MAY 21 UPDATE
Spy has published two versions of the bracket for Super Regionals – one on spysoftball.com, the other somewhat more legible version on spysoftball.org.
Ashland, Ohio set to host the USA Softball Women’s National Team
OKLAHOMA CITY — Ashland, Ohio will play host to the USA Softball Women’s National Team when they take on the USA Softball Women’s Elite National Team in an exhibition doubleheader, June 18, at Brookside Park. General admission tickets to the event can be ordered for $15 each by mailing the ticket order form to Ohio ASA Commissioner Warren Jones at the address provided.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for the City of Ashland,” said Jones. “Hosting the USA Women’s National Team gives the members of this community a chance to see, in person, some of the greatest softball in the world.”
The action kicks off Monday at 6 p.m. Following the doubleheader, USA National Team and Elite Team members will hold an autograph session for ticket holders in attendance.
Currently, 12 athletes have been named to the USA Women’s National Team roster. Twenty-one additional athletes will compete for the final roster spots at the National Team Selection Camp, June 10-12 in Ashland. Participants who are not selected to the National Team roster will make up the USA Softball Women’s Elite National team.
Second year National Team pitcher and Iowa native Chelsea Thomas is excited for the opportunity to represent the Red, White and Blue. “Wearing my country’s colors and representing the United States of America is a dream come true,” said Thomas. “ All of my life, I have dreamed about getting to wear USA across my chest and represent my country.”
In addition to the doubleheader, the Women’s National Team will compete in exhibition games against the Women’s Elite National Team in Summersville, W. Va. on June 14, the Title IX 40th Anniversary Celebration Game vs. Canada in Oklahoma City on June 23, the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City and the Canadian Open Fast Pitch International Championship in Surrey, B.C., Canada and the International Softball Federation (ISF) XIII Women’s World Championship in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Click here for ticket information.
COLLEGE STATION ALL REGION TEAM
the only report Spy received
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – LSU softball’s Allison Falcon, Rachele Fico, Simone Heyward and Brittany Mack were chosen to the NCAA College Station All-Regional Team Monday as announced by the host site Texas A&M.
Fico was the unanimous choice for the NCAA College Station Regional Most Valuable Player. For Mack, it was her second straight season selected to an NCAA All-Regional Team.
The Fico-Mack combo limited opponents to one run on seven hits and a paltry .101 average for the weekend. The pair also racked up 19 strikeouts as LSU punched its first ticket to the NCAA Super Regional round since the 2007 season.
Fico kept the Tigers in the winner’s bracket with consecutive two-hit shutouts over Texas State and Texas A&M. Her 0.92 ERA and 13 shutouts are ranked second and fourth in the nation, respectively.
Falcon paced LSU’s offense with a .375 batting average. Her RBI single during the first inning of Saturday’s winner’s bracket contest with Texas A&M put the Tigers on the scoreboard. The Donaldsonville native also scampered home with the game’s first run during Sunday’s regional championship contest.
Heyward, who was making her first start since April 17, ignited LSU with a leadoff single in the seventh inning of its 1-0 walk-off win over Texas State. She crossed the plate on Juliana Santos’ RBI single. The 2011 SEC All-Freshman pick also drew a pair of walks and stole a base.
LSU squares off with another future SEC rival and meets No. 9 national seed Missouri at the NCAA Columbia Super Regional. The three-game series to determine a spot in the Women’s College World Series starts Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU. Live video also is available on ESPN3.com with Cara Capuano and Garland Cooper serving as the broadcast team.
Every LSU postseason game will have live audio and live stats inside the Geaux Zone on LSUsports.net. The games also will be carried live on Country Legends 104.9 FM in the Baton Rouge area with Patrick Wright and Matt Dunaway set to call the action.
Fans can follow every pitch of LSU softball this season via live in-game updates on LSU softball’s social media outlets at www.Facebook.com/lsusoftball and @lsu_softball on Twitter.
2012 NCAA College Station All-Regional Team
Mel Dumezich [Texas A&M]
Allison Falcon [LSU]
Rachele Fico [LSU]
Chandler Hall [Texas State]
Selena Hernandez [Texas State]
Simone Heyward [LSU]
Meagan May [Texas A&M]
Brittany Mack [LSU]
Nicole Morgan [Texas A&M]
Cesley Tafoya [Bethune-Cookman]
*= Fico was a unanimous choice for the NCAA College Station Regional Most Valuable Player.
