No. 1 softball advances to Super Regionals with 6-1 win
<p>A slightly sluggish start blossomed into a 6-1 win, May 22, as the No. 1 Sun Devil Softball Team took off with yet another postseason win over San Diego State. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/escobedo_dallas00.html… Escobedo</a> pitched ASU to the win to move to 29-3 overall while ASU now moves to 53-6 on the season and 3-0 in postseason action.</p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal">The offense decided to put it in gear early as <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/boyd_katelyn00.html">K… Boyd</a> dug in to hit her sixth lead-off home run of the season, which leads the NCAA. The longball also gives her 17 on the season to tie her for third in ASU single-season records.</p><separator></separator><p class="MsoNormal">The Sun Devil bats stagnated a bit after that though as they weren’t able to convert on bases loaded with no outs in the second, but <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/escobedo_dallas00.html… Escobedo</a> went out to command the game to keep SDSU scoreless through five. There were stirrings of life in the offense in the sixth inning though as <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/lockwood_annie00.html"… Lockwood</a> dug in to hit her third home run of the weekend with a solo shot to make it 2-0.</p><separator></separator><p>The Aztecs scrapped back into the game in the bottom of the sixth though as they pushed one across with a RBI single by Jen Maeva to cut it to 2-1. A State snapped out of the offensive funk in the seventh though as RBI hits from Boyd, Castillo and Donnenwirth opened up a can to make it 6-1.</p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/escobedo_dallas00.html… Escobedo</a> had a little help from her friends to close it out to finish her 29th win of the season, one shy of tying for fifth in ASU single-season records as ASU moved to 53-6 on the year and 3-0 in the NCAA Tournament.</p><separator></separator><p>The Sun Devils will now gear up to host the Tempe Super Regional with opponent Texas A&M coming into town. Game one will be at 7 p.m., May 26, in Tempe at Farrington Stadium.</p>