After Knocking On Door, Softball "Hungry" To Kick It Down

Ashley Obrest knows a little something about knocking on doors. Her Boston College softball team spent the last four years winning 30 games, finishing well enough in the Atlantic Coast Conference to enter into NCAA Tournament discussions. Each year, though, the door seemed to shut right as it appeared to open, generating bitter postseason disappointment without a single berth in a national regional.

So Obrest had a single message for her team as it left Chestnut Hill for Texas to start its 2019 season this weekend: Stop knocking on the door, and kick it all the way down.

"We use the word 'hungry,'" Obrest said. "You can't sit back and talk about how close we were because when people are…