The Coach Roges Show

#237: Marissa Young, Head Coach Duke Softball, visits The Coach Roges Show to preview the upcoming inaugural season for Duke Softball.  The Blue Devils will open the 2018 season on Feb. 8th in Boca Raton, Florida.  The team will face host Florida Atlantic twice as well as Ohio State, Michigan State and Boston University.  They will then head home to host the Big Ten/ACC Challenge Feb. 16-18 playing both Penn  State and Purdue twice.  ACC play will open for the Blue Devils Mar. 9-11 in Chapel Hill.  During ACC play, Duke will host Boston College, Louisville, Georgia Tech and Virginia and travel to Pitt, Notre Dame, and Virginia Tech.  Prior to coming to Duke, Young spent two years as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina.  In the spring of 2015, Young helped the Tar Heels to a 37-16 overall record and a berth in the NCAA Tournament after the squad won 24 contests the prior season. Young’s pitchers posted a 3.30 earned run average with 234 strikeouts in 335.1 innings pitched.  Blue Devils Facebook, Blue Devils Twitter, Coach Young Twitter, TCRS Twitter, TCRS Facebook

#236: Beth Torina, Head Coach LSU Softball, visits The Coach Roges Show to preview the upcoming 2018 season for the Tigers.  The spring slate features 37 home contests at Tiger Park in a 56-game schedule, hosting games against 11 teams that were in last year’s NCAA tournament field. For the entire schedule, the Tigers will face a total of 22 opponents that appeared in the NCAA tournament field.  Coming off three-straight appearances in the Women’s College World Series, only one of two teams to claim that feat, LSU returns six positional starters and three pitchers from last year’s team that went 48-22 overall and 12-12 in the SEC.  The Tigers will host the Tiger Classic, Purple and Gold Challenge, LSU Invitational and the LSU Round Robin. When added with a game against University of Illinois at Chicago on Feb. 8 and the University of Louisiana-Monroe on Feb. 13, the Tigers will play each of their first 11 games at home and 21 of their first 27 in Tiger Park.  Tigers Facebook, Tigers Twitter, Tigers IG, Coach Torina Twitter, TCRS Twitter, TCRS Facebook

#235: Connie May, General Manager, Scrap Yard Dawgs, visits The Coach Roges Show to talk about the 2017 NPF Season.  The Dawgs left Nashville and the 2017 NPF Draft with five draft picks Ali Aguilar (Washington), Hannah Flippen (Utah), Nikki Udria (Oregon), MJ Knighten (Nebraska) and Morgan Zerkle (Marshall) who was named the #1 Overall SR in the country by TCRS on 1/30/17.  2017 will also see a new coaching staff in Houston with Texas A&M, Associate Head Coach, Gerry Glasco, leading the helm joined by Jimmy Kolaitis (Oregon) and Joe Guthrie (Bucknell.).  Dawgs Facebook, Dawgs Twitter, Dawgs IG, TCRS Twitter, TCRS Facebook

#234:  Kelley Green, Head Coach, Coastal Carolina University, visits The Coach Roges Show to talk about the upcoming season for CCU.  This will be the first season for CCU as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.  Coastal holds a 21-16 overall record versus Sun Belt opponents facing off against four of the nine schools in program history -- Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State and South Alabama. Six of those Sun Belt opponents finished the 2016 season among the NCAA Top 100 RPI.  The Chanticleers open the 2017 season at home on February 10th hosting its annual Kickin' Chicken Classic (Feb. 10-12) tournament. The field includes Alabama, Towson and Youngstown State.  The second weekend, Coastal hosts UNC Greensboro, Rider University and UMKC as part of the Battle at the Beach (Feb. 17-19).  The Chanticleers will open Sun Belt Conference play versus Texas State (Mar. 11-12). Coastal will host four other conference series at home -- Troy (Mar. 25-26), UL Monroe (April 1-2), Georgia State (April 14-15) and Appalachian State (May 5-6).  For its first road trip of the season, Coastal will travel to South Alabama (Mar. 18-19). Other conference road series include Georgia Southern (April 8-9), Texas Arlington (April 22-23) and Louisiana Lafayette (April 29-30).  Chanticleers Twitter, Chanticleers Facebook, Coach Green Twitter, TCRS Twitter, TCRS Facebook,

#233:  Corey Lyon, Head Coach, University Louisiana-Monore, visits The Coach Roges Show to talk about the upcoming season for the Warhawks.  We also release our 2017 Position for Position Top 10 SRs.  ULM will have 56 regular season games, which includes four non-conference tournaments and nine Sun Belt Conference series.  The season will start with three days of games in Monroe February 10-12.  The Warhawks will begin their conference schedule in March with their first Sun Belt Conference series against UT Arlington. The other conference teams that the Warhawks will face are Georgia Southern, Texas State, Coastal Carolina, Appalachian State, Troy, South Alabama, Georgia State and Louisiana-Lafayette for a total of 27 conference games.  The team qualified for the Sun Belt tournament the last two years finishing in the semifinals in 2015 and the quarterfinals in 2016. Both of those years, the teams were awarded the Sun Belt Conference Team GPA Award.  Those two years also produced 17 wins over teams with an RPI in the top 100 as well as one win versus a team with an RPI in the top 25. Warhawks Twitter, Coach Lyon Twitter, TCRS Twitter, TCRS Facebook,

