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Title: Alabama Softball Sweeps Day One of Fall Brawl Post by: Jamos on October 17, 2015, 09:12:29 PM "Our pitching and the defense in both games today were excellent," UA head coach Patrick Murphy said. "I thought Madi [Moore] was much better today than her previous game against Middle Tennessee State. I though she pitched very well. Sydney's [Littlejohn] ball was moving similar to last year. That's a good sign for us. When her ball moves, she's going to be successful."
http://www.rolltide.com/sports/w-softbl/recaps/101715aaa.html Title: Re: Alabama Softball Sweeps Day One of Fall Brawl Post by: Jamos on October 17, 2015, 09:52:28 PM Coach Murphy reminds me of CNS as his recruiting ranks right up there in the sport of softball. Bama has 6 freshmen on the roster this year and I thought they were very impressive today, especially Reagan Dykes, a new catcher from Collins, Mississippi.
She put on a clinic today behind the plate as she has been coached very well in her high school days. The real beauty of her performance today though was her bat as she had a home run and 2 doubles in 4 at bats. She is very athletic with a cannon for an arm. I think the team looked better at the plate today than they did last year. There wasn't that much swinging for the fence but just putting the bat on the ball. Defensively it will be interesting as to who will play shortstop this year as Denae Hays graduated. This is a huge void to fill and Chandler Dare played there the first game and did a pretty good job. She's a little quicker than Denae was but I don't think her arm is as strong. CPM really does the girls a favor as he switches them all around at different positions in the fall games to find their weaknesses in their defensive skills. Bama has 19 on the roster this year, the most I have ever seen. This should help next season if the injury bug pops up like it has in recent years. Sidney Littlejohn started the game as the pitcher today and looked like pitcher she was before her injury last year. She had foot surgery in the off season and she showed no post surgery complications today. She gave up 2 hits and one run in the 4 innings she pitched. Madi Moore, the left handed freshman from Winfield, pitched the last three innings and I can see a lot of promise for her. She throws a little harder than Littlejohn does and spins the ball well. It will be interesting to see how much improvement she will have between now and next spring. She has a little bit of a control problem but I think that is mostly from her trying to do too much too quick. Tomorrow is a new day and it will be interesting to see how they play on back to back days. Title: Re: Alabama Softball Sweeps Day One of Fall Brawl Post by: 2Stater on October 18, 2015, 03:50:39 AM Thanks for the report, J. Sounds like another promising year for the girls.
Title: Re: Alabama Softball Sweeps Day One of Fall Brawl Post by: SUPERCOACH on October 18, 2015, 06:58:54 AM Good stuff J. It looks like Bama fans will be having a blast this school year all year long until next summer. We have football in the hunt for the next Championship, Coach Avery is getting it going at Coleman, then there is the new baseball stadium, and of course the girls will compete for a chance to go back OKC.
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