Softball does very well in VA...

[Falconfreak90]

...at the Cherry Blosson Invite in Fairfax. BG went 4-1 overall and gave up only 3 runs all weekend!

BG defeated George Mason twice, 5-1 and 1-0, beat Cornell 7-0 and split with Albany State...winning 1-0 while losing 2-0. The Falcons are off to a solid start at 14-8 overall. Last year, IIRC, BG won only 12 games all year.

BG will travel to IPFW for a DH Wed and then have a week off before playing at Michigan on 3/28. The MAC season starts on the 30th.

GO BEEG!

[fredthefalcon]

The two biggest reason for the improvement: 1. Much better pitching--Fast pitch softball is based on pitching and defense and this year's team has improved based on the pitching thus far. Defense was addressed last year and has stabalized.
2. A weaker early schedule-- Last year's spring schedule was brutal with games agains LSU, Purdue, Mississippi, Penn State, Georgia Tech and a number of South based teams. This year only Auburn was an elite team and we have played a number of northern based nontraditional power teams.

[Falconfreak90]

Sounds good fred...great to see the team doing much better early on.

[BGFalconfromCincy]

the pitching has been huge, it was much too inconsistent last season, especially in MAC play, great starts for all three pitchers, two freshmen and a sophomore, we could be set in the circle for a long time

[Falconfreak90]

BG splits with IPFW, winning 3-0 while losing 3-1.