The primary week of school softball is within the books. A lot went down this weekend, so we’ve got a number of motion in my Energy 10 after some upsets and surprises.
1. Oklahoma | LW: 1
Oklahoma stays on high at 4-0 with two wins over top-10 groups in Duke and Washington. How about that collegiate opening for Kasidi Pickering, hitting a grand slam to begin her profession at OU.
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2. Tennessee | LW: 2
I’m leaving Tennessee at No. 2 after a 3-0 begin to the season towards UT Arlington and Baylor (twice). Now comes a number of motion beneath.
3. Texas | LW: 5
Texas is all the way in which up at No. 3 after an explosive opening weekend in a extremely spectacular exhibiting. The Longhorns are off to a 5-0 begin with two wins over UCLA — together with a fully dominating 16-0 win in 5 innings. On Saturday alone, Texas hit .534 as a workforce with eight residence runs — led by Viviana Martinez. This workforce is wanting actually good to begin the season.
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4. Georgia | LW: 6
Georgia strikes as much as No. 4 after a 5-0 begin. Sydney Chambley had a sizzling begin to the season hitting .500 with three homers and 10 RBIs.
5. Washington | LW: NR
I’ve obtained Washington all the way in which up at No. 5 after Week 1. The Huskies began out with an 8-0 win over Nebraska the place Ruby Meylan threw a complete-game shutout, after which they pushed Oklahoma to extras, falling by only one run. Meylan struck out seven Sooners and that loss was extra spectacular than a number of different wins this weekend.
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6. Duke | LW: 8
Duke fell to Oklahoma 3-0 in its season opener however saved it a extremely aggressive recreation with the dominant Sooners. The Blue Devils bounced again with three wins within the Puerto Vallarta School Problem.
7. Oklahoma State | LW: NR
I moved Oklahoma State into my Energy 10 after an awesome opening weekend exhibiting. The Cowgirls run-ruled UCLA and noticed success from Lexi Kilfoyl, Tallen Edwards, Caroline Wang and Megan Bloodworth. This workforce is shaping as much as have an awesome season with offensive success early on.
8. Florida State | LW: 4
I moved down FSU after a shock opening day loss to Charlotte. The Seminoles did observe that up with an enormous win over the 49ers the next day, however I could not justify any of those groups beneath them after they put up higher performances opening weekend.
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9. Stanford | LW: 3
Stanford fell twice to Kentucky, even with Nijaree Canady within the circle. I’m not prepared to maneuver this workforce out of the highest 10 since it’s so early within the season, however the two losses do warrant a fairly large drop from me.
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10. Clemson | LW: 7
The Tigers took down Oregon 3-2 however then misplaced to Missouri, a workforce that may certainly make an enormous soar in nationwide polls after an unbelievable opening weekend. It is nonetheless tremendous early, so I am not dropping Clemson out but, and clearly Missouri is a workforce to be reckoned with this season.
Dropped out: UCLA (9), Arkansas (10)
That is my Energy 10. Let me know your ideas and the way you’d order the highest 10 softball groups within the nation.