The softball season is growing short, as is Arizona’s rope. The Wildcats went into game one of its final regular season series tied for 7th in the Pac-12 standings and holding the tiebreaker over Arizona State. Simply maintaining pace with ASU would keep the Wildcats out of the play-in game of the inaugural Pac-12 Tournament and a possible matchup with UCLA in the next round.
When ASU won its opening game at Oregon State, there was even more pressure on Arizona to pull out a win against California. The Wildcats couldn’t do it, falling to the Golden Bears 8-6.