The last two years we have been a real young team. Last year we started seven or eight sophomores, but this year the girls are maturing and getting stronger and learning the system a little better.

We've got a young team, freshmen and sophomores and Rodney. But we've got a competitive group.

I've always started off bad. I struggled really bad early last year, and then toward the end I had eight home runs in a month. I asked myself why can't I do that every time I play, and that's what I've tried to do, find that kind of consistency.

We're young. We have a lot of freshmen, sophomores and juniors.

Eight of our 14 starters were freshmen or sophomores, so we're going to have a pretty big nucleus of our team back the next two years. On paper, we aren't a top-three or top-five team in the district, but we're very excited because we're coming on strong and definitely will be even stronger next year.

Last year, we started seven freshmen, and this year we will probably only start two. That makes it a lot easier for us to compete because we will have maturity and experience.