Linda Kalafatis
Linda Kalafatis
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We are counting on Ali's experience as a coach and from a player's standpoint. She brings an ability to wear many different hats and she has a great compassion for the game and competition. Her expectations are high.
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We played with much better energy than yesterday. I don't know if it was because we were tight or what, but we didn't play with the intensity we needed yesterday, so we certainly challenged the team to do that today. Everyone stepped up and we had much better at bats. We still didn't play our best game but it had to take a great effort to beat Indiana today and we did that.
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As a team, you feed off each other. We've really started to swing the bats well here in the last couple of weeks.
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A couple of weeks prior, we had been a little too patient. We've been on them to be a little more aggressive.
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Coming off facing some of the best teams and best pitchers last weekend in Palm Springs, I told the team this weekend was pivotal. Those first weekends were a part of our growth and now we need to be in full swing and show who we are this time. I'm so proud of our kids that we stayed tough tonight. Alabama doesn't lose much on their field.
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I think there is a little bit of mental letdown there for sure. We've done a little bit of that here in the last couple of weeks, and we're certainly not happy with them.
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Later in the game we put our outfield back because (Michigan) had been hitting a lot of gap shots, and it came back to bite us.
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Our biggest question is how do we replace the consistency at shortstop that we had the last four years with Jennifer Johnson . We also need to establish our pitching depth and the catcher position. Like last year, I feel very good about our offense, which is why our defense will be so important.
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Ritter is a first-team All-American and in the Olympic program and it showed. We had a game plan against her but we didn't stick to it too well when she came back in. I give our girls credit for battling and coming out with a lot of intensity. That's just a very good Michigan team.
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Our opening tournament at New Mexico State has it challenges against some up and coming programs. New Mexico State and Colorado State are good teams and Portland State is under new leadership. UT-San Antonio led the nation in home runs last year. Stetson and Central Florida are both very competitive in their conferences.
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I'm so proud of the way we came out. We were intense, and we were attacking. We made a couple critical mistakes, too.
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I'm not sure if it is the best we've played, but we're getting better and that's what we're working towards. As long as our kids keep putting in the effort and keep responding to the challenges we put in front of them, we can't ask for much more.
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The competitive equity around the country has really grown. I think it's still pretty common knowledge that the hotbed is still out on the West Coast, but there are really good softball players coming from all over the country now.
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Alabama is a great program in the SEC and Louisville won a very good Conference-USA last year. Louisville beat us on our field in the fall so we'll be excited to play them again when we're at full strength.