She gets to the box and visualizes her goal. “Just hit the ball,” she thinks to herself.
She thinks back to all her practice time in the cages and to what the coaches have told her. Get ahead in the count, swing at the first strike and don’t be afraid of the outside pitch.
This scene described by Slater is familiar to every ISU batter during the last two years. The team has been in the midst of an offensive revolution since the addition of coach Lindsey Ubrun, and the rapid increase of success at the plate has been evident.