FSW looking for national softball title repeat

FORT MYERS, Fla. — UPDATE 1:30 p.m.: FSW won their match against Seminole Point out 13-1. They will progress to the finals in Yuma, Ariz. Might 24-28.

Our primary reporting continues down below:
A 22-game acquire streak and past year’s countrywide title are fresh on the minds of Florida Southwestern softball teammates.

Once again, the group finds themselves just around the corner from one more championship operate in planning for Monday morning’s sport versus Seminole Condition.

“We went via meeting undefeated,” claimed head mentor Robert Lamurri. “They stepped on the industry and they had been all business. The pitchers attacked the batters and the batter attacked the pitchers.”

The Buccaneers went into their regional match with the #1 national rating, and they know how specific that is, primarily at the junior school degree.

“It really is challenging for a junior college or university workforce to occur back and at least be in the prime 3 immediately after you win a national championship,” claimed Lamurri, “mainly because you eliminate so quite a few gamers every 12 months.”

The target is a repeat, but FSW isn’t likely into it with an all-or-almost nothing frame of mind.

“It’s not heading to be a disappointment if you do not acquire, but it is an expectation,” said Lamurri. “They assume nothing at all fewer. You’ve obtained to want to earn and assume to gain ahead of you can acquire.”

As constantly, it’s a prolonged playoff course of action to get back again to the title match, but these Buccaneers, are searching ahead to hanging up that back-to-back banner.

“Your target is to earn a national championship,” explained Lamurri. “Unfortunately out of 300 teams, only 1 will get to finish with a earn. So, the great matter is that I believe we set ourselves in placement to be there.”