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No. 8/9 Baylor Softball Headlines Stacked Judi Garman Tournament

March 2, 2018
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• Baylor returns to the stacked Judi Garman Classic tournament field in Fullerton, Calif., for the fourth straight season, with No. 2/2 Florida, No. 18/17 Louisiana-Lafayette, and No. 25/23 Michigan as BU’s top ranked competition on the weekend.

• The full tournament field is actually comprised of 12 teams, playing a total of 30 games over four days on the primary Anderson Family Field, home of the Cal State Fullerton Titans and a secondary field that is located beyond the right field wall of AFF.

• The annual tournament is held to honor former Cal State Fullerton head softball coach, Judi Garman. Garman coached as CSUF from 1980-1999, winning a national title in 1986 and leaving CSUF as the winningest coach in collegiate softball history.

• All of the weekend’s games will be live streamed by FloSoftball through their website and mobile app. The company offers a monthly or annual membership, with prices beginning at $30 per month.

• Baylor holds a 24-23 record over the tournament field, with ULL as far and away the most familiar opponent. The Ragin Cajuns hold a 15-9 advantage in the all-time series, including a 12-7 edge in the Glenn Moore era. ULL is in its first season under head coach Gerry Glasco.

• Baylor is 5-5 against Michigan, led by 34th-year head coach Carol Hutchins, the winningest coach in NCAA softball history. The Lady Bears faced UM in the Fullerton tournament in 2017, with BU taking a 4-0 win.

• Baylor holds a 7-4 all-time advantage, winning the first six meetings between the programs. UF has seen recent success against the Lady Bears, winning four of the last five meetings and two-straight, both coming at the 2014 Women’s College World Series.

• Baylor has faced Iowa just three times, with BU winning all three previous meetings.

• Baylor will face Charlotte for the first time, led by 24th-year head coach Aimee DeVos.

• Michigan is the only Power 5 school and one of just three schools at the Division I level whose three-member coaching staff has stayed intact longer than Baylor’s. Michigan’s staff’s 20 years tops Baylor’s 15 as a three-coach unit.

• The Baylor bats were led by Shelby Friudenberg (3-for-3, 4 RBI) and Jessie Scroggins (2-for-3, 2 R), spreading out 10 hits and six runs over the seven innings.

• Baylor returns nine letter winners and seven position player starters from the 2017 squad that advanced to the program’s fourth Women’s College World Series.

• Baylor is riding a seven-game win streak, notching a three-game sweep over Northwestern State to open the season and a four-game sweep of the Southern Miss Black & Gold Invitational in Hattiesburg, Miss., last weekend.

• The USM tournament weekend included wins over No. 24 McNeese State and No. 9/10 Alabama, solidifying BU’s return to the Top 10 in the polls.

• Gia Rodoni picked up back-to-back Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors, named the conference’s top pitcher in each of the first two weeks of the season.

• Jessie Scroggins picked up her first Big 12 Player of the Week nod after a stellar weekend at the plate, pacing the conference in batting average.

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No. 8/9 Baylor Softball Headlines Stacked Judi Garman Tournament

3,550 Views | 5 Replies | Last: 6 yr ago by Chibears2
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Disregard.
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5-0, Michigan over Baylor after 3 innings. Softball stinking up the joint. At this rate, we will get run ruled. Right now, we don't look like we belong on the big girl field. 2 HRs scoring 4 runs. Errors. Can't get on base. Sheesh...
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And they lead off with a double. Short fence and Michigan is swinging for it. We pop out to catcher or foul pops...
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They score again and it's 6-0 with only 1 out and three on. We really look bad. Making change in circle. Reagan Green for Gia. Reagan hasn't pitched as well as Gia. This could get ugly. Michigan pitching ace, so going to be hard to make up deficit. NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING FROM THIS TEAM. Argh...
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Reagan retires the batter. One on, one out for BU in bottom of fourth. Skies open and now in rain delay.
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