(03-04-2023, 10:10 PM)WVB Fan Wrote: I completely agree with your response. Water Polo and Golf (even without Heck) are women's sports more likely to get an NC. I was looking for a choice among the four Stanford sports I follow. In softball I'm trying to figure out how good Canady is. I want to see her pitch against some top PAC-12 teams.
I think the sky is the limit for this team, and I want to be optimistic but also a bit realistic at the same time. The pitching and fielding is definitely good enough already to win a national championship (we rank third in the country in Massey in Defense, which includes both pitching and fielding). However, we rank 37th in Massey in offense. Overall, that has us in contention for a top 8 seed, but I don't know if the offense is quite good enough yet. One thing I have noticed with recent teams under Coach Allister is I think we are a bit too aggressive at the plate, and that shows up in fewer walks and HBPs. I think we need to take a few more pitches, particularly against weaker competition, and let the opponent give us some free base runners.