NPF CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
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Nashville, Tenn. – May 21, 2012 – National Pro Fastpitch announced today that all tickets for the NPF Championship Series are now available for purchase. The 2012 NPF Championship Series will be played at The Ballpark at Rosemont, in Rosemont, Ill., August 23-26. The NPF Championship Series is hosted by the Village of Rosemont in cooperation with National Pro Fastpitch. The NPF Championship Series is the league’s hallmark event and is designed to feature the outstanding talent of the NPF in a playoff/tournament format. All four NPF teams will qualify for the Championship Series and post-season seeds are based on final regular season standings. The playoff format is a best of three series between the No. 1 and No. 4 seed, along with a best of three series between the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, with the winners of those two series’ facing off in a best of three final series to crown the 2012 NPF Champion. In the 2011 NPF Championship Series, the Bandits captured their second title in four years after deafeating the USSSA Pride in the final round of the series. For ticket purchases, the NPF Championship Series will be broken into individual games. However, a six game package is available for purchase but the games will be ticketed individually. Games five, six, and nice are “if needed games” in the series format and those games will not be available for purchase until it is evident through the competition that they will actually take place. Thursday August 23 Game 1: No. 2 vs. No. 3 @ 6:00 p.m. Game 2: No. 1 vs. No. 4 @ 8:30 p.m. Friday August 24 Game 3: No. 1 vs. No. 4 @ 6:00 p.m. Game 4: No. 2 vs. No. 3 @ 8:30 p.m. Saturday August 25 Game 5: “If Necessary” No. 1 vs. No. 4 @ 11:00 a.m. Game 6: “If Necessary” No. 2 vs. No. 3 @ 1:30 p.m. (If there is only one “If Necessary” game, it will be played at 11:00 a.m.) Game 7: Championship Final TBD (approximately 7:00 pm) Sunday August 26 Game 8: Championship Final @ 1:00 p.m. Game 9: “If Necessary” Final @ 4:00 p.m NPF Championship Series’ tickets will have five different sections at The Ballpark at Rosemont to choose from for seating. These categories include Lower Club, Upper Club, Lower Box, Upper Box, and General Admission. Tickets can be ordered by calling the National Pro Fastpitch office at 615-232-2900 or by visiting the official NPF Championship Series website at http://championship.profastpitch.com. Individual game tickets will be priced as follows: Lower Club – $15.00 Lower Box – $13.00 Upper Club – $12.00 Upper Box – $10.00 General Admission – $5.00 A group discount is available for groups of 15 or more people. |
NCAA REGIONAL FINALS
May 20 2012
Unusual situation: while all the pre-tournament seeds, except UCLA, are still in contention, Tennessee, Florida, Texas and California, which has been ranked #1 in both national polls for many weeks, have to win two games today to advance to Super Regionals. Oregon has already qualified for SR where it will face the winner of the Austin regional.
Controversy continues over Michigan’s extra inning defeat of Louisville. ESPN began its coverage of today’s game replaying the controversial call at 3rd. Lane appears to be out at 3rd but the umpire called her safe; instead of ending the inning, Lane then scored the winning run. Critics notwithstanding, an out would have extended the tie game, with no assurances Louisville would have scored. The issue was mooted Sunday when Michigan won 4-0 to advance to Super Regionals.
Sincere apologies. Until 630, Spy had posted not just the scores but recaps of every game. A computer glitch erased hours of work so what is in front of you now is a recapture effort.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Regionals – Athens, Ga.
North Carolina 1, #10 Georgia 2 Final
WP Erin Arevalo (3H). LP Lori Spingola. Bulldogs scored both runs, bottom 4th. Wilson singled; Sandberg and Razey walked, loading the bases, no outs. Olney singled, rbi; Griffin drew an rbi walk. The Dawgs left bases loaded. Dickey hit a solo homer for the Tar Heels in the 7th. Georgia advances to SR; plays Tennessee. Vols and Bulldogs split a DH in season.
