NCAA WOMEN's COLLEGE WORLD SERIES POSTGAME NOTES Game
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NCAA WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES May 29-June 4, 2014 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium – OG&E Field Oklahoma City, Okla. POSTGAME NOTES Game 8: Oklahoma 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 1 • In the eighth game of the 2014 Women’s College World Series, No. 7 seed Oklahoma defeated No. 6 seed Louisiana-Lafayette by a score of 2-0. Oklahoma improved to 51-12 on the year while ULL finished its season at 49-10-1. • Oklahoma advanced to face No. 1 seed Oregon in an elimination game tonight at 8:30 CT. • Making its ninth all-time WCWS appearance (2000, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14), Oklahoma is now 17-13 overall in the event. Louisiana-Lafayette fell to to 6-12 all-time in its sixth WCWS appearance (1993, ’95, ’96, 2003, ’08, ’14). • Oklahoma is now 2-6 all-time in WCWS elimination games. • Oklahoma took a 2-0 first-inning lead on a double by senior Brittany Williams that scored junior Shelby Pendley and junior Lauren Chamberlain. The double was Williams’ seventh of the year and upped her season RBI total to 55 (second to Pendley’s 75). • Oklahoma junior Callie Parsons hit a two-out inside-the-park solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning. The homer was the first of her career (193 at bats). • Parsons’ inside-the-park home run was the second in WCWS history. The other was by UCLA’s Andrea Duran in the third inning of a 2-0 win vs. Texas on June 3, 2006. • Sophomore pitcher Kelsey Stevens threw a complete game to earn the win for Oklahoma. She surrendered one run on six hits and three walks while striking out seven to improve to 38-9 on the year. ULL stranded 11 runners to OU’s five. • Stevens now owns the outright OU record for single-season wins. Keilani Ricketts (2012), Lauren Eckermann (2007) and Jennifer Stewart (2001) all held the previous record of 37 victories. • Louisiana-Lafayette sophomore Lexie Elkins registered her sixth hit and sixth home run of the postseason in the top of the seventh inning with a blast to right field. All six of her postseason homers have been solo shots. Elkins’ 24 home runs this season rank as the second most in school history. • Chamberlain’s run was the 200th of her career, moving her into fifth place in Big 12 history. • Oklahoma senior Destinee Martinez moved into third place in Big 12 history with 795 career at bats. .