Maybe this is the way San Diego State's softball team planned things all along. They seem to relish it. Maybe they fooled everyone. Underdogs don't usually give the mighty Bruins by far their toughest test of an NCAA Regional. Underdogs don't follow that close loss an hour later by scoring six runs on seven hits after trailing with one out in the final inning.
Good teams do.
Very good ones. The Aztecs are still scrapping and swinging in their first regional appearance, having advanced to today's championship by defeating Wisconsin 6-1 yesterday in an elimination game at Easton Stadium. A UCLA victory sends Enquist's team to next week's Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. For the Aztecs to be crowned regional champions, they must pull off one of the biggest upsets in NCAA history. But we gave them all they could handle in that first game.