Softball

Nice little hometown piece on the future Bull, who's pretty busy between now and the start of the school year.

It's always exciting when someone you've seen on TV gets hired at UB. Kaleigh Rafter was for many years Team Canada's top power hitter, I've watched her at World Championships and World Cup of Softball, and you didn't want to see her come up to the plate with runners on base. Since I was rooting for Team USA, usually the USA pitchers were dominant enough to handle the Canadian batters, but not always. Having someone on your coaching staff who has had to hit off of Cat Osterman and Monica Abbott and Jennie Finch and Ukiko Ueno, and someone who has caught for Danielle Lawrie, brings a huge amount of credibility to the knowledge she will be imparting to the UB team. And congrats to Trena Peel, not only bringing in a coach with International experience against the best in the world, but also for her recent recruits who have picked up some huge honors recently.

Wahoo! I can't find a press release from Softball Canada yet, so this one from the school will have to do. Courtney will give us another competition or two to keep our eyes on over the summer, as she'll represent Canada at the Junior Women's World Championship in the second week of August.

Lace will be joining UB next year, but right now she's driving in the winning run and striking out 12 in a 1-0 win for the defending Florida state champions