2024

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Jacks play Fresno again at 7pm

seems beyond likely we get a starter not named Kniesche in the circle for the first time in the 2024 season, gotta imagine we see Lacey in the circle.

also seems likely Dumont will not catch back to back. will she stay in the lineup? will there be any other lineup changes?

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Jacks play Fresno again at 7pm

seems beyond likely we get a starter not named Kniesche in the circle for the first time in the 2024 season, gotta imagine we see Lacey in the circle.

also seems likely Dumont will not catch back to back. will she stay in the lineup? will there be any other lineup changes?

silly me!! shoulda said possible not likely. same lineup from last night. Dumont back behind the plate

dont know what the deal was with Culver. maybe it was just a live stat error and she never came out of the outfield

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after the 20 point onslaught in the opener, the Jacks have followed it up with 3 runs in the next two games.

down in the night game vs host school Fresno Jacks came back with 2 runs in the top of the 7th inning to tie the game up and take it to extra innings. A Williams relieved Lacey to start the 6th inning. she retired all six batters she face in the 6th and 7th. she retired the first two in the 8th to make it 8 batters in a row, but she gave up a two out double and then a line drive to left center to let the winning run score for Fresno

Lacey struggled a bit giving up nine baserunners (5 hits, 4 BB) in 5 innings, but spread them out enough and battled and held Fresno to just the two runs. hopefully the Jacks will find their bats tomorrow. they play at 11am and again at 1:30 to finish up the California trip before heading to North Dallas for 5 more games next week

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sidenote-

Kaelan Schultz, freshman from NE on Jacks roster last year, who was a highly decorated high school player (state of NE all time HR leader and AAU teammate with Dumont, Jarecki, and Jordy Bahl) did not have a single plate appearance for the Jacks last season. Started both games on opening day for Creighton today in TX. Batted cleanup in both games and went 1 for 5 with no Ks. another former Jacks commit, Mikayla Chairez from Missouri pinch hit for the Jays in the second game and went one for one

time will tell, but my guess is Schultz proves to be a very good player

Kamryn Meyer back for a final season at UNO won her opener today vs Butler, complete game with 3 hits and 14 Ks. Jacks and Mavs play the final series of the season May 2 and 3 in Omaha

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sidenote-

Kaelan Schultz, freshman from NE on Jacks roster last year, who was a highly decorated high school player (state of NE all time HR leader and AAU teammate with Dumont, Jarecki, and Jordy Bahl) did not have a single plate appearance for the Jacks last season. Started both games on opening day for Creighton today in TX. Batted cleanup in both games and went 1 for 5 with no Ks. another former Jacks commit, Mikayla Chairez from Missouri pinch hit for the Jays in the second game and went one for one

time will tell, but my guess is Schultz proves to be a very good player

Kamryn Meyer back for a final season at UNO won her opener today vs Butler, complete game with 3 hits and 14 Ks. Jacks and Mavs play the final series of the season May 2 and 3 in Omaha

follow up on Kaelan Schultz
CU played 5 games last week she got on base 8 times (5 hits 3 BBs) she was named the Big East freshman of the week. would be very interested to know why she was unable to get a single AB for the Jacks last year

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Jacks go 1 and 1 in Texas today.

in the second game vs top 15 ranked Missouri they faced Laurin Krings. she was the D1 Pitcher of the Week for opening week
last week Krings pitched 3 complete games in the Tigers opening week beating Liberty, top 15 ranked Utah, and top ten ranked (#5 in some polls)
she allowed a single run in two of the games and 6, 7, and 10 Ks

the Jacks only struckout 3 times had 5 hits and scored 2 earned runs in 5 innings vs Krings. 2 runs is usually not going to be enough to win against a good teams. they did put up another run against the next pitcher

moral victories are not enough, but this was a solid performance. hopefully the Jacks continue to take steps forward. they need to pick up some wins against the ranked teams on the schedule and stop dropping games to other teams

Jacks have Missouri again tomorrow at 11am. I would not be surprised at all if Krings is in the circle again.
The Jacks finish in Texas with 2 games against North Texas U, tomorrow afternoon and Sunday morning

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Tied at zero Missouri batting in bottom of 2nd

Lacey is REALLYYYYYYYY struggling with command. walked FIVE batters already and has only gotten 4 outs. also has 2 WP, although not being able to see or hear the game, I am going to give her some benefit of the doubt. WPs could be due to having Conklin catching for the first time ever for the Jacks

we need Shannon to find her A game. we showed yesterday we are capable of beating a team like Missouri but we cannot be giving them multiple free passes every inning

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got out of the 2nd giving up just one run so far despite all the BBs and WPs
also Shannon has not allowed a hit yet

Jarecki started the 3rd with a base hit. Barnard and Emma O down on Ks and Mia caught stealing to end inning

Barnard hit her 3rd triple of the season in the 1st
she is on pace for about 20 triples at the moment. I am guessing that would be a very rare accomplishment in D1 softball history

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gonna give this one away it seems((
2 more walks to the first two batters in the 3rd
2 more WPs
Missouri gets their first two hits and scores 2 runs so far
Culver saved one run throwing a runner out at the plate from LF after Missouri got their first hit of the game

runner on 3b with 2 outs. Missouri batter fouls off 3 pitches with 2 strikes (second batter of the inning to foul off 3 pitches with 2 strikes) Lasey gets a grounder to SS and we get a error by 1b

4-0 Missouri
so far we have gotten 8 outs in this game and we have
7 BB
5 WP
1 error
gonna need a bit of a miracle to knock off the #11 team in the country when we give them that much help

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after the 1b error another BB and an apparent seeing eye infield hit, the Tigers have the bases loaded with 2 away

i dont know if we will ever get an explanation, but somehow Shannon made an error that cleared the bases and the Tigers are now ahead 7-0
throw the ball over the dugout?
get hit by the ball and fall down on top of it while everyone runs around the bases?

Williams comes in for Lasey (seems like that probably should have happened after the first walk of the inning at the latest) but it might not have mattered since she immediately threw another WP and walked the first batter she faced

apparently this is gonna be one of those games to flush down the toilet and never speak about it again

hopefully the Jacks can right the ship for the second game today

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no video and no audio so obviously there is a lot of information unavailable and maybe it would make no difference
but I guess we are trying to keep Brooke from catching 2 games in one day
she is second on the team in OPS
third in batting average
she has 3 doubles and 4 BBs in 6 games played
maybe she should be starting at catcher vs the #11 team in the country and we let Conklin catch her first game ever against unranked North Texas later in the day?

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here is a crazy stat
Missouri leads 7-0
the Jacks have more hits
sometimes sports are crazy)))

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top 5
leadoff hit by Masterson, Jocelyn singles down RF line, Mia K, Barnard BB
BY FAR our hottest hitter of the early season Emma O up with one down and the bases full of Jackrabbits

can the Jacks turn the ship around before waiting for the second game of the day?

Lets Go Rabbits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Emma single
Gentry K
come on Lindsey Culver!!!!!

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TEN walks and SIX wild pitches and we had a shot to cut the lead to 2 with 2 innings to go
Gentry and Culver back to back Ks to end 5th with the bases loaded

way to battle and at least give ourselves a chance!!!!
down 7-1 we have 6 hits they have 3