 Welcome to the Julia Calada show presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Sam Murray joined now with Stevenson softball head coach Julia Calada And coached 13 games through the season thus far gotten lucky with weather this year a little different from last year How would you assess your teams played this year? I think that we have kind of Started off well We are still trying to figure out some of our puzzle pieces and where everyone fits But I think our team has really attacked the tougher teams that we've played out of conference and then we had a nice Split yes, or two days ago against Arcadia in conference, which was really great. I think we're in the right direction We're getting on track. We just kind of have to figure out where everyone kind of fits Yeah, and the preseason we kind of talked about how you'll have that mix of returners and the mix of newcomers Not necessarily freshman. You have a couple junior transfers So let's start I guess we'll start with the newcomers Erin yours kind of found her way in the batting box your stark has has done well And then Jessica Alice say has kind of found her way into to the starting lineup talk about their performance Yeah, they've done a really nice job of coming in and getting adjusted to college play at this level Especially for the junior college transfers Just got off to a hot start and she's been handling right feel pretty well Erin yours done a great job at first base and her bat is starting to get really hot with her power numbers As well as Sierra who's kind of battled at second and also had some really great at bats and appearances So our overall our newcomers are doing a really nice job of adjusting and kind of fitting in with the upperclassmen that are on the field Yeah, and then talk about the returners Erin Steffi is he picked up right where she left off last year All pensively and defensively your sophomore Caleb Riles in the leadoff position has a hit in all 13 games this season Talk about that mix of returners and you know with the mix of youth and returning that you have so it's jelly Yeah, so it's it's scary to think that kb is still a sophomore and she's made a lot of adjustments this year coming into this season With her at bats buns power slaps soft slaps and even starting to hit away a little bit Um, and yeah, we noticed that she has actually been throwing out three times Couple questionable calls, but I actually like that because that means that we are doing our job still She's getting over and she has 16 seals So she's doing a great job and Erin Steffi actually got started off a little Slower than we would have liked her to be but now she's really come on even stronger Than she was last year with home runs on her power numbers doing a nice job And also morgan folton in the circle who is you know just really crushing it for us right now Yeah, I was gonna say, you know, you know the preseason we talked about pitching I think we've talked about every year and I think every coach across the country will talk about how pitching is a game changer Morgan folton's your veteran. She's your junior. She has five wins That's already halfway to her career high of 10 that she set last season. She got her 100th career strikeout So yeah, talk about her performance, especially in that in the pitching circle Yeah, she's come out really dominant for us. She pitched a lot of games in florida And our pitching staff really relies on her as well as our team More impressive than the hundred strikeouts I think is that she will surpass those in ground balls and that's what's really important for us as a team is Her getting her ground balls the time we strikeouts and also our second pitcher coming in Between hailey and jill trying to figure out A good match up on the team we're playing and who will be the most successful But she really does set the tune for our team And I think that we are super confident when she's throwing that we have a great chance to win and hailey Onahan has actually also done the same for us as well She's given us an opportunity to win and I think jill is crafty and when she gets adjusted to the college game She'll be really great for us. Yeah, and then lastly you're moving into to conference play You know, you have that conference split against arcadia What does your team have to do or have to improve upon after these first 13 games to be in the mix in the conference? I think that we have to have the mentality that we are not going to be satisfied with anything And I think that arcadia showed to us that we can we are going to compete But how do we break through in that second game and start sweeping teams? And I think we need to take care of the the teams below us and attack the teams at the top So I think that you know moving into the stretch of alvernia and widener That'll be a really big test for us mentally as well as physically Well coach, we'll see the best of luck moving forward and we'll see you back here in a couple weeks For head coach julie colada. I'm sam Murray and this has been the julia colada show