The expectations for DePaul’s Softball team this year were bleak. The team finished last year ranked 143rd in the country. They lost an all-time Blue Demon in Many Connolly, and their best returning pitcher had four career wins.
That was before incoming pitcher, Stefanie Troja, tore her ACL.
“It put us behind the eight ball,” head coach Eugene Lenti said. “At that point, we were just gonna rely on Morgan Maize.”
This came as a shock to Maize.
“(Lenti) was like ‘Hey, what do you think about pitching again?’ and I was like ‘Uh, me?