WCWS - the Final 8

[tmolina]

So I'm listening to Stacey Nuveman on ESPN and she starts out by saying something like - "The first thing I notice is Oklahoma. It all lays out really good for Oaklahoma. Oklahoma can go a long way and take this whole thing." Not 2 minutes later - other host asks - "So let's talk about Cal" - Stacey "Oh Cal is great they have it all, which is why t hey have been #1 so long, blah, blah, blah. I'm not going out on limb here but they are my pickog to win it all".

Now correct me if I'm worng here but aren't Cal & OU on the same side of the bracket? Talk about your double speak hedging. I thought that was pretty funny.

They wont be on the same side of the bracket after today! Get to know how the bracket works.

 

[SBFAMILY]

Stacey was a good catcher, but her and Mendosa both should stick to softball. Anyone catch that Mendosa thinks a riseball breaks up!

 

[Sweet Lou]

They wont be on the same side of the bracket after today! Get to know how the bracket works.

Is that what that little dashed line from games 5 & 6 in the bracket mean? NCAA Division I Softball Championship Bracket - NCAA.com That the losers tonight cross over to the other bracket? I did not know. Thanks.

 

[Coach-n-Dad]

Stacey was a good catcher, but her and Mendosa both should stick to softball. Anyone catch that Mendosa thinks a riseball breaks up!

Not only "breaks up", it "breaks up SHARPLY".

Whatever, she's nice to look at

 

[Sweet Lou]

wow. just wow. Keilani Ricketts was just flat out dealing last night. As a Cal fan it was tough to watch. As a softball fan it was a thing of beauty. It's one thing to dominate directional state school like that but quite another to buzz through a lineup like Cal's and make them look almost like a high school team. She just put whatever pitch she wanted to throw in whatever location she wanted it all night long.

 

[quincy]

This is the 1st year I have paid attention to WCWS. Except for Alabama and Oklahoma it looks this is where the Teams start needing a 2nd pitcher. Do I have that right or can the Teams in the loser bracket still get by with 1 pitcher?

 

[Sweet Lou]

This is the 1st year I have paid attention to WCWS. Except for Alabama and Oklahoma it looks this is where the Teams start needing a 2nd pitcher. Do I have that right or can the Teams in the loser bracket still get by with 1 pitcher?

Depends on the pitcher. IIRC UCLA won it all from the loser bracket using just one pitcher.

 

[shockcoach]

Arizona in 2007 lost to TN. They then went on to defeat DePaul, UofW twice and TN 2 of 3 to take the championship. All on the arm of Tayrne Mowatt.

 

[shockcoach]

I do believe the umpire blew the last call of the USF vs. LSU game. The ball bounced up and hit the bat a 2nd time before she was even out of the box. Should have been a foul ball, instead he missed the 2nd contact and called her for running into the ball afterwards.

Too bad in such a close, great game.

I want to add, that I do think the umpires did a great game overall.

 

[dinosaur]

I'm new to college softball. Just starting to watch b/c my daughter, 7, has been playing for a couple years and I wanted her to see how the game is played so we started watching the Super Regionals and now the TV has been on softball this entire weekend. Great games.....but Keilani Ricketts is crazy good. Being an Oklahoma State fan I was very surprised by my enjoyment of watching her play. I felt myself actually starting to pull for OU.....and question "how could this happen"? Then they started the chant and that dang song and I slid right back into my natural dislike. I really, really looking forward to the OU/Bama/Cal matchups.

wow. just wow. Keilani Ricketts was just flat out dealing last night. As a Cal fan it was tough to watch. As a softball fan it was a thing of beauty. It's one thing to dominate directional state school like that but quite another to buzz through a lineup like Cal's and make them look almost like a high school team. She just put whatever pitch she wanted to throw in whatever location she wanted it all night long.