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Agree with you, except on one small point. I thought Penta was close to hitting her spots but the catching was subpar. Our catcher didn't help establish the strike zone for the pitcher/umpire and that cost us a couple of strikeouts.

From the first inning, it looks like SC is wanting to bunt and steal on us. Think we got away with a pass ball too.

I believe the answer is she is done playing in an Auburn uniform. I feel certain all 9 current seniors (12 counting last year) that were mentioned on senior day are done after this year. Interesting timing for Dowell to enter portal!!

She is the real deal. Hopefully, she will come in and have an immediate impact at catching and at the plate. Ranked third best catcher, 7th best player in the country and the top player in Alabama.

Both Penta and Shelby Lowe are special talents.

Sometimes it's difficult and start off the season hot at the plate, but 8 AB's is a very small sample size. I agree with Jad0003, it looks like she must not be swinging it well in practice. Hopefully we see her get back on track soon.

Louisiana- Lafayette is where Gerry Glasco went after Auburn. He is a good recruiter and there are a lot of good players/teams in the Texas area. 2021 class signs Wednesday. So technically they are commits until then. Strong recruiting class for CMD. 2022 class will be very strong as well. Two pitchers coming in that class. Emmah Rolfe is very talented. Might be the best pitcher in country even though her ranking is around 18th.

CLASS OF 2021 - TOP 75 COLLEGE RECRUITING RANKINGS Ranking University Total Points # of Top 200 Players # in Extra Elite 100 1 Louisiana-Lafayette 1,613 11 10 2 Auburn 1,474 9 8 3 Oklahoma 1,347 7 7 4 Duke 1,126 7 7 5 Alabama 1,116 6 6 6 LSU 1,043 6 6 7 Texas 1,010 6 3 8 Oklahoma State 838 5 5 9 Kentucky 834 5 5 10 Ole Miss 822 7 4 11 Michigan 810 5 4 12 Tennessee 803 5 4 13 UCLA 799 5 4 14 Arkansas 772 6 4 15 Notre Dame 767 5 5 16 Washington 765 4 3 17 Georgia Tech 759 6 5 18 Oregon 742 4 4 19 Missouri 730 5 4 20 Florida 724 4 4

I wasn't aware there were 10 girls in the 2021 signing class. Big Signing Class. Rank First Last Pos Yr Travel Team 14 Jessie Blaine C 2021 Iowa Premier 22 Kenadie Cooper OF/2B 2021 East Cobb Bullets - Schnute 20 Brianna Ellis 1B/UT 2021 Impact Gold - Jackson 7 Aubrie Lisenby C 2021 Birmingham Thunderbolts 115 Riley McNemar 2B/1B 2021 Aces Fastpitch 80 Rylie Moody SS/2B 2021 Tennessee Mojo 2021 ?? Keri Munn P 2021 Atlanta Vipers 6 Nelia Peralta MIF/3B 2021 Birmingham Thunderbolts 32 Rose Roach SS/OF 2021 Tennessee Mojo 2021 39 Abbey Smith UT 2021 Tennessee Mojo 2021

Looks like we are starting to get the recruits needed to get back to the CWS. I believe this will be CMD's top rated class to date.

Not all of them are out yet. Still have the top 10 to go. The final top 100 list will come out tonight. I would think we should have a couple in the top 10 show up.

Rumor has it that Kendal Calvert, OF 2021 is no longer committed to Auburn. I believe someone previously mentioned they expected this since her sister left last year. I'm not certain, but I believe the 2021 class has 6 recruits and is ranked in the Top 5 nationally. The 2022 currently has 4 recruits. Not sure of overall ranking.

Nelia Peralta is a middle infielder (SS and 2nd). Hits with a ton of power. She grew up playing baseball and made the switch to softball a couple years ago.

Yes, she is a beast. Great pickup for us! The Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier organization just won the TOP tournament of the year. Usually the best organizations go to PGF in California but this year due to Covid they all met in Oklahoma City for the USA tournament. 2021 Class is looking strong.

Penta is still playing for Chaos. Lowe is playing some with Bandits-Conroy. I think, as mentioned before, that these pitchers are not looking for a lot of wear and tear on their arms and want to come into Auburn as healthy as possible. CMD is a wizard with pitchers, so I think he will do wonders with both of them.

Atlanta Legacy Tournament is one of the top 3 tournaments put on in the country for Top Travel Organizations. Didn't know best place to post 2020 or 2021 since there are Auburn commits for both years: PA Chaos- is Madison Penta's team. GA Impact Lewis - Kendal Calvert's team. Birmingham Thunderbolt's - Aubrie Lisenby's team. Birmingham Thunderbolts-Rocky, #6 in the Extra Elite Eighty 18U Club Rankings, put together an outstanding run to win the Atlanta Showcase Legacy 18U Invitational on Sunday at Shaw Park in Marietta, GA, culminating with a 7-6 triumph over #52 Atlanta Vipers-Holbrook in the championship game. Samford-bound Abigail Dorsett had an RBI single and Texas-commit Nelia Peralta smashed a grand slam to left field to highlight a five-run outburst in the bottom of the fourth to break open a 2-2 game and give the Bolts a 7-2 lead. But the Vipers refused to go quietly, scoring two runs in the fifth, a run in the sixth and a run in the seventh before the Bolts held on for the victory. The two teams combined for 24 hits, including eight extra-base hits. Peralta led the way, going 3 for 3 with a double, a homer, two runs scored and five RBIs. Washington-bound Lilly Agan went 2 for 4 with a double and two runs scored and Auburn-commit Aubrie Lisenby had an RBI double for Birmingham. Florida State-bound Jahni Kerr went 3 for 5 with a double and three runs scored, Alabama-commit Megan Bloodworth went 3 for 3 with a double, a homer, two runs scored and an RBI and Virginia-commit Reece Holbrook went 2 for 3 with two RBIs for the Vipers. The Bolts had an outstanding run in bracket play with a 7-1 victory over Georgia Impact 03-Gussaeff/O'Neal, #16 in the Extra Elite Eighty 16U Club Rankings, in the Sweet 16, a 7-1 win over #14 PA Chaos Gold-Spina in the quarterfinals, an 8-4 upset over #3 Georgia Impact Premier-Lewis before taking out the Vipers in the finals.

New Website launched (Fastpitchnetwork.com) today with Top 100 2021 player rankings: 2021 Player Rankings Top 100 Players 16 Jesse Blaine C Firecrackers – TJ Auburn 21 Kenadie Cooper UT East Cobb Bullets – Schnute Auburn 22 Aubrie Lisenby C Birmingham Thunderbolts Premier Auburn 44 Rose Roach SS Tennessee Mojo 2021 Auburn 51 Abbey Smith UT Tennessee Mojo 2021 Auburn 70 Kendal Calvert OF Georgia Impact – Lewis Auburn Currently Auburn has the 7th ranked class in the country.