Regionals – Austin, Texas
#6Texas 5, Northwestern 0 Game One. Hoagland gave Texas a 1-0 lead with a homer in the 3rd. Texas added to its lead with 3 rus on 2 hits and an error in the 4th. In the 7th, Hoagland led with a double and scored on Craig’s triple.
Texas 5, Northwestern 0 Game Two Final. Texas advances to Super Regional to play Oregon.
Blaire Luna pitched her second shutout. Luna allowed just 6 hits,while striking out 14. In Game One, Luna gave up 2 hits while striking out 15. Bottom 1st, Game Two, Texas took a 2-0 lead on Taylor’s homer. Texas scored 4 runs with 2 out in the 6th. The Longhorns will host.
Regionals – Gainesville, Fla.
South Florida 1, #5Florida 0 FINAL South Florida advances to Super Regionals to play Hofstra.
South Florida will host. WP Sara Nevins (12K). LP Hannah Rogers. Bulls scored game’s only run top 4th. Medina doubled; Rchardson sacrificed; two out, pinch runner Juergens scored on Jackson’s single. Gators loaded bases, bottom 6th. Haeger singled, Castro singled, Schutte walked; Nevins struck out the next two batters, Little grounded out.
Regionals – Louisville, Ky.
Michigan 4, #15Louisville 0 FINAL. Michigan advances to Super Regionals to play Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
WP Haylie Wagner. LP Tori Collins. 4H, 4BB. Wolverines came out strong, loading bases top 1st, on two walks and a single. Lane singled, 2 rbi. Connell relieved Collinss and got the Cardinal out of the inning, stranding three Wolverines. In the UM 2nd, Doyle singled scored on Driesenga single. Top 4th: Evans singled, scored on Chidester 2-out single. The Cardinals stranded 3 runners in the first 2 innings, but didn’t mount another threat until the 7th. Wolny and Trimble singled; both were left.
Regionals – Knoxville, Tenn.
Virginia Tech 1, #7Tennessee 2 Game One
Tennessee 10, Virginia Tech 2 Game Two Final. Tennessee advances to Super Regional to play Georgia.
In Game One, Ivy Renfroe outdueled Jasmin Harrell. One out, bottom 1st, Shipman homered. After Tech left 2 on in the 5th, Lewis singled, scored what proved to be the winning run on Dotson’s single. Top 7th, Banks singled, scored on Spaw single, left 1 runner.
Game Two: Tennessee’s pitching depth and power were both on display. Ellen Renfroe started with a 2-run cushion; Burchell and Gibson drove in runs in the 1st. Tech answered with a run in the bottom; Gaskill scored with 2 out on Mericka’s sac fly. Top 3rd: Shipman singled, Burchell hit her second rbi double; Gibson rbi single; Davin singled, rbi; Chavanne doubled, rbi, but was out. 7-1. Bottom 3rd: Gaskill singled; McGoldrick walked, and Ivy Renfroe relieved her sister. Lidde singled, rbi, but 2 were left. Top 6th: Lewis singled, scored on a Shipman single. The Vols added 2 runs in the 7th.
Regionals – Tuscaloosa, Ala.
South Alabama 0, #2Alabama 6 FINAL. Bama advances to Super Regional and will host Michigan
WP Jackie Traina 2H, 10K. LP Hannah Campbell. Alabama won its tenth first round NCAA regional championship.
Alabama scored single runs in each of the first three innings then closed out their scoring with a 3-run burst in the 6th — a 2-run double by Fenton and an rbi single by Traina.
Regionals – College Station, Texas
#8Texas A&M 1, LSU 2. Final. LSU wins regional and advances to Super Regional to play Missouri.
Unranked for much of the season, the Tigers combined limited but timely hitting behind two strong pitchers to advance to Super Regionals. Brittany Mack won this third game, Rachelle Fico won the first two games. Mel Dumezich took the loss. Game was scoreless until bottom 4th; Falcon reached on the first of two Aggie errors; Applegate singled; Wray walked loading the bases. Felton scored on McCasland’s sac fly. Supak singled; Applegate scored on an error at short. The Tigers left two. TAMU rallied top 7th; Garza walked; with 2 out, Garza reached 3rd on a wild pitch, and scored on Villareal’s single. They left the tying run on base.
Regionals – Lafayette, La.
Stanford 2, #14La.-Lafayette 6. Ragin’s Cajuns advance to Super Regional to play Tempe winner.
