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Former Crescenta Valley High School player and current San Diego State Aztecs utility player, Dee Dee Hernandez, will compete in the NCAA D1 Softball Championship Tournament.

There are 64 teams in the tournament, with the final eight teams receiving an invite to Omaha, Nebraska to play for the College World Series title.

The San Diego State Aztecs begin the tournament as a number six seed and will square off against the sixth seeded Virginia Tech Hokies.

The first round, Regionals, is double elimination where a team is only eliminated after two losses. From there, 16 teams will make the Super Regionals and play a best-of-three series.

Finally, the eight winners from Super Regionals will head to Omaha for a chance to play for the title of College World Series Champion!