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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. The No. 10 Florida State softball team (47-11-1) stayed alive on Sunday afternoon with a 2-0 win over No. 3 Alabama (52-8). The teams played 1.1 innings before a 2:36 weather delay struck. The Seminoles were led by Dani Morgan who went 2-for-3 and scored both of the Florida State runs. The win snapped Alabama’s 20 game winning streak. The Seminoles have now won their last seven Women’s College World Series elimination games. The seven straight elimination wins are the WCWS record. No. 3 Alabama 0, No. 10 FSU 2 Caylan Arnold started for the Seminoles and pitched 4.2 innings for the Seminoles. She only allowed two hits and struck out five Crimson Tide batters. Kathryn Sandercock entered in relief with two outs in the fifth inning and runners on first and second. She forced a ground out to second base. In the sixth inning, Sandercock put the Alabama batters down in order. She did it again in the seventh. Sandercock shut down Alabama not allowing a single runner to
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Kathryn Sandercock gave up two runs on five hits in a complete-game victory, and Florida State defeated fifth-seeded Oklahoma State 4-2 in an elimination game at the Women’s College World Series that finished early Sunday after an earlier game was delayed for about two hours by rain.
Sandercock also got the win in relief against Arizona in an elimination game earlier on Saturday. She wasn’t sure if she’d get the call again.
“I didn’t ask for the ball,” she said. “Coach gave me the ball and I was ready for it.”
No. 10 FSU softball stays alive in the College World Series with a comeback against No. 11 Arizona
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No. 10 Florida State (45-11-1) defeated No. 11 Arizona (41-15) by a 4-3 score to stay alive in the College World Series in Oklahoma City, OK.
Game Recap
Caylan Arnold took the ball for Florida State. Arnold started out strong retiring the first six Wildcats in order. Alyssa Denham started for Arizona. She also pitched well early. Denham gave up a walk in the first and pitched around a single in the second as the Noles couldn’t capitalize on the base hit.