WPAshley Brignac. LP Teagan Gerhart. S Jordan Wallace. The Ragin’ Cajuns outhit the Cardinal 12-7; Stanford made 2 errors. Stanford left 2 on top 1st, and did not make a serious scoring error until they scored twice in the 6th. Bottom 1st: Smith, Myers and Orgeron singled; rbi; Myers scored on Cherry’s sac fly. 2-0. Orgeron, one of the leading home run hitters this season, went yard in the 3rd. Bottom 4th: Cormier singled; Draheim homered, 5-0. Nyree White relieved Gerhart. The inning ended on a Stanford double play. Top 6th: Rich, Roulund singled. Rich scored on Burns single. Two out, Miller singled, rbi. Fernandez scored final ULL run on Orgeron sac fly in 6th.
Regionals – Norman, Okla.
4Oklahoma 6, Oregon State 0. Final. Sooners advance to Super Regional to play Arizona.
One had the feeling all week that the Gods of softball had ordained that the Sooners and Wildcats meet again; OU eliminated Arizona in their last NCAA tournament. OU seemed to be in a rush to be first past the gate, scoring 4 runs top 1st. WP Keilani Ricketts 2H, 10K. Marina Demore took the loss. Top 1st: Casey walked; Martinez reached on the first of 3 Beaver errors; Chamberlain reached on a fielder’s choice, Casey out at home. Ricketts walked on four pitches. Shults jacked a grand slam, 4-0. Top 5th: Shults belted a one-out homer. Sampson walked, scored on Norris single. The win marked OU’s ninth NCAA regional title, and its third in three years. The Sooners swept the three teams in their regional by a combined score of 32-4. The Sooners will host Arizona.
Regionals – Columbia, Mo.
9Missouri 2, Illinois State 1. Final. Missouri advances to Super Regionals to play LSU. Missouri will host.
WP Chelsea Thomas. LP Jordan Birch. Missouri, which will joihn LSU et al in the SEC, scored a run top 4th; Genovese doubled with 2 out, and scored on Stephens single. One out, Tigers 6th; Mulleer homered. ISU scored in the bottom; Hamilton singled and scored on Kay’s 2-out double. The potential tying run was stranded. Missouri left 2 runners in the 7th; ISU loaded the bases. Caiti led with a single, but the next 2 batters struck out; Gallant reached on an interference call; Hamilton reached on an error at short; Keller struck out, the 12th for Thomas.
Regionals – Los Angeles, Calif.
San Diego State 1, Hofstra 2. Hofstra advances to Super Regionals to play South Florida.
WP Olivia Galati. LP Bailey Micetich. Galati is a very accomplished pitcher, who has not been seen by many West Coast teams. Micetich had the better numbers in this game: 3H, 7K, vs 5H, 6K. SDSU broke the scoring stalemate with a run, top 4th. Jordan singled; advanced on Maeva sac bunt; Klopp hbp; Finau singled, loading the bases; May grounded to short, rbi. Rose flied out, stranding two. Hofstra responded with a tying run in the bottom; Thom singled; two out, Rocha singled, rbi. After Senatore reached on an error, bottom 5th, Arbino relieved Micetich. one out, Galati singled, runners advanced on a passed ball; Senatore scored on Ziemba’s sac fly, but Galati was out 7-2-6. SDSU had one runner on in the 6th and 7th; both were left.
Regionals – Seattle, Wash.
16Washington 4, Harvard 0. Final. Washington advances to Super Regionals to play Pac 12 rival California.
WP Bryana Walker. LP Rachel Brown. UW scored top 1st; Hayward reached on an error, scored on Inglesby rbi. Williams slugged a 3-run, 2 out homer in the 4th.
Regionals – Tucson, Ariz.
#13Arizona 8, Notre Dame 3. Final. Arizona advances to Super Regionals to play Oklahoma.
WP Shelby Babcock. LP Laura Winter. The Wildcats racked 14 hits, including 4 home runs. Five singles with 2 outs in the 2nd yielded 4 Wildcat runs. Saganowich scored for the Irish in the 3rd, on Maldonado’s sac fly. After UofA stranded 2 top 4th, Notre Dame narrowed the gap to 4-3. Koerner walked; Haus grounded to 1st Koerner was called out on interference, a possible game changer because O”Connor singled and Saganowich homered, 4-3. Too close for comfort! Top 5th: Pendley and Goodacre hit back-to-back homers. In the 7th, Goodacre and Spigner hit consecutive dingers. O’Donnell relieved Winter, but the game was effectively over.
