• I spent most of my first full day in Houston taking in softball action yesterday, and as was noted in today's top post, the enthusiasm was remarkable.

• During the 10-inning game between Humboldt State and Lock Haven, I couldn't help wondering if softball pitchers ever get tired. There I was, sweating through my shirt in the stands, and these women are tossing inning after inning without any change in velocity or effectiveness. I never thought the game was going to end and if it had gone 20 innings, my guess is both hurlers would have still been tossing well. How is that possible?

• I wasn't able to decipher much of what was happening on the golf course - it's a difficult sport to watch unless you hop in someone's bag and do 18 with one group. What I can say is that all of the players seem to be able to hit the ball where they want, which is something that has never worked for me.

• After shooting 7-under par to finish second at the South regional, Florida Southern's Jude Eustaquio is doing his best to come in first at the national championship. Eustaquio shot 7-under par in the first round yesterday and is leading Josh Order (Grand Valley State) and Will Wilcox (Clayton State) by three strokes. Wilcox and Clayton State shot 7-under par as a team and leads Belmont Abbey by five strokes.

• Nova Southeastern is still leading the women's golf tournament after two rounds, extending its lead over four-time champ Rollins to seven strokes. Ferris State is 17 strokes off the pace.

• Over on the tennis courts, BYU-Hawaii cruised to its 87th consecutive victory with a 5-0 win over Drury. Elwen Li and Maggie Deng swept past Mouna Sabri and Khrystsina Tryboi, 8-0. In singles play, top-ranked Li clinched the match for the Seasiders by knocking off Laure Piquemal.

• I'm not sure, but Abilene Christian senior Aina Rafolomanatsiatosika may have the longest last name in the Festival. Twenty letters is hard to beat, but unfortunately for Rafolomanatsiatosika, ACU lost to Francis Marion, 5-4.

• By the way, that Abilene Christian-Francis Marion match lasted four hours and eight minutes. That's a long time when it's 157 degrees outside and the humidity level is 412 percent.

• West Florida's Patrick Bateman won a three-set thriller last night over Henning Ruenz (Concordia) to lead the Argonauts to a 5-4 victory. All of the other matches had finished before Bateman-Ruenz, so all eyes were turned on the No. 5 singles match. Who says tennis isn't a team sport?

• The Ferris State softball team didn't feel the need to rest after its 2-0 victory over Francis Marion yesterday. The Bulldogs came back to Memorial Park last night, where student-athlete events are being hosted following competition. While half the team played volleyball, others competed in ping pong, cornhole and switched off between XBOX 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii. The festivities will continue tonight, as all of the games will still be available during a screening of Bob Barker's favorite move - Happy Gilmore.

• Head coach Keri Becker was thrilled to see her team having fun and says the Bulldogs will continue to soak up all that they can during their time in Houston.

• An impassioned game of ping pong took place yesterday, as some of Division II's leadership took a break from watching to try their hands at competition. Division II Vice President Mike Racy and Pfeiffer University President Charles Ambrose took on Metropolitan State President Stephen Jordan and Director of Athletics Joan McDermott in a best-of-three bonanza. Jordan, who chairs the Division II Presidents Council, teamed with McDermott to beat Racy and Ambrose, the former chair of the Presidents Council, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9. A rematch is slated for the 2009 Winter Festival. No word on whether the DII higher-ups will be playing Madden on the XBOX tonight - Racy sounded tired.

• Women's lacrosse action begins today, and Limestone senior captain Marissa Pesce shared a wonderful post with us last night to discuss her excitement about being here. The smallest school in the national semifinals, Limestone has an overall enrollment of 750 students. When compared to the other semifinalists - Adelphi (4,201), C.W. Post (8,472) and West Chester (12,800) - the Lady Saints are out in the suburbs.

• Finally, the NCAA News is publishing a daily newspaper from Houston. To read yesterday's content, click here to see the online copy.