What Caitlin Lowe, Tayler Biehl and Emma Kavanagh said after Arizona’s win over Creighton
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Arizona softball wrapped up the Bear Down Fiesta on Sunday with an 8-0 victory over Creighton to move to 8-3 on the season. Our recap of the game can be found here.
Below is what Caitlin Lowe, Tayler Biehl and Emma Kavanagh had to say after the game:
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Lowe on Arizona winning despite not having Regan Shockey: “Yeah, she just wasn’t feeling very well, which was honestly, I mean, it’s never a good thing, but it was nice to get Tele (Jennnings) a start and get her some at bats today, which felt great. It was nice to get (Addison Duke) in in centerr and kind of see just how everybody stepped up around that decision. (Sereniti Tric leading off was great to see that. And they just kind of went to work. So it was great. It was like a next man up situation.”
On how the team’s pitching did this week: “I think after Friday, I was happy with everything, honestly. I think the pitchers were fantastic, super sharp, excellent at their role. I thought behind the plate, we did really well stealing strikes. Emma (Kavanagh) did a great job today. (Sydney Stewart) did a great job all weekend. And Grace (Jenkins) kind of getting thrown back there for an inning. And then defensively, like I was telling Christian, they rolled some really tough ground balls to our infield today, and they made it look pretty seamless. So Bitty staying with one. Jenna really working through a couple hard ones. So I thought, all in all, really great stuff.
On what Kavanagh provided this weekend: “She’s uber competitive. Obviously wants every single at bat she can get, and she does a great job for us behind the play. Brings a lot of energy. A lot of different things than Stew brings. They have different strengths. It’s great to see her come through there at the end. And you obviously want to be able to put someone away when you can against a really good team. So yeah, just excited for her and her growth, and the versatility is crazy. And so the buy in for us, being able to do different things is going to be really important this year. And I’ve been extremely confident with everyone coming off the bench. And two of our best at bats this weekend were pitch hit at bats, which was really cool to see, too. Just being ready.”
On Biehl producing from multiple spots in the lineup: “Well I think this year specifically she’s so bought into the offensive piece of her game, and that’s been really exciting. Because we’ve all known she’s had it in her. It was just her, just remembering that she had it in her. And what we were seeing kind of on Friday was just, there’s so many people that were tight, and Tayler was having loose, confident at bats. I mean, from game one through the the entirety of everything that we’ve done so far. So we were just like, we’re gonna stack it, like the confidence, the swagger, and then it felt like everybody relaxed after that. So wanted to mix it up and just keep trying something new. And I think we’ve done a really good job. It’s hard to do sometimes, but we’ve been committed to making different things happen.”
Biehl on whether she’s changed her approach at the plate: “No, definitely not. I feel like with Sereniti and Regan being in front of me for most of the game this weekend, it was like they were gonna get on base. So I just need to do my job of bunting and just moving them over and playing my type of game. So no different approach, just different people in front of me, behind me, when I’m high fiving the lineup, but I’m still trying to do my thing and just do my job, regardless of if there’s corners on base, nobody on two outs, whatever that is.”
On being told she’d be moving up in the lineup: “Not much, just to keep doing what I’m doing. They have faith in me to be moved up in the lineup all over right now, and so just continuing to channel that faith that everybody has and all my teammates and stuff having in me. So nothing much, just to stay true to who I am.”
Kavanagh on her performance: “It was just great day to be alive as usual. I think our hunger was what showed on the field, was wanting it more than everybody else, no matter what happened in the at bat, before, after you, and even your own at bat. And I think that’s just what fed me today, was being able to play the sport I love every day, and I just let the hunger go.”
On whether there’s a different approach when she’s behind the plate vs. being the DP: “No, I show up pretty much the same every day. I’m a pretty out there person. And today I just was excited to get to catch Jalen (Adams). Her stuff was legit, and she just looked fantastic. And then when I DP, it’s just the same mentality of swing, big, miss big if I want to.”
On the catching group: “Fantastic. There is nothing other than that to say about this group of catchers. Everyone has their own strong suit of something, and I think that’s what makes us the best catching, probably in the country. I’m going to say, and I know we show it every single day, and it’s just the versatility we have is unbelievable. Between two righties and a lefty catcher. It just brings really good, really good versatility.”