Washington, Oregon survive on elimination Saturday at WCWS
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Date: 04/06/2017

Washington, Oregon survive on elimination Saturday at WCWS
By Kayla Lombardo JUN 4, 2017
 
 
OKLAHOMA CITY—The 2017 Women’s College World Series (WCWS) continued to heat up on elimination Saturday in Oklahoma City, as six teams fought for their lives at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium.

Day 3 of the tournament saw Washington and Oregon advance to the national semifinals, while Texas A&M, Baylor, UCLA and LSU all had their respective seasons come to an end. The Huskies will now face Florida on Sunday, while Oregon will take on Oklahoma with two spots in the best-of-three championship series on the line.

Here, we recap the third day of play at the 2017 WCWS.

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No. 5 UCLA 8, No. 9 Texas A&M 2
The first elimination game of the day featured a showdown between fifth-seeded UCLA and No. 9 Texas A&M.

The Bruins got the scoring started right away, as a solo home run off the bat of Kylee Perez gave them a 1–0 lead in the first inning. Delaney Spaulding continued UCLA’s offensive attack in the second when she ripped a two-out, two-run single to right field to extend her team’s lead to 3–0.

The Aggies got on the board in the fourth inning when Riley Sartain blasted a solo shot to center for her 13th home run of the season.

When the Bruins threatened to tack on more runs in the sixth inning with runners on first and third, the Aggies were able to escape the jam with an inning-ending double play that nailed both runners attempting to steal. UCLA assistant coach and Olympic gold medalist Lisa Fernandez was ejected following the play after arguing with the umpire about an obstruction no-call.

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After the ejection, the Bruins added five more runs in the top of the seventh on RBI doubles from Spaulding and Brianna Tautalafua, a run-scoring single from Perez and a two-run home run from Garcia to push the advantage to 8–1 over the Aggies.

But Texas A&M didn’t go away quietly, as senior Celena Massey blasted a solo home run—her first of the season—in her first at-bat of the WCWS. The blast was too little too late for the Aggies, however, as they were ultimately eliminated from the WCWS in the 8–2 loss.