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2023 NCAA Tournament -- Day 2

No. 2 UCLA and Liberty playing an elimination game, tied 1-1 in top (Liberty) half of seventh... Flames with go-ahead run on second with one out... K for second out... Single to left drives in apparent go-ahead run for Liberty. Runner called safe at plate (see video), close call being reviewed... Call is upheld, so 2-1 Flames... Bruins making change in the circle, Megan Faraimo in for Brooke Yanez, who went 6  2/3... UCLA error on grounder to third keeps Liberty rally alive with runners on first and second... 3B-person redeems herself by snaring Liberty liner for third out... Bruins coming up for quite possibly their final at-bats of the season... UCLA scored in first on Megan Grant homer, but has been held scoreless for the next five innings... Full-count on Bruins' lead-off hitter in the seventh, Anna Vines... Strike-three called on pitch at outer edge of plate... Nice catch in left on short flare for second out... UCLA down to last out in the person of Arizona transfer Janelle Meono... 0-2 count... Grounds out to third... UCLA legend Dot Richardson brings her Liberty Flames to LA and knocks out the Bruins... Liberty will now take on Grand Canyon for opportunity to play San Diego State tomorrow... 

No. 11 Arkansas is the second seeded team to suffer a loss thus far (along with No. 2 UCLA yesterday), as the Razorbacks fall to Oregon, 10-4. An eight-run fifth-inning -- including this grand-slam by Tehya Bird -- carries the Ducks to victory...

Elimination games still in progress late Saturday night:

  • Wichita St. vs. Nebraska (Oklahoma St. regional) Won by Nebraska
  • Liberty vs. Grand Canyon (UCLA regional) Won by Liberty
  • Florida vs. Loyola-Marymount (Stanford regional) Won by Florida
  • Minnesota vs. McNeese St. (Washington regional) Won by McNeese St
  • Baylor vs. Ole Miss (Utah regional) Won by Ole Miss
  • Indiana vs. Louisville (Tennessee regional) will be played Sunday at 2:00 pm Eastern

Eliminated teams (thus far) are as follows:

  • Baylor (in the Utah regional)
  • Boston U. (in the Georgia regional)
  • Cal State Fullerton (in the Clemson regional)
  • Campbell (in the Duke regional)
  • Central Arkansas (in the Alabama regional)
  • Central Florida (in the Florida St. regional)
  • Eastern Illinois (in the Northwestern regional)
  • George Mason (in the Duke regional)
  • Grand Canyon (in the UCLA regional)
  • Harvard (in the Arkansas regional)
  • Hofstra (in the Oklahoma regional)
  • Kentucky (in the Northwestern regional)
  • Long Beach St. (in the Stanford regional)
  • Long Island U. (in the Alabama regional)
  • Loyola Marymount (in the Stanford regional)
  • Marist (in the Florida St. regional)
  • Maryland-Baltimore County (in the Oklahoma St. regional)
  • Minnesota (in the Washington regional)
  • Missouri (in the Oklahoma regional)
  • Nebraska-Omaha (in the LSU regional)
  • NC Central (in the Georgia regional)
  • NC Greensboro (in the Clemson regional)
  • Northern Colorado (in the Washington regional)
  • Northern Kentucky (in the Tennessee regional)
  • Notre Dame (in the Arkansas regional)
  • Prairie View A&M (in the LSU regional)
  • Seton Hall (in the Texas regional)
  • Southern Illinois (in the Utah regional)
  • Texas St. (in the Texas regional)
  • No. 2 UCLA (in the UCLA regional)
  • Wichita St. (in the Oklahoma St. regional)

As I noted yesterday, this NCAA webpage offers extensive scores, schedules, and links. A direct link to the brackets is here.

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