The Justice: So to start us off, what are you excited about for this upcoming season?

Wallace: I’m excited to travel. We’re going to New York City, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Florida — so it’s gonna be a lot of fun.

Doud: The construction of our new field — they’re supposed to start working on it as soon as the ground unfreezes. It’s gonna have heated dugouts.

The Justice: Real quick, what’s the difference between baseball and softball?

Staub: Nothing, they're exactly the same.

Doud: Baseball and softball: many differences. Bigger yellow ball but the field is much smaller. The pitcher also throws underhand. Common misconception I’ve heard a lot is that everyone throws underhand and that’s not true, it's just the pitcher.

The Justice: If you had to play one other sport, what would it be?

Wallace: Basketball

Doud: Olympic paddle ball, wait I mean pickle ball. No wait, Olympic handball.

Staub: Duo bobsledding.

The Justice: What’s the best part of being an athlete here?

Wallace: (Jokingly) The parka. No, I love my teammates, they’re my besties.

Staub: I like being in a competitive conference. And the adrenaline. It gives me something to put all my effort into.

The Justice: How have you improved, or how do you plan to improve from last year?

Doud: I think our chemistry is really good this year. We have new practice groups now so we practice in smaller groups which just allows us to really focus on one specific thing instead of just brushing over those things in a team setting where we can’t focus on like specific drills.

Staub: We have new practice layouts, we have new recovery plans. We have these new weighted balls to help us work on our shoulders.

Wallace: I think the returners feel not the pressure but the drive to improve from last year and I think that’s pushing us to be like, let’s do this better, let’s put in some extra work on the side and the freshmen truly are just talented players so bringing them in, mixed with us, we have this new and improved competitive attitude.