Although at the helm from inside the dugout, softball head coach Paige Smith wants to storm the field for a championship just as much as her players.
Coming off a campaign where the softball program missed the Big East playoffs by .003 of winning percentage, the canceled season due to COVID-19 diminished the potential of a banner year for her players.
Having to ditch the tactics she had been planning since the beginning of the off-season, Smith had to use the remainder of the 2020 school year with her empathetic voice rather than determining pitching changes.
“You have a choice,” Smith said.