“I can’t give out the medical things”, Weekly said, “but I think they’re about ready to make a release pretty soon about the prognosis”. First Team Big 12 members Erin Miller and Shay Knighten give opposing pitchers fits at the plate, with Miller hitting.401 and Knighten hitting.382. Their 2.06 team ERA was also tops in the Big Ten, 0.42 ERA lower than the Gophers.
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Upstate (42-13) will be the No. 3 seed in the Auburn Regional and will open play Friday at 4:30 p.m. against No. 2 seed Oregon State (30-18-1) on ESPN3.
GVSU, making its 17th all-time appearance in NCAA tourney action, has an all-time regional record of 35-24, including six Midwest Regional titles and six NCAA D2 World Series appearances. The Wolverines are the second overall seed.
FAU enters the tournament riding a 21-game winning streak. “It’s something that we’ve been thinking about around here for a long time, getting to the postseason and continuing to play on is a dream for this program”. “Florida is the No. 1 team in the nation, which is what we aspire to be”. Rounding out the top 4 overall seeds are (3) Oklahoma and (4) Auburn. “The girls had really played well down the stretch”.
The Huskers will not have to dig deep for a scouting report on Louisville (35-15).
Head coach and Big Ten Coach of the Year Carol Hutchins earlier this season became the winningest coach in Division I softball history, and now stands with 1,478 victories in her 32 years at MI. “We have to get through some pretty good teams to get there”.
“Hopefully playing to our side is that we’ve faced her”.
Arizona State is returning to Baton Rouge for the second consecutive season as the Sun Devils were in last year’s regional, as ASU comes into this year’s event with a 30-25 overall record and 6-18 record in the Pac 12, finishing eighth in the league.
This is UAM’s second NCAA regional tournament appearance.
The Huskers are hoping to lean on that experience this week.
“I know OR is good, we had them here a year ago”, said Moore.
“There were a lot of other (sites) that we probably would have preferred to have gone”, Joyce said.
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“We are excited to be a part of this year’s NCAA tournament”, BYU coach Gordon Eakin said in a statement.
