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NFCA announces 385 student-athletes receive 2016 Division I All-Region honors

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2016 NFCA Division I All-Region Central Region


Congrats to all the Sun Belt Members honored. I should say I have no idea how they come up with these regions.

Central Region list:
(Cajuns) Alex Stewart (1st)
(Cajuns) Lexie Elkins (1st)
(Cajuns) Aleah Craighton (1st)
(TXST) Randi Rupp (2nd)
(UTA) Sandra Mendoza (2nd)
(Cajuns) DJ Sanders (2nd)
(Cajuns) Shellie Landry (2nd)
(UTA) Krista Rude (3rd)
(Cajuns) Haley Hayden (3rd)

South Region list:
(USA) Devin Brown (2nd)
(Troy) Kate Benton (2nd)
(USA) Emily Messer (2nd)
(ULM) Rochelle Roberts (2nd)
(Troy) Hannah Day (3rd)

Alex Stewart
w/l 27-4 (6) .871
K's N/A
ERA 1.52 (18)
*Avg .224
IP 180
K's per 7 innings - N/A
Shutouts 7 (t17)

K's = 177 so K's per 7 = 6.88

Randi Rupp
w/l 29-12 (3) .707
K's 316 (3)
ERA 1.66 (25)
*Avg .194
IP 245
Ks per 7 innings - 9 (16)
Shutouts 10 (t5)

N/A = not in top 50 per NCAA stats
NCAA lists as wins not winning percentage
*NCAA doesn't list batting average against. Got those from home sites.

Sorry, I just had to do the comparative stats to see them on "paper"

Wow, UTA with more than TXST?

(05-19-2016 05:00 PM)CatMom Wrote:  Alex Stewart
w/l 27-4 (6) .871
K's N/A
ERA 1.52 (18)
*Avg .224
IP 180
K's per 7 innings - N/A
Shutouts 7 (t17)

K's = 177 so K's per 7 = 6.88

Randi Rupp
w/l 29-12 (3) .707
K's 316 (3)
ERA 1.66 (25)
*Avg .194
IP 245
Ks per 7 innings - 9 (16)
Shutouts 10 (t5)

N/A = not in top 50 per NCAA stats
NCAA lists as wins not winning percentage
*NCAA doesn't list batting average against. Got those from home sites.

Sorry, I just had to do the comparative stats to see them on "paper"

Since I don't consider Stewart a strike-out pitcher, I don't know how this comparison works. I'm more interested in the 0.871 winning percentage in games she's pitched. Can you pitch in close games and keep your team in the game with a chance to win?

(05-19-2016 05:56 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  Wow, UTA with more than TXST?

TxSt plays good defense and Rupp is a really good pitcher, but the players get on these teams largely based on what they do at the plate. TxSt isn't the best offensive team. It's very understandable how UTA could have more on the team than TxSt.

(05-20-2016 09:46 AM)CajunAmos Wrote:  

(05-19-2016 05:00 PM)CatMom Wrote:  Alex Stewart
w/l 27-4 (6) .871
K's 177
ERA 1.52 (18)
*Avg .224
IP 180
K's per 7 innings - N/A
Shutouts 7 (t17)

K's = 177 so K's per 7 = 6.88

Randi Rupp
w/l 29-12 (3) .707
K's 316 (3)
ERA 1.66 (25)
*Avg .194
IP 245
Ks per 7 innings - 9 (16)
Shutouts 10 (t5)

N/A = not in top 50 per NCAA stats
NCAA lists as wins not winning percentage
*NCAA doesn't list batting average against. Got those from home sites.

Sorry, I just had to do the comparative stats to see them on "paper"

Since I don't consider Stewart a strike-out pitcher, I don't know how this comparison works. I'm more interested in the 0.871 winning percentage in games she's pitched. Can you pitch in close games and keep your team in the game with a chance to win?

Not to mention Rupp has 11 more appearances and 6 more starts. Which can be looked at positively, as it shows her durability and endurance. But at the same time people see the number of innings thrown and games started and think to themselves, "well of course she has more K's and shutouts, because she has had more opportunities to get them."

Nearly 7 K's per 7 innings is still a good number. That's a batter per inning.

