WHS softball team hungry for more wins in 2024

After a winless season in 2019 and the cancellation of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Williamsburg Lady Jackets softball team has struggled with their efforts to rebuild the program into a district contender.

Having recorded just 14 wins in their previous three campaigns, Head Coach Andrea Winchester said that this year’s group features the personnel, and the desire, to finally begin turning things around.

“This season our goals are to at least double our win record from last year (six games), and to be able to capitalize on those games that we should’ve won,” Winchester said. “I believe that we have a good team coming back this year, and if we focus on the little things and have confidence in ourselves, we can get some district wins.”

Returning most of the lineup from 2023 will be big for Winchester and company, as valuable on-field experience should help them get up to speed sooner rather than later in the season.

“This year we have a strong senior class,” Winchester said. “There five girls are all very hard workers, and they will all be crucial to our team’s success this spring.”

Winchester pointed to Allie Wilson and Kyli Monhollen as her two go-to talents in the pitching circle, saying they have both worked hard recently in order to improve their respective games. “Their work ethic and drive to get better will help them to be successful,” she observed.

In order to achieve the level of success that they would like, Winchester said that there will be a couple of key factors.

“To be successful this year, our team has to have confidence in themselves and be coachable,” Winchester explained. “If we can do those two things, then I feel that our coaching staff will be able to get us to where we need to be.”