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Hannah Shimek had three hits and scored two runs for SOU
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The Raiders eliminated Mount Mercy today, narrowing the NAIA Softball World Series field to just five teams. Next up is the winner of the Madonna vs. Bethany game (sounds like an 80s pop competition). The SOU vs winner game is scheduled for 1 p.m. PT on Tuesday.
Hannah Shimek
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11 a.m. start time in Medford. The winner will be in the driver’s seat to move on to the World Series. The loser will need to win three in a row to get there.
Hannah Shimek
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Details here.
Tez Allen
Gabby Sandoval
Arianna Daniel
Hannah Shimek
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2019 final computer rankings for NAIA softball
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Parade details here.
The Raiders were ranked by Massey in the #3 to #5 range all year, with the teams above Southern Oregon showing better records but weaker schedules (SoS above). In the end, SOU didn’t have the best record, but they had the toughest schedule, and, most importantly, they beat the teams with the better won-loss percentages in the World Series to bring home the national championship.
The Cascade Conference was the only conference with four teams in the top 18. In fact, no other conference had more than two teams in the top 25.
2019 SOU softball starting lineup
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“Murderers’ Row” refers to the 1927 Yankees, who batted a combined .307–shy of the Tigers’ record .316 in 1921. League averages were much higher then (about .290–similar to the NAIA softball average–compared to about .260 in recent decades for MLB).
Flash forward almost one hundred years to this group. They are hitting a combined .369 as a team (and even higher for this starting crew of nine). That puts them at #2 in the NAIA among teams with over 1,500 plate appearances (and #4 if that number is lowered to 1,300). In the 10-team Cascade Conference they have five of the top 12 hitters and all nine are in the top 25.
We’ll find out later today what three teams will be coming to Medford next week to try to prevent the Raiders from moving on to the NAIA Softball World Series in Springfield, Missouri. Last year SOU went in as the #8-ranked team (and knocked off #15 St. Francis to move on). This year they will likely go in ranked #4 or #5 and face two teams lower in the rankings as well as an unranked team.
Gabby Sandoval
@ShimekHannah @SOURaiders @SOU_Softball @gabbysandoval14
Details here.
Kevin Tunnell
Hannah Shimek
