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    Softball 2023-24 Offseason & Recruiting Thread

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    I don’t read too much into fall games. Before Dean’s inaugural season, we barely beat Snead state 5-3 at home. I attended because my cousin played for Snead. We also didn’t just play scrubs, Kaylee Carlson pitched. The following 2018 spring season, we lost in the Tallahassee regional 2-1 to the eventual national champion seminoles(granted we also got eliminated by jacksonville state 3-2). All that to say, I’ve never seen fall games as a great barometer for spring season stats. 

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    2025 softball recruiting

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    12 hours ago, Jad0003 said:

    Oh definitely! 

    The 2025 rankings were a bit of a mess this year because there was a sorting error. They also opted to do a true Top 100 rather than tie 5 people for each ranking. This change coupled with the error left many high ranking players off the list. As a result, they were forced to do a second with ties, but they did not adjust the original list, only added players to the list, which still left players off the list. 

    We lose a lot of pitching after the 2024 season and lose a lot of players after the 2025 season. Assuming no transfers, the next two recruiting classes, plus the current sophomore and freshman, should provide a solid lineup. Hopefully Rolfe, Tamborra, Clemmons and Godfrey (2024) develop well, and we can pick up a good pitcher in the 2025 class.

    Based on the past two years, I hope to see the coaches continue to search for good players out of the transfer portal, like Lech, Wohlers, and Tresvik, who perform well but aren’t transferring from powerhouse softball schools. Widra is the exception as she was a highly rated player transferring from a well known softball school. 

    I had no idea they opted for a true top 100. That makes way more sense because it seems everyone was getting relatively lower ranked recruits. I’m glad they did do a true top 100 though because that other rankings system wasn’t very good. Can’t have 20 kids in the top 5.

    2025 softball recruiting

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    4 hours ago, Jad0003 said:

    Picked up another commit, Melania Luostari, from Wisconsin. She moved up to play for the 18U Beverly Bandits - Conroy team and is a power hitting corner infielder.  I couldn’t find her in the EIS rankings, but she made the EIS 2023 16U All Summer team (summary below).

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    Anybody that bats over .500 at PGF I want on my team, no matter the rank or lack there of.

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    Softball wins First Two Fall Games

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    11 hours ago, Golden Eagle said:

    Thanks so much for posting @OlderWhiskey - I was going to search for softball results today.  Were you able to attend the games and, if so, were there many fans in attendance?  Also, any insight into the players who have left the program? 

    Really (pleasantly) surprised at the result vs Troy as they had a very good pitcher last year.  She may have graduated or just not played.  Rolfe was a star in high school but pretty shaky in her few appearances on the mound last year.  Sounds like she may be ready for prime time this year (and we will need her).  Excited to see what this team can do next spring.

    Troy pitched Haley Pittman. She transferred there from Florida. She is from Montgomery and was committed to AU when the Myers crew was still around.

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    Auburn Volleyball

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    2 hours ago, VolleyMike said:

    It is hard to ignore the red card in the 2nd set. It was a bad call by the refs for sure, but getting a red card when you’re up on the #3 team in the nation…. that’s just not smart nor representative of Auburn Volleyball. The score was 23-18 and we would have been serving to get to set point. Instead, Crouch’s red card kills all our momentum, gives Florida a point, and the serve!  They then go on to score 7 of the next 8 points and win 26-24. Win that set and we would have likely swept them in 3.

     

    I was unaware of the penalty card rules. That was a pretty significant mistake on coach Crouch’s part.

    Auburn Gymnastics 🥇🥈🥉

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    3 hours ago, AUreo said:

    This is disappointing (solid 4-star signee). She trained with Suni pre-Olympics. I guess, she didn't want to leave the Midwest region.

    Some on Reddit are saying her schollie got pulled. I’m not sure how we’d do that after she’d signed the NLI but I think they stated we reduced it majorly for other recruits.

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