LAFAYETTE — Before every softball season begins, Louisiana-Lafayette coach Michael Lotief preaches about his desire for a pitching staff.
Every season, his desire falls short.
“Every year, we expect it to be staff,” he said, “but in June, we’ll be talking about one. That’s just the way it is.”
In 2013, the ‘one’ became Jordan Wallace, and in 2014, it was Christina Hamilton. Wallace was the ‘one’ for most of 2015, but now both Wallace and Hamilton have graduated, and candidates to become the ‘one’ being discussed in June is up for grabs.
“When Brooke Mitchell graduated in our first cycle we were here, it left a void,” Lotief recalled.