Softball beat writers Ashton Slaughter, Gabriel Trevino and Parker Gerl made their predictions for the Cowgirls' 2024 season.
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The Cowgirls open up their season against California State University on Thursday at 3 p.m. before playing four more games in California throughout the weekend.
The O’Colly softball beat writers, Ashton Slaughter, Gabriel Trevino and Parker Gerl, have their predictions for the batting order, MVP, breakout player and best newcomer.
Batting order prediction
Slaughter: 1) Tallen Edwards, 2) Karli Godwin, 3) Micaela Wark, 4) Katie Lott, 5) Claire Timm, 6) Jilyen Poullard, 7) Caroline Wang, 8) Rosie Davis, 9) Megan Bloodworth
Trevino: 1) Tallen Edwards, 2) Jilyen Poullard, 3) Micaela Wark, 4) Karli Godwin, 5) Katie Lott, 6) Claire Timm, 7) Caroline Wang, 8) Macy Graf, 9) Megan Bloodworth
Gerl: 1) Tallen Edwards, 2) Katie Lott, 3) Micaela Wark, 4) Karli Godwin, 5) Caroline Wang, 6) Claire Timm, 7) Rosie Davis, 8) Jilyen Poullard, 9) Megan Bloodworth
Team MVP prediction
Slaughter: Lexi Kilfoyl — Kenny Gajewski said at the team’s media day that Kilfoyl doesn’t care about being called the ace.