By Lincoln Shyrack

All of the seeded teams may have advanced out of regionals, but don’t let that convince you that there was no drama in the first round of the NCAA tournament over the weekend. Elimination games were played, no-hitters were thrown, and now that the dust has settled, Super Regionals await.

Here were the top moments from the start of the NCAA Championships:

No. 3 seed UCLA survives Cal State Fullerton to advance to Supers

The Bruins can breathe a deep sigh of relief after surviving what turned out to be a wild Los Angeles Regional this past weekend. After losing to Cal State Fullerton in extras on an untimely error Friday, UCLA had to its next three games to stave off elimination. In desperate times, the home team delivered, closing out the regional with a come-from-behind 6-4 defeat of Fullerton in its fifth game of the weekend.

Starter Rachel Garcia got the win while also providing the thunder with the bat:

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! Rachel Garcia blasts a three-run ? to extend @UCLASoftball's lead! #NCAAsoftball pic.twitter.com/zXTdYQbjPN

— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) May 21, 2018

After staring down elimination, UCLA will now play Arizona in the Super Regional in Los Angeles. The Bruins swept Arizona in their series back in April.

Aleshia Ocasio tosses no-hitter as Gators dominate Gainesville Regional

Florida had no trouble dispatching of its competition in the Gainesville Regional, allowing just two runs over three games while pitching two no-hitters. Senior starter Aleshia Ocasio provided the exclamation point for the Gators on Sunday against Ohio State, as she fired a solo no-hitter to give Florida its first-ever postseason seven-inning no-no.

With her 12th strikeout of the game, Ocasio recorded her third career no-hitter and sent the Gators to the Super Regional against Texas A&M:

?NO-HITTER? Aleshia Ocasio blanks Ohio State to send No. 2 @GatorsSB to their 6th straight Super Regional!? pic.twitter.com/jUVVWLtrwA

— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) May 21, 2018

Florida will now play the conference rival Aggies—a team UF dominated in three games during the regular season—with a chance to advance to its second straight Women’s College World Series.

Top-seeded Oregon advances to ninth straight Super Regional

The Pac-12 champion Ducks had no trouble winning their three games in the Eugene Regional—they didn’t allow a single run against Albany and Drake—en route to their 30th consecutive NCAA regional win. Oregon ace Miranda Elish struck out 11 Drake batters on Sunday as the Ducks closed things out with a 3-0 win.

Three straight shutouts. Three straight sellouts. Thank you Duck fans! #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/O7RQS3F6Zk

— Oregon Softball (@OregonSB) May 20, 2018

Oregon will play Kentucky this weekend with a second straight trip to the WCWS on the line.

Oklahoma clicking on all cylinders in Norman Regional

Like Oregon, the defending champion Sooners didn’t surrender a single run in their three games in the Norman Regional—OU beat Boston U, Tulsa, and Missouri by a combined 24-0—and their dominance once again highlighted just how tough to beat the Sooners are going to be as they go for three straight NCAA titles.

Freshman slugger Jocelyn Alo whacked her 25th and 26th homers against Boston and Tulsa, respectively, as OU won by run-rule in their first two games. Senior Nicole Pendley also went yard twice over the weekend, with her final bomb a seventh-inning nail in the coffin for Mizzou:

WATCH: @NicolePendley1 crushes her second home run of the regional to extend the #Sooners' lead to 7-0! pic.twitter.com/LOOLHJNDoc

— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) May 20, 2018

The pitching was just as good as the offense, as the two Paiges—Lowary and Parker— combined to throw all 18 scoreless innings. Lowary closed out Oklahoma’s regional-clinching win over Mizzou, her former team, to send the Sooners to Supers.

There they’ll play Arkansas, starting on Friday in Norman.

Alyssa Dicarlo homers three times against Northwestern as Georgia advances

Georgia closed out its regional with two straight defeats against Northwestern, the first of which was a 12-0 romp that featured three two-run dingers by junior Alyssa Dicarlo:

3️⃣ DiCarlo Dingers!!

Watch @UGASoftball’s Alyssa DiCarlo hit her THIRD homer of the day! #NCAASoftball pic.twitter.com/VEggjSjseQ

— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) May 19, 2018

The 4th player in NCAA Softball Tournament history to hit 3 HRs in a game: @UGASoftball's Alyssa DiCarlo ??? pic.twitter.com/q5uFJ3RLhL

— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) May 19, 2018

Dicarlo and her hot bat will host SEC foe Tennessee this weekend in the Bulldogs' Super Regional in Athens, GA.

Florida State’s Kylee Hanson dominates in the circle against Jacksonville State

Two days after no-hitting Jacksonville State in a five-inning run-rule win on Friday in Tallahassee, Florida State senior Kylee Hanson went another five innings without allowing a hit the second time against JSU, ultimately giving up just one hit in the sixth inning on Sunday. The Seminoles won 10-0 as Hanson polished off 11 innings of work with 24 strikeouts and just one measly hit for the weekend. That’s some dominance.

Here was the final out of Hanson’s fourth career no-no on Friday:

?NO-HITTER ?

Kylee Hanson delivers 13 strikeouts in @FSUsoftball's 8-0 win over Jacksonville State. #NCAAsoftball pic.twitter.com/RGhEvz41EZ

— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) May 18, 2018

LSU will have the unfortunate task of facing Florida State and Hanson this weekend in Tallahassee.

Super Regional Schedule

Thursday, May 24 

All Times Eastern

7 PM, 15 Texas A&M vs  2 Florida

9 PM, 14 Arizona vs 3 UCLA

9 PM, 16 Kentucky vs 1 Oregon

Friday, May 25

5 PM, 10 Tennesse vs 7 Georgia

5 PM, 13 Arkansas vs 4 Oklahoma

7 PM, Florida vs Texas A&M

7 PM, 11 LSU vs 6 Florida State

9 PM, 12 Alabama vs 5 Washington

9 PM, UCLA vs Arizona

11 PM, Oregon vs Kentucky

11 PM, 9 South Carolina vs 8 Arizona State

Saturday, May 26

1 PM, Oklahoma vs Arkansas

3 PM, Georgia vs Tennessee

5 PM, Texas A&M vs Florida (if necessary)

5 PM, Florida State vs LSU

7 PM, Arizona vs UCLA (if necessary)

7 PM, Washington vs Alabama

9 PM, Kentucky vs Oregon (if necessary)

9 PM, Arizona State vs South Carolina

Sunday, May 27

1 PM, Arkansas vs Oklahoma (if necessary)

3 PM, LSU vs Florida State (if necessary)

3 PM, Tennessee vs Georgia (if necessary)

7 PM, Alabama vs Washington (if necessary)

9 PM, South Carolina vs Arizona State (if necessary)