After finishing 19-8 last spring, the Southern Regional softball team had a lot to look forward to. The Rams graduated just two players and had a slew of young talent returning, including all four pitchers.

Of course, as evidenced by several stints during last year’s campaign, with youth and talent sometimes comes streaky play. Southern started the season with eight straight victories and won seven straight through the first two weeks of May, but lost games in little bunches along the way, which…