5-16-10 D1 Conference Finals

MAY 16 2010 D1 COLLEGE

TOP 25 (ESPN USA Softball Poll 5-11-10)

NOTE: NCAA individual and team statistics 5-9-10 are published on www.spysoftball.org
Note: this game day report will be updated from 3pm to midnight
Note: NCAA RPI rankings are posted on www.spysoftball.org

1. WASHINGTON
2. MICHIGAN
3. ALABAMA
4. ARIZONA
5. FLORIDA
6. UCLA
7. GEORGIA TECH def Florida State 8-4
8. OKLAHOMA run-rules Missouri 9-0 (6)
9. GEORGIA
10. ARIZONA STATE
11. LSU
12. TEXAS
13. CALIFORNIA
14. MISSOURI vs Oklahoma
15. TENNESSEE
16. OKLAHOMA STATE
17. STANFORD
18. ILLINOIS
19. TEXAS A&M
20. OREGON
21. HAWAII
22. OHIO STATE
23. U MASS
24. FLORIDA STATE vs Georgia Tech
25. NOTRE DAME

 Note: NCAA regional bracket will be posted at 10pm tonight–see list of automatic bids (below)

CONFERENCE AND OTHER GAMES
SPY adapts the basic schedule compiled by Ultimate College Softball, adding data from Gametracker, UCS, NFCA, college web sites and emails to SPY.  Numerals in red/black below are UCS rankings.

ACC Championship–Blacksburg, Va.     Chance of Scattered Thundedrstorms, 78

Game 7  Championship  1:00 PM

#1 #7 Georgia Tech 8, #3 #24 Florida State 4  Georgia Tech earns automatic NCAA berth
WP Hope Rush.   LP Sarah Hamilton
Until the 6th inning, the defending champion Yellow Jackets had not given up a run in the ACC Championship games.  Indeed, if the mercy rule were in effect (it is not in championship games), the final game would have ended at five, with Tech winning 8-0.  But the Seminoles rallied for four runs.  The reach for the trophy and automatic NCAA bid began in the 2nd.  With one out, Bear walked, with two out, Yee, the leading home run hitter in the country, was intentionally walked.  Kuzma homered, 3-0.  Tech 3rd: Rush singled, Dike was hbp (she was hit three times today).  Terese Gober relieved Hamilton.  Jordan singled, rbi, and advanced on a wild pitch; Tech scored two more to lead 6-0.  Eppinger opened the Tech 5th with a single,  Dike was hit agazin, Jordan doubled, rbi.  With two out, Yee was walked again, loading the bases.  A final run scored (Gametracker really sucks!),, 8-0.  After Tech stranded two, top 6th, the Seminoles rallied for four runs.  On a 3-2 count, Wynn homered inside the right field foul pole.  Brown and Jackson singled; Ahrberg doubled, rbi.  Lapicki doubled in two runs, and the FSU dugout erupted in cheers.  But Haddad grounded into a double play, the defensive gem of the game 5-3-5.   Top 7th: Yee and Kuzma singled; Hamilton returned to the Seminole circle and got the two outs.  Bottom 7th: Kristen Adkins, who like Rush is a starting-quality pitcher and hard hitter, struck out Borden, Bullock and Wynn ground out.

Big 12 Championship–Oklahoma City, Okla.     Tournament Central     Chance of Scattered Thunderstorms, 74

Game 9  W7 #2 #8 Oklahoma 9,  W8 #5 #11 Missouri  0     FSN  Oklahoma earns NCAA automatic bid
WP  Keilani Ricketts  3H, 11K.   LP Kristin Nottelmann
Sooner 6th: Shults drew a walk with two out; Vandever walked; Nix hammered the first pitch from Hainey for a 3-run home run, ending the game 9-0 in six innings. Oklahoma scored 3 bottom 1st: Huey singled, Flores walked, Vandever jacked a 3-run home run.  Bottom 4: Anderson doubled, Huey hit a two-out single; Flores was intentionally walked, loading the bases; Shults drove in two runs with a single, 5-0.  OU 6th: with one out, Huey tripled and scored on Flores groundout.  Two down, Shults walked on a 3-2 count; Vandever walked; Nix slammed that first pitch over right field.
Great West Conference Championships–Dallas, Texas

Game 1  #1 Utah Valley vs #4 North Dakota  10:00 AM
Game 2  #2 South Dakota vs #3 Houston Baptist 12:30 PM
Game 3  L1 vs L2  3:00 PM
Game 4  W1 vs W2  5:30 PM

NCAA AUTOMATIC BIDS

May 16 2010