The Arizona Wildcats hoped to open the remodeled Hillenbrand Stadium with a bang, but that didn’t quite go as planned.
UA’s home opener was rained out, and when Arizona finally did take the field, it lost in disappointing fashion to an unranked South Florida team.
The rest of the weekend was a mixed bag. The Wildcats added painless wins against Illinois-Chicago, Cal State Fullerton and New Mexico, but dropped a game to No. 7 Alabama, their fourth loss in this young season.
Recaps of all five games can be found in our softball section, and here were some of my takeaways.