Tempe: Ahhhhh... Nightfall

By Jason Owens - June 01, 2007

It's just after 7 p.m. local time, the sun is setting and it's cooled down to a chilly and much more tolerable... hmmm -- let me check the online weather report... 100 degrees. It's a vast improvement from the 103 degrees from this afternoon.

So the nightcap is just getting started pitting the heavily favored Arizona State Sun Deivls against the NEC champion Monmouth Hawks. ASU, playing at home, is the region's top seed and no. 5 seed overall. So for you hoops heads out there, this basically amounts to a 15-2 matchup in the NCAA Tournament.

The half-empty stands from this afternoon are almost full of Sun Devil fans who watch Brian Flores take his 9-1 record and 4.00 ERA to the mound against Monmouth's Brad Brach, who sports a 9-2 record and 2.72 ERA.