Regionals – Tempe, Ariz.
#3Arizona State 0, Syracuse 1. Game One.
WP Jenna Caira. LP Dallas Escobedo. Escobedo yielded just 2 hits, but the first was a 2-out HR by Watts which held up for the game. The Sun Devils had 4 hits off Caira, but stranded 7 runners.
Game 2: Arizona State 4, Syracuse 0. Sun Devils advance to SR where they will meet Louisiana-Lafayette.
WP Dallas Escobedo. LP Jenna Caira. After Syracuse left 2 on in the 1st, Sun Devils scored three. Boyd doubled, Johnson walked,both advanced on a wild pitch; Lockwood doubled in 2 runs; Freeman reached on a fielder’s choice, run scored on an error, rbi. Two walks and a single loaded the bases for Syracuse in the 4th, but Escobedo struck out Wambold to end the threat. In the bottom, Steele led with a homer. After Freeman singled, Kuwik relieved Caira; no more scoring. Syracuse stranded a runner in the 5th, and 2 in the 6th.
Regionals – Berkeley, Calif.
#1California 10, Arkansas 2 (5). Ranked #1 nationally, Cal must win two games to advance.
Game One: Cal showed the form which made it #1 for most of the season, recording 13 hits against 6 for Arkansas. WP Jolene Henderson. LP McLemore. Jones scored in the 3rd, on an error after Vonk singled. Arioto was intentionally walked; Echevarria slugged a 2-run double. Bottom 3rd: Mort singled, Wallace homered, to narrow the gap to 3-2. But that was the end of Arkansas scoring. Cal scored 3 in the 4th; Arioto was intentionally walked again, scored on Williams groundout. Danielle Henderson jacked a 2-run shot. Up 6-2, the Bears crossed th run-rule margin with 4 runs in the 5th on Echevarria’s grand slam.
Game Two: California 7-0. WP Jolene Henderson. LP Lauren Beasley. The Bears, who outhit Arkansas 10-5, scored 3 in bottom 1st. J Reid singled; one out, Arioto intentionally walked; Echevarria reached on a fielder’s choice; bases loaded. Reid scored on a Williams groundout; Arito scored on a wild pitch; Decker singled, rbi. Cal scored another 3 runs in the 2nd; one out, Cordes and J Reid singled; Vonk homered to right center. Decker singled in a final run in the 6th.
The Bears advance to Super Regionals and will play Pac 12 rival Washington. They beat the Huskies in season 2-1, 5-3, 6-4.
MAY 19 NCAA TOURNAMENT DAY 3
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Regionals – Athens, Ga.
#10Georgia 3, North Carolina 2 FINAL
North Carolina plays winner of GA Southern/Coastal C
Georgia Southern 1, Coastal Carolina 2 Georgia Southern eliminated
North Carolina 5, Coastal Carolina 3 Coastal Carolina eliminated
North Carolina advances to regional final vs Georgia
In SR: winner will play winner of Knoxville regional
Regionals – Austin, Texas
Northwestern 13, Houston 9 FINAL
Wildcats advance to regional final
Texas 6, Auburn 1 Auburn eliminated
Houston 1, Texas 10 Houston eliminated
Northwestern vs Texas for regional championship
In SR: winner will play winner of Eugene regional Oregon
Regionals – Gainesville, Fla.
South Florida 8, Fla. Gulf Coast 3, FINAL
FGCU plays winner of Florida/UCF//
Florida 7, Central Florida 1 UCF eliminated
Florida 6, Florida Gulf Coast 2 FGCU eliminated
South Florida vs Florida in championship game
In SR: winner will play winner of Los Angeles regional
Regionals – Knoxville, Tenn.
Virginia Tech 6, Miami (Ohio) 0, FINALVirginia Tech advances to regional finals
Tennessee 8, UAB 0 (5) UAB eliminated
Tennessee 8, Miami 0 (6) Miami eliminated
Virginia Tech vs Tennessee in regional championship
In SR: winner will play winner of Atlanta regional
Regionals – Tuscaloosa, Ala.
