washington huskies softball
Danielle Lawrie (15) is greeted by Washington teammates at the plate after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning Sunday. [1]
After losing 9-8 in the first game of the day, the Huskies earn a 9-3 victory over Georgia to advance to the best-of-three title round against top-seeded Florida, starting today. [2]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Whether or not it proves to be the opening salutation in a new championship chapter of the Washington Huskies’ softball history, the ball that Niki Williams lined over the fence in the fourth inning of Thursday’s Women’s College World Series opener against Georgia marked the dawn of a new era in college softball. [...] It’s enough to make a person feel a little decrepit, even if 34-year-old Washington coach Heather Tarr is little more than a decade removed from playing for the Huskies in Oklahoma City. [3]
Lawrie, a finalist for USA Softball national player of the year, pitched three-hit shutout and pounded two long two-run home runs in Washington’s 7-0 victory over Georgia Tech. [1]
After Georgia trimmed the lead to a single run on an RBI double from Taylor Schlopy in the top of the fifth, Huskies freshman Kimi Pohlman provided a key insurance run with an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth (albeit aided by a curious cutoff of a throw that might have made for a close play at the plate if left unmolested). [3]
The victory gave Washington its ninth-ever berth in the Women’s College World Series, and its first since 2007. [...] Lawrie, a finalist for the USA Softball award, pitched a three-hit shutout and pounded two long, two-run home runs in Washington’s 7-0 victory over Georgia Tech before a Mewman Field-record crowd of 1,117. [...] Washington got two other home runs in the game — from Alicia Blake off Coan, and Ashlyn Watson off reliever Kristen Adkins — for its first four-homer game of the season. [1]
Stay on top of the 2009 NCAA softball tournament. [...] Williams became the first player born in the 1990s to hit a home run in the World Series. [...] Before the game against Georgia, Charters — who showed a nation what teams in the Pac-10 had long known with her breakout performance in the 2007 WCWS — asked her freshman prot?g?e if she was nervous. [3]
Washington’s Danielle Lawrie, left, is greeted at home plate by teammates after her first-inning grand slam against Georgia in an elimination game. [2]
The blast from Williams, her first home run since Feb. 27 against Seattle University and just the third of her freshman season, staked Washington to a 2-0 lead in the eventual 3-1 win. [3]
Lawrie hit home runs Sunday in the first and third innings, both times over the left-field fence off Tech freshman pitcher Jessica Coan (8-5). [1]
Sources:
[1] Huskies | Washington softball advances to World Series | Seattle Times …
[2] University of Washington Huskies sports: news, scores and features …
[3] Women’s College World Series: Kimi Pohlman, Niki Williams help …