(05-20-2016 09:46 AM)CajunAmos Wrote:  

(05-19-2016 05:00 PM)CatMom Wrote:  Alex Stewart
w/l 27-4 (6) .871
K's N/A
ERA 1.52 (18)
*Avg .224
IP 180
K's per 7 innings - N/A
Shutouts 7 (t17)

K's = 177 so K's per 7 = 6.88

Randi Rupp
w/l 29-12 (3) .707
K's 316 (3)
ERA 1.66 (25)
*Avg .194
IP 245
Ks per 7 innings - 9 (16)
Shutouts 10 (t5)

N/A = not in top 50 per NCAA stats
NCAA lists as wins not winning percentage
*NCAA doesn't list batting average against. Got those from home sites.

Sorry, I just had to do the comparative stats to see them on "paper"

Since I don't consider Stewart a strike-out pitcher, I don't know how this comparison works. I'm more interested in the 0.871 winning percentage in games she's pitched. Can you pitch in close games and keep your team in the game with a chance to win?

I wasn't trying to argue anything. I just got tired of going back and forth between stat pages/sites to see their numbers. This was as good a thread as any to post it. No sense making a separate thread for it.

That said, and since you brought it up, I'll use what CajunFan2406 posted: we don't have great hitting so Rupp had to win a lot more games on her own than Stewart. Who's better? I don't know. Rupp works for us because there were many games that came down to her pitching because we lacked hitting. What we really need is a Lexie Elkins (or two).

(05-20-2016 10:06 AM)CatMom Wrote:  

(05-20-2016 09:46 AM)CajunAmos Wrote:  

(05-19-2016 05:00 PM)CatMom Wrote:  Alex Stewart
w/l 27-4 (6) .871
K's N/A
ERA 1.52 (18)
*Avg .224
IP 180
K's per 7 innings - N/A
Shutouts 7 (t17)

K's = 177 so K's per 7 = 6.88

Randi Rupp
w/l 29-12 (3) .707
K's 316 (3)
ERA 1.66 (25)
*Avg .194
IP 245
Ks per 7 innings - 9 (16)
Shutouts 10 (t5)

N/A = not in top 50 per NCAA stats
NCAA lists as wins not winning percentage
*NCAA doesn't list batting average against. Got those from home sites.

Sorry, I just had to do the comparative stats to see them on "paper"

Since I don't consider Stewart a strike-out pitcher, I don't know how this comparison works. I'm more interested in the 0.871 winning percentage in games she's pitched. Can you pitch in close games and keep your team in the game with a chance to win?

I wasn't trying to argue anything. I just got tired of going back and forth between stat pages/sites to see their numbers. This was as good a thread as any to post it. No sense making a separate thread for it.

That said, and since you brought it up, I'll use what CajunFan2406 posted: we don't have great hitting so Rupp had to win a lot more games on her own than Stewart. Who's better? I don't know. Rupp works for us because there were many games that came down to her pitching because we lacked hitting. What we really need is a Lexie Elkins (or two).

Those are hard to find. And even harder to get those players with the proper staff to development them. Hitting 0 HR's her freshman year at Texas Tech and then 24 her first year here, 1 year later, tells me she had the ability at TT, but the staff could not coach her up properly. Probably part of the reason TT is never atop the Big XII in softball.

I agree. They are different style pitchers. Alex isn't a "strike out" pitcher although she does get strike outs. She doesn't throw as hard and relies more on spins and location so I call her more of a pitch to contact type. JMO

Rupp
Home Run's / Inning Pitched = 0.082
Strike Out / Inning Pitched = 1.29
Hits / Inning Pitched = 0.702

Stewart
Home Run's / Inning Pitched = 0.039
Strike Out / Inning Pitched = 0.983
Hits / Inning Pitched = 0.844

(05-20-2016 10:44 AM)CajunAmos Wrote:  I agree. They are different style pitchers. Alex isn't a "strike out" pitcher although she does get strike outs. She doesn't throw as hard and relies more on spins and location so I call her more of a pitch to contact type. JMO

Rupp
Home Run's / Inning Pitched = 0.082
Strike Out / Inning Pitched = 1.29
Hits / Inning Pitched = 0.702

Stewart
Home Run's / Inning Pitched = 0.039
Strike Out / Inning Pitched = 0.983
Hits / Inning Pitched = 0.844

I have to think, if we have better hitting, Rupp doesn't have near the number of games she did (41). There were a lot of games (8) she wasn't the starter but came in in the 2nd/3rd inning to stop the bleeding and give us some chance to get back into it. Yes, some games got away from her, also, but it doesn't remove the fact that the team has a .259 BA.

ULLs, by comaprison, is .338. We have some major work to do.

