OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Kinzie Hansen and the Oklahoma Sooners were down to their last strike. Oklahoma needed a win to set the NCAA Division I record for consecutive softball victories and clinch a Women’s College World Series berth.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Zaida Puni went 2 for 3 with a three-run homer and No. 4 seed Tennessee beat Texas 5-2 on Friday in Game 1 of the best-of-three Knoxville Super Regional.
Texas Rangers (32-18, first in the AL West) vs. Baltimore Orioles (33-18, second in the AL East) Baltimore; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Andrew Heaney (3-3, 4.12 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 52 strikeouts); Orioles: Dean Kremer (5-1, 4.61 ERA, 1.48 WHIP, 43 strikeouts)
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) Keith Tkachuk never played a game for the Florida Panthers, and hadn’t recorded an assist at the NHL level in nearly 13 years. That is, until March 29. That’s the day he might have had the biggest helper of Florida’s season.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Payton Gottschall threw a two-hitter and Destiny Rodriguez had three hits as fourth-seeded Tennessee advanced to the Women's College World Series for the first time since 2015 with a 9-0 win over 13th-seeded Texas on Saturday in the Knoxville Super Regional.