5:18 p.m.: Hello from the UMass softball complex where the lights aren't on yet, but Washington already leads Sacred Heart, 1-0.

I'll throw in scoring updates during the UMass game, but for now it'll be observations and anecdotes.

It's an absolutely perfect night for an outdoor sporting event.

Sacred Heart has co-coaches, which seems odd to me. But at yesterday's press conference, one of the coaches, Pam London, said it works for them.

"It works very well for us. Obviously, we have been doing this for a long
time, and we all have a role. There are no egos here. There is no
question of who made the right call, who made the better call. We stick
to it and make suggestions to each other. Usually, we make a snap
judgment to agree. It works and it usually pans out for us. I mostly
work with the pitchers and catchers during the game, while Bippie makes
more of the offensive calls. Unless I have a gut feeling and I suggest
something, she'll say go for it. It is a lot of give and take. Its
called teamwork, actually."

I'm not exactly sure what "It's called teamwork" means, but whatever.

5:24 p.m. Washington's Bailey Swenson is a leukemia survivor making her my new favorite player in this regional. I guess I didn't have an old favorite player in this region.

If he's Charles Whidmore's and Eloise Hawking's son, why is his name Daniel Faraday? Just wondering...

5:35 p.m. Washington's Ashley Tuiasosopo is the younger sister of former Husky QBs Marques and Zach and Mariners' prospect Matt Tuiasosopo. 

5:48 p.m. I'm not sure if there's a casino in Vegas or for that matter Delaware, that would take any bets on college softball. But if there were, would odds makers have made it more likely that Washington pitcher Danielle Lawrie, who has no-hit Arizona and UCLA this season, would throw a no-hitter than allow a hit? I have to think its about the same. Continuing this idiotic line of thought further, what would they have made the over under for Lawrie's strikeouts. I'd say 14 given that it's a weaker opponent, but mercy rule potential further complicates the question.

It's 2-0 Washington by the way. The Huskies have the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the third.

5:52: Bradley, who entered the tournament at 25-26, upset No. 15 overall seed DePaul, 1-0.

6:03 p.m.: Jessica Perez broke up Lawrie's no-hitter. Meaning Sacred Heart accomplished something UCLA and Arizona didn't.

6:23 p.m. - It's at least a moral victory for the Pioneers as Adrian Fitzsimon just had an RBI double for Sacred Heart to make it 7-1.

6:44 p.m. - Washington wins game one 9-1.

8:38 p.m. UMass leads 2-0 after three straight extra-base hits by Normandin, Williams and Mollica.

8:45 - UMass 4-0 in Salato's two-run homer

9:30 - UMass scored four in the top of the sixth to clinch the mercy-rule.

...17 hours til UMass-Washington...