HHH_Gopher
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What a great second half of the season by this team. I echo John Anderson's comments about how proud he was of this club. Although the last two games were certainly disappointing, the resilience of this group of kids to play through the early season struggles was impressive. It looked for a while as if this was as poor a club as we'd seen in quite a few years, but they definitely dispelled that notion. To top it off, they were on tv for three straight weekends. Great, great fun watching these guys play out the end of the season.
As for last night, CSF was simply more talented, especially at the plate. We have some really solid hitters in Pettersen, Kvasnicka, Knudson, and O'Shea, but otherwise we're relatively light hitting. It seemed as though every guy CSF brought up could do some damage. I think they only had one guy hitting under .300 in the lineup. That's just tough to beat twice in a regional. We did a great job against Floro, but that Hernandez kid was great. Not sure how I feel about him getting to play after sitting out the entire season, but rules are rules. I loved how we battled and I thought Lubinsky actually did ok. Just made a few too many mistakes, especially with two outs. CSF is a great team, but I'd love to see UCLA knock those bat-flipping punks around a little this weekend.
Despite the graduation of Knudson (best player down the stretch) and the expected losses of Rosin and Kvasnicka, this could be a really nice team next year. I would expect either Lubinsky or Soule (who looked great) to step into the third starter role. Just need a few more bats and we'll see another team that contends for the conference title and potentially makes some noise in the regionals.
Hats off to 14 and the Gophers!
As for last night, CSF was simply more talented, especially at the plate. We have some really solid hitters in Pettersen, Kvasnicka, Knudson, and O'Shea, but otherwise we're relatively light hitting. It seemed as though every guy CSF brought up could do some damage. I think they only had one guy hitting under .300 in the lineup. That's just tough to beat twice in a regional. We did a great job against Floro, but that Hernandez kid was great. Not sure how I feel about him getting to play after sitting out the entire season, but rules are rules. I loved how we battled and I thought Lubinsky actually did ok. Just made a few too many mistakes, especially with two outs. CSF is a great team, but I'd love to see UCLA knock those bat-flipping punks around a little this weekend.
Despite the graduation of Knudson (best player down the stretch) and the expected losses of Rosin and Kvasnicka, this could be a really nice team next year. I would expect either Lubinsky or Soule (who looked great) to step into the third starter role. Just need a few more bats and we'll see another team that contends for the conference title and potentially makes some noise in the regionals.
Hats off to 14 and the Gophers!