Oklahoma City – Ella Parker struck a three -point circuit with two withdrawals at the end of the seventh round to raise Oklahoma to a 4-3 victory against Tennessee when the Women’s College World Series for the two teams open on Thursday.
The second parker circuit of the match off Karlyn Pickens du Tennessee has strengthened the chances of the Sooners to win a fifth consecutive national title.
Pickens, a first team from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American, had dominated most of the match, its land regularly reaching 75 mph, before wavering late.
Ailana Agbayani opened the Oklahoma half of the seventh with a walk. Pickens withdrew the following two strikers before the pair of All-American from the first Oklahoma team passed. Kasidi Pickering chose and moved Agbayani to the third before Parker’s Blast to Center ended the match.
Oklahoma seeded (51-7) has advanced to face Texas’s seeded n ° 6, A winner 3-0 On Florida No. 3 in its first match, Saturday for a place in the semi-finals.
Oklahoma has beaten Texas in the championship series in the past two of the three years, and the two programs have gone from Big 12 to the Southeast Conference this season.
Tennessee n ° 7 (45-16) will face Florida in an elimination match on Friday.
The Oklahoma launcher, Sam Landry, a second team All-American, suspended and obtained the victory despite the follow-up of almost the whole match. She dispersed eight sure and granted only one deserved race.
Tennessee jumped on Landry with two points in the first. Parker struck a solo shot from Pickens to cut Tennessee’s advance at 2-1. The volunteers added a race in the third when Ella Dodge scored on an abandoned fly ball.
The Tennessee loaded the basics with an outing in the seventh, but the Oklahoma turned a double game and the volunteers did not score.
