As senior shortstop Ali Aguilar caught the final out, a popup in shallow left field off the bat of two-time Pac-12 player of the year Hannah Flippen, a huge cheer went up from the crowd. But the cheer of the crowd might not have measured up to the screams of the players themselves. In fact, I’m pretty sure the players were louder.
The Husky softball team advanced to the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2013 with a 2-1 win over Utah. The Huskies managed to win despite getting outhit 8-3, as Kirstyn Thomas broke out of a mini-slump with two of the Huskies hits (Aguilar had the other leading off the game).