Washington dispatched Minnesota 5-2 Sunday at Husky Softball Stadium to win the NCAA softball Seattle Regional and advance to the Super Regional where they’ll face Alabama next weekend.
The Huskies started out with Taran Alvelo on the mound.
The Huskies ace made her first appearance of the regional in the championship game against Minnesota, but she wasn’t quite her usual self early on.
Alvelo’s first pitch of her first start in three weeks was a strike. The Huskies defense helped Alvelo get the first two outs in order, but Maddie Houlihan’s double down the third-base line got the Gophers on base, and Alvelo’s struggles began.