We are on the verge of a new season for Kentucky Wildcat softball. Coach Rachel Lawson's squad is ranked in the preseason top-25 for the 13th straight season. The Cats come in at No. 20 this.
Kat Grill (32) and Lexi Kilfoyl (44) welcome Kaylee Tow (12) home after her home run.
Back in March, Crimson Tide softball had their worst weekend of the season losing two of three to Kentucky. This served as a wake up call to Patrick Murphy and his team.
This RBR writer and many of you commenters declared that changes were needed. Some of the rainbow chasers were not happy with our thoughts. Fortunately, we were right.
Alabama has a chance at redemption bigger than their 5-1 SEC Tournament win over UK. The Tide hosts the 14-seed Wildcats for a best-of-three at the Rhoads House.
The teams: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 16 Washington
What to watch for: The Sooners are one of the most explosive, dangerous offenses in the country. They rank No. 1 in the country in home runs, slugging, batting average and more. They showed it this past weekend with 24 runs scored against Wichita State and production from their entire lineup. They hit six home runs in the regional finals. Nicole Mendes had a seven-RBI performance on Friday, and freshman Tiare Jennings has been huge. You cannot stop this offense.
But they are going up against Washington, one of the best defenses in the country, Pac-12 defensive player of the year Sis Bates and Gabbie Plain, who ranks in the top three in the country in strikeouts. This is now a different story here than what OU faced in the regionals. The Huskies took down Michigan twice to win the regional final and had an explosive fourth inning offensively in game seven with seven runs scored in one inning.
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