Bailey Urban mentioned that she wasn't hitting many home runs this fall. That is good news, associate head coach Elizabeth Economon reminded her.
Urban, a sophomore outfielder at Wichita State, hit 21 home runs as a senior at Millard South High School in Omaha. She swung hard and with an uppercut designed to lift softballs over the fence.
"Which worked very well for me in high school," she said. "Division I pitching is very humbling."
College pitchers found her cold zone quickly. She saw rise ball after rise ball. She popped up a lot of pitches, pitches that in high school she often smacked.