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2nd Weekend Highlights!


What a second weekend! My team got bounced real early so I got to watch a lot of softball lol-- maybe next year for us! Lots of highlights from another great season! Here are some:

-Pitt are champs again. Virginia Tech was never in the game. VT put up a few in the first but it was total Pitt domination thereafter (yet again). The Pitt 3rd baseman made two incredible double plays that killed potential rallies. Pitt LF was spraying the ball all over the field. And about those new big bats VT added--- where were they at??

-Ohio had an exciting moment with a walk-off HR (I believe) against BC. Rutgers also had a walk-off HR against Nova--- any other walk-off dingers??

-Georgia is definitely not the same without their usual suspects. End of the Georgia dynasty?

-The GMU/JMU was probably the best finish-- what underdogs to come up huge at the end with a win for GMU. GMU continued their hot streak and completely shut down GW, who had a very good squad with them as well. GMU's magic came to an end against a real good Catholic squad (admittedly my pick to win from this past week- Sorry Pitt!)

-Northwestern was a really nice surprise (Final four-- who would have thunk it!). Nothing flashy, just got the job done. Though I saw Rutgers lose one of their best players to injury in the Nova game before and don't think I saw him play against NW. What a shame--would have been interesting to see if that would have made a difference in the NW game. A lot of us on the sidelines wanted to see a Rutgers/Pitt game. Turns out we were right as Pitt/Northwestern was a laugher.

-Highlight of the day had to be during Catholic vs Virginia Tech. Great game nonetheless, but the highlight was when one of the Virginia Tech girls completely RAN OVER the Catholic pitcher at home, who was on his knees blocking the plate. Bit of a controversial call (as I believe the ump called her safe), which made sense as the Catholic pitcher gave her no lane to slide. Great extra inning 1-pitch finish too!

Other memorable moments???
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Re: 2nd Weekend Highlights!


Good mix of surprising and not-so-surprising results.

NorthWestern with a hell of a run through Georgetown, Tufts and Rutgers. Although you could look at it the other way and talk in terms of a shocking upset, especially for Tufts, who I know many people picked to make a really deep run. I didn't see that game, so not sure if NW just really brought it, or Tufts just didn't play their best ball.

Some people might have picked Maryland over Penn State (I didn't), but even so, I doubt anyone picked at 17-0 shut out.

If I remember correctly, did JMU lose their first game to George Mason? Not technically an upset, but JMU always looks so strong. The game they played against VT the first weekend made me think they'd make it to the elite 8 to battle Catholic.

Speaking of Catholic, I'm not surprised they beat Yale, but I am surprised Yale didn't put up more runs, with how good their offense looked in the 1st weekend.

Also, the one pitch extra inning final four game between Catholic and VT was a blast to watch.

But with all those surprises, other than NW, the final four consisted of Pitt, Catholic, and VT, the top 3 seeds all season. And the championship was between the defending champs and a team who is always near the top and added a new 3 hitter and 5 hitter this year. So maybe the end was semi-predictable or at least not shocking, but lots of craziness along the way.
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