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Reuters
2 days ago
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Texas takes down Oklahoma to advance to WCWS semifinals
June 1 - OKLAHOMA CITY - Kayden Henry broke a tie with a fifth-inning home run and Joley Mitchell blasted another in the sixth to help lift Texas to a 4-2 win over four-time defending champion Oklahoma in the Women's College World Series on Saturday. The Longhorns will play in the semifinals Monday, needing one win in two tries to advance to the WCWS Championship Series for the third time in four seasons. The Sooners will play Oregon on Sunday in an elimination game. Texas had never beaten the Sooners in the WCWS and hadn't beaten Oklahoma in the state of Oklahoma since 2014. With one out in the fifth, Henry jumped on Sam Landry's first pitch for a line-drive home run to put the Longhorns up 3-2. Mitchell then led off the sixth with her third home run of the WCWS to extend the lead. But it wasn't over. Teagan Kavan hit Ella Parker, then allowed a single to Nelly McEnroe-Marinas with one out to bring the go-ahead run to the plate. But the Longhorns' ace struck out Gabbie Garcia and Hannah Coor to escape the jam and move Texas within three victories of their first-ever WCWS title. Texas took a 2-0 lead in the first, but Oklahoma quickly responded with two in the second to tie it. After that, though, the defenses and the pitchers settled in until Henry's go-head homer. --Field Level Media
Washington Post
3 days ago
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- Washington Post
Malachi Witherspoon goes six scoreless and Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 7-4 in Chapel Hill Regional
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Malachi Witherspoon pitched six scoreless and got plenty of offensive support in Oklahoma's 7-4 victory over Nebraska in the nightcap of the Chapel Hill Regional on Friday. Witherspoon (4-8) allowed three hits and struck out nine batters. No. 2 regional seed Oklahoma (36-20) will play regional host North Carolina on Saturday. No. 3 Nebraska (32-28) faces a loser-out game against No. 4 Holy Cross. North Carolina defeated Holy Cross 4-0 earlier Friday.
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3 days ago
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Watch Simi Valley outfielder Anthony Solis cut down a runner at the plate in playoff win
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Associated Press
3 days ago
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Cam Cannarella drives in four and Clemson rallies to defeat South Carolina Upstate 7-3
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Cam Cannarella drove in four runs, Dominic Listi ignited the go-ahead rally in the eighth inning, and Clemson defeated South Carolina Upstate 7-3 on Friday night in the Clemson Regional. In the eighth, Listi singled then stole second and third before scoring on a single by TP Wentworth for a 4-3 lead. Jack Crighton scored on a sacrifice bunt by Andrew Ciufo, then Cannarella belted a two-run home run to center field, making it 7-3. Johnny Sweeney's home run leading off the second inning staked the Spartans to a 1-0 lead. Scott Newman doubled in the fourth inning and scored on a single by Gage Griggs to make it 2-0. Upstate had the bases loaded with nobody out in the fifth, but Jacob McGovern came on in relief and ended the threat with two strikeouts and a flyout. He threw 3 1/3 innings and struck out six of the 11 batters he faced. In the bottom of the inning, Cannarella doubled to score Ciufo and Wentworth to tie it. Cannarella later scored on a sacrifice fly by Collin Priest and Clemson led 3-2. Newman's solo home run in the eighth tied it for USC Upstate. No. 1 regional seed Clemson (45-16) will play No. 2 West Virginia in the winners bracket game on Saturday. No. 4 Upstate (36-24) will face No. 3 Kentucky in the loser-out. West Virginia defeated Kentucky 4-3 on Friday. ___ AP college sports:
Reuters
4 days ago
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Joley Mitchell homers twice, No. 6 Texas beats No. 3 Florida in WCWS opener
Joley Mitchell hit a pair of solo home runs and Teagan Kavan threw a two-hit, complete-game shutout as sixth-seeded Texas beat third-seeded Florida 3-0 in the opening round of the Women's College World Series on Thursday in Oklahoma City. Texas will take on the winner of Thursday's Oklahoma-Tennessee matchup on Saturday. Florida will play the Oklahoma-Tennessee loser in an elimination game on Friday. Mitchell got the scoring started with a leadoff homer in the top of the second inning off Keagan Rothrock, driving a 2-2 offering out to left. Mitchell then blasted Rothrock's 2-1 pitch out to right-center to kick off the sixth, with Gators' center fielder Kendra Falby just missing a home-run-saving catch. It was Mitchell's first multi-home run game of the season and the 15th and 16th of the season for the graduate student. The next batter, Katie Stewart, chased Rothrock (16-7) with a line-drive homer to right to make it 3-0. Florida didn't have a hit until Korbe Otis' infield single with two outs in the fourth. Taylor Shumaker beat out a slow roller to third with one out in the sixth for the second hit. Kavan (25-5) created plenty of soft contact, with just one strikeout and two walks. --Field Level Media
