Coach Breault lands UMD’s leading hitter from the portal.
https://x.com/sydney_lewis8/status/1936475981167907160?t=J5S6do7JT1n5Ew8hDFULBw&s=19
Sydney “wanted to join a winning program.” Welcome to Charlotte. 
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If she is as productive as Shedrick was, we should be in good shape at first base. Of course, she might be used mostly as a designated hitter. Shedrick had slightly better stats last season, but she was not saddled with what appears to be a poor coaching staff.
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What about Savannah ?
I imagine that Lewis will be plugged in to Kari Shedrick’s role as DP & Savannah will get the most PT at 1B. Maybe they will compete for the 1B spot in the fall?
Savannah was originally a short stop. In today’s game, 1st base has to be athletic. Especally if the pitcher or catcher lack those skills.
This year there should be more depth and more competition. Two good hitters have been added and there are probably a couple of incoming freshmen that may make a push for a starting spot next year. Should give Coach Breault some options she didn’t have last year.
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Really needs to add an ace pitcher to the roster
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Very true. Ace pitcher is the hardest position to fill.
clt says let’s just buy one
It’s even harder to get one now when every decent mid major pitcher is going in the portal and signing with a power 4 school for a full scholarship (power 4s now offering 25 full), Alston scholarship and in many cases NIL plus revenue sharing. Many of those kids will never play but they have not learned that yet.
Mid majors softball teams are going to need to get their arms from HS and develop them.
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We’ve had success with the previous staff in bringing in a mid- major ace like Gigi Barefoot from Campbell.
We’ve also had past success in bringing in someone from a P4 looking for an opportunity like Sam Gress from NC State.
If the P4’s are buying up all the mid major arms, then I guess we only have one option.
https://x.com/softballportal/status/1937708456557113456?s=46&t=yxzaEd-PudIwby_dAuBVuA
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Agree totally! There are still a lot of freshmen pitchers in the portal from major softball teams that want playing time and that is where, I assume our coaches are looking.
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Courtney is sneaky good !
2nd best hitter at Queens last year and she pitched.
https://x.com/taylorjones2024/status/1940096908963226006?s=46&t=yxzaEd-PudIwby_dAuBVuA
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The pitching numbers look a lot like what we had last year although faced weaker competition. That said she was a freshman and we may see sophomore improvement. Hitting numbers look solid (.300ave) and could help lengthen the line up. The order should be deeper this year with three good hitters added.
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Does she not have a year of eligibility?
She does. They corrected it at the end of the article
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