Fayetteville Regional Preview

Fayetteville!!
Is this the year Courtney Defiel finally gets to OKC! There’s no big storylines in this regional! Biggest one is does Arkansas finally do it and make it to OKC

It might rain Saturday Morning, but other than that, weather looks good,

Arkansas – The Razorback’s lineup is by the two transfers Tianna Bell(.377/15/55) and Dakota Kennedy(.353/14/43). Tianna Bell has been the best bat in this lineup, and is having her best season to date. Brinli Bain(.355/3/33) has been great as a freshman and Karlie Davidson(.350/8/37) and Kailey Wyckoff(.350/7/37) have been great depth to the lineup. Ella McDowell(.340/11/50) has been underwhelming, but still been pretty good, and Atalyia Rijo(.315/7/38) has had one of her best seasons.

Pitching Wise – Robyn Herron(15-6/1.98/166) has been very good in last season. Her riseball is the best pitch on the staff. Payton Burnham(12-3/1.89/52) is more down/spin and she is also having a very very good season. Saylor Timmerman(9-2/3.03/48) has also been a great 3rd option for the Hogs.

Best Win – Alabama, Worst Loss – Missouri

Fordham – The Rams are led by Sadira Forcucci(.349/9/46), Eva Koratsis(.285/7/35) and Nicki Sudall(.304/3/41). These 3 are the ones that are going to need to produce for this squad to win games. Neleh Nogay(.390/0/10) has been the main leadoff and run score for the offense.

Pitching is very very solid. Olivia Simcoe(12-9/2.75/72) and Holly Beeman(6-4/2.84/37) both have great numbers and have some potential to make a game or two interesting this weekend. The pitching did not do awful vs Georgia at all.

Best Win – Belmont (Without Maya Johnson) Worst Loss – Rhode Island

Washington – The Huskies offense is led by a the big 3 of Alexis Deboer(.359/18/51), Jadyn Glab(.340/10/41) and Giselle Alvarez(.376/15/53). Alvarez is having her best season to date and Deboer is the former Big 10 Freshman of the Year. Melody Acevedo(.353/3/23) and Ally Hetezel(.324/6/23) have been bright spots to the lineup also.

Pitching wise Morgan Reimer(23-7/2.75/131) has been decently underwhelming based on the summer she had. Her best pitch is her rise ball. She beat team Japan over the summer, while Sophia Ramuno has had a great year(10-6/3.23/113). Ramuno’s best start during the season was against Nebraska.

Best win – Nebraska Worst Loss – Loyola Marymount

South Florida – The Bulls start with Alex Wilkes(.339/9/48) and Toryn Fulton(.321/7/33).
These two need to have a big weekend for this squad to win some games. Alexa Galligani(.326/5/29) is the other batter to watch in this lineup. This offense is not very deep, Wilkes will need to show up, she had a very good regional last year at Tallahassee.

The pitching starts with Anne Long(21-5/1.62/106). Long is the current American Athletic Pitcher Of the Year. Carley Ernst(5-4/2.48/55) is the other name in the circle. Long has struggled against the bigger names on the schedule, but she has some very nice stuff.

Best win – Indiana, Worst Loss – St. Thomas

Top 10 players

1. Robyn Herron
2. Tianna Bell
3. Payton Burhamn
4. Alexis Deboar
5. Anne Long
6. Giselle Alvarez
7. Dakota Kennedy
8. Ella McDowell
9. Morgan Remier
10. Brinli Bain

My Take : Arkansas should get through this pretty easily. I don’t love this South Florida team at all. Washington’s main 3 will have to do some damage to beat Arkansas twice. If Anne Long can throw a gem, maybe there’s a chance. But I think Arkansas goes 3-0 beating Washington twice. The staff + Bell, Kennedy, and Bain are too much for Washington.