IU Softball

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

Recap: 

 https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2024/5/10/softball-indiana-defeats-nebraska-in-extra-innings-to-advance-to-big-ten-title-game?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3rpGp__qJ7I11GrOLGOeAPW-jtAsfqWtJIkLd4YV6Eq2Udz04YWI2mcNk_aem_AW4NmrNYSmRLgKBwpV9PGPOS4WTztzMJjHe0pFP7bl67KgkDBmuhllSzfh3Bzpw0wuPxn6npsS58LHvKUnWhG9-L

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

First team to make consecutive @bigten tourney finals since Minnesota 2016-19.

[mamasa 15,300]

Coach Stanton has really done a fantastic job here

[JerryYeagley23 3,489]

4 hours ago, mamasa said:

Coach Stanton has really done a fantastic job here

Agree. And they seem young too, so a lot to build the program with going forward. They’ll need to figure out how to manage the portal to keep thing rolling like all of our programs.  

[LamarCheeks 18,915]

Anybody know how the home team is determined in the B1G tourney? 

Is it simply a matter of the higher seed getting that distinction?

We've been the visitors for our past two games and Michigan has been home for its two games. Unless it's a seeding thing, I would think we would get a turn at having last at-bats. 

 

 

[TheWatShot 13,998]

14 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Anybody know how the home team is determined in the B1G tourney? 

Is it simply a matter of the higher seed getting that distinction?

We've been the visitors for our two games and Michigan has been home for its two games. Unless it's a seeding thing, I would think we would get a turn at having last at-bats. 

 

 

It's probably higher seed. We were the home team against Purdue. 

[Aaron 4,293]

55 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Anybody know how the home team is determined in the B1G tourney? 

Is it simply a matter of the higher seed getting that distinction?

We've been the visitors for our past two games and Michigan has been home for its two games. Unless it's a seeding thing, I would think we would get a turn at having last at-bats. 

 

 

It is highest seed always now. It used to switch in baseball and softball conference tourney till recently but now it is always higher seed.

Now need to do same in NCAA Tourney which still alternate based on a convoluted formula. 

[LamarCheeks 18,915]

Copeland looks out to me. 

Shoulda held on to that challenge. 

[LamarCheeks 18,915]

Bad baserunning and shoddy defense are gonna cost us this one. 

Terrible throw from about 15 feet. Sheesh! 

[JerryYeagley23 3,489]

Ugh. That’s a tough way to lose a championship game if indeed they hold on now. 

[LamarCheeks 18,915]

Michigan wins 3-1. 

We had our chances -- but a brutal baserunning mistake (that actually was on Stanton) and bad defense proved fatal. 

Still, we've made significant progress. We were in it till the end. 

Michigan beat the snot out of us earlier this season during a three-game sweep in B-town. 

[OliviaPope40 6,517]

19 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Bad baserunning and shoddy defense are gonna cost us this one. 

Terrible throw from about 15 feet. Sheesh! 

Don't know if Stanton should have sent her and then tried to hold her up. As a pitcher you have to be able to field your position no excuse for that.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

Tough ending but that they made it to the championship game is something they should be proud of.

[LamarCheeks 18,915]

8 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Don't know if Stanton should have sent her and then tried to hold her up. As a pitcher you have to be able to field your position no excuse for that.

I think Stanton just assumed the Michigan shortstop would throw to first. When she didn't, it was trouble and our baserunner was caught in no-man's land. No-woman's land? No-person's land? 

Well -- you get the idea.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

[OliviaPope40 6,517]

19 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Will be interesting to see tomorrow if we do get in needed today to get in.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

[johnsoniu 6,421]

Made it in. Off to the Mizzou regional, open against Washington on Friday at 3.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,744]

Columbia, MO regional

Missouri (43-15) vs Omaha (41-13)

IU (40-18) vs Washington (31-13)