Saturday afternoon against Arizona, the Blue Devils were held to a season-low two hits in a run-rule 10-1 defeat, but responded hours later with three home runs to eliminate Marshall 11-1 and advance to Sunday's regional final.

The Arizona Wildcats have been successful on the road in recent NCAA postseasons, but they didn’t show much evidence this season that they could rise to the occasion against the best competition away from Hillenbrand.

The Blue Devils suffered just their third run-rule loss to Arizona, before responding with a shutout win over Marshall.

Duke softball bounced back from a run-rule loss to Arizona with an 11-1 win over Marshall, setting up a rematch for the regional championship.