What we learned from Arizona softball’s opening weekend

The old saw about the first week of NCAA softball is that the top teams did what they were supposed to against “weak opposition.” There’s some truth to that, but it wasn’t always the case during this year’s opening weekend.

Florida State came into the season ranked No. 5 in the NFCA/USA Today preseason coaches poll. Alabama was ranked No. 9 in that preseason poll. Arizona State was No. 22. Mississippi State was No. 23. Oregon was No. 24. All have at least one loss with both MSU and UO sporting two. Even unanimous No. 1 Oklahoma scratched out a 1-0 win over Liberty in extra innings.

As many coaches like to remind us, there’s talent everywhere. That makes Arizona’s 5-0 weekend in the Candrea…