Today (May 31)

Scattered Strong Storms

High: 90

Chance of

Precipitation: 70%

Tomorrow (June 1)

A.M. Thunderstorms

High: 81

Chance of

Precipitation: 60%

The Weather Forecast

TODAY’S MATCHUPSGAME 5

WASHINGTON HUSKIES VS. TENNESSEE LADY VOLS

6 P.M.

44-15 Record 50-10

Won 6 Current Streak Won 6

No. 11 National Seed No. 7

No. 9 Ranking* No. 5

21-17 Schools’ WCWS All-Time W-L Record 13-10

Heather Tarr Head Coach Karen Weekly, Ralph Weekly

Bryana Walker On the Mound (Probable Starter) Ellen Renfroe

19-7/2.84 Record/ERA 18-4/1.83

ND, 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 K vs. Nebraska (5/30) Last Outing W, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 9 K vs. Florida (5/30)

Kaitlin Inglesby, P., Jr., 1-for-2, HR, 2 RBI vs. Nebraska (5/30) Hot Bat Kat Dotson, RF, Sr., 3-for-4, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI vs. Florida (5/30)

*Rankings: ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll from May 14.

GAME 6TEXAS LONGHORNS VS. OKLAHOMA SOONERS

8:30 P.M.

50-8 Record 53-4

Won 8 Current Streak Won 9

No. 4 National Seed No. 1

No. 7 Ranking* No. 1

6-8 Schools’ WCWS All-Time W-L Record 12-12

Connie Clark Head Coach Patty Gasso

Blaire Luna On the Mound (Probable Starter) Keilani Ricketts

31-5/1.22 Record/ERA 32-1/1.18

W, 6.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 10 K vs. Arizona State (5/30) Last Outing W, 7.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 12 K vs. Michigan (5/30)

Stephanie Ceo, 2B, Fr., 2-for-3, RBI vs. Arizona State (5/30) Hot Bat Jessica Shults, C, Sr., 2-for-2, 2 RBI vs. Michigan (5/30)

*Rankings: ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll from May 14.

?DSB Trivia

Which of the following cities has never played host to aWomen’s College World Series?A. Omaha, Neb.B. Tempe, Ariz.C. Sunnyvale, Calif.D. Columbus, Ga.

(See page 2 for answer.)

Washington 1B Hooch Fagaly

Oklahoma C Jessica Shults

Day Two • May 31, 2013 • ASA Hall of Fame Stadium

2013 Women’s College World Series Bracket

Championship SeriesBest two-of-three

Game 1: 7 p.m., June 3, ESPN2HDGame 2: 7 p.m., June 4, ESPNHDGame 3 (if necessary): 7 p.m., June 5, ESPNHD

NATIONAL CHAMPION

Note: The NCAA Division I Softball Committee re-serves the right to revise the schedule (i.e. game times)in the event weather conditions and/or media commit-ments or other accommodations may require suchchanges.

Game 14

(if necessary)

8:30 p.m., June 2

ESPN2HD

Game 13

(if necessary)

6 p.m., June 2

ESPN2HD

Game 11

11 a.m., June 2

ESPNHD

Game 12

1:30 p.m., June 2

ESPNHD

Game 5

6 p.m., May 31

ESPNHD

Game 1(8 inn.)

Game 2

Game 711 a.m., June 1, ESPN2HD

Game 9

6 p.m., June 1

ESPNHD

Nebraska

Florida

Arizona State

Loser Game 5

Game 3

Game 4

Game 81:30 p.m., June 1, ESPN2HD

Game 6

8:30 p.m., May 31

ESPNHD

Game 10

8:30 p.m., June 1

ESPNHD

Bracket note:1.) If the winner of Game 9 defeats

the winner of Game 7, thenGame 13 is necessary.

2.) If the winner of Game 10 defeatsthe winner of Game 8, thenGame 14 is necessary.

3.) “If necessary” games remain atscheduled time.

4.) All times local

No. 14 Nebraska 3

Washington

Tennessee

Texas

Oklahoma

No. 11 Washington 4

No. 7 Tennessee 9

No. 2 Florida 2

No. 5 Arizona State 3

No. 4 Texas 6

No. 8 Michigan 1

No. 1 Oklahoma 7

Loser Game 6

Michigan

Daily Softball Bulletin • Day Two • May 31, 2013

DSB Trivia AnswerB — Tempe, Ariz. The first six Women’s College World Series were played in Omaha before the event moved to Sunnyvale, Calif., for two years.Columbus, Ga., hosted once, in 1996.

Kimberlee Souza’s walk-off solohome run in the bottom of theeighth inning led Washington to a4-3 win against Nebraska in theopening game of the 2013 WCWS.

Washington took a 2-1 lead inthe bottom of the first inning, butNebraska tied the game in thefourth and took a 3-2 lead in thefifth when Tatum Edwards scoredon a wild pitch.

Down to its final two outs in theseventh inning, the Huskies got atriple from Victoria Hayward and asac bunt by Hooch Fagaly drove her in to send the game to extra innings.

Kaitlin Inglesby (23-7) got the win in relief.LINESCORE

Nebraska ........................................100 110 00 — 3 5 1Washington ....................................200 000 11 — 4 3 1

Washington RF Victoria Hayward

GAME 1 RECAP

NEBRASKA

3WASHINGTON

4Using a three-run first and a

four-run sixth, Tennessee handedFlorida its worst loss of the yearwith a 9-2 win on Thursday.

Seniors led the charge for theLady Vols as Melissa Brown, RavenChavanne, Kat Dotson and LaurenGibson combined for six hits, sevenRBIs and four runs scored. Fellowsenior Whitney Hammond scored apinch run while Dotson was just ahome run shy of the cycle.

Ellen Renfroe (18-4) was domi-nant in the circle, allowing just fourhits and two earned runs, whilestriking out nine Gators.

LINESCORETennessee ........................................300 004 2 — 9 11 1Florida ............................................000 020 0 — 2 4 2

Tennessee 2B Lauren Gibson

GAME 2 RECAP

TENNESSEE

9FLORIDA

2

Keilani Ricketts tossed her sev-enth career no-hitter and the 17thno-hitter in WCWS history as Okla-homa cruised to a 7-1 victory overMichigan in the nightcap Thursday.

Ricketts’ performance improvedher record to 32-1 on the season.She struck out 12 and walked two.Michigan’s only run was unearned.

On offense OU put together acomplete team effort. Five differ-ent Sooners combined to drive inthe team’s seven runs.

Sophomore first baseman LaurenChamberlain hit her 28th homerun of the season, driving in her national-best 80th and 81st RBI.

LINESCOREMichigan ........................................000 000 0 — 1 0 1Oklahoma ......................................000 000 - — 7 9 1

Oklahoma P Keilani Ricketts

GAME 4 RECAP

MICHIGAN

1OKLAHOMA

7A two-run homer from Kim Bru-

ins put Texas up for good in thebottom of the fifth inning as theLonghorns went on to a 6-3 winover Arizona State on Thursday.

The Sun Devils broke up whatwas a scoreless game with two runsin the top of the fifth, but Texasknotted the game at two on TaylorThom’s double to right. That’s whenBruins delivered the go-ahead blast.

ASU’s Haley Steele cut into thelead with a solo blast of her own inthe top of the sixth, but the Long-horns responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning, thanks to an RBIsingle from Stephanie Ceo and an RBI double by Taylor Hoagland.

LINESCOREArizona State ..................................000 021 0 — 3 5 1Texas ..............................................000 042 - — 6 6 1

Texas DP/P Kim Bruins

GAME 3 RECAP

ARIZONA STATE

3TEXAS

6