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2022 NCAA Super-Regionals -- Sunday

Only two games today, both decisive third games to send a team to the Women's College World Series.

Arizona State takes 1-0 lead over Northwestern on Alynah Torres homer (video) to lead off bottom of first... Bottom 3: Single drives in ASU's second run (video), before Emily Cazares unloads for three-run shot (video), making it 5-0 Sun Devils... Northwestern has rallied in the two previous games, however, so don't count out the Wildcats... No sooner do I say that than Northwestern leads off top of fourth with two singles, then scores both runners when next hitter grounds to short and throw to second to get force goes into right field... 5-2 ASU, with NU having a runner at first with no outs... K for first out... Single to right puts Wildcat runners on the corners with one out... Walk to load bases... Deep single to left-center gap drives in two, pulling Northwestern within 5-4, Cats now with runners on first and second with one out... ASU pitching change... Walk to reload bases... K for second out... and another for third out...  ASU lead cut from five runs (5-0) to one (5-4)... Top 5: Hannah Cady leads off with solo-shot (video) to tie game 5-5... Nothing further for Wildcats in this half-inning... ASU continues to struggle offensively... Northwestern gets one-out double in top of sixth... Single to center, with center-fielder bobbling ball, brings in go-ahead run and allows batter to take second. 6-5 Northwestern... Nothing for Sun Devils in bottom of sixth... Top 7: Wildcats string together a walk and two singles to go up 7-5... Another single for 8-5... Arizona State needing at least three to keep its season alive, as it comes up in bottom of seventh... Easy pop-up for first out... Walk gives ASU a runner... HBP on 0-2 gives Devils a second runner... Tying run coming up... Grounder for second out, runners advancing to second and third... Cazares the last chance for ASU... Bloop single to center, drives in one, puts runners on corners. Now 8-6 Northwestern... Jazmyn Rollin (0-13 in the series, per ESPN announcers) at the plate... Foul pop-up ends the game, sending Wildcats to the WCWS...

Florida leads Virginia Tech 11-0 after four innings. Here's a video highlight from back when it was 8-0... Gators to WCWS -- as only SEC team -- with 12-0 five-inning run-rule victory... 

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