Spring Break
Bulldogs stop Washington, move step closer to NCAA title game
ZACH DILLARD
Issue date: 6/1/09 Section: Sports
The Bulldog magic continues in Oklahoma City.
Sixth-seeded Georgia outlasted third-seeded Washington 9-8 in nine innings in a must-win game for Georgia in the Women's College World Series.
The powerful Georgia lineup left the national player of the year, Washington pitcher Danielle Lawrie, stunned after she walked home the winning run on a full-count to sophomore Brianna Hesson in the bottom of the ninth inning.
The unanimous first-team All-American pitcher gave up nine runs to the Bulldogs on over 150 pitches in the losing effort, after allowing only one run in her previous two WCWS games.
Four different pitchers took the mound for Georgia, including centerfielder Taylor Schlopy entering the circle on two occasions, to face the win or go home situation.
Erin Arevalo, a pitcher from Lathrop Calif., came on in the fifth to earn the most important victory in Georgia softball history by shutting out the Huskies in the final four innings. The freshman hurler had pitched just 12 total innings the entire season, and the win was just the second of her collegiate career and her first since March 21 versus South Carolina.
In similar fashion to their elimination game against Michigan, Georgia fell behind by three runs early in the game on a three-run home run by No. 9 hitter Niki Williams in the second inning.
Williams, who hit a homer off of Georgia in Game 1 of the WCWS, went on to have a historic day for the Huskies. The freshman first baseman hit two homers and seven RBIs for Washington, setting a WCWS record for RBIs in a single game.
After answering with two runs in the bottom of the second inning off the bats of freshmen Kristyn Sandberg and Tori Moody, Georgia botched a two-out fly ball to allow Lawrie to score from second base.
With the 4-2 lead, Washington sophomore Morgan Stuart hit a towering shot over the right field wall that was ruled a ball on a close call. The hit appeared to have landed within the extension of the foul line past the fence, which would have given the Huskies a commanding 6-2 lead, but was ruled a foul to keep the lead at two runs.
Sixth-seeded Georgia outlasted third-seeded Washington 9-8 in nine innings in a must-win game for Georgia in the Women's College World Series.
The powerful Georgia lineup left the national player of the year, Washington pitcher Danielle Lawrie, stunned after she walked home the winning run on a full-count to sophomore Brianna Hesson in the bottom of the ninth inning.
The unanimous first-team All-American pitcher gave up nine runs to the Bulldogs on over 150 pitches in the losing effort, after allowing only one run in her previous two WCWS games.
Four different pitchers took the mound for Georgia, including centerfielder Taylor Schlopy entering the circle on two occasions, to face the win or go home situation.
Erin Arevalo, a pitcher from Lathrop Calif., came on in the fifth to earn the most important victory in Georgia softball history by shutting out the Huskies in the final four innings. The freshman hurler had pitched just 12 total innings the entire season, and the win was just the second of her collegiate career and her first since March 21 versus South Carolina.
In similar fashion to their elimination game against Michigan, Georgia fell behind by three runs early in the game on a three-run home run by No. 9 hitter Niki Williams in the second inning.
Williams, who hit a homer off of Georgia in Game 1 of the WCWS, went on to have a historic day for the Huskies. The freshman first baseman hit two homers and seven RBIs for Washington, setting a WCWS record for RBIs in a single game.
After answering with two runs in the bottom of the second inning off the bats of freshmen Kristyn Sandberg and Tori Moody, Georgia botched a two-out fly ball to allow Lawrie to score from second base.
With the 4-2 lead, Washington sophomore Morgan Stuart hit a towering shot over the right field wall that was ruled a ball on a close call. The hit appeared to have landed within the extension of the foul line past the fence, which would have given the Huskies a commanding 6-2 lead, but was ruled a foul to keep the lead at two runs.
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