The Arizona Wildcats will turn to starting pitcher Estela Piñon to start tonight's NCAA super regional game against Louisiana-Lafayette, marking the biggest start to date of the Sunnyside High School product's softball life.
Piñon and the 11th-ranked Cats will take on the sixth-ranked Ragin' Cajuns at 6 p.m. tonight in Game 1 of the best-of-three series. Follow the Star's live blog here. The teams will play again Saturday at noon; Game 3, if necessary, starts at 3 p.m.
Here are tonight's lineups, as tweeted by Star contributor Nick Fontenot.
For the Wildcats: 1. Wilson 2. K. Rodriguez 3. Fox 4. Goodacre 5. Mauga 6. Mercado 7. Young 8. C. Rodriguez 9. Suitos. P - Pinon #RoadtoWCWS
— Nick Fontenot (@smyce) May 24, 2014
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For the Cajuns: 1. Fernandez 2. Hayden 3. Elkins 4. Walsh 5. Landry 6. Redfearn 7. Vincent 8. Corbello 9. Voinche P - Hamilton #RoadtoWCWS
— Nick Fontenot (@smyce) May 24, 2014
The Wildcats advanced to Lafayette by winning the Tucson regional, edging LSU in a winner-take-all game Sunday.
The Star's Jon Gold wrote about the super regional matchup today. Follow along all weekend by following Star contributor Nick Fontenot on Twitter.
Check Starnet later tonight for updates.
