To be honest, it's not fair to the rest of the team and it's not fair to Randi to keep throwing her out there to the wolves when she was getting beat up. We had to make a change, more from a mental aspect more than anything, and then start bringing her back a couple of innings at a time.

That's after everybody else has beat each other up for two or three games. I think we've definitely earned the spot that we're in. This the best place to be going into the tournament and we've never had that luxury before.

She hasn't had a surgery; we haven't changed the size of the ball; we haven't decreased the distance from the plate to the rubber. It's just been about faith and believing in what she could do.

It's the same thing I've said about this conference since I've been at Columbus State. It's really anybody's game. It's not a given against anybody that you play. Every day is a whole new day. I guess that's the best thing if you're not doing well and not so good if you're doing well.