#232:  Jacquie Joseph, Head Coach, Michigan State, visits The Coach Roges Show to talk about her upcoming induction into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Hall of Fame.  The induction will be the evening of Friday, Dec. 9th during the NFCA Convention in New Orleans.  Joseph will go into the organization's Hall of Fame in the Pioneer category, which honors an NFCA member who has contributed to the sport through service, leadership, participation, and/or coaching, and exhibits high professional standards of ethics, integrity, sportsmanship and honesty.  Spartans Twitter, Spartans Facebook, Spartans IG, Coach Joseph Twitter, TCRS Twitter, TCRS Facebook,

#231: Kenny Gajewski, Head Coach, Oklahoma State University. In this episode of Cowgirls Softball, Coach Gajewski and Coach Roges look back at the 2016 NCAA Georgia Regional.  G1 against Northwestern, OSU fell (1-2) Freeze had a strong day in the circle.  Strub's bunt in T2 would score Letourneau tieing the game at (1-1) but Freeze who pitched a complete game wouldn't allow another run until the 7th.  G2 against Maine, Mikkelson led the charge going 3-4 with five RBI including three RBI off a HR in the 3rd as OSU won (10-1).  Lynch went 4-5 with two runs and an RBI and Shippy went 2-4 with a run scored and three RBI.  G3 OSU won a 9 inning battle against Northwestern (3-2).  O'Donnell brought home the winning run.  G4 OSU won (5-3) vs Georgia.  Shippy went 2-4 with a RBI and a run scored, while Reasnor went 1-2 with two RBI.  G5 Georgia defeated OSU (6-0).  Cowgirls Twitter, Cowgirls Facebook, Coach Gajewski Twitter, TCRS Twitter, TCRS Facebook.

#230: Michael Lotief, Head Coach, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.  For the third consecutive season, and fourth time in the past five seasons, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team will host a NCAA Regional at Lamson Park after being awarded the No. 14 seed in the 2016 NCAA Softball Tournament.  The NCAA Lafayette Regional will feature the top-seeded Ragin' Cajuns (43-7), Texas A&M (37-18), Texas (37-14) and Boston University (28-22). The winner of the regional will play the winner of the NCAA Norman (Okla.) Regional which features No. 3 national seed Oklahoma (47-4), Ole Miss (39-20), Tulsa (35-19) and Wichita State (35-19).  Action in the NCAA Lafayette Regional begins Friday with Texas A&M and Texas at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN2 followed by Louisiana and Boston University at 6 p.m. on ESPNU. A complete listing of times for games on Saturday and Sunday are to be determined.  Cajuns Twitter, Cajuns Facebook, Coach Lotief Twitter, TCRS Twitter, TCRS Facebook,

#229: Mickey Dean, Head Coach, James Madison University.  Colonial Athletic Association champion James Madison earned a No. 7 seed.  Princeton, Longwood and North Carolina for the four-team double-elimination regional. The Harrisonburg Regional will take place Friday, May 20-22 at Veterans Memorial Park. Top-seeded JMU will face fourth-seeded Princeton on Friday while third-seeded Longwood will take on second-seeded North Carolina Friday.  Host JMU holds a 46-4 record after winning all three games as the top seed of the CAA Tournament last weekend.  Senior pitcher/utility Jailyn Ford was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament while sophomore pitcher/infielder Megan Good, junior outfielder Taylor Newton and senior catcher Erica Field were named to the All-Tournament Team. Dukes Twitter, Dukes Facebook, Coach Dean Twitter, TCRS Twitter, TCRS Facebook,

#228: Kenny Gajewski, Head Coach, Oklahoma State University. In this episode of Cowgirls Softball, Coach Gajewski and Coach Roges look back at Tulsa and UConn and discuss the Oklahoma Series.  OSU defeated Tulsa (1-0) and UCONN (8-0).  Against Tulsa, Freeze went the distance in the circle, allowing just two hits while striking out five to earn the win.  Needham went the distance in the circle against UCONN, allowing just one hit while striking out three to earn the victory. Montgomery led the way at the plate for the Cowgirls, going 3-for-4 with three RBI.  OU G1: Sooners won (8-0).  OU G2: Sooners took the game (5-2).  Coach Gajewski and Coach Roges also discuss the results of Selection Sunday.  The Cowgirls (29-24 overall, 6-11 Big 12) will travel to Athens, Ga., for the Georgia Regional. Oklahoma State will take on Northwestern Friday, May 20th on ESPN3 in the first round.  Cowgirls Twitter, Cowgirls Facebook, Coach Gajewski Twitter, TCRS Twitter, TCRS Facebook.