context

Almost!!!

A quick scroll through her stats and it’s definitely not uncommon for her to pitch in three games in three days. However, she’s never gone the distance three straight games. Max innings pitched in a three day stretch this year is 17, so she’d be in new territory from an innings standpoint from the 4th inning on tonight. Tech is 4-2 in those “third games” though two of the four wins came against Kennesaw State and a mediocre BYU. OK State and Arizona State both hit well off her the third time around. Will be interesting tonight for sure.

One of the announcers mentioned that she’d pitched three days in a row three times this season. However, they didn’t give any context as to how those outings went for her. I’d be curious to know that and how many of those came against the same team for all three games vs a regional or tourney set up.

Total implosion over these past two innings. Gave them the game on a silver platter.

Reese Atwood is an absolute legend for pulling that off in that spot. After the first two were almost strikes (I’m pretty sure the second one was tbh), I swear I could see the gears turning in her head through the TV and I wondered if she’d take a hack at one if Canady kept leaving it in there and sure enough she did. Big time guts and big time talent. What an awesome game!

Also, that UTSA team can really play. Wouldn’t shock me if they make it to Omaha.

Team peaked too early and was ultimately rocked by Spencer’s injury. That had a huge ripple effect on the rest of the staff and pitching was never the same after. Also stinks that Gasparino and Flores lost their bats about 2 months ago and never found them. I agree with the sentiment that this team probably overachieved early for what it was. That said, great first season for Schloss and hope he is ready to re-load for 2026.

I'll admit to being a little nervous about the Sunday starter role moving forward without Spencer. Flores and Bing have mostly been pretty good midweek pitchers, but we'll have to see how they fare with a step up in competition. Our bullpen has been pretty lights out, so it's not like they have to go deep in games, but we'll need those guys to at least give us a shot once we get into tournament play.