Welcome back to Episode 2 of Up the Coast with Alex & Britt where we dive into opening weekend recaps and week 2 look aheads!

Significant wins-

Duke beats #18 Nebraska

Clemson beat #15 Oregon

Virginia Tech beat #20 Auburn in one game, tied in another game

Big losses-

FSU loses to Charlotte on the season opener

Clemson loses to Mizzou

ACC Players of the Week-

Jala Wright- Pitcher of the Week

Rachel Castine- Player of the Week

FSU- (4-1 on the weekend- upset by Charlotte)

Devyn Flaherty passes 200 career hits and breaks into FSU’s top 25 for career hits

Kalei Harding’s weekend- .527 BA, 3 HRs, 11 RBI

Tied the FSU single game RBI record with 7 in one game

Mimi Gooden- complete game shut out for her FSU debut (freshman)

Isa Torres- freshman, walk off hit (2RBI) against Texas Tech

5 different pitchers threw at least 5 innings.

Thoughts on the pitching staff, Alex? Any need for early concern on MaKenna Reid? Any surprises?

Loss to Charlotte & rebound

Duke (3-1 on the weekend)

Claire Davidson & Jala Wright- All Tournament team in Puerto Vallarta

Big win over Nebraska (6-1)

Nebraska ranked #18

Opening game lost 0-3 to Oklahoma

Cass Curd 3 hits 3 runs..not a great weekend for the sophomore. 8BB in 5IP. Another soph struggling in opening weekend

Jala Wright looked great…Danny Drogemuller with 2 starts.

Duke have a complete pitching staff this year?

Clemson (3-1 on the weekend)

Beat Oregon (#15) 3-2

Alia Logoleo playing a mean third base on opening weekend (moved over for SS transfer Alex Brown)

Millie Thompson and Valerie Cagle both impressive in the circle

Loss to Mizzou…Mizzou looked good beat Utah and Clemson.

Pitch by committee- Brooks McCubbin didn’t make it out of 1st inning. Millie came in for 1.1 IP, Regan Spencer 3 IP, and Cagle final inning

10 LOB

Not too concerned with this loss

Virginia Tech (4-0-1 tied with Auburn in one of the games)

Rachel Castine- career weekend

7 Hits, 4 HRs, 13 RBI, 1.667 SLG

Bri Peck- hit a grand slam in the top of the 7th against #20 Auburn (beat Auburn in first match up 8-1 in 8 innings)

Game is currently listed as a tie since it was only through 6 complete innings

Score became 9-5 with Peck’s Grand Slam

10 HR’s by 5 players

Lemley's line for the weekend cause for concern? I think so..

5.25 ERA, 8 IP, 12 BB, 5k, 7 r, 6ER

Soph Lyndsay Grein picked up the slack though, thats a good sign for VT

Notre Dame (3-2 in opening weekend lost to S Alabama and Utah)

First ever college softball game played on MLB Network- Notre Dame v Iowa

Carli Kloss, Emily Tran and Karina Gaskins led the way at the plate

Pitching is a big ? for me after week 1. Gave up 18 runs and hitters B/avg against .286

Louisville (5-0- played in Fort Myers)

Pitching staff only allowed one run across 5 games

.20 team ERA

Led by Alyssa Zabala, picking up right where she left off

Didn’t play the best competition, 2x Georgetown, LIU, FGCU x2

UNC (4-0 on the weekend)

Britton Rogers- makes her Tar Heel debut and throws a PERFECT GAME (5 innings vs North Carolina A&T)

Went 21 for 22 on stolen base attempts this weekend

Alex Coleman- Jr. Transfer from Marshall went 10 for 15

Only 1 XBH (was a double)

Carsyn Snead

Went 9-13 (0 XBHs)

I'm not sure we can make a judgement on UNC with the competition from opening weekend, but this weekend is going to be insane for UNC

Kentucky, UCF, Texas, Washington, UCLA

Georgia Tech

3-3 on weekend, 2 L’s to Bama 1 L to Villanova

Played good ball against Bama, A would-be seventh inning grand slam from Grace Connelly was robbed at the outfield wall, resulting in a double play to help Alabama close the door

We liked what we saw from Blake Neleman, 5 other pitchers saw action. Neleman will need help in the circle this year, lacked that last season.

Sara Beth Allen (Sr) had a great weekend at plate

Virginia (3-2 on the weekend)

Eden Bigham had a career high 11 strikeouts against UNCG

2 L to S. Carolina

Travel to Tuscaloosa this weekend

Syracuse

Angel Jasso (Sr) not missing a beat

.706, 12-17, 10 RBI (15 RBI all last season),

Lindsey Hendrix (Sr) 2-0, 12 IP 0 runs

NC State

1st win for Lindsay Leftwich vs Missouri State

Going to be a long season i think, def rebuild going on in Raleigh

‘Gentle’ pre conf schedule Elon, Campbell, Iona, Albany..

Boston College (4-1 on the weekend)

Halie Pappion threw a 7 inning no-hitter (2 BBs, 11Ks) sophomore, threw just 19 innings last season…could be a bright spot for BC in circle

BC beat FGCU in 10 innings

Pressure early on in the season, like to see BC put to the test

Pittsburgh

2-2 @ LSU, respectable games vs LSU and 2 wins vs Memphis

1st win for Jenny Allard

Coming up-- Alex in Clearwater? w/ UNC, GT, & FSU

UNC - Kentucky, UCF, Texas, Washington, UCLA

GT - Stanford, LSU, Minnesota, N Western, Tennessee

FSU - Stanford, UCLA, Georgia, Tennessee

Other games to look out for

Clemson in Puerto Vallarta-- Utah, Wichita State, Miss St, Auburn

VT -- ASU & Cal