TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The question, in retrospect, was tee'd up hours before the Blue Raiders ever made their way into the Rhoads Stadium press box. When MTSU silenced 4,000 Crimson Tide fans with a run in the first inning, a home run in the third inning and a final out on a bunt single attempt to force a decisive winner-takes-all game in Tuscaloosa.
But when it was tossed to Gretchen Mead, the fifth-year pitcher kept her career batting average at 1.000.
We're in an NCAA Tournament where Grand Canyon beat UCLA, Miami of Ohio, playing in a regional final, you guys took it to (Alabama)," the reporter asked after MTSU split games in the regional final with No.