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FILE: BYU junior catcher Libby Sugg swings against Saint Mary's earlier in the season. Sugg and the Cougars lost to Drake in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.
BYU softball coach Gordon Eakin knows that in the NCAA Tournament, there’s usually not much that separates winning from losing.
He and the Cougars learned that again the hard way at the Eugene Regional. Drake edged BYU 3-2 Thursday in the double-elimination tournament at Jane Sanders Stadium.
“Tough loss. Game of inches,” Eakin said. “We’ll have to rebound, come back and take it one pitch at a time.