Florida State assistant coach Craig Snider will be named the new assistant coach at Texas A&M, according to sources close to the program. Snider was part of the Florida State coaching staff that led the program to its first-ever National Championship in 2018. The staff was later named the NFCA’s National Coaching Staff of the Year. The 2019 season marked Snider’s eighth as an assistant with the Seminoles; during his tenure on staff, the program made seven trips to the Super Regional round of the NCAA tournament and six appearances in Oklahoma City at the Women’s College World Series. In 2019,…
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The 2019 WCWS All-Tournament Team was announced at the conclusion of the Women’s College World Series Championship Series. Twelve players were selected from the eight participating teams. UCLA’s Rachel Garcia was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player and was one of four members of the national champion Bruins to earn a nomination to the team. National runners-up Oklahoma placed three players on the team. The full All-Tournament roster is listed below: 1. Montana Fouts, P, Alabama 2. Bailey Hemphill, UT, Alabama 3. Samantha Show, P/UT, Oklahoma State 4. Sami Reynolds, OF, Washington 5. Taran Alvelo, P, Washington 6. Jocelyn Alo,…
Louisiana-Lafayette starting second baseman Casidy Chaumont has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. On Wednesday, the Ragin’ Cajuns announced the addition of three transfers, including former Oregon standout Mia Camuso; ex-Missouri star Callie Martin; and former international headline-maker Melissa Mayeux. Chaumont spent much of the last two seasons as the starting second baseman for the club, completing her sophomore season with the completion of the 2019 campaign. Chaumont hit .286 during the 2019 season, with a .354 on-base percentage and fourteen RBI to her credit. The trio of additions to the Cajuns roster include Camuso, who was part of the mass exodus…
Ole Miss pitching coach Ashley Chastain has been named the new head coach at Charlotte. Chastain spent two years at Ole Miss, working with the Rebels’ pitching staff that included Kaitlin Lee, Molly Jacobsen, and Brittany Finney over her tenure in Oxford. In 2018, the Rebels posted a 2.80 team ERA and .252 opponent’s batting average, with even more impressive numbers (2.29, .238) in 2019. The Rebels advanced to the NCAA tournament in both years, including a berth in the Tucson Super Regional in ’19. Under Chastain’s guidance, Ole Miss had the 3rd-highest number of strikeouts and 5th-lowest ERA in the…
Virginia Tech ace pitcher Carrie Eberle has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. Sources informed JWOS that Eberle entered the portal on Wednesday morning. A 2020 senior, Eberle graduated from Virginia Tech this spring, earning her degree in three years. As a freshman in 2017, Eberle posted a 3.42 ERA and seventy-nine strikeouts, earning a nomination to the ACC’s All-Freshman team. In 2018, Eberle earned second-team all-conference and all-region honors after posting a 1.72 ERA and .182 opponent’s batting average, both marks that finished in the top three in the ACC statistical standings. In 2019, her junior season, Eberle started thirty-two…
Cassie Tysarczyk | JWOS Contributor Rachel Garcia’s #00 jersey number has occupied millions of television, camera, and phone screens in recent days. Rightfully so, as the 2-time National Player of the Year is showing out in the WCWS, hitting a monstrous walk-off homer in extras and recording twenty-nine strikeouts in as many innings. Behind each of those strikeouts and every pitch thrown in Oklahoma City sits her longtime catcher, Paige Halstead. Halstead’s role is a unique one. She has only recorded at bats in 34 of the Bruins’ 61 matchups this season, only hitting for herself when pitchers Megan Faraimo…
For the first time since 2008, the WCWS Championship Finals feature a Pac-12 and Big 12 shootout. Oklahoma entered the postseason as the No. 1 seed, while UCLA came in at No. 2. For the first time since 2005, the top two national seeds would face off for the championship trophy. UCLA exploded for sixteen runs on sixteen hits in the game, and the offense was able to extend two innings after four defensive blunders by the Oklahoma defense. An uncharacteristic night for the Sooners, who led the nation in fielding percentage, proved costly in the most significant game of their…
Hi everyone, this final blog of the season includes portions of what I prepared for our senior weekend banquet and some of the videos we created. Thank you for reading my blog this season and it has been a lot of fun to share this year with you all.Wow. What a journey these past five years have been. When I stepped on this campus five years ago, I had no idea what was in store for me. This program has allowed me to find myself in the best way possible. It has taught me to be strong, not make excuses,…
As the UCLA Bruins and Oklahoma Sooners get set to face off in the Women’s College World Series Championship Series, we’re breaking down the two teams head-to-head around the diamond. By position, each player is broken down according to their defensive scouting report (including 2019 conference defensive recognition and All-American status); 2019 season fielding percentage; Women’s College World Series performance grade (includes errors, if applicable); and “big play factor.” The big play factor indicates the position player that we at JWOS believe has the most potential to make the big play in a crucial moment during the championship series. Each…
Game 1: UCLA 3, Washington 0 (10) In a true pitcher’s duel in Oklahoma City between UCLA and Washington, Rachel Garcia’s heroics on both sides of the ball sent her team to the Championship Series that will begin Monday night. UCLA had only one runner in scoring position through the regulation seven innings. A back-and-forth matchup between the two Pac-12 powerhouses came down to who could score first, as the game was scoreless into the 10th inning. Gabbie Plain got the start for the Huskies. She scattered three hits and three walks with seven strikeouts over six innings before Taran Alvelo came on…