#2Alabama 5, South Alabama 2 FINAL
Alabama advances to regional final
Georgia Tech 9, Tennessee Martin 1 UT Martin eliminated
South Alabama 10, Georgia Tech 1 Georgia Tech eliminated
Alabama vs South Alabama for regional championship
In SR: winner will play winner of Louisville regional
Regionals – College Station, Texas
LSU 2, #8Texas A&M 0, FINAL
Tigers to championship game; Aggies await Texas State/Bethune Cookman
Texas State 5, Bethune Cookman 3 B-C eliminated
Texas A&M 7, Texas State 4 Texas State eliminated
LSU vs Texas A&M for championship
In SR: winner will play winner of Columbia regional
Regionals – Norman, Okla.
#4Oklahoma 7, Tulsa 1 FINAL
Oklahoma advances to championship game
Oregon State 9, Lehigh 2 Lehigh eliminated
Tulsa 1, Oregon State 2 Tulsa eliminated
Oklahoma vs Oregon State in championship game
In SR: winner will play winner of Tucson regional
Regionals – Lafayette, La.
#14La.-Lafayette 9, Stanford 3 FINAL
Ragin’ Cajuns advance to regional final
Baylor 5, Mississippi Valley State 0 MVSU eliminated
Stanford 6, Baylor 2 Baylor eliminated
Louisiana-Lafayette plays Stanford for regional championship
In SR: winner will play winner of Tempe regional
Regionals – Athens, Ga.
Ga. Southern 1, Coastal Carolina . 2 FINAL
Coastal plays North Carolina in an elimination game
North Carolina 5, Coastal Carolina 3; Coastal eliminated
North Carolina will play Georgia in regional final
In SR: winner will play winner of Knoxville regional
Regionals – Louisville, Ky.
#15Louisville 1, Michigan 2 FINAL
Michigan advances to regional finals
Kentucky 5, Valparaiso 4 Valpo eliminated
Louisville 3, Kentucky 2 Kentucky eliminated
Louisville vs Michigan for regional championship
In SR: winner plays winner of Tuscaloosa regional
Regionals – Eugene, Ore.
Mississippi State and Portland State eliminated
#11Oregon 4, BYU 1 FINAL
Oregon wins regional; advances to Super Regionals
Oregon will play winner of Austin regional: Northwestern or Texas
Regionals – Gainesville, Fla.
#5Florida 7, UCF 1 FINAL
UCF eliminated; Florida plays FGCU at 6pm
Florida 6, FGCU 2 FGC eliminated
South Florida vs Florida in regional championship
In SR: winner will play winner of Los Angeles regional
Regionals – Knoxville, Tenn.
#7Tennessee 8, UAB 0 (5) FINAL
UAB eliminated; Vols eliminate Miami 8-0 (6)
Tennessee plays Virginia Tech for regional championship
In SR: winner will play winner of Athens regional
Regionals – Austin, Texas
Auburn 1, #6Texas 6 FINAL
Texas will play Houston 7pm; Auburn eliminated
Texas 10, Houston 1 Houston eliminated
Northwestern vs Texas for regional championship
In SR: winner will play winner of Eugene regional: Oregon
Regionals – Tempe, Ariz.
Syracuse 1, #3Arizona State 3
Arizona State to regional finals
Long Beach State 5, Long Island 4 LIU eliminated
Syracuse 2, Long Beach State 1 LBS eliminated
Arizona State vs Syracuse for regional championship
In SR: winner plays winner of Lafayette regional
Regionals – Los Angeles, Calif.
Hofstra 2, San Diego State 0 Final
Hofstra advances to regional finals
Florida State 2, UCLA 1 UCLA first seeded team to be eliminated
San Diego State 1, Florida State 0 Florida State eliminated
Hofstra vs San Diego State for regional championship
In SR: winner plays winner of Gainesville regional
Regionals – Seattle, Wash.
#16Washington 2, Texas Tech 0
Washington advances to regional final
Maryland 2, Harvard 3 Maryland eliminated
Texas Tech 0, Harvard 2 Texas Tech eliminated
Washington vs Harvard for regional championship
Regionals – Columbia, Mo.
