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The 2014 edition of Syracuse Softball is about to get underway. Their first 26 games are on the road starting February 7th in Alabama.
Then it's off to South Carolina, California, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia before heading home March 22 to face Georgia Tech. Hopefully the weather cooperates for that home opener.
Had a chance to catch a few games in the fall and liked what I saw. IMHO this might be the best hitting team SU has fielded in the past five years.
SU's pitching staff is deeper than it's been in years. They have three front line pitchers headed up by junior veteran Lindsay Taylor and freshman whiz bangs Christina Clermont from San Diego California and our own NYS player of the year and graduate of Cicero North Syracuse power hitting Sydney O' Hara.
To my eye Clermont had an edge over the other two with total command of the strike zone. There's not a bit of wasted motion in her delivery and she varied her delivery to keep the batters off stride. She chalked up a lot of K's.
O' Hara is a very hard worker and her pitching has improved since the fall. She has edged into the upper 60's on radar. On the hitting side of the equation this fall she hit a ball to centerfield which I overheard head coach Leigh Ross remark was the deepest home run she has seen in that area.
Junior Mary Dombroski displayed consistent power, Jasmine Watson was making more contact and hitting for power too. Shirley Daniels was getting on base a lot and making a pest of herself with stolen bases.
Try to catch a game sometime, I have a feeling this will be a special team, perhaps a top three in the ACC.
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Then it's off to South Carolina, California, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia before heading home March 22 to face Georgia Tech. Hopefully the weather cooperates for that home opener.
Had a chance to catch a few games in the fall and liked what I saw. IMHO this might be the best hitting team SU has fielded in the past five years.
SU's pitching staff is deeper than it's been in years. They have three front line pitchers headed up by junior veteran Lindsay Taylor and freshman whiz bangs Christina Clermont from San Diego California and our own NYS player of the year and graduate of Cicero North Syracuse power hitting Sydney O' Hara.
To my eye Clermont had an edge over the other two with total command of the strike zone. There's not a bit of wasted motion in her delivery and she varied her delivery to keep the batters off stride. She chalked up a lot of K's.
O' Hara is a very hard worker and her pitching has improved since the fall. She has edged into the upper 60's on radar. On the hitting side of the equation this fall she hit a ball to centerfield which I overheard head coach Leigh Ross remark was the deepest home run she has seen in that area.
Junior Mary Dombroski displayed consistent power, Jasmine Watson was making more contact and hitting for power too. Shirley Daniels was getting on base a lot and making a pest of herself with stolen bases.
Try to catch a game sometime, I have a feeling this will be a special team, perhaps a top three in the ACC.
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