The complaint is often heard among Arizona softball fans: the ace is being asked to pitch too much. How will she have anything left when the postseason comes? The question has been asked almost every season. Whether that’s a legitimate complaint or not, it can’t be made this season.
With the pitching depth the Wildcats have enjoyed, senior ace Taylor McQuillin enters Super Regionals having pitched 46.2 fewer innings this year than last. The new question is how much that influences her effectiveness as Arizona tries to return to the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2010.