SEC Softball Tourney 2017 : Alabama + Ole Miss + Auburn + LSU = all advance

I think the conference has gotten stronger in SB in recent years. More teams are better.

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For the first 3 decades (1982 - 2011) NCAA softball really could be viewed as the PAC Invitational.

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The SEC didn't participate in softball until 1997. Then it took a while to catch up.

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The tournament has been held since 1997, when the SEC began sponsoring softball.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Conference_Softball_Tournament

Easy to see why the PAC had great teams. Three of the best players on LSU's team are from California. Makes one wonder what other SEC schools have players from the PAC's footprint.

LSU:
Sahvanna Jaquish - Highland, Calif. (Redlands East Valley HS)
Amanda Doyle - (freshman) Santa Clarita, Calif. (Canyon HS)
Allie Walljasper - Manteca, Calif. (Sierra HS)

A&M:
Miranda Miles - Elk Grove, Calif. / Elk Grove

Ark:
Parker Pocklington - Centralia, Wash. / Centralia
Autumn Storms - Temecula, Calif. / Great Oak HS
Betina Beringhele - Culver City, Calif. / Golden West College
Ashley Diaz - South El Monte, Calif. / South El Monte
Nicole Schroeder - orba Linda, Calif. / Esperanza HS
Aly Manzo - Roseville, Calif. / Roseville

Ole Miss:
Gabby Alvarez - Riverside, Calif./Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bry Castro - Yorba Linda, Calif.//McNeese State
Alyssa Gonzalez - Chino, Calif./Chino
Grayce Majam - Pine Valley, Calif./Mountain Empire
Dakota Matiko - Corona, Calif.//McNeese State
Dylinn Stancil - Temecula, Calif./Great Oak
Allison Stark - Riverside, Calif./Martin Luther King, Jr.

Miss State:
Sarai Niu - San Diego, CA / Cathedral Catholic HS

Auburn:
Carlee Wallace - Alpine, Calif. (Valhalla) - ***cool name for HS
Tannon Snow - Chino Hills, Calif. (Chino Hills)
Kaylee Carlson - Garden Grove, Calif. (Pacifica)
Makayla Martin - San Diego, Calif. (Scripps Ranch)

Alabama:
GABBY CALLAWAY - SAN DIEGO, CALIF. POWAY HS
ALEXIS OSORIO - RIVERSIDE, CALIF. KING HS

These are the players from the PAC-12's area that are on the SEC West teams. Looked at Florida's roster and they have 6 players from California.

That's a lot of players. I'm sure there are more players from the West coast playing softball in the SEC than any other sport.

If LSU's California players weren't on the team they would lose their best pitcher in Walljasper

Sahvanna Jaquish - has started over 240 games for LSU - earning All-America honors in each of the last three seasons and will be going for a fourth - lifetime batting average over .330, Jaquish this season shattered the career RBI mark and has 251 and counting

Amanda Doyle - has started 45 of 47 games as a true freshman.

LSU would not be as good as they are without the three players above but if they had stayed out West those team(s) would be a heck of a lot stronger.

We used to be a majority of California players IIRC, but now the talent is there locally as well. We still recruit Cali, but not as heavy. Walton really recruits nationally.

That said, 5 out of the 6 girls from Cali start, and Delanie Gourley is the 6th and she is our 2nd pitcher and really good.

Wednesday, May 10, first round

Game 1: No.5 Alabama vs. No. 12 Arkansas | 12 p.m. | SEC Network|
Game 2: No. 8 Ole Miss vs. No. 9 Mississippi State | 2:30 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 3: No. 7 Kentucky vs. No. 10 South Carolina | 5:00 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 4: No. 6 LSU vs. No. 11 Missouri | 7:30 p.m. | SEC Network

Thursday, May 11, quarterfinals

Game 5: No. 4 Texas A&M vs. Winner of Game 1 | 12 p.m. | SEC Network|
Game 6: No. 1 Florida vs. Winner of Game 2 | 2:30 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 7: No. 2 Auburn vs. Winner of Game 3 | 5:00 p.m. | SEC Network
Game 8: No. 3 Tennessee vs. Winner of Game 4 | 7:30 p.m. | SEC Network

First game getting ready to start

Great!!! That's something we can beat Ole Miss in.

That LSU pitcher is all kinds of fugly.

Could be, CoMo Tigers are 3 outs from elimination and need 4 just to get even.