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Concussion. And Honesty played, but she’s clearly not 100%. Not making an excuse but just stating the obvious. It’s really hard to win without your 2 best players. Better days are ahead. This team played a top 10 Indiana much better than this. Glad we have a bye week.

Coach J is building something. We look better each game. I don't think we are a tournament team this year, but we are trending upwards. She is getting better players in and developing them, exactly what you want to see.

Great game! Man, I wish we could have that Georgia Tech game back. We are shooting so much better now and getting after it on defense.

Agreed @gravejd. I think this team will have 3 types of nights: poor shooting (like Northwestern), grind it out (like St. Louis), and hot shooting (like Bradley). If we can avoid the ice cold nights and have more grind it out and decent shooting nights, I can see this team being dangerous like the 2020 team when COVID cut the season short. We will need to peak at the right time for a run in the SEC or NCAA Tourneys.

Ga Tech plays good defense. We need to use our quickness to force turnovers and run on them. Definitely think we are the more athletic team.

This may not be the hardest sell out of all time, but I expect a good crowd, even with the weather being chilly. Should be a fantastic atmosphere. LSU wasn't a "hard" sellout either like you'd expect for an Iron Bowl, Penn State game, etc., but the atmosphere was still fantastic.

GONE

https://auburntigers.com/sports/softball/schedule/2023 Very solid schedule. I like the first weekend at the NFCA Leadoff Classic… not too daunting. Love seeing Oklahoma, Northwestern, Georgia Tech, and all those in-state teams. South Alabama hasn’t played us in the regular season since Haley Fagan transferred from there.

I'm glad he's into Tiger Walk, the AUMB, and the Eagle... those will probably be the highlights of the day!

Sweep of Bama!!! The ladies won 3 sets to 1 again today and host Miss State Wednesday at 7:00.

Starkey took a job with Mulkey at LSU. He’s been there before. Said he loved his time at AU, and LSU is the only job he would’ve left for. It is my understanding that his wife’s health isn’t great, and this move allows them to be closer to family and friends.

This is great to hear! Coach J is building the whole program back up, and is doing it the right way.

We’ve seen this in basketball, baseball, and softball, but the teams with COVID seniors have done well. Aspyn’s 5th year leadership is immeasurable. Glad she’s coming back.

I hope we schedule tougher next year, especially now that we’ve seen a glimpse at what the talent on this team is capable of. We have to stop scheduling so many teams that are 200+ in the rpi (Alabama State, NCA&T, Delaware State, Niagara).

AU will open up Jane B. for a watch party Sunday night at 6:00. It would be great if some of the local crowd could come out.

Mizzou is using both Weber and Krings. If they follow the same rotation, Krings will start tonight vs Arkansas.

Yeah, lots of talk among the Auburn faithful about hosting, but the RPI isn’t on our side (and RPI is leaned on heavily in softball). Our non-conference strength of schedule is hurting us. Outside of the Clearwater tournament, we played way too many cupcakes, particularly Delaware State, Alabama State, and Niagara.

Our sophomores have also shown great improvement, not to mention upperclassmen showing improvement as well. Godwin and Garcia’s numbers are up too.

I agree that the State, UGA, and UT series to close the season are huge, but if resting Lowe for longer means she will be healthy for the postseason, I'm totally on board with sitting her in these last 3 series.

Great interview. He called Mississippi State out for delaying the start Friday and then having Auburn lie around at the park all day Saturday due to the hotel checkout. They did it in the name of weather, but Butch alluded to additional intentions by State. Link to interview: https://audioboom.com/posts/8068088-regions-bank-postgame-show-interviews-mississippi-state-iii

Missouri and Iowa advanced over LSU. I believe LSU had a lot of injuries, but they struggled mightily on the road this season outside of the PMAC.

Lexie is a fantastic human being, but it didn’t work out at Auburn. Do you know how many SEC wins she had at Auburn? I’ll give you a hint… it’s a single digit number that rhymes with “hero.” Glad she got the win over Kentucky tonight and is having a great season. She deserves this.

Yep, LaPorte doesn't have Dean's recruits at JMU any longer. Our current freshman and sophomores were loaded recruiting classes, and the dividends are starting to pay off. Next year's incoming freshman are a fantastic class as well. Future certainly looks bright!

Correct, because they moved the meet from Barnhill Arena to Bud Walton. Still had over 10K.

For all of the Thursday games, 13 Vermont vs 4 Arkansas in Buffalo, NY seems very intriguing to me...