Face it we are a victim of our geography. Northern locales have poor softball programs. Used to be a time when Michigan was top 5. They owned the North, now the Hokies do. Big deal right? A combo of great competition and success in far away places $$$ with a spotless record against the have nots, add in a 20 game win season in the ACC and still travel to get in 6-8 games against the $EC still leaves the Hokies with no margin for error. Even with a 45 regular season win record we’d still be on the bubble. Our location/weather hinders us, struggling to get in enough games against better ranked teams is a problem not easily solvable, if at all. You pretty much have to play the bottom feeders at least in the ACC. You have to fill your schedule. So we can swap out the weak teams with teams not as weak? No help there…This isn’t your Momma’s Hokie softball team where just getting to the regionals was euphoric. With success there’s a demand for more success, which comes with……no margin for error.