DePaul 0, #9Missouri 1 Final
Missouri advances to regional final.
U Mass 0, Illinois State 1 U Mass eliminated
Illinois State 3, DePaul 0 DePaul eliminated
Missouri vs Illinois State for regional championship
Regionals – Norman, Okla.
Oregon State 7, Lehigh 1
Beavers will play Tulsa. Lehigh eliminated.
see summary above
Regionals – Lafayette, La.
Baylor 5, Miss. Valley St. 0
Baylor plays Stanford 7pm
see summary above
Regionals – College Station, Texas
Bethune-Cookman 3, Texas State 5
Texas State plays Texas A&M
see summary above
Regionals – Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Georgia Tech 9, Tenn.-Martin 1
UT Martin eliminated; Georgia Tech plays South Alabama
see summary above
Regionals – Louisville, Ky.
Kentucky VS Valparaiso 5:30PM ET
see summary above
Regionals – Tucson, Ariz.
#13Arizona 7, Notre Dame 2
Arizona advances to regional finals
Hawaii 7, North Dakota State 9 Hawaii eliminated
Notre Dame 8, North Dakota State 4 (at 220am) NDSU eliminated
Arizona vs Notre Dame for regional championship
Regionals – Berkeley, Calif.
Arkansas 3, #1California 2
Arkansas advances to regional finals
Boston U 4, Iona 3 Iona eliminated
California 8,Boston 0 Boston eliminated
Arkansas vs California for regional title
Regionals – Los Angeles, Calif.
#12UCLA VS Florida State 6:30PM ET
see summary above
Regionals – Seattle, Wash.
Harvard VS Maryland 6:30PM ET
see summary above
Regionals – Columbia, Mo.
Massachusetts VS Illinois State 6:30PM ET
see summary above
Regionals – Tempe, Ariz.
Long Island VS Long Beach St. 7:00PM ET
see summary above
Regionals – Berkeley, Calif.
Iona vs Boston U. 8:00PM ET
see summary above
Regionals – Tucson, Ariz.
Hawaii VS North Dakota St
see summary above.
GAME NOTES
South Florida 8, FGCU 3. WP Sara Nevins. LP S. Morgan. Bulls scored 4 runs in 2nd on 2 hits; 2 runs on 3 hits in 3rd to lead 6-0.
Georgia 3, North Carolina 2. WP Erin Arevalo. LP Lori Spingola. Tar Heels will face winner of GA Southern/Coastal Carolina in an elimination game. Georgia took 3-0 lead into 5th; Sandberg had homered in 3rd. UNC scored 2 unearned runs in 5th.
LSU 2, Texas A&M 0. WP Rachele Fico 2H, 6K, 6BB. LP Mel Dumezich. Fico has been one of the top 5 in ERA this season. Top 1st: Andrews led off for LSU, singled; Heyward walked; one out, Santos hbp to load the bases; Falcon singled, rbi, Andrews scored, Heyward scored on an error by the left fielder. After that, it was up to Fico, who yielded a hit in the 2nd, stranded 2 in 3rd who had walked; gave up another hit in the 5th; and no hits the last 2 innings. LSU advances to the championship game.
Oklahoma 7, Tulsa 1. Gametracker blinked; details disappeared, OU trailed 1-0 for five innings, but took control with 6 runs in 6th. WP Keilani Ricketts allowed judt 3 hits, while striking out 10. Martinez led the OU 6th with a hit, after a walk to Ricketts, she scored on Shults’ 2-run double. Sampson followed with a pinch-hit 2-run double. Norris had a 2-run single. OU did not take Tulsa lightly; last year, Tulsa beat the Sooners in the first game of regionals. Now, OU is headed into the championship game.
Friday NCAA Regional Bracket
BYU vs PSU 8pm
Florida Gulf Coast 2, Florida 1. WP Morgan. LP Rogers. Among the many upsets of Top 25 teams was the Gators loss. We learned before the game that Coach Walton had suspended three starters: Kasey and Sammi Fagan and Cheyenne Coyle. No reason given publicly. FGC scored top 2nd on Bembrowski’s homer. Little scored the tying run in the Gator 3rd on Haeger’s single. The tie held until top 6th when FGC scored on Lanier’s 1-out homer. FGC threatened top 7th but stranded two runners. Florida went down in order.
