This year's super-regionals get underway tonight with the beginning of two of the eight series (Tennessee-Georgia and Nebraska-Oklahoma State). As most readers would know, each series is two-out-of-three, with the winners advancing to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. The following chart shows all the matchups, with the teams' national seedings in parentheses.
Oklahoma State-Nebraska
Cornhuskers' Jordy Frahm, who has appeared in relief many times lately, starts tonight... OSU gets one runner on via infield hit in T1, but no runs. With two outs, Cowgirls' Lexi McDonald fouls off pitch after pitch, but finally swings and misses on Frahm change-up... Ruby Meylan pitching for OSU... Frahm bats leadoff for Nebraska with .421 average and 1.364 OPS... Frahm singles up the middle... Infield grounder gets Frahm at second, but throw to first not in time for double play... Lightning delay... Tonight's weather evidently never becomes conducive to resuming play, game postponed to tomorrow...
Georgia-Tennessee
It's been a battle of solo homers thus far, with Tennessee hitting two in B1 and Georgia hitting one in T2... Heading to the top of the fourth, still 2-1 Vols... Tennessee threatenng in B4 with runners on second and third, one out... Georgia pitching change, with Presley Harrison coming in... Sophia Knight, who hit one of Vols' solo-shots earlier, at the plate... Strikeout swinging at high pitch for second out, bringing up Ella Dodge... Dodge hits low hard liner caught in the air by Bulldog 3B Bailey Lindemuth (formerly of Texas Tech), keeping UGA within a single run... B5, Alannah Leach with -- you guessed it -- a solo-shot to give the Vols a little cushion, 3-1... Per ESPN graphic, this is Tennessee's first game with 3+ homers since April 13... T6, two-out walk and infield single (batter beating throw to first) gives UGA an opportunity to get back into the game... K ends threat... T7, last chance for Georgia to avoid falling behind 1-0 in the series... First batter retired... Sharp grounder down the 3B-line, originally called fair, is being reviewed. If call is upheld, UGA will have runner on second. Call stands, bringing tying run to the plate... Next batter beats out infield chopper, putting Bulldog runners on the corners, still with one out... HBP to load bases... Vol pitcher Karlyn Pickens perhaps slowing down... Tyler Ellison up for UGA... K for second out... Marisa Miller final chance for 'Dawgs... Another K to end the game. My impression of Pickens running out of energy was certainly premature!
| Teams | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama (1)-LSU (16) | --- | --- | --- |
| Texas (2)-Arizona St | --- | --- | --- |
| Oklahoma (3)-Mississippi St | --- | --- | --- |
| Nebraska (4)-Oklahoma St (13) | --- | --- | --- |
| Arkansas (5)-Duke (12) | --- | --- | --- |
| Florida (6)-Texas Tech (11) | --- | --- | --- |
| Tennessee (7)-Georgia (10) | Tennessee | --- | --- |
| UCLA (8)-Central Florida | --- | --- | --- |