My Christmas card list grew a bit this weekend.

Gotta add the 3rd base ump from Ga. that ran interference on Stolle's 4th inning foul ball in game 1, and the press box person who fired up Enter Sandman after the 1-hour rain-delay in the middle of game 3 (which led to a Misty Hall homer, followed shortly by an RBI single by Tazewell's Whitney Davis).

Yes, Tech (46-16) won their first regional championship in softball.
The gals now head up to Ann Arbor for a weekend tilt against the 4th seeded Wolverines (51-6) in a best-of-three series at the on-campus Wilpon Softball Complex at Alumni Field.

Saturday, noon
Sunday, 1:00; 3:30 rematch (if Sat. winner losses)

All games will be covered by ESPN, although I'm not sure exactly which channel will have them (the NCAA also shows Fla.-Cal. on ESPN Sat. at noon).

The winner will advance to play either #5 Texas A&M or #12 Stanford in the College World Series on Thursday, May 29th at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City (sounds kinda familiar).

seeded teams that were eliminated : 9-LSU, 13-Tenn, 14-Long Beach St.