Earning its first top-eight seeding since 2010, Washington was seeded No. 6 in the NCAA softball tournament Sunday night and will host Big Sky Conference champion Montana (35-22) Friday at 8:30 p.m. (ESPN3) on the opening night of a four-team regional at Husky Softball Stadium.
If the Huskies (43-11, No. 6 in the latest coaches poll) defeat Montana, a program in just its third year of existence, they will advance to Saturday’s 2 p.m. game. They will face the winner of Friday’s 6 p.m. game (on ESPN2), Michigan (41-11-1, No. 2 in the Big Ten) vs. Fresno State (34-21).