OKLAHOMA CITY --
No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 6 Florida State survived the first round of elimination 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 come 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 right field 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 right field.
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 right field 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.