COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES: TOP-SEEDED BRUINS HAVE ROCKY OPENER.Byline: RAMONA SHELBURNE Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer There aren't exactly any easy draws by the time when you get to the Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Women's Softball Tournament for college softball in the United States. The tournament is conducted in an eight-team, double-elimination format. , but there certainly are dangerous ones. Tennessee, with All-American pitcher Monica Abbott and the top-hitting offense in the country, is not your average No. 8 seed. But as fate would have it "As Fate Would Have It" is an episode of the science fiction television series The 4400. Synopsis NTAC offers Jordan Collier protection when Maia has a morbid premonition. , neither Abbott nor the Volunteers' potent bats were the toughest obstacle for the No. 1-seeded UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX softball team Thursday night in the opening game of the WCWS WCWS Women's College World Series (softball) WCWS Window Circulating Water System in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm . Due to inclement in·clem·ent adj. 1. Stormy: inclement weather. 2. Showing no clemency; unmerciful. in·clem weather in Oklahoma City and two extra-inning games earlier in the day, the Bruins and Volunteers were delayed by more than 3 1/2 hours. In the end, Tennessee outlasted the Bruins in a 4-3 victory that wasn't final until after 2 a.m. local time. UCLA took an early lead on an RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in single by senior second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Caitlin Benyi following an error by Tennessee shortstop Lindsay Schutzler. It added another run in the top of the third when Andrea Duran led off with a triple to right and scored on a single by No. 2 batter Krista Colburn. The Bruins seemed to be cruising to an easy victory as UCLA pitcher Anjelica Selden took a no-hitter into the fifth. But the Volunteers got back-to-back infield singles from India Chiles and Lindsay Schutzler with one out in the sixth. Both came home on a single by Tonya Callahan that was misplayed by left fielder Ashley Herrera. Callahan then scored on a single to right by Kristi Durant to put Tennessee ahead 3-2. UCLA (48-8) rallied in the bottom half of the inning. Jodie Legaspi singled and moved to second on a single by pinch-hitter Danielle Peterson. UCLA loaded the bases when slap-hitter Tara Henry beat out a chopper to second, but Andrea Duran struck out with the bases loaded to end the threat. Tennessee then added another run in the top of the seventh on another RBI single by Durant. UCLA rallied again in the bottom half of the inning, getting an RBI single from first baseman Lisa Dodd, but Whitney Holum hit a grounder to third baseman Jennifer Griffin, who stepped on the bag for the force out to end the game. Texas 2, Arizona State 0: Cat Osterman had 18 strikeouts to break the Women's College World Series record for a seven-inning game in Texas' victory. Osterman (38-2) allowed one hit -- Bianca Cruz's second-inning single -- and did not walk a batter. After Cruz's hit, Osterman retired the final 18 batters in a row. The senior left-hander broke the World Series strikeout record for a regulation game of 17 that she shared with Northwestern's Lisa Ishikawa. Arizona 3, Oregon State 2 (9): Kristie Fox singled in Caitlin Lowe in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Wildcats. Northwestern 6, Alabama 5 (10): Darcy Sengewald scored the winning run for Northwestern in the bottom of the 10th inning when the ball went through Alabama center fielder Brittany Rogers' legs after Tammy Williams' single up the middle. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: UCLA's Anjelica Selden pitches in the first inning against Tennessee. Nate Billings/Associated Press |
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