By MARLON SCOTT | Senior Staff Writer
After the Lady Govs finished their fall schedule by defeating Roane State Community College in both games of a doubleheader, head coach Casey Dickson talked about her team.
“I’ve been here three years and this fall marks a huge milestone because of how well we did compared to last year and the year before that.
“We have scored more runs, had less runs scored against us and had less errors given up. It’s a great way to end the season, by looking at the past and what has happened in the present.
“We scored a lot of runs this fall. Our hitting came alive. I believe before today [Saturday, Oct. 23] we were hitting like .301 as a team, so I am really pleased.
“Morgan Brewer who is a sophomore, she had a 0 ERA all fall. We threw her, not all games, but we threw her in a few games as well.
“We have six new freshmen. We have two seniors leading the way. They are doing a great job, Tiffany Smith and Randall Davenport.
“I have a new pitching coach, Kristin Erb, and of course, my assistant coach working on the defense, Jessica Rohn.
“It’s exciting. We hosted a tournament the first of October out at Heritage. We had seven teams including us, and then we had a couple doubleheaders here to finish it off. We are extremely excited to have Taylor Mills. She pitched relief in the first game. We had her relief in the second. She is from Oklahoma where I went to school.
“She’s had a tremendous fall and I think she is maybe even 5-for-6 up to bat for this fall.
We are really excited to have someone as well as Morgan Brewer on the mound that has that courage to come in and shut people down. She is a great one to note. We have a lot of freshman out there. We have three freshmen in the infield. We still haven’t figured out our complete starting lineup. That’s what the fall is all about.”
“We definitely have a tough schedule ahead of us. I believe in playing the best to be the best. Not only is our conference a very competitive conference, but, we have a lot of non-conference games that will be competitive.”
“We will be hosting Tennessee and we will be hosting Kentucky. It is going to be an exciting spring.”
“We still have a long ways to go.
“We need one more pitcher that can really follow in the same footsteps as Morgan.
“A lot of great things are happening. Sometimes we can’t do the big leaps.
“So the baby steps, I will be pleased with, as long as we stay focused and on track.” TAS
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