With Texas Southern University capturing the 2014 Southwestern Athletic Championship trophy, the Southern University women’s softball team ready themselves to be prime contenders this season.
Last season Southern escaped being 8-9 in SWAC play and 11-36 overall. With last season behind them starting off with a scrimmage play, Southern started off with positive vibes and strides as they played Bishop State Community College.
“We worked on a lot and worked really hard on improving and saw how we capitalized on the field,” said Southern head coach, John Garris.
All game all one could hear from the Lady Jags was the crack of a bat, scoring, and home –runs echoed throughout the field. Typically a whiff of the softball as Southern did not relinquish their opposition a chance at requiem.
“You’re out” was a phrase the Wildcats heard quite often.
“I always said you play how you practice and with that we’re going to make a list on what to do and what to work on and hopefully we get better every day and every day the goal is to hit our stride going into SWAC play,” said Garris.
As the scrimmage is placed behind them, Coach Garris focuses on gameplay from their hefty non-conference match-ups including Nicholls State, LA Tech, The HBCU Tourney, and the SWAC Round up later in the season.
“We have tough opponents that we play and ahead of us. Nicholls and Southeastern always are full of talent and well coached. This season we have to lace up our boots and go out there guns blazing because they will not lighten up,” said Garris.
Unfortunately, like every team, Southern University is still compiling the necessary data to erase the postseason academic ban placed on the university after the proper data was not submitted in normal fashion placed last February.
In their upbeat style of gameplay, the postseason academic ban doesn’t seem to faze them as they cheer on their fellow teammates and jeer at their opposition.
“Our athletic department is working really hard to rectify everything with all of the compliance issues. We’re looking forward for everything but only have one person remaining,” said Garris.
“We only have one person affected in the post athletic and it really affects us but we don’t let it affect the team or gameplay because at the end of the day, we have to play and we play to win,” said junior in-fielder, Alicia Barajas.
As the scrimmage is concerned, there may be no statistics but Southern with their oh so congenial methods, knew that they were the victors.
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Southern starts off positive
February 4, 2015
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