Just under a year ago, after 26 innings of softball, one four-hour game and two comeback wins, Northwestern beat Arizona State in the Tempe Super Regional. It was a three-game series marked by Danielle Williams’ dominance and temperatures over 100 degrees.
In their 2022 playoff run, the ‘Cats were the No. 9-ranked team in the nation. ASU was No. 8. Now, as NU jets off to Tuscaloosa to take on Alabama, its underdog status looms larger and its odds grimmer. This year, No. 12 Northwestern enters the Super Regional with a seven-seed disparity separating it from the No.