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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2023 14:04:23 GMT -6
The season thankfully won't be outdoors for today's first game. This is an indoor event at Rosemont in suburban Chicago -- DePaul hosting. GoPurpleAces says they will "kick off" the season against St. Louis U. I hope they don't "kick off" too many sports like that. 24-27 overall last year, 9-18 in the Valley. UNI is probably the pre-season favorite. Aces appear to be very young, but I don't know if that means much. Opening day is set for Thursday, February 9 with the start of the DePaul Dome Classic in Rosemont, Ill. Set to take place at the Rosemont Dome, the Purple Aces will take on Saint Louis, St. Thomas, Eastern Kentucky, Detroit Mercy and DePaul.
On Friday, Feb. 17, UE takes to its new field for the first time with the first of two home tournaments. From the 17th through the 19th, UE will combine with USI to host a tournament that also includes Green Mary, UT Martin and Kansas City. From Feb. 24-26, the second home tournament will include Bowling Green, Purdue Fort Wayne and St. Thomas.gopurpleaces.com/sports/softball?path=softball
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2023 17:39:12 GMT -6
Frosh Jess Willsey solo HR in top of the 7th ... Aces open with 4-3 win over SLU. Megan Brenton gets W in relief. This is a very underclass roster. Games are at the Rosemont Dome, which is an inflated fieldhouse to serve several sports.
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Post by 65pointgame on Feb 10, 2023 13:40:14 GMT -6
6-2 win over St. Thomas this morning, next up, EKU at 3pm today.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2023 15:47:41 GMT -6
Aces could go 5-0 in this although it seems they are giving some innings to young pitchers, which is preferable to winning games they don't need to win. DePaul is pretty good and EKU is marginal, better in the conference than non-con. It seems there are a lot of games being played in this dome this week.
DePaul beat Valpo and the Beaconfused aren't listed in the round-robin.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2023 17:21:39 GMT -6
Not getting any live stats on the EKU-UE game. They are playing this on 2 fields and there are several teams criss-crossing. UE is supposed to play Detroit and DePaul on Saturday.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2023 18:09:32 GMT -6
Aces outgun EKU 10-5. I am not finding any details. Score is listed on the EKU page
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Post by stennisrm72 on Feb 10, 2023 19:45:29 GMT -6
LiveStats was down for both games. Definitely for the first game and beginning of second. They may not have had it with simultaneous games ongoing. IDK. Glad they won, great start to the seson so far.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2023 21:08:50 GMT -6
LiveStats was down for both games. Definitely for the first game and beginning of second. They may not have had it with simultaneous games ongoing. IDK. Glad they won, great start to the seson so far. What little I learned was that there are 2 diamonds going and it's possible they don't have staff to do the stats for both fields at once. Not sure how any of this is working and the ESPN feeds aren't even acknowledging the games. To that end, winning these games is nice, hardly the point. This roster is almost a complete rebuild. They will have some trouble in the Valley, I suspect. This is not a program in disrepair, however.
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Post by stennisrm72 on Feb 11, 2023 7:44:10 GMT -6
LiveStats was down for both games. Definitely for the first game and beginning of second. They may not have had it with simultaneous games ongoing. IDK. Glad they won, great start to the seson so far. What little I learned was that there are 2 diamonds going and it's possible they don't have staff to do the stats for both fields at once. Not sure how any of this is working and the ESPN feeds aren't even acknowledging the games. To that end, winning these games is nice, hardly the point. This roster is almost a complete rebuild. They will have some trouble in the Valley, I suspect. This is not a program in disrepair, however. it was posted on Twitter that there is no streaming of the event.
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Post by Aces&Eights on Feb 11, 2023 9:01:14 GMT -6
Aces outgun EKU 10-5. I am not finding any details. Score is listed on the EKU page Score, stats, and scoring summary up on GoPurpleAces now. Aces hit 4 HRs. They play Detroit at 2:30pm and DePaul at 5pm today.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2023 9:08:18 GMT -6
Aces outgun EKU 10-5. I am not finding any details. Score is listed on the EKU page Score, stats, and scoring summary up on GoPurpleAces now. Aces hit 4 HRs. They play Detroit at 2:30pm and DePaul at 5pm today. Early "scouting" suggests EKU's pitching so far is groover balls. I gotta confess to having just latched onto interest with the women's SB, but it's part of my ongoing interest in seeing how Ziggy manages the entire athletics department rather than the egg-laying MBB operation. Golf, however, will go about its business without my help.
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Post by austinace on Feb 11, 2023 9:46:12 GMT -6
Season stats after only three games show these players excelling but still early:
Hitting: Zoe Frossard: 4-9, 1 HR, 7 RBIs, 3 runs Alexa Davis: 4-9, 1 HR, 10 TBs, 3 runs Taylor Howe: 4-9, 3 runs Hannah Hood: 3-8, 2 runs
Pitching: Mikayla Jolly: 0.00 ERA, 6 IP, 10 s, 2 H Megan Brenton: 0.00 ERA, 3.1 IP, 4 K, 2 H
Megan and Mikayla are both juniors with Megan being a lefty. Zoe (R-So) and Alexa (Jr) are outfielders. Hannah is a senior infielder. Taylor is a freshman utility player.
So a pretty good young core of six players. Of course the season is young and the competition will get tougher.
These games against Detroit and especially DePaul are likely to be low scoring. DePaul is 3-0. Detroit is 0-2 but lost both games by 1 run and only allowed 5 runs total in both games.
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Post by 65pointgame on Feb 11, 2023 16:04:09 GMT -6
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Post by austinace on Feb 11, 2023 16:17:54 GMT -6
Evansville with the bases loaded and one out in the sixth is threatening again. Interesting thing is that Detroit Mercy has had more hits and runners than us because they have committed two errors and left eight on base so far to our 0 left on base. A chance to blow the game open for us.
DePaul will likely be a tougher test unless Mikayla Jolly is starting- not sure which game she is pitching today; but did see that we have five freshman in the starting everyday lineup including lead off and cleanup.
Update: Evansville left the bases loaded but still up 4-0 heading into the sixth inning.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2023 16:32:50 GMT -6
Jarrett and Kleffman combine on a 5-hitter.
4-0. The DetMer's are not a top notch program.
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