NORMAN– Florida State valiantly held back Oklahoma for 5 innings.
The Seminoles’ embellished senior class wasn’t going to leave the NCAA Tournament without a battle, however Kasidi Pickering’s two-run bomb put the Sooners on the edge of going back to the Women’s College World Series.
It wasn’t up until Jayda Coleman robbed Jaysoni Beachum’s crowning achievement in the bottom half of the frame that the celebration at Love’s Field actually began, nevertheless.
The senior outfielder, playing her last contest in Norman, tracked the Florida State freshman’s ball all the method to the wall, jumped and extended her glove above the white line, and took the thunderbolt out, sparking the jam-packed arena into a fired-up craze.
Coleman’s heroics were essential for the Sooners to round off Florida State 4-2 on Friday, punching OU’s ticket back to the Women’s College World Series.
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“Proud, prideful day for the Sooners,” OU coach Patty Gasso stated after the video game. “… The Sooners actually have actually been trending upwards. I liked the tight video games. I believe it’s truly helpful for us. I’m actually happy with this group tonight.”
Pickering’s crowning achievement opened a tight fight.
Florida State began freshman Ashtyn Danley in the circle, however rapidly transferred to Makenna Reid, who had not pitched because April.
Reid lived off her off-speed, keeping the Sooners off balance, however smart base running put Oklahoma on top in the 3rd.
Tiare Jennings’ single put her aboard, and a set of passed balls moved the OU shortstop over to 3rd.
Freshman Ella Parker drew a walk to bring Alyssa Brito to the plate.
After the very first pitch to Brito, Parker began transferring to 2nd, bold Florida State catcher Michaela Edenfield to toss down to 2nd.
Edenfield required, and as Parker lengthened the deliberate rundown, Jennings had adequate time to shuttle bus down the line and cross home base to open the scoring.
“We were wanting to score in some way and Ella did a truly great task of producing the rundown,” Gasso stated. “You develop the chase with the 2nd baseman and after that you need to get her to stop, turn her body and attempt to toss to home base, which is really tough. We provided up an out, however we got a run and that was great with us.”
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Florida State had an instant response.
Beachum, the Seminoles’ star freshman, homered on a rope to left field to level the video game at 1-1 in the bottom half of the inning.
Soon after the crowning achievement, Gasso changed out starter Kierston Deal in favor of Karlie Keeney.
Offer just gave up the only run, however she fell back 2-0 in the count to 6 of the 12 batters she dealt with.
