Softball season is right around the corner!
Head coach Patrick Murphy and his team are starting off their season ranked No. 8 in the NFCA preseason poll.
The last time that the Tide was ranked No. 8 in the preseason, Murphy and his team went on to win the 2012 National Championship defeating Oklahoma with a score of 5-4.
This is a good sign.
Why?
Because not only are they ranked No. 8 in the NFCA preseason poll, but they are also No. 8 in the D1 Softball and USA Softball polls.
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Before COVID-19 ended their season abruptly, the Tide went 14-8 and ended at No.10 in the NFCA final rankings.
LSU softball ranked No. 5 in preseason polls The LSU softball team is going into the 2021 season ranked No. 5 in both the USA Today/NFCA DI Coaches poll and ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. (Source: Josh Auzenne/WAFB-TV) By Amanda Lindsley | January 26, 2021 at 12:59 PM CST - Updated January 26 at 3:07 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The LSU softball team is going into the 2021 season ranked No. 5 in both the USA Today/NFCA DI Coaches poll and ESPN.com/USA Softball poll.
The Tigers have been ranked every week since the end of the 2014 season.
We start 2021 ranked No. 5!
LSU will be returning 21 players from the 2020 season that was shortened due to the pandemic. Sophomore Georgia Clark led the team at the plate with a .425 batting average and four home runs last season. All-SEC performer Aliyah Andrews and All-American Shelbi Sunseri also, returning.
Ty Stofflet was one of the world s greatest softball pitchers. Credit: DICK CLARK TV SHOW
New Zealand softball greats have joined the tributes to Ty Stofflet – the legendary American softball pitcher famous for a gripping 20 innings duel with Kiwi great Kevin Herlihy. The left-handed Stofflet took a record 33 strikeouts and batted in the winning run in a four-hour epic with New Zealand at the 1976 world championships in Lower Hutt.
Screengrab/Dick Clark s Wednesday/NBC
Ty Stofflet, the legendary American softball pitcher was who a great friend and rival of Kevin Herlihy, has died, aged 79. Once labelled the fastest pitcher in the world, Stofflet died, aged 79, in his native Pennsylvania on Saturday (Sunday NZ time).
South Carolina softball has some talented returnees back, while the newcomers add athleticism and versatility. We take a deep dive into the Gamecocks this fall.