(05-20-2016 10:58 AM)CatMom Wrote:  

(05-20-2016 10:44 AM)CajunAmos Wrote:  I agree. They are different style pitchers. Alex isn't a "strike out" pitcher although she does get strike outs. She doesn't throw as hard and relies more on spins and location so I call her more of a pitch to contact type. JMO

Rupp
Home Run's / Inning Pitched = 0.082
Strike Out / Inning Pitched = 1.29
Hits / Inning Pitched = 0.702

Stewart
Home Run's / Inning Pitched = 0.039
Strike Out / Inning Pitched = 0.983
Hits / Inning Pitched = 0.844

I have to think, if we have better hitting, Rupp doesn't have near the number of games she did (41). There were a lot of games (8) she wasn't the starter but came in in the 2nd/3rd inning to stop the bleeding and give us some chance to get back into it. Yes, some games got away from her, also, but it doesn't remove the fact that the team has a .259 BA.

ULLs, by comaprison, is .338. We have some major work to do.

I agree, having an offense who can support you when you don't have your best stuff if a very big benefit.

In the 4 losses Alex had this year she gave up 2 earned runs to Baylor (Cajuns had 4 hits, 0 runs), 3 earned runs to Florida (Cajuns had 2 hits, 1 run), 3 earned runs to Florida (Cajuns had 3 hits, 0 runs), and 1 earned run to Georgia State (Cajuns had 3 hits, 0 runs). Her highest earned run total for a game this year was 4 and that would only have happened once without the 9 walk, uncountable illegal pitch game against TXST in the SBC tournament. She's been very consistent this year and has kept us in all the games she's pitched. Hitting comes and goes on a game by game basis, especially against top level competition, so you really need someone who doesn't get rattled or allow innings to get out of hand. Give up a run, but get out of the inning without allowing a team to keep extending at bats and runs.

TXST and Cal tied at 0 T4

We drop game 1 to Cal 1-0 next up is the loser between Alabama and Samford

(05-20-2016 12:06 PM)CajunAmos Wrote:  

(05-20-2016 10:58 AM)CatMom Wrote:  

(05-20-2016 10:44 AM)CajunAmos Wrote:  I agree. They are different style pitchers. Alex isn't a "strike out" pitcher although she does get strike outs. She doesn't throw as hard and relies more on spins and location so I call her more of a pitch to contact type. JMO

Rupp
Home Run's / Inning Pitched = 0.082
Strike Out / Inning Pitched = 1.29
Hits / Inning Pitched = 0.702

Stewart
Home Run's / Inning Pitched = 0.039
Strike Out / Inning Pitched = 0.983
Hits / Inning Pitched = 0.844

I have to think, if we have better hitting, Rupp doesn't have near the number of games she did (41). There were a lot of games (8) she wasn't the starter but came in in the 2nd/3rd inning to stop the bleeding and give us some chance to get back into it. Yes, some games got away from her, also, but it doesn't remove the fact that the team has a .259 BA.

ULLs, by comaprison, is .338. We have some major work to do.

I agree, having an offense who can support you when you don't have your best stuff if a very big benefit.

In the 4 losses Alex had this year she gave up 2 earned runs to Baylor (Cajuns had 4 hits, 0 runs), 3 earned runs to Florida (Cajuns had 2 hits, 1 run), 3 earned runs to Florida (Cajuns had 3 hits, 0 runs), and 1 earned run to Georgia State (Cajuns had 3 hits, 0 runs). Her highest earned run total for a game this year was 4 and that would only have happened once without the 9 walk, uncountable illegal pitch game against TXST in the SBC tournament. She's been very consistent this year and has kept us in all the games she's pitched. Hitting comes and goes on a game by game basis, especially against top level competition, so you really need someone who doesn't get rattled or allow innings to get out of hand. Give up a run, but get out of the inning without allowing a team to keep extending at bats and runs.

They just called an illegal pitch on Stewart in the Regional game (4th inning). ESPN showed a side by side to clarify why it is being called on her.

Cajuns up 3-0 top 5th. UT home team.

Stewart loses shut out with 2 outs in b9. HR. Cajuns win 9-1. On to championship game tomorrow at 3:30 CST.

(05-20-2016 04:00 PM)Godzilla Wrote:  We drop game 1 to Cal 1-0 next up is the loser between Alabama and Samford

I watched most of the game, and Rupp pitched a great game. one error was the difference. that and the hitting thing yall been talking about. good luck in todays game.