OKLAHOMA CITY -- No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 6 Florida State survived the first round of eliminatino games on Saturday at the Women’s College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. The Sooners edged Arizona State, 2-0, while the Seminoles topped Georgia, 7-2.
OU (56-4) move on to play No. 2 Florida at 7 p.m. ET and FSU (53-12) will take on No. 1 Oregon at 9:30 p.m. ET. The Sun Devils' (48-13) and Bulldogs' (48-13) seasons comes to an end.
Game 7: No. 4 Oklahoma 2, No. 8 Arizona State 0
Paige Parker tossed a two-hit complete-game shutout as fourth-seeded Oklahoma edged No. 8 Arizona State, 2-0, in the first game on Elimination Saturday.
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Parker’s efficient outing included seven strikeouts and two walks on just 78 pitches, 55 of which went for strikes. She improved to 30-3 on the season and 9-1 overall at the WCWS.
After the Sooners stranded three runners, two on third, in scoring position, Jocelyn Alo led off the third with an opposite field homer to rightfield for a 1-0 advantage. A seeing-eye RBI single by Leah Wodach with two outs in the sixth gave OU a 2-0 cushion.
Shay Knighten recorded two of OU’s six hits. DeNae Chatman and Danielle Gibson recorded singles for the Sun Devils.
G Juarez took the loss for ASU. In four innings of work, she surrendered a run on four hits with four strikeouts and two walks. Breanna Macha tossed the final three innings, allowing a run on two hits with three punchouts and a walk.
Game 8: No. 6 Florida State 7, No. 7 Georgia 2
Zoe Casas drove in three runs and Meghan King tossed a complete-game as No. 6 Florida State knocked off No. 7 Georgia, 6-2 to stay alive at the WCWS.
Box Score | Quotes (FSU / UGA)
Casas finished 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI. King (23-6) did not allow an earned run on five hits with four strikeouts and four walks.
The Seminoles jumped on top early with a run in the bottom of the second. A two-out RBI double off the centerfield fence by Casas plated Anna Shelnutt for a 1-0 lead.
A three-run fourth pushed FSU’s advantage to 4-0. Casas struck again with a two-run single back up the middle. Two batters later, Elizabeth Mason lofted a sac fly to rightfield.
The Bulldogs cut the lead in half in the fifth with a pair of two-out runs when Justice Milz roped a two-run triple off the rightfield fence. The inning was extended prior to Milz’s at-bat on an error by the shortstop.
FSU answered with two runs of its own in the bottom half of the fifth as Dani Morgan drove in two with a hard single to right. They added another on a bases loaded walk in the sixth, pushing their advantage to 7-2.
Jessie Warren and Morgan had two hits apiece for the Seminoles, while Shelnutt scored twice and drew three walks.
Georgia’s Alysen Febrey and Kendall Burton each went 2-for-3. May Wilson Avant went the distance, allowing eight hits, striking out four and walking two.