Imagine if the North Carolina men’s basketball team wins the NCAA tournament, and in a moment of supreme swag says, "F*ck it, we’re better than the Dream Team." That’s what Virginia Tech’s no-hit, 1-0 victory over the U.S. National Softball Team is like.
The Hokies knocked off the team that won a gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and only allowed one base runner the entire game on a second inning, one-out walk. The one run that the Hokies scored? Manufactured by a double and bloop single off Jennie Finch, widely regarded as one of the best softball pitchers in the world, and as a decent looking woman.
So what does it mean when the ACC’s current second place team defeats the best players in the nation? I would venture to say nothing much, as the U.S. team had won 185 pre-Olympic games prior to this loss. The Harlem Globetrotters have lost before, and this is along those lines. No fires on the American softball home front, but a win over any national team is no doubt, the hotness.
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