Live Updates: FSU softball vs. Washington in WCWS winner's bracket

[CurtWeiler]

After a break of nearly 48 hours, the Florida State softball team returns to action Saturday night in primetime. The third-seeded Seminoles, who beat Oklahoma State 8-0 Thursday night, will take on No. 7 seed Washington, which beat Utah 4-1 Friday afternoon, at 7 p.m. on ESPN at Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City for a spot in the Women's College World Series Semifinals.

The winner's bracket game will be a rematch of the 2018 WCWS Championship Series. FSU swept the Huskies in that best-of-three series to bring home the first NCAA Championship in program history. Washington leads the all-time series 8-7, but FSU is 3-0 against Washington in WCWS games.

With a win, it would be the first time in 12 WCWS trips that FSU won both of its first two games to advance to the semifinals.

FSU stats

Washington stats

Preview of all four teams on FSU's side of WCWS bracket, including Washington

Follow along here for pregame updates here in the lead-up to first pitch and then in-game updates once it gets underway.

 

[CurtWeiler]

 

[NoleBully]

Lineup’s?

 

[Bob Ferrante]

LHP Makenna Reid in the circle

Seminoles are the home team. FSU's lineup:

1	lf	6 Kaley Mudge	L		.356
2	cf	4 Jahni Kerr	L		.361
3	3b	8 Kalei Harding	R		.321
4	c	51 Michaela Edenfield	R		.252
5	2b	9 Devyn Flaherty	L		.327
6	1b	13 Mack Leonard	L		.277
7	rf	1 Hallie Wacaser	R		.321
8	dp	77 Katie Dack	R		.302
9	ss	10 Josie Muffley	R		.260
10	p	31 Makenna Reid	L		-

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Washington's lineup:

(Meylan has a 2.19 ERA)

1	1b	8 Baylee Klingler	R		.387
2	lf	10 Sami Reynolds	L		.359
3	rf	9 Madison Huskey	R		.322
4	cf	42 Jadelyn Allchin	L		.302
5	dp	27 Kelley Lynch	R		.283
6	3b	21 SilentRain Espinoza	L		.315
7	ss	3 Rylee Holtorf	R		.279
8	2b	20 Kinsey Fiedler	L		.282
9	c	24 Sydney Stewart	R		.262
10	p	66 Ruby Meylan	R		-

 

[NoleLizards]

Ok Makenna... Let's get er done!!

 

[CurtWeiler]

Big moment to throw Makenna in to, but that’s Lonni’s MO and she has handled the big moments really well for a freshman.

Imagine Kat is available out of the bullpen.

 

[nolz1]

Why do the teams "cross brackets" if they lose. TN lost and now plays OKST in our bracket and the loser of our game tonight would jump over and play Stanford in the other bracket. What's up with that?

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Here we go: First pitch from Reid is a ball

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Chuckled at the "surprise" comment from ESPN pxp Kevin Brown on the broadcast that it was Reid and not Sandercock. It's really not a surprise

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Klingler walks on four pitches

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Reynolds lines out to CF

 

[CurtWeiler]

Why do the teams "cross brackets" if they lose. TN lost and now plays OKST in our bracket and the loser of our game tonight would jump over and play Stanford in the other bracket. What's up with that?

I don't know the why. My only guess would be diversity of matchups. What I do know is that this would be a really tough path to the championship series if FSU were to lose tonight.

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Huskey pops out to Harding at 3B

 

[NoleLizards]

What a catch by Hallie!!

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Diving snag by Wacaser, who comes charging in to grab the ball that is sinking off Allchin's bat and into RF

So the leadoff walk doesn't hurt Reid

0-0, middle 1st

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Mudge tries to bunt but is thrown out by the catcher to 1B

 

[pcnole1976]

So glad to see Reid get the start!

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Kerr grounds out 5-3

 

[CurtWeiler]

The pitching coach coming out just to try to tell the catcher how to frame better is pretty funny.

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Harding singles to LF, just off the SS glove

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Edenfield strikes out looking. Looked to have hit the very bottom of the strike zone or was a bit low

Also, Edenfield is the catcher - so she'll take that call when Reid is pitching. Tough to argue

End 1st, 0-0

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Lynch pops out to Kerr in left-center field

They call an illegal pitch, and now Lynch grounds out 6-3

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Espinoza singles to RF

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Another look at the Wacaser diving snag:

 

[pcnole1976]

Ughhhhh

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Good to get Reid some experience. Alameda now turns to Kat Sandercock

 

[NoleLizards]

Well that didn't take long!

 

[CurtWeiler]

I wonder if that was always the plan. Makenna wasn't her sharpest but she was far from bad.

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Holtorf singles down the 3B line, two on now with one out

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Fiedler grounds out to Mack Leonard at 1B, nice play

But now Washington has runners in scoring position

 

[NoleLizards]

Washington's definitely not afraid to swing the bat!

 

[pcnole1976]

Washington's definitely not afraid to swing the bat!

And they aren't getting fooled right now either. That's a bad recipe for us. lol

 

[DFSNOLE]

I wonder if that was always the plan. Makenna wasn't her sharpest but she was far from bad.

I thought she'd go through the lineup once, then Kat would come in.

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Stewart is HBP on the knee. And doesn't try to evade the pitch. But still gets first base

Bases loaded

 

[pcnole1976]

WOW!!!!

 

[CurtWeiler]

Kat Sandercock nails once again.

That being said, Washington definitely saw her well that inning.

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Klingler lines out to Wacaser in RF and the threat is halted

Middle 2nd, 0-0

 

[DFSNOLE]

Nothing like leaving the bases loaded to deflate you.

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Flaherty with the leadoff double to the gap in right-center field