Usually when teams let opponents stick around too long, regardless of sport, it is a recipe for disaster.
Trisha Ford’s (8) ASU Softball team looked to be headed into the eye of the storm on Saturday night in the seventh inning at Farrington Stadium. The Sun Devils had already lost their multi-run cushion when (9) Northwestern reared its head one last time at an attempt to knock ASU out of the tournament.
Up 4-3 and with the tying run on first, ASU was an out away from forcing game three, a task in which they would ultimately succeed in a 7-4 victory, but not without a few skipped heartbeats.