Softball top 25 ranked???

[RootforRoo44]

At the men's basketball game on Wednesday I was sitting in the section with the North Side Rowdies and at halftime it was announced that the softball team was ranked nationally (I dont remember the exact ranking). Since then i have checked every poll and found the Zips in ZERO of them. Also i have confirmed that 5 people I know heard the anouncement as well so I dont think I'm going crazy.Anyone else hear this at the game or have an answer?

[ziptrumpet87]

I did... thought they said 13th. I was shocked there hadn't been any previous mention. IIRC, they used to have a pretty good team.

[zipdiehard]

I heard that as well. They later said one of the teams (men golf?) was ranked in the country "academically". I wonder if they meant that?

[RootforRoo44]

So am i to believe anything that was said at the halftime thing they did? Why would they/how would they say something so wrong?

[Sergeant Zip]

Softball Ranked 13th in Division I Team GPA After ranking 114th in team GPA following the 2006-07 academic year, The University of Akron softball program jumped 101 spots to finish the 2007-08 National Fastpitch Coaches Association “Girls Got Game” team academic rankings in 13th-place.

[skip-zip]

Trumpet, your memory is correct. Back in the early 80s, when I was in school, we got all the way to the national title game two years in a row, and lost both times (can't remember the years right now). And we lost to the same team both times....Cal Northridge.

[ziptrumpet87]

Trumpet, your memory is correct. Back in the early 80s, when I was in school, we got all the way to the national title game two years in a row, and lost both times (can't remember the years right now). And we lost to the same team both times....Cal Northridge.

Wasn't that when Joey Arietta was coach? Last I knew she was coaching the Akron Racers.

[skip-zip]

trumpet...correct again !!

[Z.I.P.]

Trumpet, your memory is correct. Back in the early 80s, when I was in school, we got all the way to the national title game two years in a row, and lost both times (can't remember the years right now). And we lost to the same team both times....Cal Northridge.

Wasn't that when Joey Arietta was coach? Last I knew she was coaching the Akron Racers.

BTW -- anyone goes to a Racers game this year, send a shout out to my favorite Akron pro sports figure, former Moanalua High School and University of Hawaii pitcher/1st baselady, Kate Robinson. You go Kate! And go Menehunes! Joey's great too.

[RootforRoo44]

Softball Ranked 13th in Division I Team GPA After ranking 114th in team GPA following the 2006-07 academic year, The University of Akron softball program jumped 101 spots to finish the 2007-08 National Fastpitch Coaches Association "Girls Got Game" team academic rankings in 13th-place.

that explains it... i knew it had to be something else or that we all must have misheard it.

[Zipfanofronburgundy]

Trumpet, your memory is correct. Back in the early 80s, when I was in school, we got all the way to the national title game two years in a row, and lost both times (can't remember the years right now). And we lost to the same team both times....Cal Northridge.

Wasn't that when Joey Arietta was coach? Last I knew she was coaching the Akron Racers.

BTW -- anyone goes to a Racers game this year, send a shout out to my favorite Akron pro sports figure, former Moanalua High School and University of Hawaii pitcher/1st baselady, Kate Robinson. You go Kate! And go Menehunes! Joey's great too.

I believe Arietta is the team's GM. Barb Sherwood and former Racer standout Radara McHugh are coaching this season. GO Racers!

[jhbengals07]

Yah I heard 13th, its definitely the academic thing. They really got my hopes hope, not that academics are bad, but I thought we had a powerhouse on our hands. Can't State got votes, not ranked though in the one poll.This tells Zips Sports History and mentions that "The Zips softball team played in the Division II national championship game in back-to-back seasons in 1984 and '85."http://www.gozips.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_...p;ATCLID=323403Also, Go Racers, I want to see a game this year!

[zippyrifle32]

still, a 3.39 team gpa is pretty damn impressive.

[MDZip]

still, a 3.39 team gpa is pretty damn impressive.

especially when the rankings improve over 100 places in one year.

[ziptrumpet87]

Yah I heard 13th, its definitely the academic thing. They really got my hopes hope, not that academics are bad, but I thought we had a powerhouse on our hands. Can't State got votes, not ranked though in the one poll.This tells Zips Sports History and mentions that "The Zips softball team played in the Division II national championship game in back-to-back seasons in 1984 and '85."http://www.gozips.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_...p;ATCLID=323403Also, Go Racers, I want to see a game this year!

I had no idea they were div 2 then. The mens teams were in the OVC (1-AA), so I figured the women were also. Guess that means the competition is better now (or should be) which partly explains their drop-off in records.

[RootforRoo44]

Yah I heard 13th, its definitely the academic thing. They really got my hopes hope, not that academics are bad, but I thought we had a powerhouse on our hands. Can't State got votes, not ranked though in the one poll.This tells Zips Sports History and mentions that "The Zips softball team played in the Division II national championship game in back-to-back seasons in 1984 and '85."http://www.gozips.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_...p;ATCLID=323403Also, Go Racers, I want to see a game this year!

I had no idea they were div 2 then. The mens teams were in the OVC (1-AA), so I figured the women were also. Guess that means the competition is better now (or should be) which partly explains their drop-off in records.

It's shocking regardless even if they were DII but it really just is so hard to compete with the southern and west coast schools in baseball and softball these days. Whether it's recruiting or just amount of talent to recruit locally, they have the edge with where they are at on the map.

[zippyrifle32]

It's shocking regardless even if they were DII but it really just is so hard to compete with the southern and west coast schools in baseball and softball these days. Whether it's recruiting or just amount of talent to recruit locally, they have the edge with where they are at on the map.

one of the coaches told me one time that a lot of it had to do with the better weather. we have less good weather days, so in order to play the same number of games we do double headers and sometimes as many as 4 games in 3 days. where they have better weather they have more days they can play on, so there isn't a need to have the double headers, giving those teams more rest. i'm sure the better climate affects talent as well in that they have more seasons they can play in.

[RootforRoo44]

It's shocking regardless even if they were DII but it really just is so hard to compete with the southern and west coast schools in baseball and softball these days. Whether it's recruiting or just amount of talent to recruit locally, they have the edge with where they are at on the map.

one of the coaches told me one time that a lot of it had to do with the better weather. we have less good weather days, so in order to play the same number of games we do double headers and sometimes as many as 4 games in 3 days. where they have better weather they have more days they can play on, so there isn't a need to have the double headers, giving those teams more rest. i'm sure the better climate affects talent as well in that they have more seasons they can play in.

No doubt that has an effect. Add to that the ability to recruit talent locally that plays year round and you've got a combination that gives the SoCal and Southern teams the edge.