Gordon Eakin
Gordon Eakin
Gordon Eakin is an American college softball coach and the current head coach of the BYU Cougars softball team. Eakin is a graduate of the University of Utah and is a former Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics. Eakin also serves as the USA National Team Hitting Coach...
girls hard mean nice polls though work
It's nice to see the girls' hard work get recognized. Even though the preseason polls don't mean a whole lot, it does show that we are getting some respect.
girls prevent ranked
Being ranked will probably prevent us from sneaking up on our opponents. But our girls will be up for the challenge.
finally great healthy performance showing summer
Summer pitched great for us today. She is finally getting healthy and it is showing in her performance.
compete prepared
We weren't prepared to play. We just didn't compete tonight. I was very disappointed.
base hit runners scoring timely
We got runners on base without a problem. We just didn't have any timely hits. If we would have got a hit or two with runners in scoring position, it would have been a different game.
among belong best fearless knows nation team teams
This team knows they belong among the best teams in the nation now. They are fearless and want to show they are for real.
facets game job nice pitchers potent seemed shutting southern together utah
We seemed to put together all facets of the game today. Our pitchers did a nice job shutting down a very potent Southern Utah offense.
fighting fights-and-fighting injuries offense stepped
We are still fighting through some injuries to our pitchers. Fortunately our offense stepped up in a big way.
both easier offense pitchers pitching threw
Both of our pitchers threw very well today. It's easier to get out offense going when our pitching is on.
came effort game gave great second
Brooke (Boyce-Humbert) gave us a great effort today. She came out and competed well. She came back in the second game and gave us a great effort.
capable element fight focus incredibly playing talented virtually
This is an incredibly talented team. We have every element on this team. If we can come out with some fight and come out playing the way that we are capable of playing, then we will be virtually unstoppable. Now we just have to focus on that goal.
against game opponents played strong tough
It was another very encouraging game. We played a strong game and look to do the same against some tough opponents Saturday.
area bad game parts performance physically worst
No parts of our game were there today. It was a disgrace. This is our worst performance of the year, without a doubt. We weren't there mentally, we weren't there physically ? we were bad in every area today.
next ready sports
It's kind of been like this all year. When we come ready to play, we can win. But we'll do that one day, and the next day we'll have trouble.