By Mike Anderson [email protected] Updated April 16, 2025 Freshman pitcher Caitlin Ropiak is exactly what East Islip softball needs her to be: Focused on the task at hand.

He and Wendi went all-in on softball lessons. He handled the hitting, and she took the pitching. “I probably worked more then than I do even now, just to make it all work,” Nicolaisen said.

He found greater success in the other diamond sport, baseball, as a hitting coach for Mizzou’s baseball team in 2019. The Tigers went from the bottom to the middle of the pack in batting average ...