Provo • BYU softball coach Gordon Eakin is convinced that he has enough talented players for the Cougars to make the NCAA Tournament for the 15th straight year and win a conference title for the 11th year in a row.
“It could take us a while to get our feet under us, getting that experience we need,” he said last week. “But I think we are looking at a team that could finish very well once we get some games under our belt.”
Eakin, a former University of Utah baseball player who is entering his 17th season at the helm in Provo, proved prophetic last weekend as the Cougars went 1-3 at the season-opening Puerto Vallarta College Classic in Mexico, losing a pair of one-run heartbreakers.