If you ask Washington softball coach Heather Tarr how she plans to deploy her two standout pitchers in the NCAA Regionals at Husky Softball Stadium beginning Friday, she will dance deftly around the question like a base runner trying to avoid the tag at home plate.
Tarr knows that for the Huskies, seeded No. 3 nationally, one of their biggest aces in the hole is that they actually have two aces in the hole. Senior Taran Alvelo is 24-4 with a 1.61 earned-run average and a Pac-12-leading 257 strikeouts in 174 1/3 innings. Sophomore Gabbie Plain is 19-2 with a 1.