Just to give some comparisons for the Gainesville Softball Regional:
UF 43-16, RPI #13, SOS #13
Canisius 32-16, RPI #121, SOS #236
Georgia Tech 37-16, RPI #23, SOS #27
Wisconsin 28-19, RPI #39, SOS #42
The Canisius Golden Griffins are located in Buffalo, NY. They are part of the Metro Athletic Conference. They won their conference and their conference tournament and are on a 12-game winning streak entering the NCAA tournament. They are a team like Florida, with little power and a lot of speed. Team batting average is ,292, only 16 home runs on the year, but 107-128 in stolen bases. They have a .965 fielding percentage and a team ERA of 2.68. Their #1 pitcher is a redshirt sophomore who is 14-8 with a 1.58 ERA. She's thrown 150 innings with 177 K's and a batting average against of .186.
Georgia Tech finished 6th in the ACC. They have a team batting average of .284, a slugging percentage of .421, with only 35 home runs. They have 1 starter hitting .401, another at .364 and a third at .337. All their other primary players hit .280 or less. They have 244 walks and 257 strikeouts, are 63-75 in stolen bases and field at .974. Team ERA is 2.74. Their 2 primary pitchers are both juniors. Blake Neleman is 14-8 with a 2.24 ERA, 171.2 innings, 83 walks, 204 K's and a .198 batting average against. Chandler Dennis is 16-6 with a 2.84 ERA, 128 innings pitched, 61 walks, 106 K's and a .228 batting average against.
Wisconsin finished 8th in the Big 10. They have a team batting average of .259 with their top 3 hitters batting .377, .342 and .318, a slugging percentage of .398 and only 29 home runs. They have 168 walks and 320 strikeouts, 42-60 in stolen bases and a fielding percentage of .960. Their team ERA is 2.91 and they rely primarily on ace Maddie Schwartz in the circle. She is 23-11 with a 2.41 ERA, 200 innings pitched, 47 walks, 122 K's and a ,253 batting average against.
Florida finished in a 3 way tie for 4th place in the SEC. They have a team batting average of .308, a slugging percentage of .442 with 33 home runs. We have 6 starters hitting over .300, 193 walks and 239 K's, 123-137 in stolen bases, with a fielding percentage of .980. Team ERA is 2.39. The staff has given up 185 walks with 336 K's in 397.2 innings, with a team batting average against of .206. Elizabeth Hightower is the primary pitcher. She's 16-7 with a 2.32 ERA Trlicek is at 1.84, Lugo at 2.22 and Delbrey 2.30), 156.2 innings pitched with 64 walks, 128 K's and a .213 batting average against. Delbrey BA against is only .159, Lugo's .206 and Trlicek's .248.