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In so, so many ways, Arizona’s second NCAA Softball Tournament game Saturday afternoon in Fayetteville, Arkansas, felt like the polar opposite of what the Wildcats experienced in their tourney opener Friday.
Well, there was at least one similarity: The Wildcats won again — this time 2-1 over No. 12 national seed and regional host Arkansas. Arizona is now one Sunday afternoon victory away from yet another in a line of many Super Regional appearances over the long history of one of the sport’s most storied programs.
While the other three teams in the Fayetteville regional kept playing Saturday at Bogle Park on the campus of the University of Arkansas, coach Caitlin Lowe’s Wildcats got a little respite after their narrow victory.
In the later games, Villanova, who Arizona defeated 14-3 Friday night, won twice Saturday, handing both Souteast Missouri State and Arkansas their second losses by way of 4-1 and 7-2 wins, respectively. By upsetting the Razorbacks, it will be a Cats-vs.-Cats showdown Sunday at 1 p.m. The scenarios surrounding that game
