Who are the sleeper teams?
Championship sleeper: Georgia Tech There’s not so much a hurdle in the path of Georgia Tech’s road to Cinderella status as a giant, Everest-sized mountain. Scratch that, a Rainier-sized mountain. Yes, Georgia Tech is in the same super regional draw as Washington. Yes, that makes for long odds that the ACC champs will reach Oklahoma City in the first place, let alone find themselves celebrating a title the following Tuesday or Wednesday. But bear with this — because if the Yellow Jackets got past the Huskies (or if the Huskies somehow stumbled on their own cross-country trip to Amherst, Mass., for regionals), they would have a favorable route lined up to the winner’s bracket in Oklahoma City. Setting aside the fact that Washington is really, really good (or that in Iowa’s Brittany Weil and Auburn’s Anna Thompson, there are pitchers other than Danielle Lawrie to worry about if you’re Tech), there are reasons to like the Yellow Jackets on their own merits. They are a patient offensive te
