Texas Tech has arguably been the surprise team of 2019. After several years out of the national rankings and spotlight, the Red Raiders darted off to a 27-2 start this season against nonconference opponents, including wins over Auburn, Arizona State, and Oregon. This start lifted Texas Tech to a No. 12/14 national ranking (depending on which poll). This past weekend, Big 12 conference play began and Tech happened to draw the No. 2/2 Oklahoma Sooners to town to open league play. OU features a senior class of players such as Aviu Falepolima, Caleigh Clifton, Shay Knighten, and Sydney Romero, who were major contributors to the Sooners' 2016 and 2017 Women's College World Series champions. Clearly, Oklahoma would provide a major yardstick to measure just how far Texas Tech had come. The results of the series -- a Sooner sweep by scores of 5-1, 8-3, and 13-1 -- tell us that the Red Raiders aren't quite ready to be, say, a Top 5 team nationally. On a positive note, Saturday...

...and the Bruins win the opener of the three-game series, 3-0. Game 2, as well, goes to UCLA, 4-2 , as pitcher Rachel Garcia hits a two-run homer in the top of the eighth (with a full-count and two outs). Make it a sweep for UCLA, as the Bruins get a 15-6 run-rule win over the Huskies. All is not necessarily lost for Washington, however. A year ago, UCLA also swept U-Dub, yet the Huskies ended up getting further in the Women's College World Series (second to Florida State) than did the Bruins! *** Elsewhere, Florida State took two of three from Notre Dame in ACC play (the linked article has an apparent typo, as FSU is 2-1 in conference play, not 1-2). Winning each series is what teams are supposed to do. However, the Seminoles have now dropped three of their last eight, after their torrid 22-0 start, leaving their current overall record at 27-3.

No. 7 Tennessee should move up in the polls after taking two out of three on the road at No. 4 Florida over the weekend. No. 1 Florida State concluded its five-game swing through Arizona,  taking two of three at U of A. The Seminoles' record on the trip was 3-2, also including a doubleheader split at Grand Canyon.

No longer is Florida State undefeated. The Seminoles lost the opening game of a Wednesday doubleheader to unranked Grand Canyon, before taking the nightcap. FSU continues its swing through Arizona by taking on the U-of-A Wildcats in a three-game series beginning Friday.

Michigan has followed up Friday's stunning upset win over UCLA with another on Sunday, namely over Washington . Not bad for a team that arrived at the Judi Garman Classic unranked, with a losing record. (Full disclosure: I attended graduate school at Michigan.) Saturday's slate was cancelled due to weather issues.

Michigan, which entered the tournament unranked with a 6-8 record, has just handed No. 2 UCLA its first loss of the season, by a 3-1 score. The Wolverines' Meghan Beaubien at one point retired 14 straight Bruins . Earlier in the day, UCLA recorded its second straight win over Florida , this time 4-0.