The NCAA Division I Super Regionals Rollercoaster
The NCAA Division I Super Regionals Rollercoaster
NCAA Division I Super Regionals marathon came to an end and we look at some of the biggest moments.
I'm in a glass case of emotions.
Eight teams are left standing after an exhausting and emotional regional ride with Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Florida, UCLA, Arizona, Alabama, and Washington all advancing to OKC for the Women's College World Series.
Sam Show Sits Down 18-Straight
Defending national champion Florida State opened game one with Oklahoma State with hits over the first two innings and plated the game's first run in the second inning.
WOW... Samantha Show! ?
— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) May 24, 2019
The Oklahoma State ace retires the final 18 batters in tonight's HUGE win in Tallahassee. #NCAASoftball | @CowgirlSB pic.twitter.com/dKE6RMAGnl
Cowgirl starter Samantha Show shut things down after a leadoff single in the fourth inning, retiring the next 18 batters she faced to keep the Cowgirls in it.
Show pitched all nine innings of OSU's victory Thursday, tying her career high.
The right-hander recorded five strikeouts against the Seminoles and walked just one en route to tossing her 19th complete game of the season.
? What a weekend.#RoadToWCWS | #okstate pic.twitter.com/x5SosVEdY3
— Cowgirl Softball (@CowgirlSB) May 27, 2019
Minnesota Advances To First-Ever WCWS
The Gophers are the first team to sweep LSU in a Super Regional behind the arm of junior ace Amber Fiser. Seniors Allie Arneson and Maddie Houlihan final games at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium ended on a high note with both homering in game one and two.
The Hometown Hero had a day! pic.twitter.com/yICGzH3XWi
— Minnesota Softball (@GopherSoftball) May 25, 2019
How do you followup a go-ahead hit in game one of Super Regionals?
— Minnesota Softball (@GopherSoftball) May 27, 2019
How about with a go-ahead home run in game two to send the #Gophers to OKC! @AllieArneson was on a mission this weekend. #SkiUMah pic.twitter.com/xpokcDzKaN
“Minnesota is a place that you can chase your dreams.” pic.twitter.com/NGVS6cKIrQ
— Minnesota Softball (@GopherSoftball) May 26, 2019
Madi Sue Montgomery, The Cowgirls Unsung Hero
Anna Shellnut’s leadoff home run to lead off the Seminole’s half of the seventh inning cut the Oklahoma State lead to one in the winner take all game three. But the next three Seminole hitters were retired in order to send the Cowgirls to the WCWS. Thanks to a Madi Sue Montgomery sacrifice fly earlier in the top of the sixth, Shellnut’s solo shot wouldn’t be enough to keep the defending champions hopes alive.
T6 | THE BIGGEST SAC FLY OF HER LIFE!! @madisue1018 drives home @shaleeb5 from third on a fly ball to center field and the lead is back at two. 3-1, Pokes. #okstate pic.twitter.com/pLvxHkgU68
— Cowgirl Softball (@CowgirlSB) May 25, 2019
It was Montgomery's 203rd career RBI, making her one of just six players in Big 12 history to drive in at least 200 runs. She is also only the second player in Big 12 history (Sydney Romero, Oklahoma) to record at least 30 home runs, 50 doubles, and 200 RBI.
Longhorns Longball Pushed Game Three
Facing a 4-0, third-inning deficit and having lost its starting pitcher due to injury, Texas softball put together its largest comeback of the season to knock-off Alabama, 7-5, and force a decisive third game.
in the bottom of the third, Janae Jefferson and Reagan Hathaway registered back-to-back one-out singles, and sophomore catcher Mary Iakopo followed with a three-run shot down the left field line to cut the UT deficit to 4-3.
BOMBS AWAY!! ?
— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) May 25, 2019
Mary Iakopo with the 3-run HR and it's a 1-run game in Tuscaloosa! #NCAASoftball | @TexasSoftball pic.twitter.com/NlS3zSCvOL
MK Tedder tied it up by driving the first pitch of the bottom of the fourth over the wall in left. Senior designated player Ki'Audra Hayter and sophomore first baseman Lauren Burke put together consecutive singles and following a sac bunt and a Hathaway walk to load the bases with still just one out, a Crimson Tide throwing error and a Rhodes groundout combined to plate three more runs as Texas roared in front, 7-4.
AND WE ARE TIED UP!
— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) May 25, 2019
MK Tedder launches the solo shot... Texas and Alabama knotted at 4 in the 4th. #NCAASoftball | @TexasSoftball pic.twitter.com/uKpcwgUPrF
Five Sooner Homers Sets New Single-Season Mark
Oklahoma clinched its 13th WCWS appearance this millennium by collecting 12 hits and pounding out five home runs in a convincing 8-0 victory over Northwestern.
Bats on ? #Sooners hit ? home runs today to set an OU single-season record with 1⃣0⃣8⃣ homers on the year! #ChampionshipMindset pic.twitter.com/HG0N6x0cal
— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) May 26, 2019
Saturday’s homers came from five different players and commenced with a solo shot to left field from senior third baseman and National Player of the Year finalist Sydney Romero in a four-run third inning that gave OU a 5-0 lead. Romero was followed three hitters later by a towering, two-run blast to center field from sophomore right fielder Jocelyn Alo.
Freshman first baseman Grace Green hit a solo shot to center field in the fifth inning, senior second baseman Caleigh Clifton had a solo homer to right-center in the sixth and sophomore catcher Lynnsie Elam closed out the scoring with a solo homer in the seventh.
Top Plays From Supers
Sis Bates is not human. #HumanHighlightReel
SIS ? BATES ?#NCAASoftball // #MightyAreTheWomen
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) May 26, 2019
? >> @NCAAsoftball pic.twitter.com/t5zVS9A6eY
Jessie Harper dances across the field.
Defensive wizardry on display by Jessie Harper!#NCAASoftball | @ArizonaSoftball pic.twitter.com/diuc0oioVx
— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) May 26, 2019